spam email problem

[the-cable-guy]

ok so i got this letter (attached) thru the post today like. the thing is that i dont even use that email account anymore & i know i dont have any viruses as i run anti virus scans everyday, also iv not long reinstalled windows so i think that my account must of been hacked then. so my question is should i be worried about this or ?

[Tech_Boy]

best bet is to log into the account management portal & kill the address, if you are ex TW or ex NTL (on the ex sms platform) you can do that now, If you are ex NTL on the SABS/ICMS platform, no changes can be made till the 5th/6th of May.

[the-cable-guy]

ok but the thing is that i have two accounts (both of which i dont use) so i dont know which one it is that their on about. also can i kill both email addresses then or ?

[webcrawler2050]

Hmm this is very simple to explain

Its called spoofing & is very achievable to do via Telnet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_attack

Anyone that is web technology fluent can achieve this. Sometimes it can last for a period of up to 2-3 weeks. Sometimes longer. The only real way to *try* and stop this is SPF Records & Domain Keys

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework
&
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Keys

Wether the VM email system supports this is another matter

Hope this helps

[mentalis]

Originally Posted by the-cable-guy

ok so i got this letter (attached) thru the post today like. the thing is that i dont even use that email account anymore & i know i dont have any viruses as i run anti virus scans everyday, also iv not long reinstalled windows so i think that my account must of been hacked then. so my question is should i be worried about this or ?

I'm not sure what the email account in question is, but I'm not sure you should have included the password (unless you have changed it, of course).

[Tech_Boy]

If you are on the ex TW platform & both addreses are set up on the same inbox, then both would share the same password, if set up on seperate inboxes, only the affected address would have had the password changed.

If on the ex NTL platform, then only the affected address would have had the password changed.

[the-cable-guy]

ok so how can i delete them both ?

[Tech_Boy]

Which Platform are you on?

[the-cable-guy]

hmm i just checked my personal details & heres what it says:

Options - Personal Information
Name and Address Options
Full Name: MELISSA COLE
Email Address: richardjones_13@yahoo.co.uk
Reply To: mikecarrick_11@yahoo.co.uk
Signature: Hello and good day to you and your family, I am happy to inform you about my
success in getting those funds transferred under the co-operation of a new
partner from Belgium. Presently I am in Belgium for investment projects with my
own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and
attempts you made in getting your winnings sent to your delivery address,
despite that it failed us somehow.Now contact my secretary in Lagos his name is
(Mr MIKE CARRICK)

Find below his contact information.

Name: Mr MIKE CARRICK
E-mail: mikecarrick_11@yahoo.co.uk


Ask him to send you the total $550,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US
DOLLARS) certified bank Check, which I raised in your favour for your
compensation for all the past efforts you have made in receiving your winnings
in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free
and get in touched with my secretary and give him your address where to send the
check to you.


Please do let me know immediately you receive the Check to enable us share the
joy after all the sufferings at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy here because of the investment projects,which the new partner and me are
having at hand, finally,remember that I have forwarded instruction to the
secretary on your behalf to receive that money. So feel free to get in touch
with him (Mr MIKE CARRICK) without any delay.


Best regards,
Dr MELISSA COLE
Fiduciary Agent



none of these details are mine.
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Originally Posted by Tech_Boy

Which Platform are you on?

ex telewest

[Tech_Boy]

just log into https://seflcare.blueyonder.co.uk , using your email alias & password, click on "email & dialup", you can kill them off from there.

I'm off to have some lunch

[the-cable-guy]

thanks but that link dont work mate.

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ah sorted i found the links myself & now they'v been deleted. however it says that i have a primary mail box, can this one also be deleted or ?

[ceedee]

Originally Posted by the-cable-guy

ah sorted i found the links myself & now they'v been deleted. however it says that i have a primary mail box, can this one also be deleted or ?

I wouldn't delete the primary mail account!
But you definitely need to change the password now that you've broadcast it here!
(You should be able to do that through the same Selfcare section of the VM website.)

[the-cable-guy]

i left a voice mail message & they just rung me back. they'v locked my primary email account (as i dont use it) so no one can use it. he also said that its a known problem, with alot of 419 scammers hacking into ppls accounts to send spam & that their only cutting ppl off in extreme cases, so all should be sorted now. thanks for the advice ppl.

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can an admin plz delete the images as it wont let me.

thanks

[dev]

Originally Posted by webcrawler2050

Hmm this is very simple to explain

Its called spoofing & is very achievable to do via Telnet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoofing_attack

Anyone that is web technology fluent can achieve this. Sometimes it can last for a period of up to 2-3 weeks. Sometimes longer. The only real way to *try* and stop this is SPF Records & Domain Keys

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sender_Policy_Framework
&
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domain_Keys

Wether the VM email system supports this is another matter

Hope this helps

although that is a solution, i find it rare that people bother to put SPF DNS records so setting up SPF on a mail server doesn't cut spam out by much, if at all.

[the-cable-guy]

well it seems to be sorted now like.