[Ipg-smz] Scam Alert

[Lynn Greiner]

Something odd is happening with your email too, which may be connected. I tried to email you from a couple of accounts and got bounces. Gmail provided the most informative error message:

 

Reporting-MTA: dns; googlemail.com

Received-From-MTA: dns; lynngr at gmail.com

Arrival-Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:32:12 -0700 (PDT)

X-Original-Message-ID: <019901d56d86$389bd680$a9d38380$@gmail.com>

 

Final-Recipient: rfc822; 'dennisf63 at wildblue.net

Action: failed

Status: 5.1.1

Remote-MTA: dns; mx.wildblue.net. (69.168.106.54, the server for the domain wildblue.net.)

Diagnostic-Code: smtp; 550 5.1.1 [R2] Recipient 'dennisf63 at wildblue.net does not exist here.

Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2019 11:32:14 -0700 (PDT)

 

 

 

From: Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org> On Behalf Of Dennisf63 via Ipg-smz
Sent: Wednesday, September 18, 2019 5:21 PM
To: ipg-smz at netpress.org
Cc: Dennisf63 <dennisf63 at wildblue.net>
Subject: [Ipg-smz] Scam Alert

 

Got an email from a friend today, and I'm quoting HIS email to me:

 Today we got an email from someone claiming to be “Peggy Fowler”. It requested that we help her buy an iTunes gift card, because she was going on a time sensitive two day trip, and promised to repay us when she returned. 
He tried to forward the email to me but his system refused to forward it. 
 
Now yes, Peggy was my wife, but she died two years ago and hasn't sent out an email since, to my knowledge.
 
Shortly after that, I got a phone call from a friend out in Ohio asking for Peggy. 
 
After I gave him the sad news he explained why he'd called, he'd gotten the same sort of email, which didn't pass his sniff test. 
He was smart enough to ask for Peggy's husband's name, which torpedoed the scam. 
 
The vultures gather. I don't see much I can do to shoot them down. 
 
-- 
Dennis Fowler
P. O. Box 70
Otego, NY 13825
dennisf63 at wildblue.net <mailto:dennisf63 at wildblue.net> 
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