[Ipg-smz] Scam Alert

[Christine Hall]

You might find this enlightening:

Noticing an uptick in spam from people you know? You can probably blame 
Emotet.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/09/worlds-most-destructive-botnet-returns-with-stolen-passwords-and-email-in-tow/

Christine Hall
Publisher & Editor
FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
http://fossforce.com

On 9/18/19 5:20 PM, Dennisf63 via Ipg-smz wrote:
> 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
> 
>