Re: NANFA-- Virus check

Ben Klein (ltwolfe_at_verizon.net)
Sun, 24 Aug 2003 23:17:04 -0400

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They can set a "from" address different than real without having access to
the account. Not sure the details. But I'm pretty sure its different than
"reply to".

Cheers

Ben

At 09:58 PM 8/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
>I have two e-mail addresses getting the same thing. The same two I get
>Nigerian scam letters. All bounces from addresses I don't send anything
>to. I
>checked "sent message" files but show nothing outgoing to those
>addresses. I
>suppose a smart virus could delete local evidence of messages after sent.
>
>Most (all?) of the addresses being bounced back to me are AOL addresses.
>
>In a message dated 8/24/03 7:32:14 PM US Central Standard Time,
>Moontanman_at_aol.com writes:
>
><< Hey guys, I keep getting messages from people and organizations I don't
>know,
> or have even heard of saying I sent them an e-mail message that was
>suspected
> to have a virus in it so it was rejected and sent back to me. I just
>recently
> updated my virus service with the best (my) money could buy. It says I have
> no virus. I know I didn't send some of these messages because they are to
> people I wouldn't e-mail for any reason, some are to corporations. None are
>to or
> from anyone I know. I know that other people using other online services
>have
> my or very similar screen names. Evidently lot of copycats out there think
> Moontanman is cool, but only I could have that name on AOL. Also none of my
>other
> online accounts are showing these strange messages, What could be up?
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