kaunitz Posted November 9, 2012 Report Share Posted November 9, 2012 (edited) [TABLE=width: 100%, align: center] [TR] [TD=class: header, align: left] INBOX: Greetings From Kabul...............[/TD][/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE=width: 100%, align: center] [TR] [TD=class: item0, align: right]Datum:[/TD] [TD=class: item0, width: 100%]Fri, 9 Nov 2012 04:03:06 +0530[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: item1, align: right]Von:[/TD] [TD=class: item1, width: 100%]"Capt. James Hans" <[email protected]>[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: item0, align: right]Antwort an:[/TD] [TD=class: item0, width: 100%][email protected][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: item1, align: right]Betreff:[/TD] [TD=class: item1, width: 100%]Greetings From Kabul...............[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [TABLE=width: 100%, align: center] [TR] [TD=align: left][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD=class: text, align: left] Hello, I am Cpt. James Hans an officer of the U.S Army, serving with the 82nd Airborne Division Peace keeping force in Kabul, Afghanistan. We are currently in Afghanistan and I have some important items that i need to ship to you. I need you to reply only if you are interested. I will explain further when i get a response from you. Regards, Cpt James Hans [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Look what I just found in the inbox of my private mail (not hotmail, yahoo or similar!). What worries me a bit is that I have been to Afghanistan, so I wonder whether I just got on their distribution list by chance or if someone has hacked the ISAF server as of course I was sending and receiving mails during my time there. Both mail addresses in the header do not seem to be related with the US military, the first one rather indicates to be of Chinese origin. Anybody got something similar? Edited November 9, 2012 by kaunitz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoyg2 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Recieved similar about 12 months ago. I have not been there so probably the same as Nigerian 911 and get the addresses by buying them of hackers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunitz Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Recieved similar about 12 months ago. I have not been there so probably the same as Nigerian 911 and get the addresses by buying them of hackers Most probably. But still there is something that worries me a bit. I have a hotmail account and this one is full of spam whereas my private mail is pretty clean. So I am still afraid that the ISAF server has been hacked which actually would be a not so nice thing as you can get a lot of information there, not only names and mail addresses.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoyg2 Posted November 25, 2012 Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 Most probably. But still there is something that worries me a bit. I have a hotmail account and this one is full of spam whereas my private mail is pretty clean. So I am still afraid that the ISAF server has been hacked which actually would be a not so nice thing as you can get a lot of information there, not only names and mail addresses.... I found this was a problem with hotmail accounts. I have not had it with gmail. I think the problem exists within hotmail security. It just does not filter the spammers very well. It has nothing to do wit the ISAF server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunitz Posted November 25, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2012 I found this was a problem with hotmail accounts. I have not had it with gmail. I think the problem exists within hotmail security. It just does not filter the spammers very well. It has nothing to do wit the ISAF server Let's hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangFarang Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 I found this was a problem with hotmail accounts. I have not had it with gmail. I think the problem exists within hotmail security. It just does not filter the spammers very well. It has nothing to do wit the ISAF server Is it Hotmail security or the people prone to using Hotmail? Seriously, I've never seen such a concentrated group of people constantly being hit with viruses, trojan horses, etc. It's almost like all you have to write is "Click Here" and there's a 97% chance a Hotmail user will click on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoyg2 Posted November 26, 2012 Report Share Posted November 26, 2012 Is it Hotmail security or the people prone to using Hotmail?Seriously, I've never seen such a concentrated group of people constantly being hit with viruses, trojan horses, etc. It's almost like all you have to write is "Click Here" and there's a 97% chance a Hotmail user will click on it. The problem is basically hotmail because its security and spam filters are crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiaranM Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 The problem is basically hotmail because its security and spam filters are crap i don't think u can blame hotmail for the stupidity of some of the ppl using it !! although their own security could be improved, most of the crap/**** could be filtered out by ppl using a bit of common ******* sense !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangFarang Posted November 27, 2012 Report Share Posted November 27, 2012 i don't think u can blame hotmail for the stupidity of some of the ppl using it !!although their own security could be improved, most of the crap/shit could be filtered out by ppl using a bit of common fucking sense !!! Exactly. The worst one was that "Who's blocked you on Messenger" spam that hackers sent out. They told you they would tell you who was blocking you on MSN if you put in your name and password. Well, duh! They simply just hijacked your Hotmail account and started spamming everyone in your address book. Now, regardless of whether or not Spam software should have caught it (questionable since the email is always coming from a friend) there's the fact that somebody then clicked on the link. I must have received hundreds of spams tempting me to give up my MSN login details from people that I knew. I've never had that with Yahoo Mail, Gmail, or any other service I've used. But about every six months I'll get a ton of Hotmail spam from people who clicked on a link or filled in a form. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytro Posted April 4, 2013 Report Share Posted April 4, 2013 everyday they come out with a new email scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin_2 Posted April 7, 2013 Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 everyday they come out with a new email scam and who are "they" exactly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunitz Posted April 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2013 and who are "they" exactly? Chinese hackers, Russian and Nigerian scammers, just to name the biggest groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarangFarang Posted April 11, 2013 Report Share Posted April 11, 2013 Chinese hackers, Russian and Nigerian scammers, just to name the biggest groups. Yes, they have big scam factories where they produce scams on an assembly line :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaunitz Posted April 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2013 Yes, they have big scam factories where they produce scams on an assembly line :-) This only applies to the Chinese, the Russians are too drunk to get a single scam produced correctly and the Nigerians break half of them before they reach the end of the production process.But joking aside, I once got on a webpage that is documenting exactly this. Hacking attempts and spamming and it gave statistics about the origins of those wrongdoings. Unfortunately, I have no idea any more what the name of this website is but China, Russia and Nigeria were on top of the lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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