<html><head></head><body>Sounds like databroker purchase turned phishing<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On May 3, 2022 10:50:28 PM EDT, Bob Toxen via Ale <ale@ale.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class="k9mail">Methinks that somebody's email or computer was hackd. This sounds<br>different from "This is Bank of America, click here to login and change<br>your password." The latter, of course, for frequently used companies<br>assumes that a certain percentage will hit current customers.<br><br>For a Canadian campground clearly somebody was hacked to connect it<br>to you.<br><br>Bob<br><br>On Tue, May 03, 2022 at 08:52:27PM -0400, Neal Rhodes via Ale wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;">We've seen two instances of what might look like a new flavor of phishing<br>attack.<br><br>My wife got an email ostensibly from a local HVAC contractor we have used in<br>the past, asking her to click on a link to view an RFP and see if she wants<br>to work with them on it. She knew enough to smell a rat and delete it.<br><br>And today, I got an email from a campground in Canada where I made a<br>reservation, asking for me to buy an Amazon Gift card for their family<br>'cause they had a heart attack, and they will pay me back. In that case,<br>the reply address was XXXXXXX@outlook.com, when in fact the real emails from<br>the park were sent from XXXXXXX@somethingsomething.ca.<br><br>It's like some attack is floating around which just harvests combinations of<br>To/From email addresses, and they blast out various attempts to fool people.<br><br>I've only seen a couple like that. Do I just not get out much?<br><br>Is this ringing a bell?<br><br>Neal<hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></blockquote><hr>Ale mailing list<br>Ale@ale.org<br><a href="https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">https://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at<br><a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</a><br></pre></blockquote></div><br>-- <br>Computers amplify human error<br>Super computers are really cool</body></html>