[meteorite-list] Strange e-mails

From: trandall_at_idsi.net <trandall_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:04 2004
Message-ID: <a05100300b88f003ab7b8_at_[216.91.17.232]>

   I got one about 2 days ago and just deleted it. So it appears to be
list wide. Mine was something.doc.scr though...

Regards and beware,

Tom Randall


>I got the same thing last night. I had to delete cuz I know the real Ivan
>wouldn't do it to us. The attachment says Doc.doc.pif and there is nothing
>written in the text box
>
>Tom
>
>
>
>> All,
>>
>> In the last couple of days I've received two e-mails from unknown persons.
>>
>> The latest was from someone named "Ivan Koutyrev" (I know we have an "Ivan"
>> in meteoritics these days, but I don't know his last name). Its subject
>> line was "Re: Apollo 'Lunar' Sample." It contained no text message but
>> carried an attachment with a .pif suffix. When I replied to the sender,
>> the message bounced.
>>
>> I wouldn't have brought this up, but yesterday I got another very similar
>> message. I deleted it so I can't remember the sender's name, but it was
>> not "Ivan." It also contained no text, just a .pif attachment. When I
>> replied to it, it also bounced. The subject line indicated that it was a
>> response to my recent list posting about the Willamette meteorite.
>>
>> I am not foolish enough to open attachments sent by complete strangers, so
>> I don't know what these .pif files were. That they were sent from
>> fictitious e-mail accounts has me concerned. Two of these in as many days
>> is odd. Both coming with meteorite-related subject lines is very odd. I
>> suspect Trojan Horses. Can .pif attachments cause damage to a computer
>> when opened?
>>
>> Is anyone else on the list experiencing this problem? If so, we might have
>> a list-wide issue. If not, then I might have become a target for some
>> reason.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>>
>>
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>> "I look up to the heavens
>> but night has clouded over
>> no spark of constellation
>> no Vela no Orion." -Enya
>>
>>
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