[meteorite-list] Strange e-mails

From: Graham Christensen <majorvoltage_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:04 2004
Message-ID: <F59t8qaPj8YbyZKkyKC00020b9b_at_hotmail.com>

I got an E-mail in reply to one of my postings that had no text and had an
attachment that said something .MP3.pif and there was a text attachment as
well. When I scanned the .mp3.pif attachment for viruses it said that it did
contain one so I didn't open it. I also replied to it and the message came
back.

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Graham Christensen
majorvoltage_at_hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/aerolitehunter


>From: Bob Martino <martino.6_at_osu.edu>
>To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com
>Subject: [meteorite-list] Strange e-mails
>Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 10:43:52 -0500
>
>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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> but night has clouded over
> no spark of constellation
> no Vela no Orion." -Enya
>
>
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Received on Tue 12 Feb 2002 05:01:35 PM PST