[meteorite-list] I'm OK. Yahoo Account Hacked

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:56:21 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <671188.80511.qm_at_web113614.mail.gq1.yahoo.com>

Hey Eric,

My guess is that the hacker grabbed my yahoo address book too, and some of you may see additional emails from "me" about this scam. I'm not seeing any compromises on my local systems, so apparently my password was too easy, they cracked it and did a smash and grab.

I have used a much stronger password on this account and my LPL and Full Moon Photography email addresses are much more secure as well.

NEVER respond to any calls for help on a mailing list. I, like nearly all of you, would contact family and friends long before I'd send out a post on any mailing list about being in trouble in another country and needing help and especially needing money.

As Kelly did, a simple phone call is always a good way to check on things too.

Thanks everyone for your concern and again apologies for any trouble this has caused.

--
Richard Kowalski
Full Moon Photography
IMCA #1081
--- On Sun, 6/27/10, Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com> wrote:
> From: Meteorites USA <eric at meteoritesusa.com>
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] I'm OK. Yahoo Account Hacked
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010, 10:34 AM
> Richard, Sorry about this public
> email... I'm sending this to the list because I have no
> private email address for you that I know is not
> compromised.
> 
> I just received TWO more emails from your email address...
> 
> "...as soon as you're done with the transfer please get
> back to me with the Confirmation details from the Western
> Union #MTCN..."
> 
> '...as soon as you're don with the transfer...kindly get
> back to me the Confirmation details from the WESTERN
> UNION..."
> 
> Check your anti-virus program. make sure you don't have a
> trojan or password sniffer program. If you already changed
> your password on your Yahoo account, and I just received an
> email, that not good and tells me it's possible that they
> got your new password too. The only way that could happen is
> if they have a LIVE connection to your computer, or there's
> a password trojan or sniffer on your computer. Run your
> anti-virus program. I reccommend Avast Home Edition (FREE)
> http://www.avast.com Also check your users on your
> computer, you should be the only one.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/27/2010 9:44 AM, Richard Kowalski wrote:
> > My fiance' just woke me up with great concern. After a
> phone call from Kelly Beatty checking in on my due to the
> recent scam email.
> > 
> > It was apparent to me as soon as I hear about what was
> happening that someone had hacked into my yahoo account and
> sent out that scam email about me being in the UK and being
> mugged.
> > 
> > I can assure you I am at home in Tucson, safe and
> comfortable. I have reset my password on Yahoo Mail and and
> sipping my coffee.
> > 
> > Thanks to Kelly for calling here to give us a heads up
> so we could respond more quickly and to Darren Garrison for
> the warning not to respond on the Metlist.
> > 
> > So far it seems the only damage done so far is to spam
> the list, cause some concern and delete all the messages in
> my damoclid inbox...
> > 
> > Sorry for any concerns and worries this may have
> caused.
> > 
> > 
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Received on Sun 27 Jun 2010 01:56:21 PM PDT