[meteorite-list] I'm OK, My Yahoo Maill Account got hacked

From: Barry Hughes <bhughes_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:13:41 -0400
Message-ID: <AANLkTilnSybkBwp37nzBW0Vc3qd3Rpx1O-BNoE0LnVAT_at_mail.gmail.com>

Well, this list has a lot of information about the users and requires
no vetting to become a member. I don't mind giving my info to people
here but I wonder if we all aren't easy pickings....

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:01 PM, Stuart McDaniel
<actionshooting at carolina.rr.com> wrote:
> It seems this is happening allot on this list lately.
>
>
> Stuart McDaniel
> Lawndale, NC
> Secretary,
> Cleve. Co. Astronomical Society
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Kowalski" <damoclid at yahoo.com>
> To: "meteorite list" <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2010 12:57 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] I'm OK, My Yahoo Maill Account got hacked
>
>
>> (I also sent this email from my work address, so you'll see it again from
>> there as well. It hasn't posted yet, so I sent it from here with the hope
>> this news will get out sooner.)
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Richard Kowalski
>>
>>
>>
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Received on Sun 27 Jun 2010 09:13:41 PM PDT