bogus emails looking for money
Derek Atkins
warlord at MIT.EDU
Tue Apr 27 12:51:59 EDT 2010
Lloyd Kvam <python at venix.com> writes:
> A friend's webmail account (@msn.com) appears to have been hacked. I
> received a request to wire $1470 to London (UK) to help her out. She
> was mugged and lost her cash and credit cards.
>
> Is there any place to report this sort of email that might actually do
> some good?
>
> I'll start with abuse at msn.com, but would love to find out about better
> alternatives.
Mostly you should just tell your friend to change their password.. And
check the email addresses linked to their account.
-derek
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