There were no links though, just the message. I’m guessing a reply by me would generate another reply by the spammer/scammer that might escalate things.
Regards, Adrien > On May 8, 2019, at 2:19 PM, Robert Heller <[email protected]> wrote: > > At Wed, 8 May 2019 11:58:30 -0500 Adrien Monteleone > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Considering the ’name’ and the email address are both names but they are >> different, I’d say that is a fair guess. The slight rambling tone and the >> plug link was what first tipped me off. >> >> I just got a personal spam e-mail yesterday from someone claiming they >> couldn’t access the list and wanted help fixing that. (presumably they had >> been using and posting to the list prior) I knew they weren’t legit when I >> did a site search for their e-mail address. Nothing came up. Had they ever >> posted a message, I’d have gotten a hit. (I searched parts of my own address >> just to verify) I must say, it was fairly cleverly designed, even with a >> screenshot of the Mailman login page. I already know that non-members >> posting to the list get sent to a moderator queue where the message can be >> deleted or sent through. (happened to me a few times when I accidentally >> replied or posted from the wrong e-mail account) So even sending the same >> message to the list itself, would be seen by the moderator who would be the >> one to offer list help. (or see that the name/e-mail address aren’t in the >> Mailman user base) >> >> Not sure how the scam/phish is supposed to work since I just deleted it, but >> perhaps other members should be aware of it. > > It is based on the assumption that the receiver (eg you) is dumb enough to > randomly click on the link(s) provided. > > There is some assumption that many "webmasters" are actually people who are > people with a WordPress blog and are not technically savy and will fall for a > message like that. Or else there is the assumption that random members of a > mailman list are not technically savy and will fall for a message like that. > Of course, sometimes the message goes to someone who is technically savy and > then the scam/phish fails... > > The scammers and spammers are getting cleverer and cleverer and are trying to > get ahead of the spam detection software (both silicon and biological)... > _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
