Green Coffee Bean spam

2013-04-09 Thread Jennifer Lefroy
Hello Everyone, I have now had two emails with a link to a site spruiking green coffee beans. Unfortunately, both seemed to come from relatives who often send links and I did not check enough before opening. (Don't say it. I know!!) My question is: have two address books coincidentally been u

Re: Green Coffee Bean spam

2013-04-09 Thread Susan Hastings
Hi Jennifer, check the email address carefully to see if it is indeed from a relative. The SPAM may try to look like it comes from them, but vary very slightly. If the email address is different you just need to move the two emails into your SPAM folder. That will train your email app to do lik

Re: Green Coffee Bean spam

2013-04-09 Thread Neil Houghton
Hi Jennifer, And don't forget: Even if the "from" exactly matches one of your actual friends/relatives, it does not mean that either your or their email accounts have been compromised - it is easy to send an email with any "from" address you choose (I demonstrated this in a WAMUG post quite a whi