Its probably an automated system that just plugs in the domain of the email itself into the form message.
On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 7:17 AM, Michel Jullian <michelj...@gmail.com> wrote: > Steven, although "hijacking" the email addresses of vortex posters > would be extremely easy, without Bill being able to do anything about > it (if you don't know how, ask me privately), since I myself didn't > get the request and no other vo than Jack said he did, my guess would > be that Jack himself has an eskimo account, whose details the scammer > was trying to obtain. Or maybe it was sent indiscriminately to the > scammer's email database, eskimo or not, in the hope that it would > reach enough eskimo account holders. > > This kind of scam is called phishing BTW, it's very common and most > often used to obtain access to the means of payment (paypal, bank > account etc) of the most gullible among the addressees. Nothing one > can do about it, except ignoring it. > > Michel > > > 2009/10/21 OrionWorks - Steven Vincent Johnson <orionwo...@charter.net>: >> It >> would appear that someone hijacked the subscriber list database. >> >> Regards, >> Steven Vincent Johnson >> www.OrionWorks.com >> www.zazzle.com/orionworks >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: j...@mail940c35.nsolutionszone.com >>> [mailto:j...@mail940c35.nsolutionszone.com] On Behalf Of Taylor J. Smith >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 6:39 AM >>> To: vortex-l@eskimo.com >>> Subject: [Vo]:strange request >>> >>> Hi All, 10-21-09 >>> >>> Is this a scam? >>> >>> Jack Smith >>> >>> --------------- >>> >>> Dear eskimo.com Subscriber, >>> >>> We are currently carrying-out a mantainace >>> process to your eskimo.com account, to >>> complete this, you must reply to >>> this mail immediately, and enter your >>> User Name here (,,,,,,,,) And Password here >>> (.......) if you are the rightful owner of >>> this account. >>> >>> This process we help us to fight against >>> spam mails.Failure to summit your password, >>> will render your email address >>> in-active from our database. >>> >>> NOTE: If your have done this before, you may >>> ignore >>> this mail. You will be send a password reset >>> messenge in next seven (7) >>> working days after undergoing this process >>> for security reasons. >> >> > >
