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Old 15 Apr 2017, 07:18 AM   #4
TenFour
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Part of my reason for wanting to know is to be able to advise the person being spoofed or hacked -- explain to them how they got hacked/spoofed and what they should do about it.
A lot of times the other person is not spoofed/hacked. The scammer just scans websites, picks up email addresses, then sends out emails pretending to be that person. The good ones do some research so they can appear to be the actual person. Someone where I work recently received an email from the executive director asking for some money to be wired someplace. The ed's email address was used, but their account wasn't hacked or anything--the scammers just pretended to be the ed. I once received what looked like an email from my sister saying her purse had been stolen, but in that case her account had been hacked into and the scammer was sending email direct from her account. Rule of thumb--be paranoid, because they are out to get you!
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