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14 Feb 2018, 02:34 PM | #1 |
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Is this a phish?
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From: "" <admin-mail@hughes.net> To: myname@fastmail.fm Subject: Incoming mails were placed on pending 2/9/2018 Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2018 01:37:08 +0200 Hi User myname@fastmail.fm You have 9 Incoming mail on Pending Due to the security alert Recovery Back Mail Regard IT - DEPARTMENT -ADMIN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This doesn't look like anything I have ever received from FastMail. Should I open it? |
14 Feb 2018, 02:57 PM | #2 |
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Personally, I would delete.
But then I don't have any contacts with a hughes.net e-mail address. Are there any links in the message? |
14 Feb 2018, 03:00 PM | #3 |
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No. No links. It just looks suspicious. I've been with FastMail for 12 years, and I've never seen anything like this before.
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14 Feb 2018, 03:02 PM | #4 |
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Do you send to or receive e-mails from any of your contacts with a hughes.net address?
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14 Feb 2018, 03:09 PM | #5 |
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Never even heard of 'em!
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14 Feb 2018, 03:11 PM | #6 |
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Well, then I would delete and forget it.
If it continues to happen, report back! |
14 Feb 2018, 03:12 PM | #7 |
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That's what I figured, but I wanted to check with the experts! I have to wonder how someone got my email address??
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14 Feb 2018, 03:19 PM | #8 |
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I would suggest forwarding the email (as attachment) to abuse@fastmail.com, with a covering note. In the highly unlikely event that the email is something you should read, FastMail will reply back accordingly. In the 99.9% probability that the email is malicious, it may help FastMail build protections to prevent others being targeted.
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14 Feb 2018, 04:27 PM | #9 |
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Thanks, Brit Tim. Will do.
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16 Feb 2018, 10:48 AM | #10 |
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Hughesnet is a a satellite communications provider and is owned by EchoStar. It's definitely a phishing message and should be deleted. See an official warning about this scam:
http://customer.kb.hughesnet.com/Pages/3918.aspx Bill |
16 Feb 2018, 03:28 PM | #11 |
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It always boggles my mind that people do things like this. I have no idea how they got into my email. FastMail ID'd it as spam, but I was curious about it so I looked at it to see if it was actually from FamtMail. It just didn't feel like something FastMail would send out. I've already sent it to the abuse address with a short note.
Have you ever received one of these emails? I don't know what I did wrong to invite them into my life... |
16 Feb 2018, 04:15 PM | #12 | |
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Quote:
It was probably not your fault. A good technique for the future that can help a lot is:
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16 Feb 2018, 06:54 PM | #13 |
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Good idea to check which of my three email addresses was the target. I am a shut-in, so I do a lot of online shopping. It might be tricky to figure out who the culprit was, but it's a good place to start.
I am terrible at rules! They are sort of like high school algebra to me, and I was lousy at that. I do plan to give it a go though. Thanks again for your help, Brit Tim. |
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