Mew kind of spam

ao1 · 7 Dec 2022, 11:41 AM

I've been getting spam that purports to come from people in my address book (I'm using Thunderbird with Fastmail). It contains some variation of hi/hello, and a link that displays as https://www.google.com/search?q=<my email here> but actually directs to a bit.ly URL.

Has anyone else gotten those?

somdcomputerguy · 7 Dec 2022, 08:54 PM

I got an email like that last month or so. Messages in my spam folder get deleted after a week so I don't remember the exact receive time. The sender was NOT in my address book, but was someone (that I know personally) that I had recently 'friended' on fb. I do remember taking somewhat of an interest because the userid part of the address sent to was not used anywhere, like for newsletters or other services.

- Bruce

edit: I just checked my spam folder and the message was still there. I got it last month, on the 28th. The domain part of the senders address goes to a non-english cell phone marketer.

ao1 · 7 Dec 2022, 10:22 PM

I'm suspecting some sort of email address harvesting malware.

Bamb0 · 8 Dec 2022, 06:23 AM

Spam is just aweful..........

7 Dec 2022, 11:41 AM	#1
ao1 Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 327	Mew kind of spam I've been getting spam that purports to come from people in my address book (I'm using Thunderbird with Fastmail). It contains some variation of hi/hello, and a link that displays as https://www.google.com/search?q=<my email here> but actually directs to a bit.ly URL. Has anyone else gotten those?

7 Dec 2022, 08:54 PM	#2
somdcomputerguy Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Rupert, WV Posts: 882	I got an email like that last month or so. Messages in my spam folder get deleted after a week so I don't remember the exact receive time. The sender was NOT in my address book, but was someone (that I know personally) that I had recently 'friended' on fb. I do remember taking somewhat of an interest because the userid part of the address sent to was not used anywhere, like for newsletters or other services. - Bruce edit: I just checked my spam folder and the message was still there. I got it last month, on the 28th. The domain part of the senders address goes to a non-english cell phone marketer. Last edited by somdcomputerguy : 7 Dec 2022 at 09:21 PM.

7 Dec 2022, 10:22 PM	#3
ao1 Essential Contributor Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 327	I'm suspecting some sort of email address harvesting malware.

8 Dec 2022, 06:23 AM	#4
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,876	Spam is just aweful..........