posted on November 22, 2005 04:43:54 AM
Well, I was bombarded with emails containing viruses last night. One bothered me more than the others. This one purportedly came from the CIA. Yes, that's right. Of course, I forwarded it to the CIA. I'm sure this is a major "no-no" - posing as the CIA! What are they going to try next? Here's the email in case anyone else out there gets one:
X-Apparently-To: [email protected] via 66.163.170.98; Tue, 22
Nov 2005 01:17:52 -0800
X-YahooFilteredBulk: 68.215.205.246
X-Originating-IP: [68.215.205.246]
Authentication-Results: mta817.mail.scd.yahoo.com
from=cia.gov; domainkeys=neutral (no sig)
Received: from 207.115.20.52 (EHLO flpvm22.prodigy.net) (207.115.20.52)
by mta817.mail.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:17:06 -0800
X-Originating-IP: [68.215.205.246]
Received: from anbgdm.gov (adsl-215-205-246.aep.bellsouth.net
[68.215.205.246])
by flpvm22.prodigy.net (8.12.10 083104/8.12.10) with SMTP id
jAM9HjZi009438;
Tue, 22 Nov 2005 01:17:45 -0800
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:06:15 UTC
Subject: You_visit_illegal_websites
Importance: Normal
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="====d1bd33a8cdd80.0caa8"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-ISafe-Status: V
Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
++++ Central Intelligence Agency -CIA-
++++ Office of Public Affairs
++++ Washington, D.C. 20505
++++ phone: (703) 482-0623
++++ 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., US Eastern time
Cheryl
"Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King, Jr.
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
posted on November 22, 2005 12:02:26 PM
hi cheryl,
I just received mine from the cia but I am being bombarded with this type of emails today.
what a pain in my a--!
Rosanne
posted on November 22, 2005 03:08:21 PM
I use Windows XP and I did not get anything at all. Have not gotten a single piece of spam mail since I changed to Verizon. Before that I had to delete at least a dozen spam e-mails each day and I always have attachments blocked. Wonder why I was left out.
buyhigh
posted on November 22, 2005 04:08:40 PMbuyhigh wrote,
Wonder why I was left out.
Post your email address anywhere on the internet and the spammers will eventually get around to you. The spammy attachments all contain Windows-specific payloads that turn your XP into a spam-spewing "Zombie". Much like inserting a Sony Music CD into your PC makes it "rootable" (in the computer sense).
posted on November 22, 2005 07:21:46 PM
Thanks for the info. Guess I have not posted my e-mail address on anything but secure sites or through e-mail replies on Outlook Express. Will remember to never do so in the future. Also will steer clear of Sony C.D.s as far as my computer is concerned.
buyhigh
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
posted on November 23, 2005 06:05:55 AM
Help!! I am being bombarded with these stupid Paris Hilton emails along with the fbi, cia and just about anything else that isn't ebay or personal.
I have never experienced this before. I have always felt safe. I use microsoft outlook.
Does anyone have any words of wisdom for me? I know that it is too early for two-buck chuck but it is driving me crazy.
mama
posted on November 23, 2005 11:33:59 AM
I've been swamped with emails with viruses attached all day yesterday and again today. SBC has stopped delivery of them, but they keep coming. They are W32.SoberX.