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BS: Avoiding or reporting spoof emails
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Subject: RE: BS: Avoiding or reporting spoof emails From: Stilly River Sage Date: 17 Oct 23 - 04:50 PM We were just discussing this on the Nick Dow heart attack thread, is that what brought it up? I remarked that the "hacked email" someone reported might actually be spoofed email, meant to look like it was coming from someone it wasn't. At one time there was a US government agency you could forward spoofed and phishing email to, but I have to think about it - did it work and who were they? I use Malwarebytes for real time virus and malware scanning and they send out security tips in monthly newsletters. I should look through past posts to see what they say about email. |
Subject: RE: BS: Avoiding or reporting spoof emails From: Backwoodsman Date: 17 Oct 23 - 05:05 PM Mrs. Backwoodsperson, her folks, and I were discussing this only today, after her mother received an email purporting to be from a friend who died in 2022. IMHO there are three steps… 1) Report to report@phishing.gov.uk 2) Block the sender. 3) Delete the offending email. IMHO, YMMV. |
Subject: BS: Avoiding or reporting spoof emails From: FreddyHeadey Date: 17 Oct 23 - 04:29 PM "Email spoofing takes advantage of the fact that email, in many ways, is not very different from regular mail. Each email has three elements: an envelope, a message header, and a message body. An email spoofer puts whatever they want into each of those fields, not just the body and “To:” fields. This means they can customize the information in the following fields: Mail from: Reply to: From: Subject: Date: To: " www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/email-spoofing The .gov page www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing says Forward suspicious emails to report@phishing.gov.uk Does it have any effect? Do you have links other pages which have good advice? |