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  • From: Joey Carr <joey AT ibiblio.org>
  • To: ibiblio-announce AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [ibiblio-announce] Phishing attack, please be aware
  • Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:54:50 -0400

Dear all-

One vigilant contributor has reported receiving the following fraudulent email which pretends to be from the ibiblio.org support staff. Please exercise a healthy skepticism, and if you doubt the authenticity of an email, it will never hurt to double check by contacting help AT ibiblio.org.

-Joey

> Dear user of ibiblio.org,
>
> We have received reports that your account was used to send a large
> amount of spam messages during this week.
> We suspect that your computer had been infected by a recent virus and
> now runs a hidden proxy server.
>
> Please follow our instructions in order to keep your computer safe.
>
> Have a nice day,
> ibiblio.org support team.




  • [ibiblio-announce] Phishing attack, please be aware, Joey Carr, 09/21/2006

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