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I'm attending a professional meeting in China next month. The meeting is legit (it has been going on for 25 years now), but today I received what looked like spam from one of the organizers (I believe a secretary).
The message is as follows:
The e-mail address is the same as the one listed on the meeting website. The e-mail's name (the one that appears in the header) is written in full, (say, John Smith), whereas the end of the e-mail was initialed J.O. Smith (for example).
I live in the United Kingdom (though admittedly, my e-mail indicates this as so). I forwarded the e-mail to the other meeting organizers, and someone e-mailed me back saying "Yes this is spam. Don't reply to it and just delete it".
Fine. I've received spam in the past. But generally, it's quite obvious what was auto-generated spam and what isn't. This case is different. The fact the letter is signed by the same name, but of a different format than in the e-mail headers is strange. It's not obvious that it is auto-generated by some sort of virus...but then again, maybe it is.
Have you guys seen spam of this nature before?
Edit: It does seem to be spam. I'm curious, however, was this sent by the person's e-mail? If it was sent by spoofing the e-mail, then I don't see how the spammer would get any replies I sent back. Does this mean that whomever's account is sending the spam was hacked?
The message is as follows:
The e-mail address is the same as the one listed on the meeting website. The e-mail's name (the one that appears in the header) is written in full, (say, John Smith), whereas the end of the e-mail was initialed J.O. Smith (for example).
I live in the United Kingdom (though admittedly, my e-mail indicates this as so). I forwarded the e-mail to the other meeting organizers, and someone e-mailed me back saying "Yes this is spam. Don't reply to it and just delete it".
Fine. I've received spam in the past. But generally, it's quite obvious what was auto-generated spam and what isn't. This case is different. The fact the letter is signed by the same name, but of a different format than in the e-mail headers is strange. It's not obvious that it is auto-generated by some sort of virus...but then again, maybe it is.
Have you guys seen spam of this nature before?
Edit: It does seem to be spam. I'm curious, however, was this sent by the person's e-mail? If it was sent by spoofing the e-mail, then I don't see how the spammer would get any replies I sent back. Does this mean that whomever's account is sending the spam was hacked?
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