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From: SusanM <>
Subject: Re: [DVHH] A very strange e-mail from someone using Hans Kopp's name
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2009 11:50:11 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <B9B81351779F4F9DA4127C64C74C8348@SusanPC>
Doesn't it have https in the URL of a secure site, rather than just http?
--- On Mon, 3/9/09, Susan Williams <> wrote:
From: Susan Williams <>
Subject: Re: [DVHH] A very strange e-mail from someone using Hans Kopp's name
To: ,
Date: Monday, March 9, 2009, 11:07 AM
Good advice -- never under any circumstances give personal information over
the computer unless you know for sure who you are dealing with. If you log
onto something you know is safe, that is one thing.
But never under any circumstances respond to an e-mail asking for personal
ID no matter how legitimate they appear -- no companies, banks, etc. do
this; remember they already have your information -- they don't need to
verify it.
Susan
P.S. Maybe the reason Hans Kopp is not responding to all of this is that
his computer has indeed been compromised.
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To: <>
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 1:56 PM
Subject: Re: [DVHH] A very strange e-mail from someone using Hans Kopp's
name
>
> I have had quite a bit of experience with these fraudulent e-mails from
> Africa, in addition to what are termed Phishing e-mails. I have reported
> these
> and spoken with a number of police depts. and even the FBI a few times.
> From
> what I have gathered, the two things you never want to do, is to click on
> any
> link that is in an e-mail unless you are 100% sure the e-mail is from
> someone
> you know, or to download anything from an e-mail or a site that you are
> not
> familiar with. By going to a link on a fraudulent e-mail, it is possible
> for
> them to hijack your computer. The worst possible scenario would be to go
> to a
> link and start giving your private information. I have received in the
> past, a
> number of e-mails from different banks which turned out to be fraudulent.
> For example, I received an e-mail a few months ago that was from
> bankofamerica.com (I am with Bank of America so I thought it was real at
> first)and had all
> the official logos,etc. It said my private banking information had been
> compromised and that I needed to click on a link in the e-mail and answer
> all the
> questions at that link. I went there, and it asked me for all of my
> banking
> info including passwords and pin #'s. I immediately got out of that
site
> and
> called the FBI. They told me these types of e-mails are sent from every
> "American bank" (fraudulently of course), and that there is not
much they
> can do
> because they are all from other countries. If I had really been paying
> attention, I would have remembered that the address for Bank of America is
> actually
> bofa.com. Also be very wary of any e-mail that claims you have won
> something
> or that offers to share millions of dollars with you if they can use your
> bank account. These are also very common e-mails from Africa.
> Downloading is probably the most dangerous. It is very easy for a hacker
> to
> send a trojan virus to get into your computer and follow your every
> keystroke.
> If they watch you for a few days, they can get all of your banking and
> e-mail info, including your passwords. The other downloading nightmare
> happened to
> me a couple of months ago. My son downloaded a TV show (The Office) from
> the
> internet to watch past seasons. In this download, my computer got a virus
> that almost completely disabled my PC. I spent the better part of three
> days
> researching and trying to remove this virus from my PC. I finally had to
> give
> up. Luckily, I have an external hard drive where I store all of my music
> and
> and genealogy info. I just unplugged my external hard drive and then I
> ended
> up having to do a total reformat. I lost everything that was not already
> on my
> external hard drive. My computer was back to the original condition when I
> bought it a few years ago, so that is actually kind of nice, but I lost
> some
> important things and I had to spend a bunch of time reloading/downloading
> programs which I used to have. I also lost Microsoft Office, which I paid
> $200
> for and I couldn't find the disc.
> I have to wonder if Hans Kopp may have inadvertently either downloaded a
> nasty trojan virus or clicked on a fraudulent link in an e-mail. I wish
> that the
> FBI and Microsoft could get together and have the capability to send a
> virus
> which blows up the PC of any of these hackers and fraudulent e-mailers.
>
> Willy Istvan
> Everett,WA
>
> In a message dated 3/9/2009 9:47:43 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> writes:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Susan Williams" <>
> To:
> Sent: Monday, March 9, 2009 8:31:41 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
> Subject: [DVHH] A very strange e-mail from someone using Hans Kopp's
name
>
> Hello all - I just received a very strange e-mail -- it purports to come
> from Hans Kopp with a yahoo e-mail. I think that someone has used his
> name and
> used names and e-mails of people he usually writes to.
>
> This e-mail says he is in Africa on a trip to help students fight racism,
> HIV, etc.
> The story goes that while heading to the hotel he leaves his bag with
> money,
> passports and documents in the taxi .... and now can't pay for his
hotel
> or
> even money to eat.
>
> The e-mail is addressed directly to me -- which made me suspect something
> is
> up.
> I think if he was really in trouble he would be calling his country's
> embassy or family at home.
>
> Just wondering if anyone else on the list received such as message.
> Susan
>
>
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