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Fri 19/04/13 at 07:34
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Seems to be on the rise again for me, anyone else getting this?
Sat 30/04/16 at 13:11
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Hmmm... wrote:
chasfh wrote:
[i]Either is fine from our perspective...



In the past I think Freeola have asked them to be sent as attachments, this makes sense as the original email headers will then be intact.

#2c
[s]Hmmm...[/s][/i]

Certainly helps with the "spoofed" ones, as we can tell precisely what IP address we need to look at!

As I said though, this is monitored quite closely, so anything generic that's hitting any large number of users get picked up by us anyway.
Sat 30/04/16 at 13:09
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Hmmm... wrote:

In the past I think Freeola have asked them to be sent as attachments, this makes sense as the original email headers will then be intact.


That's what I thought tbh, but just thought I'd ask again. Thanks both :¬)
Sat 30/04/16 at 12:58
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chasfh wrote:
Either is fine from our perspective...


In the past I think Freeola have asked them to be sent as attachments, this makes sense as the original email headers will then be intact.

#2c
[s]Hmmm...[/s]
Sat 30/04/16 at 12:52
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DL wrote:
Have always wondered which is the preferred way of reporting suspicious emails to Freeola Abuse?

In the past I have forwarded the email as is and I have also emailed it to abuse as an attachment.

Which way is of more use?


Either is fine from our perspective, but just to be clear one of my colleagues here is responsible for monitoring this on a daily basis, so any "obvious" spammers are added to the list quite quickly.
Sat 30/04/16 at 12:34
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Have always wondered which is the preferred way of reporting suspicious emails to Freeola Abuse?

In the past I have forwarded the email as is and I have also emailed it to abuse as an attachment.

Which way is of more use?
Fri 08/04/16 at 17:37
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It's tough out there! Glad to hear my tip is still working for you @pete_21 :¬)

[s]Hmmm...[/s]
Thu 07/04/16 at 17:31
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Had the first one ever slip through Gmail this week, other than that it's still working brilliantly (thanks again Hmmm...).

On another note I've just noticed this thread now has 200 replies and over 5500 views! :0
Thu 07/04/16 at 14:00
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Blog article to go live tomorrow regarding spam, how to recognise and avoid getting caught out by it.

Hopefully this should be a helpful reference for our customers. :)
Wed 06/04/16 at 19:29
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Not had this one yet Hmmm, but every recipient should KNOW that it's bogus, unless they receive invoices from THAT company ... and we all KNOW who we've ordered from and what it was we ordered ... :¬)

Guess it must be 'panic mode' that makes some recipients open the 'attachment' ... sad ;¬)
Wed 06/04/16 at 17:46
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Glad(?) to see I'm not the only one that received this type of spam email.

The BBC news website have just published this article:
Phishing email that knows your address

"A new type of phishing email that includes the recipient's home address has been received by thousands of people, the BBC has learned."

They go on to say the malicious link will install 'ransomeware'!

[s]Hmmm...[/s]

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