[GreenKeys] Off-list spam

[Ron Kolarik]

Gil, get something like Mailwasher https://www.mailwasher.net/ and scan 
the email on the server before you download them.
It's just another level of protection that we sadly have run to keep the 
miscreants at bay. I have received similar emails to
what you got, at least 5 in the last week, and not a one made it off the 
server.

Ron K.

On 7/8/2019 3:54 PM, gil at baudot.net wrote:
> Hey folks.  I got an email at gil at baudot.net from a lovely gentleman 
> who said he had cracked into my mail system and operating system, had 
> planted a key logger, was taking video of me via my webcam as I 
> watched naughty stuff, and all sorts of alarming things.
>
> He said he could tell that I had read it since I opened the attached 
> image (a scan of his rant) -- this is true.  I have image loading 
> turned off in my email, and normally dont open images except from 
> trusted senders.  But he sent this email with my address in the from 
> field, so he indeed tricked me into opening the image (I often email 
> things to myself).
>
>
> Oh my.  But he was generous enough to make it all go away if I sent 
> him $1000 in Bitcoin.
>
> Hmm. He didn't have control of my email.  There was no OS to hack 
> since I use a webmail service and I use a disposable Chromebook for 
> most browsing.
>
> Yes, it was just a scare tactic, like the folks who call and pose as a 
> grandkid in trouble to shake you down for money.
>
> I just want to point out that all of our email addresses are easily 
> available in the greenkeys archive, so if you get something like this, 
> they did not 'hack' your system.
>
> Crazy world we live in now.
>
> Gil
>
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