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Re: Fake email

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On 2026-05-15 21:11, VanguardLH wrote:
> Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 15/05/2026 18:18, Retirednoguilt wrote:
>>> On 5/15/2026 10:00 AM, Jim the Geordie wrote:
>>>> I received an email today from a friend. The sender address is the one I
>>>> have for him.
>>>> When I opened it, I knew that it was a fake from the content and I have
>>>> had similar before - 'can you buy an Apple card for me - friend with
>>>> cancer etc, etc.'
>>>>
>>>> I did not REPLY to that email, but sent a new message to the address I
>>>> thought I knew. The reply came back from a different address with more
>>>> crap about sending the card and how much it would cost.
>>>>
>>>> Clearly, it would seem that my friend's email address has been hijacked
>>>> and redirects elsewhere.
>>>> Is there a way that I might have detected that in the first place?
>>>> Is there an add-on that can be used. DKIM verifier does not do that job.
>>>>
>>>> I am reduced to contacting other friends to see if there is a genuine
>>>> recent address for him.
>>>>
>>> Did you consider calling him on the telephone?
>>
>> Afraid not. Hence all this.
> 
> Your friend has an e-mail account, but not a phone number (whether to
> voice call or send a text).  Well, your friend has severely limited his
> options on contacting him/her.  Could be they do have a phone number,
> but never divulged it to you.

There are e-friends nowdays. People you have only met remotely.

...

> If your friend ever does recover his e-mail account, tell them to NOT
> reuse the same password at every domain.  The hacker will now traverse
> other common websites using your friend's login credentials to see if
> they can hack elsewhere.  When logins are reused, a hack at one website
> means all your other websites are hack-able.  Logins should be unique to
> each website.  Also tell them to use strong passwords, not something
> like "mydogbitesme".

Sometimes choosing a login is not permitted. Sometimes sites force you 
to use your email as login. Or sometimes they force you to use (Spain) 
our national ID number.

Happened to me yesterday: I was using a chosen login to enter my 
electricity supplier site, but suddenly they changed to using our 
national ID number. Login with my credentials of 10 years failed. I 
tried password recovery, but still login failed. It took me some time to 
find out they were using my ID number.

...

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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Fake email Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> - 2026-05-15 15:00 +0100
  Re: Fake email Marco Moock <mm@dorfdsl.de> - 2026-05-15 17:32 +0200
    Re: Fake email "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-05-15 15:55 +0000
  Re: Fake email Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2026-05-15 08:42 -0700
  Re: Fake email "David E. Ross" <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2026-05-15 09:16 -0700
  Re: Fake email Jeff Layman <Jeff@invalid.invalid> - 2026-05-15 17:27 +0100
    Re: Fake email "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-05-15 17:09 +0000
      Re: Fake email "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-05-15 20:04 +0200
        Re: Fake email "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-05-15 20:02 +0000
    Re: Fake email "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-15 18:13 +0100
    Re: Fake email "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-05-15 20:14 +0200
      Re: Fake email Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-15 15:44 -0400
      Re: Fake email "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-15 21:08 +0100
        Re: Fake email "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2026-05-17 15:33 +0200
  Re: Fake email "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> - 2026-05-15 18:09 +0100
  Re: Fake email Retirednoguilt <HapilyRetired@fakeaddress.invalid> - 2026-05-15 13:18 -0400
    Re: Fake email Jim the Geordie <jim@geordieland.com> - 2026-05-15 18:31 +0100
      Re: Fake email VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-05-15 14:11 -0500
        Re: Fake email "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-15 21:57 +0200
          Re: Fake email VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2026-05-15 22:13 -0500
            Re: Fake email "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-05-16 09:25 +0200
              Re: Fake email Richmond <dnomhcir@gmx.com> - 2026-05-16 11:15 +0100
                Re: Fake email "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-05-16 14:06 +0000
                Re: Fake email The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2026-05-16 11:18 -0700
                Re: Fake email "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com> - 2026-05-16 18:32 +0000
  Re: Fake email Dave W <davewi11@yahoo.co.uk> - 2026-05-16 18:28 +0100

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