[MGSA-L] Dangerous spam included in MGSA-L Digest, Vol 96, issue 5

Roland Moore rolandmo at pacbell.net
Thu Apr 5 17:13:52 PDT 2012


Dear MGSA-L subscribers,
Clearly that no subject email that appeared on the list was a piece of spam.  I am sorry that it appeared.  And with the silly phrasing, "this is crazy you should check the out," it obviously didn't come from Anthony Hirst.  Needless to say, don't click on that link.  At any rate, it is not a posting that he or I approved!  I've changed a setting that should reduce the chance something similar would come through, but always keep your cynicism set on high when urged to click something.  
With best wishes, Roland


--- On Thu, 4/5/12, Anthony Hirst <anthony.hirst at btinternet.com> wrote:

> From: Anthony Hirst <anthony.hirst at btinternet.com>
> Subject: [MGSA-L] Dangerous spam included in MGSA-L Digest, Vol 96, issue 5
> To: mgsa-l at uci.edu
> Date: Thursday, April 5, 2012, 4:01 PM
> The final item in Vol 96 issue 5 (
> "4. Re: (no subject) (ANTHONY HIRST)"),  purports to
> come from my email address. In fact it was not sent from my
> address, and is a potentialy dangerous piece of spam, which
> is not even evidently addressed to the mgsa-l. 
> 
> I can't understand how it got included in the Digest without
> any scrutiny. There is no content remotely relevant to the
> MGSA and the phraseology "this is crazy and you should check
> the out" is typical of spam. I am concerned that the site to
> which readers are directed may contain malware.
> 
> Please issue a warning in the next issue of the Digest. I
> very much regret that that my name is associated with this
> bogus message, but as I had no part in generating it I can't
> exactly apologize.
> 
> Whenever I have sent anything to the MGSA listserv, I have
> taken care to include my membership number  with the
> message.
> 
> As one of your subscribers has already sent me a message
> saying "You're now on blocked/junk list",  I would
> appreciate it if you would include this message from me (or
> at least a reference to it) in the next issue of the Digest.
> (It was the email from the fellow subscriber which alerted
> to check the contents of the Digest which had arrived
> shortly before.)
> 
> Yours sincerely
> 
> Anthony Hirst
> MGSA Membership No.  2097371
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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