Hi all - I’ve received one spam email from this person via SIGCIS, and now s/he is following up with another. Anyone else being harassed by him/her — or possibly “it”? Given the other recent spam, it’s looking like there is some back door to the member directory. Best, Paul
Begin forwarded message:
From: "Alexa Austin" <alexa.a@telemarketingtech.com> Subject: RE: SIGCIS Date: November 27, 2017 at 10:02:47 PST To: <pne@umich.edu>
Hi,
Any updates for me on below?
Await for your reply.
Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L i s t | A p p e n d | C a m p a i g n
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From: Alexa Austin Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 2:39 PM Subject: SIGCIS
Hi,
I found that you are a member of “The Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society Directory”. We are the global database service provider. Would you be interested in acquiring potential clients list to market your products and services as per your required location? Would it be Ok if I send you a list of some sample contacts? If yes, please give me your requirement below, and I’ll send you the list for a review.
Target Industry? ___________ Target Job titles? ___________ Target locations? ___________
Alternatively please forward this email to the right person in case you are not in charge.
Looking forward to see a good client relationship.
Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L I S T | A P P E N D | C A M P A I G N
If you wish not to hear from us again, reply “STOP” in subject line.
————————————————— Paul N. Edwards William J. Perry Fellow in International Security Center for International Security and Cooperation <http://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/> Stanford University Professor of Information <http://www.si.umich.edu/> and History <http://lsa.umich.edu/history/> University of Michigan Contact: m: pedwards@stanford.edu <mailto:pedwards@stanford.edu> w: pne.people.si.umich.edu <http://pne.people.si.umich.edu/>
Yes, I'm getting the same. I've been assuming the addresses have just been scraped from http://www.sigcis.org/members, where they're all in clear text. Best James On 27 Nov 17 19:32, Paul Edwards wrote:
Hi all - I’ve received one spam email from this person via SIGCIS, and now s/he is following up with another.
Anyone else being harassed by him/her — or possibly “it”?
Given the other recent spam, it’s looking like there is some back door to the member directory.
Best,
Paul
Begin forwarded message:
*From: *"Alexa Austin" <alexa.a@telemarketingtech.com <mailto:alexa.a@telemarketingtech.com>> *Subject: **RE: SIGCIS* *Date: *November 27, 2017 at 10:02:47 PST *To: *<pne@umich.edu <mailto:pne@umich.edu>>
Hi, Any updates for me on below? Await for your reply. Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L i s t | A p p e n d | C a m p a i g n Append Test : Send us 25 to 50 contacts in an excel sheet from your in-house database with missing email address, telephone numbers, fax numbers or mailing addresses, we can append it for you at free of cost, this will help you check the quality of our services. *From:*Alexa Austin *Sent:*Monday, November 20, 2017 2:39 PM *Subject:*SIGCIS Hi, I found that you are a member of*“**The Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society Directory”.*We are the global database service provider. Would you be interested in acquiring potential clients list to market your products and services as per your required location? Would it be Ok if I send you a list of some sample contacts? If yes, please give me your requirement below, and I’ll send you the list for a review. *Target Industry? ___________* *Target Job titles? ___________* *Target locations? ___________* Alternatively please forward this email to the right person in case you are not in charge. Looking forward to see a good client relationship. Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L I S T | A P P E N D | C A M P A I G N If you wish not to hear from us again, reply “STOP” in subject line.
————————————————— Paul N. Edwards William J. Perry Fellow in International Security Center for International Security and Cooperation <http://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/> Stanford University
Professor of Information <http://www.si.umich.edu> and History <http://lsa.umich.edu/history/> University of Michigan
Contact: m: pedwards@stanford.edu <mailto:pedwards@stanford.edu> w: pne.people.si.umich.edu <http://pne.people.si.umich.edu>
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Time to put those email addresses behind a password, I think. P On Nov 27, 2017, at 11:39, James Sumner <james.sumner@manchester.ac.uk<mailto:james.sumner@manchester.ac.uk>> wrote: Yes, I'm getting the same. I've been assuming the addresses have just been scraped from http://www.sigcis.org/members, where they're all in clear text. Best James On 27 Nov 17 19:32, Paul Edwards wrote: Hi all - I’ve received one spam email from this person via SIGCIS, and now s/he is following up with another. Anyone else being harassed by him/her — or possibly “it”? Given the other recent spam, it’s looking like there is some back door to the member directory. Best, Paul Begin forwarded message: From: "Alexa Austin" <alexa.a@telemarketingtech.com<mailto:alexa.a@telemarketingtech.com>> Subject: RE: SIGCIS Date: November 27, 2017 at 10:02:47 PST To: <pne@umich.edu<mailto:pne@umich.edu>> Hi, Any updates for me on below? Await for your reply. Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L i s t | A p p e n d | C a m p a i g n Append Test : Send us 25 to 50 contacts in an excel sheet from your in-house database with missing email address, telephone numbers, fax numbers or mailing addresses, we can append it for you at free of cost, this will help you check the quality of our services. From: Alexa Austin Sent: Monday, November 20, 2017 2:39 PM Subject: SIGCIS Hi, I found that you are a member of “The Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society Directory”. We are the global database service provider. Would you be interested in acquiring potential clients list to market your products and services as per your required location? Would it be Ok if I send you a list of some sample contacts? If yes, please give me your requirement below, and I’ll send you the list for a review. Target Industry? ___________ Target Job titles? ___________ Target locations? ___________ Alternatively please forward this email to the right person in case you are not in charge. Looking forward to see a good client relationship. Thanks & Regards, Alexa Austin L I S T | A P P E N D | C A M P A I G N If you wish not to hear from us again, reply “STOP” in subject line. ————————————————— Paul N. Edwards William J. Perry Fellow in International Security Center for International Security and Cooperation<http://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/> Stanford University Professor of Information<http://www.si.umich.edu/> and History<http://lsa.umich.edu/history/> University of Michigan Contact: m: pedwards@stanford.edu<mailto:pedwards@stanford.edu> w: pne.people.si.umich.edu<http://pne.people.si.umich.edu/> _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org<http://sigcis.org>, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org ___________________________ Paul N. Edwards William J. Perry Fellow in International Security Center for International Security and Cooperation<http://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/> Stanford University Professor of Information<http://www.si.umich.edu/> and History<http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/> University of Michigan Contact: m: pedwards@stanford.edu<mailto:pedwards@stanford.edu> w: pne.people.si.umich.edu<http://pne.people.si.umich.edu> t: @AVastMachine
On Mon, 27 Nov 2017, Paul Edwards wrote:
Hi all - I?ve received one spam email from this person via SIGCIS, and now s/he is following up with another.
Anyone else being harassed by him/her ? or possibly ?it??
Given the other recent spam, it?s looking like there is some back door to the member directory.
I've received a couple of emails from this person which were virtually identical to the one you forwarded, down to the "The Special Interest Group for Computers, Information, and Society Directory" part, which suggests that you're correct. However, neither was sent to the email address I gave SIGCIS. Just this morning I finally received my own copy of the phishing email containing the "SIGCIS.pdf" file. I haven't opened it. - Warren -- Warren R. Carithers wrc@cs.rit.edu RIT Computer Science http://www.cs.rit.edu/~wrc/ 102 Lomb Memorial Drive Tel: (585) 475-5393 Rochester, NY 14623-5608 Fax: (585) 475-4935 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE (meaningless addendum, mandated by RIT policy): The information transmitted, including attachments, is intended only for the person(s) or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and destroy any copies of this information. So there.
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