[Cialug] Apple users BEWARE!!!

[Andrew Denner]

Keeping email running and ahead of the spammers is a hard thing. It is
something I am more than happy to let others handle.

On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 3:23 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff at ocjtech.us> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 2:15 PM, L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > This is the third one of these fake Apple account emails I have seen this
> > month:
> >
>
> Only three? That seems low to me.
>
> Of course, the "Verify Account" link will capture your credentials and,
> > poof, your account is compromised.
> >
> > Be sure to warn anyone Apple users you know! It's easy to identify the
> > fake emails, as they originate at a Google Mail server.
> >
>
> Don't count on these emails always originating from a Google server.
> Staying ahead of spammers is a difficult and time-consuming affair. Warning
> normal users about a specific detail like this is useless as tomorrow the
> spammers will be using hacked Yahoo accounts.
>
> Which is why a long long time ago I moved to GMail. The time I save not
> having to deal with spam is well worth it. Plus I've never found an email
> client that I like better than GMail. Everything else I've tried is stuck
> in the 90's with IMAP and folders.
>
> --
> Jeff Ollie
> The majestik møøse is one of the mäni interesting furry animals in Sweden.
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