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I have recived a spam mail at my unique forum email address

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Since no one else postet something about a spam email i will do it.
I have recived a spam mail at my unique forum email address and i hope there is no security problem since i disabled "Users can contact me by e-mail" on this board an i only had activated "Administrators can e-mail me information".

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From - Thu Nov 06 17:23:58 2008
X-Account-Key: account3
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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:17:40 +0800
From: "Mr. Vincent Ramah" <consultant09@petroleumandpipelinemarketingboard.com>
Reply-To: vincentramah@hotmail.com
Subject: ***SPAM*** Re: Urgent Attention!!!: (tt-forums: message 2 of 20)
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RAMAH & ASSOCIATES
ADVOCATES SOLICITORS,
LEVEL 12,MENARA TJB
NO 9,JALAN SYED
80000 JOHOR BAHRU
MALAYSIA.


Good Day,

I am Mr. Vincent Ramah,an attorney at law.A deceased client of mine,who
hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, died as the result of a
heart-related condition on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was due
to
the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in
Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired
August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported
on:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my
client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where
this
deposit  valued at Nine Million United States Dollars( US$9 million dollars)
is
lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the
account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin
and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so
that
the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.  Then we can share the
amount
on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your
claim
as my client's next-of-kin will be provided.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from
any breach of the law.  If this business proposition offends your moral
values,do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to
exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary
confidential,
whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.Please contact me
at
once to indicate your interest.


Best Regards,
Barr.Vincent Ramah
(Principal Partner).

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<p>RAMAH & ASSOCIATES<br>ADVOCATES SOLICITORS,<br>LEVEL 12,MENARA TJB<br>NO 9,JALAN SYED<br>80000 JOHOR BAHRU<br>MALAYSIA.</p>

<p><br>Good Day,</p>
<p>I am Mr. Vincent Ramah,an attorney at law.A deceased client of mine,who<br>hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, died as the result of a<br>heart-related condition on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was due to<br>
the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in<br>Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired<br>August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported<br>on:<a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html">http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html</a></p>

<p>I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my<br>client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this<br>deposit&nbsp; valued at Nine Million United States Dollars( US$9 million dollars) is<br>
lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the<br>account will be confiscated.</p>

<p>My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin<br>and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so that<br>the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.&nbsp; Then we can share the amount<br>
on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim<br>as my client's next-of-kin will be provided.<br>All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction<br>through.</p>

<p>This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from<br>any breach of the law.&nbsp; If this business proposition offends your moral<br>values,do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to<br>
exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential,<br>whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.Please contact me at<br>once to indicate your interest.</p>

<p><br>Best Regards,<br>Barr.Vincent Ramah <br>(Principal Partner).</p>

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Re: I have recived a spam mail at my unique forum email address

Post by orudge »

I've certainly not noticed any spam sent to users of the forum via forum e-mail addresses. It's highly unlikely that there is any current security issue. There was an issue a few months ago when unlawful access was gained to an administator account, and I suppose it is perhaps possible that e-mail addresses may have been leaked, but I don't know of anything for sure. Nobody else has reported issues of this sort, so hopefully there is not be a major problem.
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I got exactly the same 9 days ago:
RAMAH & ASSOCIATES
ADVOCATES SOLICITORS,
LEVEL 12,MENARA TJB
NO 9,JALAN SYED
80000 JOHOR BAHRU
MALAYSIA.


Good Day,

I am Mr. Vincent Ramah,an attorney at law.A deceased client of mine,who
hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, died as the result of a
heart-related condition on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was due to
the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in
Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired
August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported
on:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/ ... bn.08.html

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my
client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this
deposit valued at Nine Million United States Dollars( US$9 million dollars) is
lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the
account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin
and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so that
the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the amount
on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim
as my client's next-of-kin will be provided.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from
any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral
values,do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to
exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential,
whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.Please contact me at
once to indicate your interest.


Best Regards,
Barr.Vincent Ramah
(Principal Partner).
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Post by orudge »

Could you post the headers of that message, please?
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Sure :)

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Received: by 10.210.86.17 with SMTP id j17cs76199ebb;
        Thu, 6 Nov 2008 01:30:54 -0800 (PST)
Received: by 10.86.50.6 with SMTP id x6mr2360697fgx.31.1225963835083;
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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 17:30:35 +0800
From: "Mr. Vincent Ramah" <advicer06@petroleumandpipelinemarketingboard.com>
Reply-To: vincentramah@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: Urgent Attention!!!:
MIME-Version: 1.0
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RAMAH & ASSOCIATES
ADVOCATES SOLICITORS,
LEVEL 12,MENARA TJB
NO 9,JALAN SYED
80000 JOHOR BAHRU
MALAYSIA.


Good Day,

I am Mr. Vincent Ramah,an attorney at law.A deceased client of mine,who
hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, died as the result of a
heart-related condition on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was due
to
the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in
Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired
August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported
on:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my
client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where
this
deposit  valued at Nine Million United States Dollars( US$9 million dollars)
is
lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the
account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin
and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so
that
the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.  Then we can share the
amount
on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your
claim
as my client's next-of-kin will be provided.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from
any breach of the law.  If this business proposition offends your moral
values,do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to
exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary
confidential,
whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.Please contact me
at
once to indicate your interest.


Best Regards,
Barr.Vincent Ramah
(Principal Partner).

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<p>RAMAH & ASSOCIATES<br>ADVOCATES SOLICITORS,<br>LEVEL 12,MENARA TJB<br>NO 9,JALAN SYED<br>80000 JOHOR BAHRU<br>MALAYSIA.</p>
<p><br>Good Day,</p>
<p>I am Mr. Vincent Ramah,an attorney at law.A deceased client of mine,who<br>hereinafter shall be referred to as my client, died as the result of a<br>heart-related condition on the 11 November 2001. His heart condition was due to<br>
the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in<br>Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired<br>August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported<br>on:<a href="http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html">http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html</a></p>

<p>I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my<br>client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this<br>deposit&nbsp; valued at Nine Million United States Dollars( US$9 million dollars) is<br>
lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the<br>account will be confiscated.</p>
<p>My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin<br>and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same last name, so that<br>the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.&nbsp; Then we can share the amount<br>
on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim<br>as my client's next-of-kin will be provided.<br>All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction<br>through.</p>

<p>This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from<br>any breach of the law.&nbsp; If this business proposition offends your moral<br>values,do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to<br>
exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential,<br>whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.Please contact me at<br>once to indicate your interest.</p>
<p><br>Best Regards,<br>Barr.Vincent Ramah <br>(Principal Partner).</p>

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It seems some e-mail addresses may well have been leaked when the forum was hacked a couple of months ago. This is unfortunate, and I am putting in place measures that should hopefully prevent such a thing happening again in the unlikely event there is another hack (the forums, which have been around since 2002, have only been hacked that one time, which is still a fairly impressive record). My apologies to those who may have received junk e-mail as a result - obviously, there is little I can do to stop that now, but hopefully I can try to prevent any such incidents occurring again.
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Unique forum email address? Does that mean you only use that email address around here?
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Yes, some people sign up with a ttforums@theirdomain.com address, or similar.
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I believe it results from people allowing their email to be shown on their profile. Although Nightmare doesn't so I'm not sure how they got his email...
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JamieLei wrote:I believe it results from people allowing their email to be shown on their profile. Although Nightmare doesn't so I'm not sure how they got his email...
This might explain it:
orudge wrote:It seems some e-mail addresses may well have been leaked when the forum was hacked a couple of months ago. This is unfortunate, and I am putting in place measures that should hopefully prevent such a thing happening again in the unlikely event there is another hack (the forums, which have been around since 2002, have only been hacked that one time, which is still a fairly impressive record). My apologies to those who may have received junk e-mail as a result - obviously, there is little I can do to stop that now, but hopefully I can try to prevent any such incidents occurring again.
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JamieLei wrote:I believe it results from people allowing their email to be shown on their profile. Although Nightmare doesn't so I'm not sure how they got his email...
I always check all forum settings to prevent that my email address is shown. :D


And i confirm that the message was sent again (now - sorry i did not see the other post date). I use spamgourmet.com so some headers are changed:

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Subject: ***SPAM*** Re: Classified Information!!!: (tt-forums: message 1 of
	20)
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HIZON & ASSOCIATES
ADVOCATES SOLICITORS,
LEVEL 12,MENARA TJB
NO 9,JALAN SYED
80000 JOHOR BAHRU
MALAYSIA.

Good Day,

I am Mr. Richard Hizon, an attorney at law. I write you in respect of a deceased client of mine,a military defector in the America/Vietnam war who died in a plane crash [Gulf Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers on board on August 23,2000. And for your perusal you can view this web site http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

You are hereby notified of this situation since you share the same last name with the deceased so that you can come forward as the next-of –kin and beneficiary of the funds left behind by my late client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at Seven Million United States Dollars( US$7 million dollars) is lodged. 

This bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated and he had no family here, and left no trace for any of his possible family members.

Kindly contact me immediately with your full details for the claims and legal processes.


Best Regards,
Barr. Richard Hizon 
(Attorney).

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Re: I have recived a spam mail at my unique forum email address

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Well, the e-mails are certainly not being sent from the forum. As mentioned a while ago, the forum's administration interface was unfortunately compromised at one point last year, and this enabled the attacker to download a backup of the user database, so it is possible your e-mail address was leaked this way. Measures have been taken to try to prevent any such repeat of that incident, but obviously the damage may already be done for some existing users. (Incidentally, this is the only time the forums have ever been hacked, and hopefully it stay that way.)
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Why would anyone hack TT-Forums? This is just a small forum for people who is interested in transport (tycoon).
They may have done it for fun / "practice" or something, but I can't come up eith any reasonable reason.
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Probably just "because they could", alas.
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Re: I have recived a spam mail at my unique forum email address

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That's what I thought.
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Re: I have recived a spam mail at my unique forum email address

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That email has been circulating the internet for some time, if you can bounce the email back to the sender, or notify your email provider (hotmail/yahoo users use your 'spam' button then it helps the authorities stop spammers.
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Re: I have recived a spam mail at my unique forum email address

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welshdragon wrote:That email has been circulating the internet for some time, if you can bounce the email back to the sender
That will almost certainly have no effect and will likely just be annoying for some innocent person whose address has been used in the From field (or it'll just be a fake address).
welshdragon wrote:or notify your email provider (hotmail/yahoo users use your 'spam' button then it helps the authorities stop spammers.
Well, it may not help them stop the spammers themselves, but it may at least be able to learn the message as spam and delete it in future.
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