Email phishing
I’m getting a barrage of emails purportedly from me to fredschoor@ziggo.nl. I’m continually blocking each Mail that comes through. A lot mentions McAfee, but there have been a few saying I have won something at Argos, and one came through as an order from Amazon.
I have noted they keep changing the beginning of the email address for example ynxkpjmywm@freecellenligne.com, lsmtkfsgxf@freecellenligne.com, lsmtkfsgxf@freecellenligne.com but all have my user name
Can Virginmedia stop them
NealE64 wrote:I have been blocking these email for ages and the domains, yet they still arrive far too regularly.
If by "blocking these emails" you mean adding them to the Blocklist in your VM email account you need to be aware of the two major limitations with that VM Blocklist function:
- It only works on the full email address not at the domain level. So blocking an email from "spammer1@somedomain.com" will have no affect on an email received from"spammer2@somedomain.com". That 's why spammers change the sending address at frequent intervals to beat such simple blocklists.
- But most importantly, adding an email address to your VM blocklist does not actually block the email address at all! It just means that emails from that address get flagged as spam. So, they still arrive in your email account but are automatically sent to your spam folder.
"I'll tell you something funny, the notice of your reply was in Spam"
Yes, that's been the case for several months. It appears to be an issue with the setup of the Khoros software that the forum runs on. Apparently it's bring worked on.😉
Coenoby
