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Re: [Full-Disclosure] Fwd: YOUR PAYPAL.COM ACCOUNT EXPIRES



On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 12:39:34AM -0700, Irwan Hadi said something to the 
effect of:
> On Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 07:44:27PM -0600, Rachael Treu wrote:
> 
> > Delete it or forward it to abuse@yahoo.com.
> > 
> > Headers (at least on the copy I received) identify the man behind
> > the curtain as...
> > 
> > >From jcsjj5@yahoo.com  Thu Nov 13 17:28:51 2003
> > Return-Path: <jcsjj5@yahoo.com>
> > Received: from 81.249.20.142 (APuteaux-111-1-5-142.w81-249.abo.wanadoo.fr
> > +[81.249.20.142])
> 
> I don't think yahoo.com has something to do here, since the culprit is one 
> user from wanadoo.fr
> He just spoofed some email @yahoo.com

Agreed, but I still forward to yahoo.com to make them aware, as they're
likely to receive complaints from folks that briefly parse the headers.

Then again, I'm a security engineer for a provider that is frequently
deluged by such clamoring, so that, indeed, might be just me... ;)

ymmv,
--ra
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K. Rachael Treu, CISSP     rara@navigo.com
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