[Ian Lancaster]

I've just received emails pretending to be from you, but dodgy addresses.

[AuRavelling79]

I've just received emails pretending to be from you, but dodgy addresses.

H.M. Prison Slade? 
999 Letsbee Avenue?
 

[Ian Lancaster]

This is the one that supposedly came from Lee:


------ Forwarded Message --------
Subject:    Hello ianlancaster
Date:    Fri, 5 Aug 2016 09:56:33 +0000
From:    lee dewing <l.dewing@roycegracie.tv>
To:    ianlancaster <ianlancaster@blueyonder.co.uk>


hi ianlancaster

http://yingti.com/wp-content/uploads/pink.php?please=y1ddnrymh7w33frd



lee dewing

(I've altered the link, just in case anyone's daft enough to try clicking on it )

Maybe their emails and contact lists have been compromised?

[CleanClear]

I know Richys email has been compromised because i'm in his address book and i've had spam from it. Richies comes from yahoo if i'm not mistaken ?

I've also had a few other spams from peoples addresses who i've been in contact with from here. They usually have Yahoo addresses and i guess its the yahoo servers that have been compromised.

[lee_dewing]

Hi  Ian.

Thanks for letting me know.

Not been on here for awhile.

My
Email is yahoo, as mentioned as Richard's

Don't mean to sound silly (but I am 😁)

What do I do regards my email.

Get onto bt?

Do have firewall etc, internet security.

What did the email from me say?

Had one from my accountant (supposedly)
A couple of years ago asking me to wire him some money to Africa as he'd been robbed 

[Ian Lancaster]

Hi  Ian.

Thanks for letting me know.

Not been on here for awhile.

My
Email is yahoo, as mentioned as Richard's

Don't mean to sound silly (but I am 😁)

What do I do regards my email.

Get onto bt?

Do have firewall etc, internet security.

What did the email from me say?

Had one from my accountant (supposedly)
A couple of years ago asking me to wire him some money to Africa as he'd been robbed 

I copied and pasted it straight from my inbox.  The message is as it appeared except that I changed a couple of characters in the web link to stop numpties clicking on it and infecting their computers 

Probably pure coincidence but I noticed in the 'from' address:  roycegracie.  Roy Grace is the central character in the Brighton police series of novels by Peter James

[Nick Day]

It's scary how these emails work!! We had our bank account hacked a few years ago and they said they got my details from an email!! To this day I don't know how because any suspicious email is deleted (and was then) without even opening it!!