Thread: Is This Legitimate or a Scam?
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Old 17-07-2009, 16:56   #19
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Re: Is This Legitimate or a Scam?
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Originally Posted by dave6x View Post
If you are suggesting this really is a scam then there is a very serious security issue with the Virginmedia/NTL mail servers as I am receiving a similar message from the same source address for every over-size test message I have sent to my Viginmedia/NTL mail accounts!!!


Maybe somebody else would like to try a similar exercise to the one I tried at Serial #5 above, i.e. send themselves an oversized message from another email account, and then report back the message they receive and the address it was sourced from? I used a googlemail account as the send addy for this.

Thanks
This is spoofing, it's very easy to do via telnet

Now, go to Start>Run>cmd then in the cmd window,

Type telnet mx1.hotmail.com 25

then HELO hotmail.com then MAIL FROM : (fake email here)

then RCPT TO: (person)then DATA then type your message,

you can press enter for a new line, finish the message by a full stop (.) on a new line, press enter!

Thats what it is! So yes, fake..
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