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andresmh · 2011-06-27 20:09:34

Just so you know, anyone can send emails on behalf of someone else. This is called email spoofing and it is a well-known trick that is very easy to do. Email spammers often use this technique. So next time you get an email from obama@whitehouse.gov, help@scratch.mit.edu or anyone else, think twice before you believe it is actually coming from that person. One way to check where an email is actually coming from is to check the email headers, but even that is not 100% reliable.

This post is in response to some incidents of e-mail spoofing that some users of the Scratch website were experiencing. The spoofing was/is happening on gmail, hotmail, etc. The spoofing is not happening "on Scratch." Scratch is not an email server/client.

jfmlove6 · 2011-06-27 20:11:12

FINNALY-Something to end this madness! big_smile

1rst post!

Btw, I got the emails on aol.

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brettman98 · 2011-06-27 20:11:25

thank you wise cat tongue
is there any way to block them if you use windows outlook?

SeptimusHeap · 2011-06-27 20:11:39

What I don't understand, while I do know Scratch was not hacked and I shouldn't worry, is how him/her/they got the email aderesses.

TVflea · 2011-06-27 20:12:02

how wise of grandfather cat

somelia · 2011-06-27 20:12:13

I was trying to clear that up already. Thank you. No one would listen to me. The mods got to the topic first.

People, don't worry about my email hacking episode - it has nothing to do with this.

I remember when someone email spoofed me. The results were horrific. I didn't even know till my mom got mad at me. So the Scratch Team (when they got online) were very surprised when they got on and saw about this.

GirWaffles64 · 2011-06-27 20:13:49

Thank you smile

jfmlove6 · 2011-06-27 20:20:44

I just checked my email,and of course I have more of those innapropriate emails from that innapropriate site. I might have to close my account and make a new one! sad

P.S.-The innapropriate site was the Email spoofers all along!

andresmh · 2011-06-27 20:22:19

Also, if you post your email on the web or you send it to someone else, you are increasing the chances of getting spam/spoofs. It's one of those things you have to learn to be more careful about.

brettman98 · 2011-06-27 20:23:18

They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere hmm

Enzo1997 · 2011-06-27 20:23:31

honestly i was trying to prove this by telling them to hack me...

somelia · 2011-06-27 20:24:03

brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere

If it was in your contacts or you signed up for Scratch with it or something.

I really think they found the emails using the userlist. The TBG userlist.

3DSfan12345 · 2011-06-27 20:24:29

Andresmh saves the day!

TVflea · 2011-06-27 20:24:57

andresmh wrote:
Also, if you post your email on the web or you send it to someone else, you are increasing the chances of getting spam/spoofs. It's one of those things you have to learn to be more careful about.

i wish i had spam

[email address removed by moderator who has too much time on there hands]

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brettman98 · 2011-06-27 20:27:12

somelia wrote:
brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere
If it was in your contacts or you signed up for Scratch with it or something.

I really think they found the emails using the userlist. The TBG userlist.

I don't use the tbgs, and I signed up before I made my spam e-mail...

andresmh · 2011-06-27 20:27:36

brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere

Not so much. This is one way to start. So basically, if you post your email on the web, even once, the consequences will never be the same smile

somelia · 2011-06-27 20:31:16

TVflea wrote:
andresmh wrote:
Also, if you post your email on the web or you send it to someone else, you are increasing the chances of getting spam/spoofs. It's one of those things you have to learn to be more careful about.
i wish i had spam

[email address removed by moderator]

You shouldn't do that you know.

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GirWaffles64 · 2011-06-27 20:31:21

andresmh wrote:
brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere
Not so much. This is one way to start. So basically, if you post your email on the web, even once, the consequences will never be the same

Crazy

somelia · 2011-06-27 20:33:09

GirWaffles64 wrote:
andresmh wrote:
brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere
Not so much. This is one way to start. So basically, if you post your email on the web, even once, the consequences will never be the same
Crazy

So that explains why I got my emails in my alternate account. My real one I never posted because it had personal info in there.

Wow.

brettman98 · 2011-06-27 20:33:47

andresmh wrote:
brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere
Not so much. This is one way to start. So basically, if you post your email on the web, even once, the consequences will never be the same

thanks I'll be more cautious smile I don't use g-mail but I see what you mean wink

somelia · 2011-06-27 20:41:28

I think if people want spam I'm going to give them this image:

zbugni · 2011-06-27 21:08:29

andresmh wrote:
brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere
Not so much. This is one way to start. So basically, if you post your email on the web, even once, the consequences will never be the same

Thank you very much! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Just kidding. smile

soupoftomato · 2011-06-27 21:10:34

andresmh wrote:
brettman98 wrote:
They would have had to search pretty hard to get my spam e-mail; I barely put it anywhere
Not so much. This is one way to start. So basically, if you post your email on the web, even once, the consequences will never be the same

And it was in your best interest to give us that list?

soupoftomato · 2011-06-27 21:14:45

Just checked and I got some of them. roll

If I don't open them they won't infect right?

soft319 · 2011-06-27 21:20:03

It all makes since now. But I accidentally opened them on my iTouch, so I want to ask if any of you think it could get infected.

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#1 2011-06-27 20:09:34

Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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#13 2011-06-27 20:24:29

Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

andresmh wrote:

#15 2011-06-27 20:27:12

Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

somelia wrote:

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#16 2011-06-27 20:27:36

Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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#17 2011-06-27 20:31:16

Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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#18 2011-06-27 20:31:21

Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

andresmh wrote:

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#19 2011-06-27 20:33:09

Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

GirWaffles64 wrote:

andresmh wrote:

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#20 2011-06-27 20:33:47

Re: Spoofing emails is very easy. Do not always trust emails.

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#21 2011-06-27 20:41:28

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