[NEohioPAL]protecting your email address and computer from internet scoundrels

Sat Jan 15 10:11:52 PST 2005

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Some people who have posted to the list have informed me that their  e-mail 
address has been the victim of "spoofing" and/or  "phishing."

The neohiopal posting address or anyone's individual address can be  used as 
a fake address by internet scoundrels.  Almost everyone I have  talked to 
about this issue has been a victim of this at one point or  another.

THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR COMPUTER IS TO NEVER OPEN  AN 
ATTACHMENT FROM AN UNFAMILIAR E-MAIL ADDRESS OR FROM THE NEOHIOPAL  LIST.

As you probably know, I have a "no graphics or attachments" policy  for this 
very reason.  Occasionally, I accidentally approve a message with  a graphic 
or attachment because I only see the first part of the posting in the  queue 
and simply can't tell that there is one.

Your will always be able to open your neohiopal mail and assume it  is safe 
as long as there is no attachment on it.

There is more information about "spoofing" and "phishing" at this  link: _ht
tp://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.broadcast.faq/46.email.spoofing.htm_ 
(http://www.mailsbroadcast.com/email.broadcast.faq/46.email.spoofing.htm) 

You can also google these words to learn more about the problem:  spoofing, 
phishing, spam, counterfeit email, hijacked email.

If any of you know more about this issue that you want to share  with the 
list, please chime in - however I will limit the discussion to the next  day or 
so.

Fred  Sternfeld
_http://www.fredsternfeld.com_ (http://www.fredsternfeld.com/) 
216-360-0708-  home
216-496-6087- cell

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