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  • onomatopoeia99
    onomatopoeia99 Posts: 7,181 Forumite
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    boliston wrote: »
    I'm wondering if there is any clever way to send an email back to the server shown in the email header - my last spam of this type had the following header:

    Received: from 095160159124.dynamic-ra-12.vectranet.pl (095160159124.dynamic-ra-12.vectranet.pl [95.160.159.124])
    That's almost certainly an exploited computer on the end of a DSL connection being used to send out the spam. There's no email address to send to and trying to connect to the IP address will achieve nothing, it's probably been reassigned and the person who owns the exploited computer likely has no idea they were sending it out.
    Proud member of the wokerati, though I don't eat tofu.Home is where my books are.Solar PV 5.2kWp system, SE facing, >1% shading, installed March 2019.Mortgage free July 2023
  • Sarah_w
    Sarah_w Posts: 1 Newbie
    JoeS95 you’re not the only one to get messaged this weekend. I got the same email today ... BUT ... mine stated $781 in bitcoin! They must have thought I was a bigger pervert. Anyone who screenshot my most visited sites would be bored to tears unless they too have an obsession with Christmas crochet patterns on Pinterest.
  • blouseybrown
    blouseybrown Posts: 1 Newbie
    Had this same message on 10th Dec except asking for $771. I do hope no-one fell for such an extortion/blackmail scam.
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