Deceptive Spam from "Dreamhost Support"

Deceptive Spam from "Dreamhost Support"

Posted by: wmpl
Posted on: 2009-10-13 10:31:00

Someone is bouncing spam to all the Dreamhost mail users pretending to be from Dreamhost and asking for passwords. I can forward the email to an Admin if you’d like…. kind of annoying and not sure if it's tied to the Junk Mail / Mail lag problems today...

-James

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Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit
Your mailbox has exceeded the storage limit send below information to the follwing e-mail: webhelpdesk@live.com to
upgrade:

* Email: ……………………..
* Username: …………………..
* Password: …………………..
* Country or Territory: ………..

Thanks
System Administrator

Re: Deceptive Spam from "Dreamhost Support"

Posted by: andrewf
Posted on: 2009-10-13 15:07:00

Well, I doubt this'll be news to you, but that's definitely not us! Chances are that it's being sent from a spoofed address, though, so it's unlikely that there's much we can do about it (besides tell you to ignore it).

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