beware, email spam being sent

beware, email spam being sent

by G. M. -
Number of replies: 6

Hi all,

I just got the following false email, supposedly from easychair.org (80.241.208.147):

Dear UUUU,
We're disappointed to inform you that the Moodle Research Conference for 2014 is being cancelled. Despite your contributions and our best efforts to promote the event, we did not receive a sufficient number of paper submissions to create a robust program and proceedings.
We know that you invested substantial time in writing your submission and hope that you will have an opportunity to publish your work in another venue. We are considering how to reshape future Moodle Research Conference for higher participation.
If you have already registered for the conference, we will be contacting you separately regarding refunds. 
Please confirm your receipt of this message to Abbe Altman (abbe@cdl.edu).
Best Wishes,
Michael de Raadt and John Whitmer, 
MRC2014 Co-Chairs

Be aware in case you receive a similar message.

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In reply to G. M.

Re: beware, email spam being sent

by dawn alderson -

Hola Guillermo,

estas seguro de que es el spam? Si no tengo que arreglar los visados y los vuelos a la India en su lugar.

egg Happy Easter

Dawn

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Re: beware, email spam being sent

by Derek Chirnside -

I realise I may be taking a serious risk in posting this.

@Dawn, is it possible you can type just a little bit too fast for your own good?  Maybe you need a keyboard free hobby.

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=weird+hobbies

Just thinking . . .    cool

-Derek
Now back to my serious work

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Re: beware, email spam being sent

by G. M. -

Yes, it is spam. I'd say that someone is doing it to flood the people involved in the MRC with emails asking about this "cancellation", because the referenced names and email address are real.

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Re: beware, email spam being sent

by Michael de Raadt -

Hi, Guillermo.

Sadly this was not a fake email. There were not enough submissions made, unfortunately.

Our apologies if this appeared to be spam to you.

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Re: beware, email spam being sent

by G. M. -

Hello Michael,

Really sorry to hear that!

Being so usual the fact that spammers send from one address and require people to answer/go to another, it seemed odd that the message came from an, apparently, unrelated domain, then I assumed that the domain's server had an open mail relay and someone was taking advantage of it.

 

Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.
-W. Clement Stone

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