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Article: Burglars target 'out of office' emails
From: "Meritt James" <meritt_james () bah com>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 17:45:45 -0500
The Infrastructure Forum of the U.K. has warned that "out of office" auto-replies are used by thieves to target empty houses. The thieves purchase lists of e-mail addresses and mass-mail the list, hoping to receive "out of office" responses. Criminals then cross-reference the e-mail address to online directories to discover names, addresses, and phone numbers. More than 120 warnings about the scam were received by the Corporate IT Forum. full article at http://www.vnunet.com/News/1137316 -- James W. Meritt CISSP, CISA Booz | Allen | Hamilton phone: (410) 684-6566
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