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Renegade:
I just got a very interesting phishing email.

The subject was "Hey Ryan", so they got my name right, and the email address was "First Last <[email protected]>", where the "First Last" is the name a friend of mine uses on Facebook.

The body was a simple phishing link and no more.

I'm not sure how that happened. Some spammer/scammer obviously figured out a way to look at friend relationships on Facebook and send out phishing emails. But there are so many possible vectors there... God only knows how.

Anyone seen this before?

wraith808:
They could have compromised his yahoo account.  That would account for them having his name and yours.

Renegade:
^^ Oh, the Yahoo account was just a spam account. It wasn't my friend's account. I should have clarified that.

wraith808:
Hmmm... maybe something else compromised his contact list?  And this is just that rolling downhill?

Renegade:
I'm not sure. We both use antivirus, so that's highly unlikely. My guess is that it's some kind of funny business going on with how Facebook shares data.

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