[meteorite-list] Hacked Emails not coming from me (PS - do NOT click the link!)

From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2013 16:09:21 -0400
Message-ID: <CAKBPJW9X6xvZiKAhTM8pj5M15ORhGps1fOWcDiPAWJ1HFFGd7A_at_mail.gmail.com>

Hi List,

A couple of people told me this is Facebook related. They get similar
emails and it always has the name of a Facebook friend in the name
field. All of my emails go out as "Galactic Stone & Ironworks". The
only place I use "Galactic Stone" is Facebook and Twitter. I never
click on links via Facebook or Twitter, so I suspect it's some bot or
person gathering names from Facebook.

BTW - do NOT click the link in the spammy email I copy/pasted to show.
 I forgot to remove the malicious URL.

Best regards,

MikeG

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On 6/3/13, Galactic Stone & Ironworks <meteoritemike at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi List,
>
> It has been called to my attention that a spammy/virus email is going
> around that has the words "Galactic Stone" in the name field of the
> email.  This is not me.  My computer is not sending these emails and I
> do not have a smartphone either.  My system is clean and harbors no
> malware or viruses, so these emails are not coming from me.
>
> The email looks like this :
>
>> From: Galactic Stone <annabelle.arthur at orange.fr>
>> Subject: Fwd: Fwd: AMAZING WEBSITE!!!
>> Date: June 3, 2013 4:45:34 AM HST
>> To: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
>>
>> hello. amazing website http: URL REMOVED
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>
> Needless to say, my name is not annabelle arthur, I don't have a .fr
> address and I don't own a iPhone.  Also, I don't email people to share
> stupid stuff like entertainment or funny websites.  I don't know who
> this is or why they picked my "handle" to use in their bogus emails.
>
> Best regards,
>
> MikeG
>
> PS - I don't think any website is "amazing", unless it's giving away
> free meteorites.
>
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> Twitter - http://twitter.com/GalacticStone
> Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/galacticstone
> RSS - http://www.galactic-stone.com/rss/126516
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Received on Mon 03 Jun 2013 04:09:21 PM PDT