Happened to me on my Yahoo account, have him change his password, include at least one number in the new one. They are hacking accounts from Yahoo, gmail, msn, all the free ones!
----- Original Message -----
From: "JR" <jr@amuseyourself.com>
To: DeadCelebrityAlert@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, June 9, 2011 1:16:27 PM
Subject: [DeadCelebrityAlert] Administrivia: Spam posted; please virus-check your computer
Please ignore the spam message "(no subject)" posted from the account identified as "JAMES ROBERTSON" (Wrobert528 [at] aol---).
This message was not approved; my guess is that James's address book has been hijacked by a virus/trojan. (James, your account here is now moderated until your next legit post.)
Sorry for the interruption, folks. I don't normally post admin messages unless it's important -- and I don't want anyone to wonder if DeadCeleb has been taken over by spammers. This sort of thing happens once in a blue moon; most messages are moderated (by me alone), as we get a ton of spam (which you never see), while a handful of longtime members are free to post without moderation.
Thanks for your understanding (and whatever you do, DO NOT click the links in the "no subject" message!).
As soon as I post this, I'll delete the spam from the message archives; please delete it from your email inbox -- but do not mark it as spam/junk, or you may end up blocking all future legitimate DeadCeleb messages.
JR
Owner
DeadCeleb
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