Something Mark W is NOT doing

[Richmond]

On 25/11/15 20:23, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> Richmond wrote:
> > I received a very odd message today, purporting to be
> > from Mark Waddingham:
> >
> > good evening Richmond
> >
> >
> > http://[spam URL deleted]
> >
> >
> > Mark
> > mark.waddingham at yahoo.com
> >
> >
> > and sent from: mark.waddingham at jalehill.com
> >
> > which is obviously bogus.
> >
> > Mark needs to be aware of this (I don't have his personal e-mail),
> > and so does every potential recipient.
> >
> > The "clubmazda" link leads to a "work from Home' Scam.
>
>
> Have you considered sending an email to Mark directly?

I am unaware of a direct e-mail for Mark.

> Redistributing the scam link to thousands of list members who aren't 
> Mark may be confusing.
>
> I've been seeing a lot of spam that fits the recipe you describe, and 
> often the ostensible sender is a junk address, with recipients pulled 
> from a range of relevant sources which may include the address book of 
> any of the recipients.
>
> Of course we can't rule out anything without more info, but given how 
> much of this spam I've been seeing I wouldn't be too concerned over 
> the unlikely possibility that Mark's laptop has been compromised.
>