Email Scam Question

[Dicehunter]

So I got an email from someone I sold some PC parts to around 12 months ago saying -

"Hey how's it going check here to see if everything is up to code"

Followed by a suspicious link of which I copied, Pasted into notepad to see what the address was and it's some sketchy Vietnamese site that links to a zip file.

Obviously I didn't go to it but what has me puzzled is how does this scammer have the previous email that I sent to the buyer ? I checked with the original buyer and his email is secure and my email is secure, Just quite odd.

 

[Dawelio]

Wait, so if I understood you correctly... You got an email from a person whom purchased a compontent from you, emailing you and asking how everything is up to code?

To me, that seems rather odd. Why would the buyer ask the seller how everything is?... It's usually the seller that maybe asks the buyer how things has been after some time, out of seller seriousity and credibility. This is what I have done in the past atleast.

Seems rather odd to me that a buyer would ask you, the seller, if things are up to code... Especially a year later.

 

[AlienALX]

Because your mate has been hacked, and the hacker has generated an email to send to everyone in his inbox or contact list.

I had it loads years ago when Yahoo and Hotmail were so easy to hack. Would get suss emails from my friends all the time.

Seems rather odd to me that a buyer would ask you, the seller, if things are up to code... Especially a year later.

It's just a random worded email trying to catch you out.

 

[Dicehunter]

Because your mate has been hacked, and the hacker has generated an email to send to everyone in his inbox or contact list.

I had it loads years ago when Yahoo and Hotmail were so easy to hack. Would get suss emails from my friends all the time.



It's just a random worded email trying to catch you out.

The odd thing is though that this email address that sent the message is completely different from his actual email address but my original message to him was in it.

 

[AlienALX]

Yeah they've had access to his emails or the server they are on. Probably the latter.

 

[FTLN]

Or they have access to your emails, I'd change your password very quickly and activate multi factor authentication.

 

[Dicehunter]

Or they have access to your emails, I'd change your password very quickly and activate multi factor authentication.

Was the first thing I did, Also checked the outgoing email folder and there was nothing there so it looks like they got the info from his compromised account.

 

[Warchild]

It was only 2 weeks ago you mentioned the Steam phishing scam. They really know how to target you!

 

[Dicehunter]

It was only 2 weeks ago you mentioned the Steam phishing scam. They really know how to target you!

Well that person was targeting everyone on that other persons friends list hoping for 1 victim, Same now with the guy I sold to, His account was compromised and the scammer simply emailed everyone on his outgoing list, Lot of scumbags out there.

 

[Warchild]

Amazing how dishonest we are.