[Histonet] RE: Akemi - Urgent!

[Horn, Hazel V]

This happened to one my techs too with his hotmail account.  It took him a lot of time to prove to hotmail what had happened and to get his account reopened.  He was supposedly in London and needed money.  Several of his friends called him and that was how he was alerted to the scam.   Be careful.

Hazel Horn
Hazel Horn, HT/HTL (ASCP)
Supervisor of Histology
Arkansas Children's Hospital
1 Children's Way    Slot 820
Little Rock, AR   72202
 
phone   501.364.4240
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-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Akemi Allison-Tacha
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 10:03 AM
To: SaraBreeden; histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu; Helen Fedor
Subject: Re: [Histonet] RE: Akemi - Urgent!

Hi All,
I received an e-mail and an early morning call from my friend Helen Hedor this morning stating that she received a e-mail scam from me stating; "FISHING FOR MONEY".  I did in NO WAY send this e-mail!  Please do not in anyway answer or send money to the bogus e-mail scam which was sent in my name.  THIS IS SCARY!  
I don't know what has happened, but I came home last night and my yahoo account sent me an e-mail which stated that my e-mail has been compromised for scam purposes, and if I didn't answer the questions below I would have my account frozen.  I immediately replied and answered the questions, but then I thought, what if this is a scam to extract personal information, so I copied the the questionnaire and sent it to the yahoo alert center.  I received a reply that they would check into it.  This morning I couldn't get into my e-mail account so I had to jump a bunch of hoops and reset my password.  I hope none of you have this happen to you.
The Yahoo Account warning stated: "Yahoo Mail has discovered series of illegal attempts on your Yahoo Account from bad Ip Location and will shut your account as it has been flagged as a spam account. Filling Correct Information Carefully and Sending to Yahoo Alert Center:"
I hope this was legitimate!  The information they wanted was my user name, password and birthday.
Sincerely,Akemi Allison-Tacha BS, HT(ASCP)HTL
E-Mail: akemiat3377 <@t> yahoo.com

--- On Thu, 11/12/09, Helen Fedor <hfedor <@t> jhmi.edu> wrote:

From: Helen Fedor <hfedor <@t> jhmi.edu>
Subject: [Histonet] RE: Akemi - Urgent!
To: "Breeden, Sara" <sbreeden <@t> nmda.nmsu.edu>, "histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu>
Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009, 6:29 AM

I also receive one of the scam emails.


-----Original Message-----
From: histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu [mailto:histonet-bounces <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu] On Behalf Of Breeden, Sara
Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 9:21 AM
To: histonet <@t> lists.utsouthwestern.edu
Subject: [Histonet] Akemi - Urgent!

Akemi Allison-Tacha - email me immediately, please.  I think you are
being scammed and I don't want to email you directly.

 

Sally Breeden, HT(ASCP)

NM Dept. of Agriculture

Veterinary Diagnostic Services

PO Box 4700

Albuquerque, NM  87106

505-841-2576

 

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