[ale] ATT email about some RIAA stuff

[Jeff Hubbs]

Just in the last week I've gotten three emails for what I think are fake 
jobs - real companies (Norfolk Southern, Aflac, Adecco) but sketchy 
premises.  I did apply for an NS job in December and the email I got 
looked similar to the acknowledgement email I'd gotten, but it wanted me 
to go to a non-NS site to do an "online assessment" so I sent a message 
to the HR help desk asking if this were legit.

On 2/14/14, 8:31 AM, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
>
> You might also want to examine the headers of the email to verify it 
> actually came from AT&T.
>
> Any email that tells me I have a problem I didn't know I had and then 
> suggests I can fix it by paying a fee to someone immediately makes me 
> think it is spam/phishing.
>
> Speaking of which -- Unicef Australia is offering to pay me 
> $3000/month to process charity payments.  I'll be rich soon...
>
> *From:*ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] *On Behalf Of 
> *dev null zero two
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 13, 2014 11:15 PM
> *To:* Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> *Subject:* Re: [ale] ATT email about some RIAA stuff
>
> ignore it. it's the Copyright Alert System. you'll only run into 
> issues if it's your 5th or 6th strike.
>
> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse the brevity, spelling, and 
> punctuation.
>
> On Feb 13, 2014 11:03 PM, "Narahari 'n' Savitha" <savithari at gmail.com 
> <mailto:savithari at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Friends:
>
> I received an email from ATT saying that some RIAA guy thinks I am 
> sharing some program especially some.mp3 file.
>
> I searched my Mac, my daughter's Dell laptop and my spouse's laptop 
> for that file.  I found nothing with that name.
>
> I searched multiple times but nothing.
>
> We dont do any kind of P2P software (not knowingly atleast) but they 
> are sending us this.
>
> What are my options ?
>
> Take the tutorial as ATT suggests, I dont like this.
>
> Do the independent review as said in the email, but costs me $35 and I 
> am not sure what this gets me.
>
> Leave ATT and go to Comcast (they are the only two providers in my area)
>
> Choose a Cell Phone provider based SIM kind of an internet access over 
> 4G I guess.
>
> Use a dialup  based connection but I dont have phone connection at home.
>
> Any other ideas, are welcome.
>
> Please help.
>
> -Narahari
>
>
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