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There is a bogus email going from league to league to league, that is trying to cause issues for a real league that has been dealing with this months and months if not longer.
Friends and Dreamers Email Hoax - Thu Nov 13 15:01:55 2008
Please be advised the Friends and Dreamers (fandd) League has been targeted
by someone trying to cause problems for the League.
The person responsible
has sent emails to members of several Leagues pretending to be a
representative of the Friends and Dreamers League.
The following is an
example of the email:
My team and I have been in discussions with your Head Admin and we have
agreed to become sister leagues. Therefore I would like to warmly invite you
to join us at http://www.myleague.com/fandd - we are a fun drama-free
multi-game league and our games and rooms are all listed on our home page. If
you have any questions please use the contact form below.
http://www.myleague.com/fandd/support/contactAdmin/
See you in the tourneys!
Friends and Dreamers
http://www.myleague.com/fandd
We have researched several of the emails since it was brought to our
attention by various Leagues in the last few weeks and have confirmed that
the emails were not initiated by any member or staff located at Friends and
Dreamers.
The person responsible for doing this is using the email address,
fandd.recruiter@gmail.com, to send the emails; however, the "From" field of
the email may appear to be sent from a different email address. The known
email addresses are:
fandd@doilookthatstupid.com
fandd@rocketmail.com
fandd@ymail.com
mablerocker@gmail.com
If members of your League receive an email from this person, please let your
members know that your League is not closing and that the issue is being
investigated. We also strongly suggest that all recipients of the email
forward a copy of the email to abuse@google.com and the respective "reply-to"
email address company as well. The following are the email addresses to
report the abuse, depending on the email address in the "reply-to" field:
abuse@rocketmail.com
abuse@yahoo.com
postmaster@doilookthatstupid.com
The following message, or something similar, should be included when
reporting the abuse:
"Hello. The spammer below is either using your resources to send out bulk
unsolicited email ("spam") or is deceptively trying to make it look like he
is. In either case, a legitimate company like yours probably would not
approve. The information below should be all you need."
Additionally, we would recommend that your members fill out the following
form as well:
http://mail.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=abuse_phishing
The email account being used to generate these emails is:
mablerocker@gmail.com
The above gmail email address needs to be placed in the "Full Gmail username
of the person involved in the incident" field.
We appreciate your understanding and assistance regarding this situation, and
we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused for your League.
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