by Happy-Go-Lucky on Sun Apr 18, 2004 2:06 pm
A few days ago I received an email which was odd. It was addressed to my, and 2 other very similar St Andrews Webmail accounts. I do not recall what the sender's address was, and I did not recognise it. It said something like "Could you give me a ring when you get into the office." I assumed that somebody had used my email address by mistake, though I thought it odd that the other 2 email addresses were so similar. I simply deleted it. However, today, a couple of friends of mine, both with very different St Andrews Webmail accounts, say they have received the exact same email. Both said the email was also addressed to 2 other St Andrews Webmail accounts, similar to their own.
We are therefore, suspicious that this is possibly some sort of virus or other rogue email. The email did not contain an attachment. But it has been suggested that it is possibly something triggered by replying to it. We don't know that this is a dodgy email, but we thought the circumstances were suspicious. I've emailed the IT Services desk about it. But I was just wondering if anybody else has got this email. It seems very strange.