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A Fake Person ...or... Hey, were you online?From: A Fictious Person (a.fiake.sender@a.fake.address.com)Sun Nov 12 17:04:07 2000
11/12/00 This is an example to show how the e-mail return addressed can easily be faked. In the case of the "Hey, were you online?" post, Dr. Robertson's name was misused and associated with a fake e-mail address, <fgnfgjk@yahoo.com>, making it look as if he had sent the pornographic post. One can easily check to find out that the e-mail address <fgnfgjk@yahoo.com> is not valid. In this message, I used both a fake name AND e-mail address. Nevertheless, my real name and real e-mail address is hidden in the headers for this message (not shown on ob-gyn-l, but probably availiable to the list owner). Even if I have been clever enough to remove my real name and my real e-mail address, the SMTP server I used to send this would still be in the header. If I had been extra clever, I could have found an SMTP server that would have accepted this message, and preserved my identity, or I could have written one, myself. Or I could have set up a temporary account at hotmail or some other free-e-mail service, calling myself Dr. Robertson, and sent the message. The take home point? Just because an e-mail message says it is from John Doe, you should not automatically believe that it is REALLY from John Doe. Or, more importantly, if the e-mail says it is from a patient of yours, do not automatically believe it. In the above case, the name is that of Dr. Robertson, but the address is not valid. Someone, however, could have sent an e-mail with a VALID return address (e.g., <perinatl@eudoramail.com>), could have used Dr. Robertson's name (or the name of a patient of yours) and maybe could have tricked you into revealing confidential information by sending it back to my e-mail address, thinking it was really somebody else's e-mail address. BE VERY CAREFUL WHEN READING AND RESPONDING TO E-MAIL FROM PATIENTS. The opportunity for fraud is easily available. Most e-mail systems are not secure. Be absolutely sure that you know that the person to whom you are replying is the person you think he/she is. By the way, I did NOT send the original "XXX" post. Dean Huffman perinatl@eudoramail.com - - - - Hey, were you online? From: John Robertson MD (fgnfgjk@yahoo.com) Wed, 6 Dec 2000 00:13:40 ------------------------------------------------------------------- CLICK HERE -------------------------------------------------------------------
-- ------------------------------------------------------------------- These XXX teens. There showing all. And there waiting to show you.
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