How I helped family recover from a clever email scam that hid behind sneaky account settings

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A detailed account of a sophisticated email scam that used hidden forwarding rules and reply-to settings to maintain access after password changes. The attacker set up forwarding to a fake email address labeled as 'Default Forwarding' and configured reply-to addresses to intercept all communications. The incident highlights the importance of checking email account settings beyond just changing passwords when recovering from compromised accounts.

A pretty good email scam

I have seen this before in companies where they would add the forwarding to Exchange and then set a rule for any undelivered email to go straight in the trash. This is the first I have heard of it for a home user so useful to know.

yoo- your website looks kinda smooth and interesting

What about SMTP detail leaked and a tons of emails sent by Bot from that email account 😂