Re: [Full-disclosure] Hack-Mail.net or similar site

[Andrew Farmer <andfarm@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11 Sep 2009, at 02:46, mamo wrote:
> What do you think of web site like Hack-Mail.net or similar one?
> Do they really work and how?

hack-mail.net/howitworks.html:
> After about three to four days, you will get an email from the  
> account you wanted to hack. This email acts as proof we have hacked  
> the account. The email will be sent from within the vistims account.  
> It will contain information on the next step to purchase the  
> password from us. Please check that the email was sent from the  
> exact email address you wanted to hack. This email will NOT appear  
> in the 'sent' folder, so they will never know they have been hacked.

So, in other words, they're spoofing From addresses for profit. Clever.

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