At 09:52 PM 5/19/2003 -0600, Kestrel wrote:

>Someone sent 2 virii to Jay's employee mailing list... and the msgs were
>amongst the most insidious I've seen. It had subjects:
>
>claim billed by Saint Agnes Pathology
>
>and then a 2nd msg --
>Fresno Employee Retirement
>Dear Sir or Madam,
>My mother, Ruby Jean Sundre, has recently had a stroke.  I have enclosed a
>copy of the Durable Power of Attorney for your files along with a copy of
>her condition from her doctor.I would like for all her correspondence and
>statements to be mailed to my address.  There should be no other changes at
>this time.Her old address: 635 E. Michigan Ave.
>
>Now -- who amongst us wouldn't open something like that?? 

Velociraptor's hand goes up.

Me.  First message:  I know where and from whom my medical bills are coming
from.  I also know what our insurance has and has not paid for.  I also
know that legitimate medical bills come in the U.S. mail, not by e-mail.
Anyone who tries to bill me in e-mail for medical services can consult my
manager for such things, Helen Waite.  (If they want to get any money from
me, they can go to Helen Waite!)

Second message:  a durable power of attorney sent by e-mail isn't worth the
paper it isn't written on.  A durable power of attorney or any other legal
document has to be signed and witnessed, the signatures being written on
paper, not pixels.  And I'd be damned suspicious of anyone who would send
an alleged power of attorney or any supposed legal document to a total
stranger, for gosh sake!

>For one thing...
>medical records? Most ppl would want to snoop, but then a lot more would
>just want to help the guy get directed to where he needed to go so they
>would have looked in an effort to help. And by opening the attachments would
>have become the victim of a virus.

Directing someone from an entity I never heard of and never did business
with is not my department.  "Most ppl" and "a lot more"
should all install
Norton Anti-Virus on their e-mail so it'll scan as the messages come in and
trap viruses, that's what they should do!

>BE CAREFUL OUT THERE!

Be skeptical out there.  Heeheehee.

Veloci--there were red flags in them messages--raptor


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