Beware SAS E-Mail Hoax

An Internet worm (Mytob.JA; S454656AbVKAESu) tried to sneak into a Society for Amateur Scientists mailbox as an attachment to a typical e-mail scam. The worm was removed by our software.

The infected e-mail was sent to an SAS e-mail address (not The Citizen Scientist). The subject line read, "Notice of account limitation." The body of the e-mail stated that a staffer's e-mail account was temporarily suspended and needed to be reactivated by opening the attached file.

SAS members are well aware of nuisances like this, but it seemed best that we advise our members to ignore any e-mails from "webmaster@sas.org" signed by the fictitious "Sas Support Team."

Forrest M. Mims III