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   D Finnigan to waynej...@gmail.com   
   Re: Emails from Bill Buckels   
   24 Mar 22 01:15:42   
   
   From: dog_cow@macgui.com   
      
   waynej...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > Sometimes the name on an email address comes from your address book but   
   > not   
   > always. I’ve had a number of emails that have names but they aren’t in my   
   > address book.   
      
   It's like writing on a paper envelope. You can write any return address you   
   want. And with varying levels of additional effort, you can mail it from any   
   post office. The From line in an email header can contain any name, any   
   address. Here's another From line from another one of the scam emails. It's   
   a totally different email address:   
      
   From: "Bill Buckels"    
      
   Blame it on the Russians. :-/ That domain resolves to a Russian ISP.   
      
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