Getting a phishing email from somone you know?

I got an email from my dad's hotmail account, although it wasn't from him. It was entitled "emergency" and said he was in South Africa, and had left stuff in a taxi, and could I wire him $2700 (address in Lagos supplied). How did a hoaxer do this? Who should I report it to? Another friend of his has told my mum she got one from his yahoo account. But apparently not everyone in his address book. What is going on?Getting a phishing email from somone you know?
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get your dad to changed or stop using that e mail account

and do a full scan of his computer

his e mail address book as been compremised on that account

also the people who have recieved an e mail from him because their accounts are also likely to be the same



use these programs



These programs are excellent at removing Trojans and viruses etc etc

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then

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good luckGetting a phishing email from somone you know?
my windows email account is turned off all the time because its the number one source for viruses