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Post by TheBo on Nov 21, 2006 10:27:49 GMT -5
LOL. And "Papa" looks like he's got dyspepsia...
Bo
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Post by TheBo on Jul 2, 2008 10:02:52 GMT -5
HEY, did anyone get the annual "IRS" spoof notice yet? Mine says if I want my $33.07 refund, I'd better send them my social security number and valid Mastercard or Visa toutti suitee (sorry for the mangling, der Luce). Of course, that would be ignoring the fact that I had to PAY this year. These guys are getting increasingly sophisticated; this one is (mostly) spelling-error free, and they assure me they are only asking for the info so they can "protect my privacy"--buzz words!
Jerks. They're swindling gullible people left and right with this one. I'd like to kick them hard somewhere the sun shouldn't shine...
Bo
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Post by Lucy on Jul 2, 2008 12:37:40 GMT -5
I got that one, too, Bo!  |
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Post by ginnycat5 on Jul 3, 2008 14:34:30 GMT -5
Thanks for the warning, Bo! What creeps! Wonder if they can be tracked down and arrested?  |
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Post by Ducky on Sept 14, 2008 0:55:12 GMT -5
I'm still stringing these idiots along 1 at a time...
If they're emailing me with specific details about my email,
that means they're reading it and that means that
one less email is sent to an innocent idiot...
But they have been changing strategies(sp)...
I got this one yesterday...(totally unsolicited..)
FROM: MRS. ALICE JANE
Dear Friend
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and
your family? I hope this mail meets you in a
perfect condition. I am using this opportunity to
thank you for your great effort to our unfinished
transfer of fund into your account due to one reason
or the other best known to you. But I want to
inform you that I have successfully transferred the
Cheque out of the company to someone else who was
capable of assisting me in this great venture.
Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust
worthiness you showed at the course of the
transaction I want to compensate you and show my
gratitude to you with the sum of 500,000.00GBP (Five
Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds Sterlings) I have
authorized the finance house where I deposited my
money to issue you international certified bank
draft casheable at your bank.
My dear friend I will like you to contact the
finance house for the collection of this
international certified bank draft. The name and
contact address of the Person with your Cheque
Mr.Harry Ben is as follows
COMPENSATION HEAD OFFICER
CONTACT AGENT : Mr.Harry Ben
EMAIL: mr_harryben103@yahoo.com.hk
At the moment, I am very busy here because of the
investment projects which myself and my new partner
are having at hand. Finally, remember that I have
forwarded instruction to the finance house on your
behalf to send the bank draft to you as soon as you
contact them without delay. Please I will like you
to accept this token with good faith as this is
from the bottom of my heart. Thanks and God bless
you and your family. Hope to hear from you
Best Regards,Mrs. Alice Jane
© 2008.
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Post by Ducky on Sept 14, 2008 1:38:22 GMT -5
Hit post instead of preview...
The yellow part is in almost perfect English (British/Australian)...
And the email address has .hk(Hong Kong)...
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The worst part is the red...
Best Regards,Mrs. Alice Jane
© 2008.
Or more importantly the "©" ...
Has this crap become a copyright business???
"My scam" has a copyright license???
I don't think so...
No links here, but Google "Pharming-Phishing"...
Help protect the stupid people from themselves...
Keep the spammers busy...
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Post by TheBo on Sept 16, 2008 10:32:12 GMT -5
ROFL, Ducky. Good luck on your crusade--maybe you should copyright it...
Bo
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Post by Soju on Mar 11, 2010 21:40:01 GMT -5
Today I had a very annoying experience. Somehow, I got something on my computer that turned off my anti-virus software and Windows Firewall, then persistently displayed a bogus Windows Security Center, saying "Your computer has been comprimised! Your system is at risk! Click here to repair!" Of course, Microsoft doesn't use all those exclamation marks, so I was wise, but it was a very close replica. I had to run a scan with my anti-spyware and anti-virus programs to get rid of it (I HOPE!), which took the better part of ninety minutes, during which these "alerts" kept popping up . As Sgt. Phil Esterhaus said on 'Hill Street Blues', "Be carefull out there." |
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Post by kpopgrrl on Mar 11, 2010 22:22:25 GMT -5
If you don't get rid of it try MalwareBytes. It should get rid of it. And try scanning in safe mode.
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Post by TheBo on Mar 12, 2010 10:39:08 GMT -5
That's good to know, kpop.
bo
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Post by carrarin on Mar 12, 2010 13:48:53 GMT -5
Nothing but a good brain can save you from scams, but for viruses and spyware... use Linux!
On second thought, don't...
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Post by TheBo on Nov 1, 2012 11:32:07 GMT -5
Here's one that I don't understand.
I received a notice "from the Facebook Security Team" saying someone "at a location you've never been before" logged into my FB account and I should follow their link and fix it.
I'm not a rube. I followed my own bookmark to FB, tried to log in and received a message that someone in Colorado had indeed logged in (or tried to). I was asked to change my password. Which I did. No other info was requested.
So now I find out, this actually is a phishing scam. If you click the link, they ask you for password and billing information on your credit card. But my FB account really was breached. I'm confused. I googled it, and there were two separate threads of experience, one with what I did and one with people who had clicked the email link and been asked for credit card and password info.
Any thoughts, anyone?
Bo
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Post by Knov1 on Nov 1, 2012 18:22:05 GMT -5
Facebook is evil. You did the right thing by not clicking on the link. It's also good that you changed your password. If possible, maybe you can change the email attached to the account. Does facebook let you do that? I don't use facebook so not sure what you can or can't do with them. |
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Post by soapygrams on Nov 1, 2012 20:38:08 GMT -5
 Facebook is psycho too -- I do NOT LIKE IT at all - but my kids and grandkids use it all the time -- I stick with my e-mail - My spam filter works very well and I NEVER open anything that seems suspicious When I got an e-mail from a friend with NO subject in the subject line and just a ilnk in the messaage part - I closed it and sent her a new e-mail asking if she had sent it - she replied that no she had NOT sent it - and wondered if her add book had been compromised/hacked or something. After that episode, I received several more just like that from other friends of mine; I just deleted them without opening the e-mail. After many, many emails explaining how bcc works, mostof them forward things using bcc - so no long list of e-mail addresses appear ;D - Darned old scammers - they remind me of mosquitos - Kill one and a thousand come to the funeral . . .  My compter does't like FB any more than I do - LOL --- the text is so small I can hardly read it even when I increase text size and zoom to a higher view. The problem is the text is so faint - like a printer running out of ink - and no one has yet to figure out how to fix it. It's not my monitor either - it does't happen on other sites - I really do not like to use FB and only scan it at night to see what my kids are doing . . . Sincde they are al adults now, and some are in scattered areas of the country . . it was a good way to stay in touch - by E-MAIL -- then along came FB - and I have to ask one of my girls what's new and they will tel me-- oh the wonders of modern technology . . .
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Post by TheBo on Nov 6, 2012 12:01:10 GMT -5
I don't like FB either, but it's the only contact I have with many of my relatives. I did announce that I'm on "forced hiatus" but as you say, I should maybe change the contact email for FB.
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Facebook is psycho too -- I do NOT LIKE IT at all - but my kids and grandkids use it all the time -- I stick with my e-mail - My spam filter works very well and I NEVER open anything that seems suspicious When I got an e-mail from a friend with NO subject in the subject line and just a ilnk in the messaage part - I closed it and sent her a new e-mail asking if she had sent it - she replied that no she had NOT sent it - and wondered if her add book had been compromised/hacked or something.