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| BaronJ:
--- Quote from: Bluechip on February 20, 2014, 04:07:24 PM ---Most of them do originate from the US ( although, with proxy servers there's no way to know really, AFAIK ). The thing from the 'HMRC' prats is pretty obvious as they don't appear to know who I am, nor is the 'English' very convincing ... Anyway Baron, as you appear to be somewhat distressed, I regret I can't help with Sterling however I do have some Embassy Coupons and Green Shield Stamps I am willing to weigh in if you wish. :thumbup: Dave --- End quote --- Distressed ??? Far from it. Some of these scam Emails are so obvious it surprises me that anyone falls for them. As far as the court letters are concerned they are from the good old US of A. But since I'm on the other side of the pond it doesn't bother me at all. But I do understand that these mails are intended to frighten people into reading them thus infecting their computer with some form of nastiness... For what its worth using a virtual machine helps a great deal here. The virtual machine is simply destroyed when finished with just remember not to download anything and run it on your real machine. |
| Jonny:
--- Quote from: AdeV on February 20, 2014, 05:55:59 PM ---So the SMTP (Simple Mail Transport Protocol) was born - and it WAS simple. No security at all. Any computer, in fact, could create an e-mail that purported to be from anybody, to anybody, and the system just delivered it. --- End quote --- Thanks in short does that mean if you buy and register a domain name and pay for the hosting some one can hack in to it create a new email address of that domain name and alter the pointers. ie (hacker)@gov.co.uk routed to creators email address. I am lately getting emails from clients mobile phone email servers that have been hacked. Usually the free big hosting ones. Just gives a link (mumbo jumbo) to click on nothing else. It was only three weeks ago I had 8 emails the same day with exactly the same content from 8 different email addresses These things are totally different to spam mail. |
| tom osselton:
I put a period in my email address and rarely get spam! |
| Fergus OMore:
I lived in an era when there were real things to worry about. Spies disguised as art experts and art experts disguised as spies and 'bed time' affairs. People disguised as sheep and Red spies at night, shepherds delight :clap: So if someone offers me- a free lunch or however it is served up, I check it out. After all it is the Wooden Horse of Troy trundled out , time and time again. It may have a new coat of paint or a new venue such as Stalag Luft3 or even the dummy airfield of wood in France which the Germans built and the RAF dropped a wooden bomb! :lol: All that is happening is that someone expects that you are wet between the ears. Naturally, none of us are- and if we are, we shouldn't be daft enough to publish it. :wack: |
| Kjelle:
Not to rain on anyones parade... Google "419 eater", it's a site dedicated to reveal and/or harass spammers.... They have been able to shut down a number of fake sites and even bank accounts used by people scamming money from people innocent enough to fall for their lies. It can be quite a entertaining read in some threads, about fooling some scammer on a journey for Western Union checks or goods sent... Be prepared to spend a few hours there! Some good links there too, to victims sites and warning pages. To post a link you need to register, but as far as I know, it's a good site! Sorry, I haven't a link right here to them, lost in computer change-over Kjelle |
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