How many times a week...
 

...do you get spam e-mail from a Nigerian diplomat or whatever wanting to transfer millions of dollars to your account for safe keeping etc.

Does anyone know anybody stupid enough to reply?

Why do they keep on doing this?

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Oops! I thought I was posting in the Maple Leaf.... sorry.:wub:

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Actually got some reasonably clever spam recently

Claims to be from ups , says something along the lines of your package has been delivered , then gives you a tracking link to click on

It's clever because

The English is correct
It originates ( at first glance) from a ups.com address
The link to click appears to be legit ( tracking@ups)

The only way I could tell it was spam was that I do a lot of business with ups from work and I could tell that the tracking number was of the wrong format and that delivery notifications come from their " quantumview" service

God knows what's at the other end of the link

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And, you think someone is going to click on that? Given your reputation?

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The other ones I get with tedious regularity are from various banks with whom I don't bank (or paypal) telling me that my account has been raped or otherwise violated.

Come on, no-one is that stupid, are they?

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It's worth clicking on.

To the original question - I don't get much spam any more. The best (or worst) spam I saw was about 10 years ago. The subject was fairly innocuous, but the first line was "raping our furry friends" (and yes - the e-mail included pictures). I was impressed by the sheer obnoxiousness of it - especially as this arrived In my corporate e-mail inbox.

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Indeed but I could actually see how people could get sucked in by the ups one

I just wish the spammers could figure out that personally I have no use for viagara

Cool the auto correct on my iPhone wants to substitute viscera for viagara !!!

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Ill advised.

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Ha! Say you. I've met AX and I'm not touching it.

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I believe it is a legitimate site as well

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Oh, OK then. I'll risk it.

Edit: Still looks dodgy to me. What's that link to paypal doing there?

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Just read the stories about revenge on spammers..

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The dead giveaway on this one is the fact that it comes into the SPAM box. We get them daily.

Some one must click on this shite or they would stop doing it and try some other way to infect your computer.

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I find your lack of faith disturbing.........