How many times a week...
Mar 20th 2011 | 12:20 pm
#1
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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?
Does anyone know anybody stupid enough to reply?
Why do they keep on doing this?
Mar 20th 2011 | 12:22 pm
#2
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Re: How many times a week...
Oops! I thought I was posting in the Maple Leaf.... sorry.
Mar 20th 2011 | 12:26 pm
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Re: How many times a week...
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
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
Mar 20th 2011 | 12:26 pm
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From: St. John's, Newfoundland
Mar 20th 2011 | 1:01 pm
#5
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Re: How many times a week...
Mar 20th 2011 | 1:09 pm
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Re: How many times a week...
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
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
Come on, no-one is that stupid, are they?
Mar 20th 2011 | 1:20 pm
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Re: How many times a week...
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.
Mar 20th 2011 | 1:21 pm
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Re: How many times a week...
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 !!!
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 !!!
Mar 20th 2011 | 1:36 pm
#9
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Mar 20th 2011 | 1:38 pm
#10
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Mar 20th 2011 | 1:50 pm
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Re: How many times a week...
I believe it is a legitimate site as well
Mar 20th 2011 | 1:59 pm
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Mar 20th 2011 | 2:14 pm
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From: Ajax, Ontario
Re: How many times a week...
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
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
Some one must click on this shite or they would stop doing it and try some other way to infect your computer.
Mar 20th 2011 | 2:17 pm
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