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I get that all the time too. If it's not the
nigerian scammers, it's an e mail trying to sell me viagra or some
other
kind of pharmacutical from outside the country. I
have my e mail configured so that I can read the message without
actually opening it completely so hopefully I won't
get a virus by completely opening the wrong one. I have two virus
protection programs installed on my computer. As
soon as I see the bogus message or ad, without completely opening
it, I just block that sending from sending future e
mails, but they switch their addresses and keep sending them
anyway.
I don't think it's a worm or data miner necessarily
doing it, I think somehow those con people send
out bulk e mails to
everyone. Not sure how they get our addresses
unless someone from our internet services
provider is selling them our e
mail address information. When you sign up for
internet service they say they don't sell your e
mail addrss to anyone, but
how would we know if they did anyway? How would we
know e bay didn't sell our e mail addresses too?
Almost everyone at
any site will tell you they will not ever release
your information to anyone, but if they can get
paid to do so, how would we
know if they lied to us? That's the problem with
the internet, we don't want government regulation
and taxes online, but as a
result people do all kinds of illegal things online
and it is very hard to catch them. I've also always thought that viruses were
largely started by companies wanting to sell
you anti virus protection. What great job security. They pay one of their techs
to
create a virus, send it out, infect everyone, then
sell everyone anti virus protection. Common sense tells me this is true.
It is too easy and
too unregulated and unenforced for them NOT to do that.
What I find especially sickening are the nigerian
pleas "In the name of God" for us to send them our bank account numbers so
they
can share millions of dollars with us and that a
"friend" or "God" directed them to contact us. Using the name of God in scamming
people I think is especially evil and there is a
special place in hell for people who do that. That also includes the t.v.
evangelists.
Bill.
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:58
PM
Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nigerians
email
Rick,
I get "African
Letters" as I call them all the time. As you mentioned it
can be fun to
play with them. I had one who corresponded me for a month,
sent me
pictures of a project that they wanted me to invest in
etc.
Another interesting "scam" is those who want
you to be the middleman and
process checks for
them.
In addition to not giving them your bank
account number don't give them
any information about your self i.e. phone
number, address etc.
Phil
----- Original
Message -----
From: "s ï l k y vbmsT" <silkyfx@hotmail.de>
To:
<personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2005 2:34 PM
Subject: RE:
[PSUBS-MAILIST] nigerians email
>
> im
getting mails with a total size of 76 kb all containing attachments
> with subjects like "who wants to be a milionair", "warning you have
elligal
> copys", "hello my friend", etc ...
>
>>From: "rick miller" <rickm@pegasuscontrols.com>
>>Reply-To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
>>To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
>>Subject: [PSUBS-MAILIST] nigerians email
>>Date: Thu,
24 Nov 2005 00:11:22 -0800
>>
>>hi
guys
>>
>> did
somebody get a worm or get hit with a data miner. i have the
>>nigerian money scammers all over my email right now. and from
past
>>experiance it will take months for them to go away. it
is more of a
iritant
>>then anything else. the big problem
is that they sell your address to
>>everyone else.
>>
>>rick m
>>
>>ps if
you have the time they can be fun to play with and make then spend
>>thier money, never give then your bank numbers.
>
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