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[gorkur]

I recived a spam mail from myself once :eeeeeh:

That was weird cos I can't remember sending it..

[Abi79]

Originally posted by gorkur@Sep 30 2005, 05:20 AM
I recived a spam mail from myself once :eeeeeh:

Yourself ?! Yikes. Did you scan your computer then ?

[gorkur]

Originally posted by Abi79+Sep 30 2005, 01:26 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (Abi79 @ Sep 30 2005, 01:26 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-gorkur@Sep 30 2005, 05:20 AM
I recived a spam mail from myself once :eeeeeh:

Yourself ?! Yikes. Did you scan your computer then ? [/b][/quote]
Yeah, didn't find anything on my PC but all of the PCs at work were filled with shite.

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Originally posted by lethe@Sep 30 2005, 02:01 AM
There's always been mails like these, not going to end so soon. Just pathetic.

Another tip: When you receive some supposed paypal warning that your account was hacked, do not open your paypal site in the same window. Those emails might contain trojans that save your password. And warn paypal about those mails, even though they can't do much but send a prevention letter to their customers.

I got an e-mail like that. I didn't really care cuz I never use it and everything's fake. I just got cuz I was bored one day.

[wendymaree]

I get scam emails every day - the whole gammut of them. One 'interesting' one I received recently was an offer of employment (at high rates of pay) from Beach Street Consulting to transfer their 'client's' money to OS accounts. By doing some checking I discovered that it was part of an overseas money laundering scam. You do actually get the money they promise, but you also get a gaol sentence when their operations are finally detected by police. A number of Australians who might have innocently thought they were doing legitmate work are up on charges right now. Here's a link to their website. On the surface it does seem professional and legit...albeit vague: http://b-s-consulting.org/

Edit: The site no longer exists. Maybe because I reported them. :whistle:

[BeefontheBone]

Just remembered - this year's Ig Nobel prize for literature was given to "The Internet entrepreneurs of Nigeria, for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich characters -- General Sani Abacha, Mrs. Mariam Sanni Abacha, Barrister Jon A Mbeki Esq., and others -- each of whom requires just a small amount of expense money so as to obtain access to the great wealth to which they are entitled and which they would like to share with the kind person who assists them."

http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-top.html

[Sunderer]

The best way to deal with this is reply to the email saying you are more than happy to help and will provide all your bank details over the phone.

Then give them a premium number to call. ?3.00 per/minute

[A. J. Raffles]

Originally posted by wendymaree@Oct 12 2005, 03:31 AM
I get scam emails every day - the whole gammut of them. One 'interesting' one I received recently was an offer of employment (at high rates of pay) from Beach Street Consulting to transfer their 'client's' money to OS accounts. By doing some checking I discovered that it was part of an overseas money laundering scam. You do actually get the money they promise, but you also get a gaol sentence when their operations are finally detected by police. A number of Australians who might have innocently thought they were doing legitmate work are up on charges right now. Here's a link to their website. On the surface it does seem professional and legit...albeit vague: http://b-s-consulting.org/

Edit: The site no longer exists. Maybe because I reported them. :whistle:

Hmm, who'd want to have any dealings with a company called BS Consulting anyway?:P

[Reup]

The best way to avoid these mails, imho, is to install a decent spam filter. For M$ Outlook users i can recommend SpamBayes! (For techies only: it uses a learning Bayesian Net as heuristic mechanism, thus it's name)

[Blood-Pigggy]

I suggest sending a virus.
Or a bot killing virus.
Either works well.