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Posted on 01/07/04 8:44:53 PM |
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trinityofone
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I just received a spoof Paypal email, claiming that they are upgrading the servers (as is the subject), so be careful. I viewed the source and the link goes to Taiwan. I have informed Paypal. David _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 01/07/04 9:21:48 PM |
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maiden
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Thanks for the 'heads up' Trinity I'll keep my eye out for that Becky |
Posted on 01/07/04 10:50:18 PM |
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russ davey
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Yup, I got this, very dodgy |
Posted on 02/07/04 08:42:31 AM |
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Steve Caplin
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There was an item on the news last week about some guy who'd been sent a spoof email apparently from the Dutch government telling him he'd won a quarter of a million euros in a lottery, and asking for £400 as a processing fee. He paid it, and got more demands for fees and licence payments for all kinds. In the end he paid out over £30,000 to the scammers. Just how stupid can people get? |
Posted on 02/07/04 10:41:45 AM |
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russ davey
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Yeah its crazy, my mum got an email saying she'd won the US lottery, and she had to ring someone to claim, they even get YOU to ring THEM how cheeky is that!! |
Posted on 02/07/04 10:51:15 AM |
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trinityofone
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I wonder how many people actually got caught out by the African prince scam? _________________ It must be Thursday, I never could get the hang of Thursdays |
Posted on 02/07/04 2:09:06 PM |
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maiden
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It's a very old and dated internet scam that has been revised and now they are phoning people up as well as posting out letters. It started out as the Nigeria Businessman email scam as Trinity said and as they say "There's one born every minute, and they all have internet access!" 
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Posted on 02/07/04 4:53:16 PM |
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ryan
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Oh don`t get me started on those low life net cons. What really annoys me is when they say that they are dying of cancer. I was stupid enough to give one of the African scammers my phone number, he wanted me to call him back and also insisted I send him £500 to get this rolling, after a few choice words he hung up 
Ryan |
Posted on 21/07/04 3:47:11 PM |
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joshspazjosh
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john dvorak wrote some interesting stuff about the nigerian scam in his column at PC magazine. it dates back 2000 years.... |