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Offline JuninhoSlo

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Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« on: February 11, 2010, 02:32:32 PM »
Hi :)

I received a suspicious email from strange guy. What do you think?


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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #1 on: February 11, 2010, 03:03:55 PM »
I think its a fake one don't answer on it just delete it.
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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #2 on: February 11, 2010, 03:06:25 PM »
This is a scam, but you can have lost of fun answering  pretending you belive him   ;D
just don`t send money or give him any correct info......  :D

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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #3 on: February 11, 2010, 03:27:31 PM »
Scammers always thank their God for gullible people ;D

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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #4 on: February 11, 2010, 03:59:47 PM »
WARNING

careful, answering a scam (or any other mail) from a hotmail account sends your IP as well  ;) (adding: Gmail doesn't do that, from the web interface)
« Last Edit: February 11, 2010, 04:01:32 PM by Logos »

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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #5 on: February 11, 2010, 04:15:10 PM »
What do I think, I don't waste time investigating c**p like this I just delete it (life's too short), usually my anti-spam program MailWasher Pro would flag it for deletion.

Any unsolicited email, from unknown origins don't even get opened, but deleted. Emails can launch a payload when opened, with the use of iframe tags or other dynamic means, so it is best not to even open them.

Never reply to unsolicited email (you end up getting more spam); never open attachments in unsolicited emails; never click links in unsolicited emails.
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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #7 on: February 11, 2010, 05:36:15 PM »
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Having Fun With 419 Scammers http://www.cracked.com/article_16234_having-fun-with-419-scammers.html
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That is brilliant ;D

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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2010, 06:02:27 PM »
@Logos, i would think that you will be one of those that can have extremly fun answering scam mails  ;D



 
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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2010, 06:40:52 PM »
this is so cool  ;D

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Re: Suspicious mail-Hotmail?
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2010, 04:03:50 AM »
This is a scam, but you can have lost of fun answering  pretending you belive him   ;D
just don`t send money or give him any correct info......  :D

Having Fun With 419 Scammers http://www.cracked.com/article_16234_having-fun-with-419-scammers.html
ROFL!!
I love the way this guy tells one unbelievable story after another, and the scammer keeps buying it because he's gone too far not to. I wonder how many hours of the spammer's time got wasted? :D