Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Mark, You are not paranoid...just cautious and thanks for keeping an eye open for this stuff. It is sad, but you don't know who to trust anymore. I had a guy come to my door just a couple of weeks ago from the Department of Defense...yes really, I made him show me his ID and I asked him if he was here to ask about our neighbor's son who is going to work in D.C. and what his name was--I interrogated him first ;o) This young man has been in the military for 5 years and will be around the President some. Of course, I thought they had finally caught up with me...LOL You just never know--being cautious is not being paranoid! Thanks again! Sue Me > Of course, I could be overly paranoid here. But I > don't trust these guys. If they were reputable, they > wouldn't need to spam us--and they wouldn't be from > Eastern Europe. > > Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Mark, You're not being paranoid - at all. These email scams are called " phishing " . As a generally specific rule: NEVER RESPOND, CLICK, OR LINK OUT OF AN EMAIL REQUESTING PERSONAL INFORMATION! No reputable vendor will ever ask for personal information in an email. If it's legitimate, the vendor will ask you to log into your password-protected account to change information, or offer a phone number, or contact you by mail. The scammers will " cut-and-paste " official logos, text, and names into their bogus emails, so that they look " official " . eBay and Paypal have had very real problems with this recently. Just FYI, B. B. > We have been getting spammed with one or two ads for > loans and products every week for several weeks now. > One of the ads--the one for low rate loans--appears to > come from Eastern Europe. They clearly are not > interested in giving you a loan. (I know of no loan > originators licensed in any of the United States that > are from Eastern Europe.) But they are interested in > your personal identifying information. > > I strongly urge everyone to avoid clicking onto the > sites included in the spam that we receive. They may > be looking for identifying information about you for > an identity theft scam. They could also drop a small > program into your computer that reports back to them > on both the web sites that you go to, and the > keystrokes that you make on your computer. This is > especially useful to learn the name of your bank and > the password to your account(s). > > Of course, I could be overly paranoid here. But I > don't trust these guys. If they were reputable, they > wouldn't need to spam us--and they wouldn't be from > Eastern Europe. > > Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 Mark Weber wrote: We have been getting spammed with one or two ads for loans and products every week for several weeks now. WHEN I GET AN EMAIL FROM THIS GROUP THAT HAS ANYTHING OTHER THEN PLS RELATED INFO, IT AUTOMATICALLY GETS DELETED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2004 Report Share Posted October 26, 2004 > > We have been getting spammed with one or two ads for > > loans and products every week for several weeks now. > > One of the ads--the one for low rate loans--appears to > > come from Eastern Europe. They clearly are not > > interested in giving you a loan. (I know of no loan > > originators licensed in any of the United States that > > are from Eastern Europe.) But they are interested in > > your personal identifying information. > > > > I strongly urge everyone to avoid clicking onto the > > sites included in the spam that we receive. They may > > be looking for identifying information about you for > > an identity theft scam. They could also drop a small > > program into your computer that reports back to them > > on both the web sites that you go to, and the > > keystrokes that you make on your computer. This is > > especially useful to learn the name of your bank and > > the password to your account(s). > > > > Of course, I could be overly paranoid here. But I > > don't trust these guys. If they were reputable, they > > wouldn't need to spam us--and they wouldn't be from > > Eastern Europe. > > > > Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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