FINALLY – Pass it on …
Finally, someone is passing around something productive. 🙂
Please forward to all of your ’email buddies’ who really need to read
this!
From Snopes.com
If you are going to pass something along . . . . let it be THIS!
To whom it all concerns:
Just a word to the wise. E-mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress
or any other municipality. To be acceptable, petitions must have a signed
signature and full address.
Same with “prayer chains” — be wary!
Almost all e-mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others
are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send
business
cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of
Records for the most cards.
All it was, and all this type of e-mail is, is to get names and “cookie”
tracking info for telemarketers and spammers to validate active e-mail
accounts for their own purposes.
Any time you see an e-mail that says forward this on to “10” of your
friends, sign this petition, or you’ll get good luck, or what ever,
it has either an e-mail tracker program attached that tracks the
cookies and e-mails of
those folks you forward to, or the host sender is getting a copy. Each
time it gets forwarded, then it’s able to get lists of “active” e-mails
to use
in spam e-mails, or sell to others that do.
Please forward this notice to others and you will be providing a good
service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting 30,000
spam e-mails in the future.
(If you have been sending out the above kinds of email, now you know
why you get so much spam!)
DROA: Cleaning Up … A Little
The Domain Registry of America’s latest mailing isn’t as deceptive. They’ve eliminated the fear tactic in my opinion, and worded it more extensively to show it is not a bill.
Are YOU forget?
I found these spam titles while clearing out a client’s unused accounts today … my favorite:
LET:account,password,shop,did you forget?,are you forget?,why are are forget?,damn you forget}
And a bunch structured like these:
Drink Satellite Backpack Ship Cave Bee Sex
Jet fighter Baby Backpack Explosive Child Eyes Planet
Eyes Highway Bridge Telescope Monster Air Milk
Clown Baby Earth Surveyor Toilet Arm Man
Torch Box Coffee Butterfly Toilet Sex Crystal
I hope this year will mark some progress in the war against spam.
Mail Bombing – Domain Registry of America
These people have continually caused confusion with my clients over the last couple years since this thread was started, and I got a bunch today for a number of domains, both mine and client’s.
Just on a lark, I Googled them this morning and found countless scam warning sites about them. The interesting thing is that the principles of the company have had a lot more legal troubles than just this one company. Thanks to the Internet, so much information can come to light so all the clever arguments in the world will not overpower facts. Well, at least if you have some reasoning ability …
This one in particular:
http://blog.forret.com/2004/12/domai…-america-scam/
Be sure to read the comments section and follow the link about “Cease and Desist”. Of particular interest was their address in my own backyard and the local BBB listing for them: http://search.buffalo.bbb.org/codbrep.html?ID=17000531
An exerpt:
Customer Complaint HistoryBack To Top
The company’s size, volume of business and number of transactions may have a bearing on the number of complaints received by the BBB. The complaints filed against a company may not be as important as the type of complaints, and how the company has handled them. The BBB generally does not pass judgment on the validity of complaints filed.
Number of complaints processed by the BBB
in the last 36 months: 157
in the last 12 months: 52
Complaints Concerned:
Selling Practices (90 complaints)
18 Resolved
2 Unresolved
17 Delayed Resolution
8 Company made every reasonable effort to resolve
45 Company did not respondAdvertising Issues (22 complaints)
1 Resolved
2 Delayed Resolution
2 Company made every reasonable effort to resolve
17 Company did not respondService Issues (22 complaints)
5 Resolved
1 Unresolved
3 Delayed Resolution
2 Company made every reasonable effort to resolve
11 Company did not respondCredit or Billing Disputes (11 complaints)
4 Resolved
1 Delayed Resolution
1 Company made every reasonable effort to resolve
5 Company did not respondRefund Practices (9 complaints)
5 Resolved
2 Unresolved
2 Company did not respondContract Disputes (3 complaints)
1 Company made every reasonable effort to resolve
2 Company did not respond
After reading this, it was clear I gave them way too much benefit of the doubt. When I get a free moment, I will likely file a complaint myself with various authorities.
New Download Threat (spoofed)
I got this today and thought it might be from someone regarding my anniversary. It turned out to be an executable file … NOT from Hallmark. I didn’t open it, but almost did. The tip-off? The link went to www.allporn4free.net/review/anal/card.exe … most liekly some kind of malware (virus, spyware, etc..):
You have recieved A Hallmark E-Card. Hello!
You have recieved a Hallmark E-Card.
To see it, click here,
There’s something special about that E-Card feeling. We invite you to make a friend’s day and send one.
Hope to see you soon,
Your friends at Hallmark
Your privacy is our priority. Click the “Privacy and Security” link at the bottom of this E-mail to view our policy. [COLOR=#666666]Hallmark.com | Privacy & Security | Customer Service | Store Locator [/COLOR]
Why I Love Internet Explorer
It not only warns you about potential phishing attempts, but tracks reported sites and lets everyone know … if you use IE, that is.
Realistic eBay phishing email!
{I almost fell for it myself! Thank goodness Internet Explorer caught it. I got one in the morning and one this afternoon, from different “people” but same message.}
eBay sent this message to an eBay Member.
[B]Question from eBay Member — Respond Now [/B]
eBay sent this message on behalf of an eBay member through My Messages. Responses sent using email will not reach the eBay member. Question from fjordkingActivity with bangups (last 90 days):– I have bid on 0 items from imsellingtvsbangups (323
)Positive feedback:100%Member since:Jun-26-98Location:WA, United StatesRegistered on:www.ebay.comOne more question,will you help with shipping?
Respond to this question
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Stupd Email Scams …
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name out to more people in the rural communities where we are not
currently located, we are offering a! $50 gift certificate to anyone who
forwards this email to [/FONT][COLOR=purple][FONT=Arial]9[/COLOR][/FONT][FONT=Arial] of their friends. Just send this email to them [/FONT][FONT=Arial]
and you will receive an email back with a confirmation number to claim
your gift certificate. [/FONT][FONT=Arial]![I] [/I][/FONT]
[FONT=Arial][I]![/FONT][/I][FONT=Arial] [/FONT][FONT=Arial]
Sincerely [/FONT][FONT=Arial]
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Founder of Applebee’s Visit us at: [/FONT][FONT=Arial]www.applebees.com[/FONT][COLOR=purple][FONT=Arial]
Hey guys,
It really works, I tried it and got my Gift certificate confirmation
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Someone help me whith .httpaccess…
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