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Message board > Phishing!
Phishing!
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dareka1
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Phishing!
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I don�t know, but I think there are some people picking up user�s email addresses for the purposes of phishing (cheating out of money). Have any other people received emails from people asking for money?
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18 Dec 2008
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Lancillotta:
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Yesterday I received an e mail asking for download (and it wasn�t safe)! I was surprised because was from this web site. It was one of us.
I hope these things will disappear.
Lancillotta. |
18 Dec 2008
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Logos
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Sadly as the community grows, then someone is going to take advantage of it. Recently there were a few posts about a lady in Africa looking for an ideal man. Several members (including ladies) received the exact same e-mail. I hope we don�t get many more in future. |
18 Dec 2008
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dareka1
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That was the one I got. I didn�t follow up on it, but in the subject section there was a message, "please, I need your help" or something.
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18 Dec 2008
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libertybelle
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Those spam mails about collecting a lot of money in some obscure bank
in Africa have been going around for the past 10 years.
DON�T ANSWER THEM. As long as you don�t answer, they usually move on.
I�ve gotten thousands and usually move them in the junk/spam box.
But here you can�t do that - so just delete them and ignore them.
Too bad they�ve found us here,
L
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18 Dec 2008
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miss_yanis
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I know... Ever since I started using the site I�ve been receiving this junk mailing.
I agree with Liberty, don�t answer them and they move on... In fact, in my case, they go directly to the spam folder!
Kisses!
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18 Dec 2008
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Vickiii
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I won 10 million dollars... I was so excited.... IT was so obviously fake looking. Me and my friend decided to see what would happen if we answered. It was quite amusing really. Each step in the process became that little bit more professional. Then they were sending us the money in the form of a cheque (obviously we didn�t have a bank account! - not stupid). All I had to do was send
1% of the prize money to them to cover taxes. When I told them how broke we were and I would give them permission to take it out of the prize money, and even a commission for themselves, they told me this wasn�t allowed and that I could pay whatever I could afford (isn�t that a nice government! just pay what you can love....) Funnily enough we never sent money and never received that 10 million dollars.
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18 Dec 2008
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