Emails Scams Again....

[Sheba]

RCMP Warning of E-mail Scams
June 3, 2005


Happy Valley-Goose Bay RCMP are warning people about e-mail scams after one man lost thousands of dollars. Constable Sean Reynolds says the man was told he won 2 million dollars but had to deposit a cheque to cover certain costs. Reynolds says there isn't much hope the money will be recovered

 

[Teufellj]

RE: SCAMS...

Don't know if Canada uses ...PAYPAL...for paying online bills but there is one scam running rampant in the US. It comes as a legit looking "Alert" Your PayPal account needs updating, etc., The link sends you to a very clean looking site and wants you to update your personal information. If you do use PayPal...go directly to that website via your own links not the one foisted. I went to the false link with help from FBI as a tail with false info dictated by the FEDS and I will assume that the dumbbutts are getting a ticket to Sing-Sing (prison!
If your e-mail doesn't look right or seems to have a smell---use a backdoor to check it out or just dump it!

Teufellj...

 

[Teufellj]

RE: SCAMS...

Hello and am back again with a followup on PayPal scams. I forgot to add that if you want to check on your account you use this link...SPOOF@PayPal... This is a totally secure area and what you do is tell the people what you suspect and within a couple days they will return you with an answer and will tell you what they are doing too. They will make a recommendation as to what you should do concerning your account at least that is what they did for me and I assume that is the normal practice.

Teufellj...

 

[CMF]

Paypal

Teuf ...

Paypal is all over the world - they own E-Bay. I use them and recommend them as you don't need to give your Credit Card details to all and sundry. For my own website hosting I just pay some money in from Paypal even though I trust them.

As for anyone checking or asking for information on the internet ignore them. I don't mind having a look at what is new so I'm a bit lenient on one computer in letting in some spam. The porn industry has and probably will always have the latest innovations. I am amazed at the quality and clarity of the illustrated content which loads so extremely fast. In your case you went the extra distance and became pro-active in reigning them in. That is all that happens - they could well be using your computer, unbeknown to you in aiding the dissemination of their material.

Use a good virus detector - Nod32 is what I use. It's what the professional virus eradicators use, use a firewall, use Microsoft Spyware Detector and close your browser if you are not using it.

I regularly delete all stored internet content and cookies. Make sure you know your login details for this site before you delete cookies as you will have to log in.

Regards
Colin