[access-uk] Re: Skipe

  • From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:21:17 +0100

Yeah, Andy, sounds very dodgy to me. I never receive anything like what
you're receiving. So what do I say? Bin them and don't do anything with
it, just bin them!
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 15:46:09 +0100, "Andy Collins"
<andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> Christopher - in the sender field, it says Skipe, and has links to
> Skipe.com 
> in the message, and links to learn more about Skipe etc.
> 
> There is also a paragraph saying that if you don't want to receive
> anymore 
> emails from Skipe, to send a blank email to "this address" which is a
> link, 
> which may or may not be dodgy, I just don't know. The bit that seemed odd
> to 
> me, was that in the message was a woman's Skipe name, asking me to add
> her 
> to my contacts if I join!
> 
> Hmmm, bemused!
> 
> - Andy
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Christopher Hallsworth" <chrishallsworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 10:33 AM
> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Skipe
> 
> 
> | Andy, this sounds like spam to me. No one invites you to Skype via
> | e-mail; only in the Skype programme. If you want to get started, why
> not
> | sign up for the Skype English mailing list? To do so, send a message to
> | skypeenglish-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subscribe in the subject line.
> | When you receive the confirmation message, reply to it and send it.
> Hope
> | this helps.
> | On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 22:28:34 +0100, "Andy Collins"
> | <andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> said:
> | > Hi all - does anybody else get emails with the subject line "a friend
> | > invites you to skipe?"
> | >
> | > The messages have my correct name and email in them, and do seem to
> come
> | > from Skipe.com. Are these genuine?
> | >
> | > I once had a go at signing up for Skipe, ages back, and never used
> it, 
> so
> | > that's perhaps how whoever it is has my contact details.
> | >
> | > I am not set up for Skipe, as I don't have a mic set up on this
> machine,
> | > and
> | > haven't really paid any attention to how it works, or what I would
> have
> | > to
> | > do in order to use it.
> | >
> | > Anybody any thoughts on these messages I receive, and where I can
> find
> | > out
> | > more info on how to get started with Skipe?
> | >
> | > - Andy
> | >
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