[bksvol-discuss] Re: scams and phishing
- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 18:10:47 -0700
Ah, google, how I like gmail. All the spam goes to a separate folder,
got to love it eh?!
On 5/31/08, Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I wish there were a way to Return to Sender and clog their mail. I can
> easily delete spam and in some email accounts indicate that something in my
> inbox is spam so it won't appear again, and my accounts are all very good at
> putting them in junk and not my inbox, but I would like to cause them
> trouble.
>
> Consumer Reports, in an earlier issue, said to do the following with
> phishing emails:
>
> 1. Forward to the Anti-Phishing Working Group at
> reportphishing@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> 2. Forward to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@xxxxxxx
>
> 3. Forward to the company that is being impersonated.
>
> I've done that with what little phishing I've received but I don't bother
> with the spam. Maybe I should. I forgot about it, actually.
>
> G.Cindy
>
> ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS
> AVAILABLE AT
> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
>
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
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>
> Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
>
>
> --- On Sat, 5/31/08, Curtis Delzer <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Curtis Delzer <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ot bank of America scam
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Saturday, May 31, 2008, 11:28 AM
>> Hey you guys want to hear the latest? I am getting emails
>> that say,
>> and I quote,"
>> "You look really stupid, Curtis."
>> Now if I were to click on why, or when, or who, or how, or
>> where, --
>> I would fall into the trap. I just forward to the spam site
>> at the
>> U.S. government site:
>> spam@xxxxxxx
>> and let them deal with it, if they ever do. In Eudora I can
>> kind of
>> "bounce" the message(s) to them instead of
>> forward, it's called
>> "redirect," and I can put all the
>> "spam" messages in the junk folder,
>> which Eudora uses to filter spam into by default. Then,
>> there is a
>> "turbo redirect" command I can use, which means I
>> can highlight 100
>> messages at once and send them all to
>> spam@xxxxxxx
>> and let the government folks handle it. People which do
>> this kind of
>> thing, as I said, should be damaged in ways which hurt them
>> monetarily.
>>
>> Curtis Delzer
>>
>> At 01:12 PM 5/31/2008, you wrote:
>> >E, & u think changing your email address will keep
>> it from happening
>> >again? It's called phishing (note spelling). It
>> happens a lot. My
>> >advice is that:
>> >a) report it to the folks the email is reportedly from,
>> e.g., if it
>> >purports to be from Bank of America, report it to
>> them-- often these
>> >legitimate companies are very interested in trying to
>> shut these folks
>> >down & actually devote resources to so doing; &
>> >b) Simply delete & don't panic. The truth is, I
>> get these sometimes
>> >for places I don't even have an account with. These
>> spammers have many
>> >methods by which to harvest emails. They don't
>> really know who has an
>> >account where. They just hope they'll get lucky
>> & find some1 gullible
>> >enough to do what they ask. Don't ever click on
>> links provided in an
>> >email--go directly to the site where u have an account
>> if u have
>> >questions. Most legitimate emails will include your
>> name & never ask
>> >for identifying information. But panicking &
>> changing your email
>> >address won't help. Just be cool. I understand it
>> seems scarey
>> >sometimes, but these spammers aren't nearly as
>> smart as it may at
>> >first appear. Whatever u do, don't reply to them,
>> as they will then
>> >know they have a valid email address.
>> >
>> >On 5/31/08, Curtis Delzer <curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>> > > Spammers try anything, just delete! really, just
>> delete anything you
>> > > did not ask for. Bank of America doesn't send
>> email of any type
>> > > unless you have some notifying going on, from
>> them which you must set
>> > > up. I have a B OF A account and never got
>> anything from them I did
>> > > not want. Remember, I said "from them,"
>> so if it begins by saying
>> > > something like your account has been compromised,
>> it has not, they
>> > > will never send you such email, nor will anyone
>> else that is ligit.
>> > > Spammer should have their balls cut off, nice and
>> slow.
>> > > Curtis Delzer
>> > >
>> > > At 04:46 AM 5/31/2008, you wrote:
>> > >>I just got a message from somebody claiming to
>> be Bank of America.
>> > >>
>> > >>It said somebody tried to access my account.
>> It said I needed to go
>> > >>to a site and do things.
>> > >>Luckily the person writing the message made
>> several spelling errors,
>> > >>and used a email I do not have listed with a
>> bank.
>> > >>
>> > >>My friend also got a call from Bank of America
>> yesterday.
>> > >>
>> > >>Somebody claiming to be his daughter had
>> called the bank. She had
>> > >>his social security number and address as well
>> as birthday and other
>> > >>identifying information.
>> > >>
>> > >>She said he had died and wanted a check cut by
>> Bank of America.
>> > >>
>> > >>He is alive. He has no daughter to the best of
>> his knowledge (grin)
>> > >>
>> > >>Please be careful folks.
>> > >>
>> > >>I may change my email address.
>> > >>
>> > >>This stuff is getting close to home.
>> > >>
>> > >>E.
>> > >>
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