Posted by confuzyq on July 31, 2007, at 21:22:35
In reply to What is this email scam?, posted by Racer on July 31, 2007, at 16:28:56
This one seems to surge and recess like so many other underhanded trends. I haven't gotten as many of the kind you describe in recent years as previously, but I did just get one about two weeks ago.
Indulging myself in being too lazy to verify at the moment, I've always thought that if you go to the included link, something nasty will be downloaded onto you; or it would ask for personal information to "prove you are the intended recipient" (how upright of them) in order to proceed.
Of course the spammer already has the email addy, and while doing something active like visiting the link (or even opening their email period) can confirm most conveniently for them that it's still a good addy, just the fact that it didn't bounce back to them as undeliverable tells them it's good. But from what I understand, they hate to take the time to check it out that way. They're busy and important people you know!
Amazing (and sickening) what goes on out there these days on this still-wild frontier!!
> OK, so I have a half dozen email accounts, and it's really only one that has a ton of this particular spam/scam thing. The others get other spam.
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> This one uses online e-card places -- "A classmate has sent you an e-card!" or "A family member has sent you a postcard!" etc. Does anyone know what these are about? Is it just a phishing trip for email addresses? Or something else?
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> Anyone know? Anyone else getting these?
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