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Offline ZWarrior

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New/old spam/scam
« on: June 09, 2004, 01:10:49 AM »
Just a heads up that a new twist on an old scam is making it's way into your mailboxes.  

It's probably been a year since I recieved an email like the one below, it even has a different URL, but the it's same thing...

To find out what they said, pay us money.  You do, and nothing is there.  But now your on a spammer's email list and he will send you messages like mad.

I have several links for you:
http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/wordofmouth.asp
http://www.spywareinfo.com/newsletter/archives/0604/8.php#scam

here's the message (do yourself a favor and don't click on the links) :

**EXPERIENCE SHARING NOTIFICATION**

ALERT! - Someone who knows you is trying to share experiences and opinions about you in our online community.

The purpose of this email is to inform you that a posting has been made about you at our website.  This is email is not commercial in nature.  

If this email message was delivered to your spam or bulk email folder please notify your ISP or spam filtering company regarding this mistake on their part.

To view this posting use this link:

http//5.shyxp.us/lx.php?a=search&b=5&c=xxxxxxxx@ambushsite.com

ShareYourExperiences.com users are always anonymous. By this we mean that ShareYourExperiences.com will not release your identity to other users. This way you can freely share the experiences that you have had with an individual or business without fear of retribution.

IMPORTANT - If you prefer not to be notified by our website in the future when  postings are mode about you, just add your email address to our Do Not Email List.  

Our website will never send email to an address that appears on our Do Not Email List.

To add to Do Not Email List click here:

http//7.shyxp.us/lx.php?a=donotemail&b=xxxxxxxx@ambushsite.com

Sincerely,

Support Department
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« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2004, 02:10:52 PM »
scheißen, I Clicked on that link. Ya I knew better. But I got curious. Grrr.:mad:
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« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2004, 02:11:59 PM »
I only get about 10 per day myself.
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« Reply #3 on: June 09, 2004, 03:03:45 PM »
The only links that work in that post are the ones that are for more info on this scam.

I deliberately disabled the other links.

I figured you clowns would try that.  ;)
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« Reply #4 on: June 09, 2004, 03:51:23 PM »
No, I meant I got the E-Mail and clicked the link in the email.
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« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2004, 04:02:02 PM »
**tich, tich**  And here I thought you were a little more world wise than that.  Well, at least you can learn something from this experience like how nice it is to have a good spam filter in place.:lol
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« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2004, 05:34:43 PM »
Well, I have really good spam filters, the problem is the human factor, Me. Sometime one will squeak by and I'll delete it, but then sometime I get courios about a piece of spam and well...:cry:
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