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Gary Eickmeier
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| Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:42 pm
Post subject: Genuine Replicas |
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Just got an E-mail spam that was advertising "Genuine Replicas Watches."
I'm wondering what brand X would be.
Gary Eickmeier
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meirman
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:59 pm
Post subject: Re: Genuine Replicas |
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In alt.english.usage on Sat, 16 Oct 2004 17:42:18 GMT Gary Eickmeier
<geickmei@tampabay.rr.com> posted:
| Quote: | Just got an E-mail spam that was advertising "Genuine Replicas Watches."
I'm wondering what brand X would be.
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And the watchbands are made of genuine imitation leather.
s/ meirman If you are emailing me please
say if you are posting the same response.
Born west of Pittsburgh Pa. 10 years
Indianapolis, 7 years
Chicago, 6 years
Brooklyn NY 12 years
now in Baltimore 20 years |
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Gary Eickmeier
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 7:45 pm
Post subject: Re: Genuine Replicas |
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meirman wrote:
| Quote: | And the watchbands are made of genuine imitation leather.
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Yet this spam doesn't make me as agitated as the one I just received
(which is not the only one) that appears to be from a bank and requests
all of my personal and banking info be confirmed or I will lose my
credit card. Forwarding these to abuse at your ISP accomplishes nothing,
and I just looked up the FBI's procedure for reporting internet crimes,
and it was so complex I left it. Does anyone know of an E-mail address
that you can forward these things that has someone who actually cares
and can do something about it?
Gary Eickmeier
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the Omrud
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:03 pm
Post subject: Re: Genuine Replicas |
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Gary Eickmeier typed thus:
| Quote: | meirman wrote:
And the watchbands are made of genuine imitation leather.
Yet this spam doesn't make me as agitated as the one I just received
(which is not the only one) that appears to be from a bank and requests
all of my personal and banking info be confirmed or I will lose my
credit card. Forwarding these to abuse at your ISP accomplishes nothing,
and I just looked up the FBI's procedure for reporting internet crimes,
and it was so complex I left it. Does anyone know of an E-mail address
that you can forward these things that has someone who actually cares
and can do something about it?
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These are endemic in the UK - I get several every day. Of course,
most of them relate to banks which I don't have any accounts with,
and even when the right bank is chosen by luck, they tend to be sent
to the wrong email address. Similar messages relating to PayPal are
also common. The web sites are good copies of the real sites, with
embedded links to the real sites, and so could fool many people. The
html emails also mask the real addresses being linked (usually just
IP addresses) to make it look as though the link is to the real bank.
I have had speedy responses from the banks - I forward these messages
to abuse@bank.com - they are big enough to have staff dedicated to
this sort of thing. They seem to be able to get the ISPs to close
down the offending web site PDQ, which is at least part way to
stopping people being fooled.
Sometimes, in a spirit of frustration, I type obscenities into the
web forms in place of a credit card number, password and PIN.
--
David
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replace the first component of address
with the definite article. |
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MC
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| Posted: Sun Oct 17, 2004 11:37 pm
Post subject: Re: Genuine Replicas |
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In article <MPG.1bdcb622668de37598a919@news.individual.net>,
the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gmail.com> wrote:
| Quote: | Yet this spam doesn't make me as agitated as the one I just received
(which is not the only one) that appears to be from a bank and requests
all of my personal and banking info be confirmed or I will lose my
credit card. Forwarding these to abuse at your ISP accomplishes nothing,
and I just looked up the FBI's procedure for reporting internet crimes,
and it was so complex I left it. Does anyone know of an E-mail address
that you can forward these things that has someone who actually cares
and can do something about it?
These are endemic in the UK - I get several every day. Of course,
most of them relate to banks which I don't have any accounts with,
and even when the right bank is chosen by luck, they tend to be sent
to the wrong email address. Similar messages relating to PayPal are
also common. The web sites are good copies of the real sites, with
embedded links to the real sites, and so could fool many people. The
html emails also mask the real addresses being linked (usually just
IP addresses) to make it look as though the link is to the real bank.
I have had speedy responses from the banks - I forward these messages
to abuse@bank.com - they are big enough to have staff dedicated to
this sort of thing. They seem to be able to get the ISPs to close
down the offending web site PDQ, which is at least part way to
stopping people being fooled.
Sometimes, in a spirit of frustration, I type obscenities into the
web forms in place of a credit card number, password and PIN.
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You can report "Nigerian Letter" scam e-mails to the RCMP (the Mounties)
at this address: wafl@phonebusters.com
--
I'm not the expert on how the Iraqi people think, because
I live in America, where it's nice and safe and secure.
--George W. Bush
KILL TROLLS: http://www.schmuckwithanunderwood.com/trolls.htm |
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