Author Topic: Photo Op (Read 3100 times)

LR827 · « **on:** May 12, 2003, 01:07:06 PM »

I received this e-mail:

" Date: 5/11/2003 8:16:12 AM Eastern Standard Time
From: PhotoshopBlowout4m@wise-net.com (PhotoshopBlowout4m@wise-net.com)
To: eu3@p1c79.com <-- I have no idea who this is!
Sent from the Internet (Details)

"Adobe Photoshop 7.0 -The world standard for professional imaging and graphic design- -Best-selling Graphics software in the world- Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Retail Price - $479.95 Adobe Photoshop 7.0 Our Price - $44.95 This offer WILL NOT LAST. This savings of over $400 is a limited time offer lasting only until June 1st, 2003, or until supplies are exhausted. Act now, before its too late! Click here for more information about Adobe Photoshop, or to Order Now! Click here to be removed from all future mailings"

"3p Below is the result of your feedback form. It was submitted by PhotoshopBlowout4m@wise-net.com (PhotoshopBlowout4m@wise-net.com) on Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 08:16:12 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "

I do not know who that "To" address is. Nor did I send any feedback form. But I am sooooooooooo tempted to buy AP 7.0 for $45. Does anyone know if this is a legitimate offer?

Gary S · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2003, 01:31:19 PM »

Lorraine,

I can't see how it could be a legitimate offer.

lvixen · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2003, 01:32:02 PM »

I tried to find anything to do with this... though I have a strong suspicion that it's just spam. They probably are either trying to validate your email, so they can send more junk or selling you pirated software. Perhaps even both! There is an internet service provider called Wise Net, so perhaps that part is valid, but the rest of the email sounds fishy.

Plus it's probably a PC version.

LR827 · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2003, 05:54:06 PM »

Thanks, guys. Well, I'll toss this into the TGTBT file. Funny how obviously fake it is to me now that I've had some cold water thrown on me. I guess we all have a nose-ring of sorts. Mine's AP. Don't anyone tell anybody.

DaveF · « **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2003, 06:11:37 PM »

Lorraine,
Here is a thread that discusses this or a similar "Photoshop for peanuts" deal. Believe Ivixen and GaryS have steered you right.

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/viewto...p?TopicID=10925

Dave

Mrious_be · « **Reply #5 on:** May 13, 2003, 12:22:01 PM »

Adobe is getting ready to launch Photoshop 8, Illustrator 11 and InDesign 3.
Don't know when though, i just read it

lvixen · « **Reply #6 on:** May 13, 2003, 12:29:39 PM »

If you really want to get Photoshop but don't want to pay the big bucks, you can always try eBay. I got my version a while ago for an excellent price. To get the best deal, get an older unregistered version. Then, once you purchase it and register, you can get all the updates for the "Upgrade" price instead of full cost. It's an idea or I've also heard that the "smaller" version of photoshop, Elements is very good.

lvixen · « **Reply #7 on:** May 13, 2003, 12:36:17 PM »

I just jumped over to eBay, at the moment (doing a quick search from the main page, I'm sure there are more) there are 2 full version of both 5 and 7. 5 is going for $104 and has a day left, there is a 7 that is $199 at the moment and another that has a buy it now of 259, a reserve is on the second so I don't know what the low price is. There are no bidders on the second one. It ends in two days. Hope this helps.

tacit · « **Reply #8 on:** May 13, 2003, 12:42:33 PM »

This message is spam.

The To: address is completely bogus. If you look at the Internet headers, you will see that you received it as a Bcc:

Propbably 90% of spam is sent this way--it's blind carbon copied to the vicitms--er, recipients. That way, you have no idea how many other people received the spam.

This particular spam was sent from what is called an "open FormMail relay." You can tell because all FormMail relays put the line "Below is the result of your feedback form" on them.

To answer your question: No, it is not legitimate. If you gave these guys your money, you would receive one of two things: either

1. Nothing, but your credit card would mysteriously end up maxed out next month, or

2. An illegal, bootleg copy of Photoshop for Windows that you could not register or get tech support on, and possibly mysterious charges on your credit card as well.

These scams are discussed repeatedly on the newsgroup comp.graphics.apps.photoshop. If you post the email again with full headers, i might even be able to tell you which con artist was responsible for it.

LR827 · « **Reply #9 on:** May 13, 2003, 08:29:20 PM »

Thanks, tacit, Ivixin, Dave, Mrious, and everyone else on this string.

It is funny, though, how no one is immune to the pull of an addiction. I still have the original AP 4.0 LE (limited edition) that came along with my Epson Photo EX printer, going on 5 years now! I love playing with AP & my videos -- but alas, it is just an avocation for me now. I simply don't have the time to spend on it, but I do plan to do that some day. Then, I'll go out and spend whatever to buy the very latest version.

Tacit, I don't have the e-mail any more. But I have a feeling it won't be long before I get another one!

Thanks again, everyone, for your good, sage advice. Now I can go back to maxing out my credit cards myself!

LR827 · « **Reply #10 on:** May 13, 2003, 08:39:46 PM »

I found it:

----------------------- Headers --------------------------------
Return-Path: <savanadmin@www.b4.com>
Received: from rly-xm02.mx.aol.com (rly-xm02.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.103]) by air-xm01.mail.aol.com (v93.12) with ESMTP id MAILINXM12-81e93ebea9bf33b; Sun, 11 May 2003 15:51:31 -0400
Received: from www.b4.com ([216.40.227.26]) by rly-xm02.mx.aol.com (v93.12) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINXM23-5f33ebea990358; Sun, 11 May 2003 15:50:42 -0400
Received: (from savanadmin@localhost)
by www.b4.com (8.10.2/8.10.2) id h4BDGCb31783;
Sun, 11 May 2003 08:16:12 -0500
Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 08:16:12 -0500
Message-Id: <200305111316.h4BDGCb31783@www.b4.com>
To: eu3@p1c79.com
From: PhotoshopBlowout4m@wise-net.com (PhotoshopBlowout4m@wise-net.com)
Subject: Adobe Photoshop 7.0, over $400 off until June 1st

Paddy · « **Reply #11 on:** May 13, 2003, 11:35:43 PM »

Lorraine, here's the SpamCop result when you run the headers through their software:

SpamCop results

The IP itself resolved to http://www.newhomeweb.com. A Whois lookup on the IP number yields this:

http://www.kloth.net/services/whois.php?d4...n=216.40.227.26 - which is hosted by Everyone's Internet Inc.

You can find them here:

http://www.ev1.net/english/index.asp

If you do a whois on the newhomeweb.com, you get a slightly different result - the DNS servers are listed as "rackshack.net"...did a whois on them - they're Everyone's Internet again.

The place to complain is abuse@ev1.net

RHPConsult · « **Reply #12 on:** May 14, 2003, 12:40:54 AM »

This has been very interesting, even though I have yet to PS 4.0 LE, Lorraine!

What I'm mulling over is what appears to be the rise of computer-related internet sales fraud. Is that real, or is it just more obvious recently because of several instances which have shown up on TS?

Anyone know of any statistics?

I'm sure my Mozilla spam control is saving my sanity. I'm now receiving over 75 a day (just in the last 2-3 months the numbers have climbed astonishingly) which, presumably, are mostly "financial" in nature.

I even got an ad for e-mail address lists, glowingly claiming that I could have 5,000,000 addresses for only $29.95, from which a "sure" 1% would respond to my pitch.

Hmmm. Since at any given moment 20,000,000 people residing in the USofA don't know the name of the President, perhaps that 5,000 "sure thing" isn't so "unreasonable"!

I wonder what it may take, if anything, to extinguish this spammer behavior?

News:

Author Topic: Photo Op (Read 3100 times)