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« on: September 24, 2015, 09:21:37 AM »
Got this one today - too funny. The PS is an attempt to befuddle the easily confused, who've been told to never click on links in emails. rolleyes.gif

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Hello PayPal user,

Recently, we have detected different logins to your account from different country followed by some illegals buys and we think that the hackers have hacked it, so we have suspended your account.

What do I need to do?

Open your account by clicking to "login" button, and remember to update your informations after logging in.
We will give you 3 days to update your informations or we will suspend your account forever.

Sincerely,
PayPal


P.S:the following button contains a special link that give you the possibility to open your suspended account, but you should not login from the page in official website because that can suspend your account forever.
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« Reply #1 on: September 24, 2015, 10:10:05 AM »
That's the funniest one that I have yet seen. I'd like to meet the person who was stupid enough to click the link. On the other hand, that's what Congress is for... Devilish2.gif
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« Reply #2 on: September 24, 2015, 11:01:59 AM »
Yes, yes! I mean, nono.gif Never use those "Official" links/bookmarks/typed into a browser things! Who knows where those might take you! eek2.gif wallbash.gif
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« Reply #3 on: September 24, 2015, 11:20:26 AM »
HAHAHA! Thanks for the laugh to start the day.
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« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2015, 12:04:06 PM »
I just received this one:

From Master Mavelous Kone
Cote d'Iviore in West Africa

Dear

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, My Name is Master Mavelous Kone the only Son of late Mr and Mrs Abraham Kone i am 17 year's old My father was a very wealthy Cocoa merchant in Cote d'Ivoire in west Africa.

My father was shot during the political crisis in Cote d'Ivoire in 2011 and he was rushed to hospital but he did not survive the gun shot and died, before his death he told me that he deposited the sum of (USD $12.3 TWELVE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS ) in a security company here in Cote d’Ivoire which he put in a trunk box and registered it as family treasury, because he don't want the security company to know the content of the trunk box for the safety of the money.

I want you to help me secure this my inheritance from my late father as my late father's foreign business partner because my mother died when i was four years. also know you will help me come over to your country to continue my education while you will help me invest the money for me in a good business.

I have gone to the security company here and confirm the deposit, I will compensate you with 30% of this money if you help me secure this box from the security company here. l hope you will not betray the trust i have on you because this money is my only surviving hope in this life.

I can assure you there is No Risk involve the money is my inheritance from my late father.

I am waiting to hear from you.

Mavelous Kone


Don't you love his name? There was also Marvelous Marv Throneberry of the original Mets.
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« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2015, 02:39:35 AM »
Sadly, it has to be accepted that at least one person, somewhere, will be caught by each of those  rolleyes.gif
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« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2015, 09:28:58 AM »
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at least one person, somewhere, will be caught by each of those
What?! Are you trying to tell me this is a SCAM?! I already have my steamer tickets to Cote d'Ivoire!!! BTW, is that a town or a country... dntknw.gif Thinking.gif
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« Reply #7 on: September 25, 2015, 09:37:01 AM »
All you could possibly want to know about Ivory Coast, the country biggrin.gif
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« Reply #8 on: September 25, 2015, 02:58:16 PM »
QUOTE(jchuzi @ Sep 24 2015, 05:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am waiting to hear from you.

Mavelous Kone


Don't you love his name? There was also Marvelous Marv Throneberry of the original Mets.



In the past few months, I have received these kinds of emails from "James Kirk," "Joe Stalin," and "Ansel Adams."

Most of these kinds of frauds happen in Nigeria (which is why they're called 419 scams, from section 419 of the Nigerian penal code), and I suppose the folks who do them can't really be expected to be familiar with Western names. But still...
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2015, 04:02:43 PM »
I think it's just part of their combined "English as a Language of Commerce and Useful Computer Studies" series. They don't exactly have scholarships, but they get to keep 75% of all income! A "BS" in any language is still the same "BS"! rolleyes.gif No matter how well you 'educate' some people, they will always have enough greed to believe anything that promises large sums of cash! What is amazing to me is how any rational person would think that they would be picked by a complete stranger, in a foreign land to be in control of anything valuable, much less, multi-millions of dollars! wallbash.gif
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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2015, 08:41:47 AM »
Oh, I got one like that, and I went to Africa with some 'friends' and we got the money. But got arrested too, and spent a few years in jail, but needed to lose weight, and that happened. Did some research on disentary and malaria too, quite interesting. Its a great way to get slim again!
But managed to get out with the money and started a business selling weight loss scams to people on the internet, and got some pretty funny things to happen.
But alas, I got put in jail again, and am in an American jail, and its wonderful, Ive gained all my fat back, Im up to 489 pounds already, and the food is awesome, I have all sorts of perks and full hospital care and I dont have to spend a cent of the $ I brought back from Africa any more.
Im pretty happy here, though I miss my lovely Lear jet, and my new Maserati.
My new name is Amazing Kone. Or should I spell it Cone?
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« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2015, 12:00:25 PM »
QUOTE(jcarter @ Sep 26 2015, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh, I got one like that, and I went to Africa with some 'friends' and we got the money. But got arrested too, and spent a few years in jail, but needed to lose weight, and that happened. Did some research on disentary and malaria too, quite interesting. Its a great way to get slim again!
But managed to get out with the money and started a business selling weight loss scams to people on the internet, and got some pretty funny things to happen.
But alas, I got put in jail again, and am in an American jail, and its wonderful, Ive gained all my fat back, Im up to 489 pounds already, and the food is awesome, I have all sorts of perks and full hospital care and I dont have to spend a cent of the $ I brought back from Africa any more.
Im pretty happy here, though I miss my lovely Lear jet, and my new Maserati.
My new name is Amazing Kone. Or should I spell it Cone?

Good one Jane !
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« Reply #12 on: September 29, 2015, 01:41:30 PM »
I have recently experienced a slightly different peculiarity on my SL Mini, running Entourage for mails.

On Sep 18 a message appeared, ostensibly from eBay, with a header in German. When I clicked to read the message, Entourage froze completely. I had to restart the Mini. As long as I avoided the eBay message there was no problem.

Yesterday another "eBay" message appeared with a different German header. I assume it would also freeze the Mini, so I have not tried to read it.

AFAIK I have never used eBay. Is somebody trying to make mischief here (other than freezing Entourage)?

Today I discovered a little yellow flag, top left in the header window, allowing me to delete the message from the server - and have done so.

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« Reply #13 on: September 29, 2015, 02:13:22 PM »
Another trick with Entourage (to delete problem emails without viewing them) is to Control-click the message and click Delete Message from the contextual menu. That moves it to the Deleted Items folder. You can empty the DI folder from there. The easiest way to do that is to go to Tools > Run Schedule > Empty Deleted Items Folder.
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« Reply #14 on: September 29, 2015, 02:35:16 PM »
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AFAIK I have never used eBay. Is somebody trying to make mischief here (other than freezing Entourage)?
That's a good first clue. Remember, if you have "Show remote images" checked/allowed, simply opening an email can provide confirmation that you have a valid email address and could even download an app to your drive. So far, these apps are for Windows, but you are still sending info to a server showing that you allow images, and therefore, some access to your system. Thinking.gif Companies can also get info on which ads (usually images) that you may see, even if you don't click on them.

All this personal information belongs to us, why should we give it away for free? dntknw.gif

Basic email rule #1: Never open a message you have no reason to expect to receive.
Basic email rule #2: Never click on a link/URL in an email.
Basic email rule #3: Re-read above rules. thumbup.gif
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