Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When I'm behind a firewall and am bored, I'll usually fill in the blocks on those phish sites with "YOU ARE GOING TO JAIL" entries, or worse, depending on how aggrivated. I placed a bid on a new Nikon S3 (and to lose, it was a silly-low bid, I was just playing around) and got dozens of requests for my account from all sorts of places I didn't even have accounts. Then the offers from Russia, and several other easter European countries suggesting I send THEM what I bid Western Union ASAP, and I'll have a camera from them pronto. If it sounds too good to be true, or if it sounds too strange, investigate. JD On Jan 24, 2005, at 4:04 PM, Lew Schwartz wrote: > Dan: > Actually, you would not have been logging into your account. You would > have > been filling out a cgi form located on a server run by Thilo Traeff, a > teenager located (I think) in the Czech republic. > -Lew > -----Original Message----- > From: lug-bounces+lew=speakeasy.net@leica-users.org > [mailto:lug-bounces+lew=speakeasy.net@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of > Dan C > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 1:47 PM > To: lug@leica-users.org; Minolta@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [Leica] OT: Palpal scam > > Forgive me if this is off-topic, but I just received a very official > looking > email from what appears to be Paypal, informing me that there are > irregularities in my account, and included a real looking link to > click on > to rectify the problem. > > The email is BOGUS, and if I had actually clicked on the link (which > was not > from paypal at all), it undoubtedly would have asked me to login to my > account, instantly providing someone with everything they needed to > rob me > blind. > > be careful, > > -dan c. > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Jeff Sumner 3677 Glencairn Shaker Heights, Ohio 44122 USA Home: +1216 921-1941 Mobile: +1216 650-6663