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Topic: Ya gotta read this eBay Phishing scam |
Wiz Feinberg
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Posted 19 Apr 2006 7:56 am |
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I got this today and forwarded it to spoof@ebay.com and SpamCop, but I thought you all might get a chuckle out of the language used by the idiot who sent it.
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Dear eBay member,
It's been 3 weeks since you won my auction and you haven't sent the payment yet. I will report you to the police and to eBay right away. You will receive a non paying bidder report and your eBay account will be suspended imediately. You a re a bad person you desirve this. Bye bye.
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Jim Cohen
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Philadelphia, PA
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Posted 19 Apr 2006 8:28 am
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Well, sure, if anybody called me a 'bad person', I'd immediately send them some money just to repair my reputation, wouldn't you?  |
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Larry Clark
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Herndon, VA.
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 12:38 am
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| You've gotta love the "Bye bye" at the closing. |
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Ray Minich
From:
Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 6:21 am
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| desirve? Is that like desert, or dessert? |
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Charlie McDonald
From:
out of the blue
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 7:14 am
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| I will report you to the police .... |
I love it when they talk dirty. |
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Wiz Feinberg
From:
Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 10:31 am
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| I will report you to the police .... |
What's funny about that part is that I am The Police! The idiot scammer who sent this has been traced by SpamCop, for which I am a member, and has been reported to his Hosting company for illegal activities. They never even consider who might be on the receiving end of their scam emails, nor how easy it is to track them down with the right tools.
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Bob "Wiz" Feinberg
Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices
[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 20 April 2006 at 01:40 PM.] |
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Charlie McDonald
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Posted 20 Apr 2006 12:19 pm
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| Too funny. |
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Doug Beaumier
From:
Northampton, MA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 11:10 am
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Wiz,
Speaking of "who's on the receiving end"... CNN had a report last week about phony emails supposedly from the IRS stating that the receiver has money coming back and a check is waiting... click the link, etc..
The Director of the NY state Dept of Revenue (the head tax guy) received one of these emails! He was amazed at how bold the crooks are. These crooks send out thousands of emails at a time, as you know. We're all becoming wiser as time goes on. |
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Wiz Feinberg
From:
Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 21 Apr 2006 1:48 pm
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Yeah, I often chuckle when scammers send me scam emails and I track them down through their headers. It reminds me of something I wrote about in a tongue-in-cheek article many years ago, titled The Adventures Of Steelman, where I referred to myself this way: STEELMAN, who, disguised as the Wiz, mild mannered reporter.... Kind of reminds me of somebody named Bobby, who watches over this forum.
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