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Spamming for Preys - Beware of Phone Scam!
2008-02-03 20:30:00 It has been long since scammers first use despicable methods to con money in board light. We see stories in newspapers and documentary programmes, but there are still people who fall for the scams.We cannot blame the victims for being gullible because the shameless tricksters are too cunning to use love as the ultimate weapon. The anxiety of parents and grandparents towards the younger generation simply drives them vulnerable.The most well-known trick is to call the house during working hours when only the elderly are around. The scammers will claim that the owner’s son or grandson is kidnapped, detained or injured, in order to ask for money. Sometimes, the group of scammers may provide some background groaning sounds to pretend that the “victim” is in pain. If the person who picks up the phone is not calm enough, there is high chance to fall into the trick.Of course, the scammers are playing with luck since there are possibilities that the owners do not have any child, or rat... More About: Phone , Spamming , Beware , Scam
An Example of Phlishing Email (Email Spam)
2008-01-28 11:03:00 As mentioned in earlier posts, phishing emails are emails which are sent to con you for your personal information, such as credit card number. It is a scam.In order to give a clearer picture to you, we will give you an example of a real-life phishing email. Please do not enter or reply to any URL or email from this post.(Maybe Mr. Michael Thomas is a pimp and Mrs. Ruth Peterson is a prostitute. Whatever.)********----- Original Message ----- From: "Postcode Loterij.Nl" To: "Sir/Madam" Sent: Monday, 28 January, 2008 6:40 PMSubject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!(YOU HAVE WON)CONGRATULATIONS!!!(YOU HAVE WON)NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ.NLPROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENTwww.postcodeloterij.nlVan Eeghenstraat 701071 AmsterdamKvK 41183598RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS Dear Sir/Madam,Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the Second Category Draws of Nationale postcode Lotterij Int held on the 26th of January 2008. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged as a win... More About: Spam , Email
Spamming - You and Me
2008-01-23 20:17:00 Different people may have different definitions and tolerance of spam.Sometimes, spam and good intentioned advertising are just within a borderline; that is, by overdoing the latter may simply cross over.Each of us will eventually want to promote some items or events in part of our lives. Be it for good or selfish intention, there should be a limit.If you want to sell some items and you post bulletins in Friendster, MySpace or Facebook, and even email every friend, it is never an issue until you repeatedly do it.You do it once and we all see it, and we know it. If we want to get it, we will. But if we receive the same message over and over again, it certainly turns into a form of spam regardless of our relationship.Spam may not necessary be commercial related.With an extra thought before you start to advertise or post any message, let your comments be delivered to only friends who are most likely to be interested and also, you should not repeat it until a period of time.The temptati... More About: Spamming
New Credit Card Scam
2008-01-15 15:46:00 Other than spam emails containing scams, we do receive direct phone call from the spammers and scammers sometimes. We feel this is important though it is more of a scam than spam, and hope you will take note. As circulated through emails, you may find the following interesting or important:********This one is pretty slick since they provide Y O U with all the information, except the one piece they want. Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it.This information is worth reading. By understanding how the VISA and MasterCard Telephone Credit Card Scam works, you'll be better prepared to protect yourself.One of our employees was called on Wednesday from 'VISA', and I was called on Thursday from 'MasterCard'.The scam works like this: Person calling says, 'This is (name), and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My badge number is 12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This... More About: Credit Card
Spamming and Phishing
2008-01-12 06:25:00 Phishing is a form of deception in which a message sender pretends to be a representative of a legitimate organization in an attempt to trick the recipient into divulging important information like a password or bank account number.An example of a plot is to tell the recipient that he or she has strike a lottery. Other common tricks are to tell the recipient that a rich person is dying and want to inherit his or her wealth to the recipient or even offering of free insurance policy.Such phishing messages can be sent through emails or even Social Media Sites (Networking websites) such as MySpace, Facebook, Friendster, Multiply, Hi5.However, since phishing has been so common that most of the tricks are already used over and over again, so that most experienced internet users are too smart for them. Dumb criminals often recycle the same email messages and even send them to the same recipients within short interval of time that the plot is even more obvious.In another word, phishing emai... More About: Spamming , Phishing
The Trustworthiness of Spam Advertisements
2008-01-06 01:31:00 There are various purposes of spamming. One of the most common spams is commercial spam, which the spammers try to get you to buy products.We consider commercial advertisements from sources which we did not subscribe from as spam.How do they get your information to send you spam through the media, such as email or cell phone? They probably get your email or cell phone number through websites which you provide your details, like your personal site or a website you subscribe to, or through lucky draw participation after you purchase items from a shop, or even through a survey you took up on the street simply because you pitied the poor surveyor. Another method to get hold of your email address is to randomly generate characters or words as usernames and append the results to free email providers’ names, such as GMail, Yahoo Mail, or Hotmail.Why do people spam? They want to get their products or services known to the victims using this cheapskate tactic. In some situations, the produ... More About: Spam , Advertisements
Spam and ADV Signs
2008-01-02 16:40:00 In some countries, governments have regulated that all advertising messages and emails have to include the texts “ADV” or “” at the front. “ADV” is the short form for “Advertisement”.The purpose is to allow innocent parties like us to differentiate between useful and nonsensical messages and emails that we receive, at the very first glance. For emails, we can even set filters and deliver those emails straight to the “bulk mail” or even “deleted” folder.Is the new laws for placing the “ADV” or “” signs (texts) effective? Have you been receiving less email spam than before?The fact is that most spammers are not law-abiding people. They have been spamming and yet nobody has done much to them; and why would they ever want to follow the new laws?If you have realised it, most of the emails with the “ADV” text at the front of the subjects are from decent companies or corporation, which you probably have registered as their member. You can easily unsubscr... More About: Spam , Signs
What is spam?
2007-12-28 16:57:00 There is numerous definition of spam over the internet, which are somehow identical. Everyone has their own understanding of spam as well.To some people, spam is flooding of the internet with many copies of the same message, in an attempt to force the message on people who do not wish to receive it. However, some think otherwise, because spam may not cause flood to you, just one will do, and not all spam messages contains the same contents; moreover, spam does not only occur in the internet but also cell phones as text messages.Most spam is commercial advertising and promotion, for dubious products, get-rich-quick schemes, or quasi-legal services.Another type of spam tries tricking the search engines into giving a site a higher ranking. Common tactics include hiding keywords as white text on a white page background, submitting a web page to a search engine daily, and building doorway pages. Keywords used can be the combination of popular celebrities together with sexual words.After ... More About: Spam
The Beginning of the Spam War
2007-12-24 19:29:00 Hi everyone!This is the first entry of the Fight Spam ming team. We hate and we are anti-spam.The war against spams have lasted for as long as I start using the internet, which is around ten years ago. We have to do more to stop these ugly people from polluting our internet world.Let us gather information about how to prevent and fight spam.Come back for more updates, and we promise you we will be able to improve your web surfing experience with everyone's help. Copyright © 2007 Fight Spamming! Anti Spam! |
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