Tis the season ( to be ripped off )

[Jaws]

I am sure all on here are very aware of all the rip offs that are around.. The very obvious bank ones to the equally obvious 'you have one a million' things..

However the Ebay type ones are getting very clever nowadays.. They are using Ebays own promo stuff to scam folk into giving up their password and user name.

Here is a way to ensure you never fall foul..

If you get something that is supposed to have come from Ebay, do not be lazy and simply click on the enclosed link..
Go to Ebay ( NOT FROM ANY LINK WITHIN ANY EMAIL ! Either type it in your self or use your own saved favorite )
Once on Ebay click on My eBay and log in.

If the mail came from Ebay you will find it listed in your own My eBay area.

NEVER EVER LOG ON TO EBAY FROM A LINK IN AN EMAIL !


On another issue, this is now my seasonal reply to scammers telling me I am a winner ( or whatever )

Please feel free to copy and paste and reply to others.. It really is full of good cheer ! LOL !!



You know it might be better if you bothered to mail shot areas with phony lottery numbers.. how can you expect anyone to fall for your very very pathetic attempt at a scam if you do not work at it even a little ?

Heres an idea for you..

Over the coming holiday period, why dont you pop your self and your entire family into a nice closed room and turn on the gas ?
The world will be slightly better off without you and your blood sucking family members in it..

Oh and of course, as always, your mail has been fwded to every criminal agency in the world..

You will especially like the bit that I have added to the bottom where you say you support certain terrorist factions and you offer me explosives at a very good price.

Whats that ? I added that bit and it aint true ?? Well it is as true as the rest of the crap and you can bet your life it will be sure to catch the eye of anti terrorist organisations around the world.

Now, save us all a lot of trouble and FOAD you moron

 

[parttimepilot]

At least they will know that they have stumbled upon a live e-mail address eh John:f

Good response though:bow:

 

[Jaws]

Actually no PT , they do not even know that mate.. cos I use a dead end hotmail account to send such drivel !

 

[parttimepilot]

Good call mate. you really should tell me how to do that.:bow: :bow:

 

[Duck n Dive]

Disposable e-mail addresses

Some providers makes provision for you to create as many "disposable" e-mail addresses as you want.

You can use them even for "one-off" use if required and then delete them.

There is no part of the created address which links even a sent e-mail to your real e-mail address. You create a base name and then use a keyword to create a specific account.

eg. fredbloggsmailbox-keyword@xyz.co.uk.

or itscoldtoday-keyword@zyx.co.uk

by the way that one doesn't actually exist!!!
the only bit that has to be the same is the "mailbox" and the "@xyz.co.uk
the bit before "mailbox" applies to all the e-mail addresses you create and you simply create new keywords as you require.

I often use them when subsribing to newsletters and stuff etc.

freddbloggmailbox-tescosnews@xyz.co.uk


So if the span becomes a bore or for any other reason you just dump that particular keyword address. When you do that e-mails to that address are just binned.

Works for me....

 

[XXscraper]

Scams

OK who rattled John's cage............you should have tried the HTML command

//RANT OFF

Maybe we should have a sticky covering current scams....hmmmmm

I know one from when i was on a dating site. A really pretty Russian girl wrote to me (so i thought) in very bad English and when i replied (well she was pretty.....doh) her English suddenly got a bit better and became very flowery. Before i knew it she was saying stuff like 'we were meant to be together and i feel strong emotions for you and even became i love you and want to shout it out to the whole world. Needless to say i shoot over to Russia quicker than a rat down a drain pipe...............oh ok no i didnt but i did do a search on scams and found a match. She was going to offer to visit but diddnt have enough money for the visa so would then ask me to send some. Next her mother would be ill........blah blah. There are some little shits out there trying to shaft poor ickle peeps like you and me outta hard earned wonga, well they can go and see my mate Jaws.....lol...he'll tell em what to do

I'm off now....

 

[ianrobbo1]

I just divert all the spam and begging emails addressed to me, straight to Jaws!! he seems to know what to do with them!! :}

 

[gypsy]

I just divert all the spam and begging emails addressed to me, straight to Jaws!! he seems to know what to do with them!! :}

Tina still sending the begging emails then ?

 

[ianrobbo1]

Tina still sending the begging emails then ?

yep!! she's getting "desperate" now!!

 

[Fat Bert]

LOL

yep!! she's getting "desperate" now!!

Not surprising really - she has to live with you

 

[Wolfie]

self self self self