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  • Pappy
    The Full Monte
    • Dec 2002
    • 10453
    • San Marcos, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 (x2)

    Another email spam...

    Got this in my email this motning. The sender showd up as just "Administrator".


    THIS MESSAGE IS FROM OUR TECHNICAL SUPPORT TEAM This message is sent automatically by the computer. If you are receiving this message it means that your email address has been queued for deactivation; this was as a result of a continuous error script (code:505)receiving from this email address. Click here and fill out the required field to resolve this problem

    Note: Failure to reset your email by ignoring this message or inputting wrong information will result to instant deactivation of this email address
    Don, aka Pappy,

    Wise men talk because they have something to say,
    Fools because they have to say something.
    Plato
  • LCHIEN
    Internet Fact Checker
    • Dec 2002
    • 21055
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #2
    technically that's not a spam, it's a phish.
    a spam is an unsolicited sales pitch to get you to buy crap, a phish is an attempt to get you to surrender personal information by posing as an trusted website you might normally share personal information with.
    Last edited by LCHIEN; 10-28-2011, 05:49 AM.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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    • cabinetman
      Gone but not Forgotten RIP
      • Jun 2006
      • 15216
      • So. Florida
      • Delta

      #3
      Originally posted by LCHIEN
      technically that's not a spam, it's a phish.
      a spam is an unsolicited sales pitch to get you to buy crap, a phish is an attempt to get you to surrender personal information by posing as an trusted website you might normally share personal information with.
      Well, that clears it all up. If I get that email, I'll just delete it.

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      • woodturner
        Veteran Member
        • Jun 2008
        • 2047
        • Western Pennsylvania
        • General, Sears 21829, BT3100

        #4
        Originally posted by LCHIEN
        technically that's not a spam, it's a phish.
        Have you heard about the latest fad, whalers? Whalers steal the data the phishers collect, from the phishers. Guess there truly is no honor among thieves.
        --------------------------------------------------
        Electrical Engineer by day, Woodworker by night

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