Mudderoy
03-02-2012, 09:29 AM
If you do you may have a job and you won't have to try and bilk people out of money for a living. I received this e-mail today...
http://xjtalk.com/images/special/bbbspam.png
Thankfully I have pretty good SPAM software and it flags this stuff, so even I may have been duped, the [SPAM] tells me to dig deeper before I believe this load.
Things to check to verify the illegitimacy of the e-mail.
1. Do you run a business? BUZZZ! lol
2. Who is the e-mail addressed to? I use many many e-mails to track what companys sell e-mail addresses, so this is often a good clue for me.
3. Is basic English sentence structure adhered to. In this case "dealership" I would have expected to be "dealings". (As the American Indians used to say, never trust foreigners!)
4. Is the purpose of the e-mail to get you to load, open, etc... something. Clearly this says "Please open". This is next to a hot link, "COMPLAINT REPORT". In Outlook 2003 if you place the mouse pointer/cursor over the link it will display what URL is hidden within. The link in this case was http:/estudiopanka.com/sB3BFd2x/index.html <=== Don't go there! :mock:
These idiots send out thousands or even millions of these, so chances of someone that MIGHT think this could be applicable to them is good. They know others will just be curious and click, perhaps hoping to read information that is about someone else.
Just delete it, or if you really want to you can forward the e-mail to [email protected] (the domain in the link) and to [email protected]. I can tell you now that the BBB won't really be able to do anything about it, but estudiopanka.com, if a legitimate organization can. They will locate the offending client and close their account. I don't bother with any of that. I just tell you about it. :D
Ultimately if you are still concerned go to the BBB.org site by typing that into your browser, not clicking on the link in an e-mail. Or there is this thing called a phone that you can actually CALL and SPEAK with a person and ask them about this e-mail.
:spongebob:
http://xjtalk.com/images/special/bbbspam.png
Thankfully I have pretty good SPAM software and it flags this stuff, so even I may have been duped, the [SPAM] tells me to dig deeper before I believe this load.
Things to check to verify the illegitimacy of the e-mail.
1. Do you run a business? BUZZZ! lol
2. Who is the e-mail addressed to? I use many many e-mails to track what companys sell e-mail addresses, so this is often a good clue for me.
3. Is basic English sentence structure adhered to. In this case "dealership" I would have expected to be "dealings". (As the American Indians used to say, never trust foreigners!)
4. Is the purpose of the e-mail to get you to load, open, etc... something. Clearly this says "Please open". This is next to a hot link, "COMPLAINT REPORT". In Outlook 2003 if you place the mouse pointer/cursor over the link it will display what URL is hidden within. The link in this case was http:/estudiopanka.com/sB3BFd2x/index.html <=== Don't go there! :mock:
These idiots send out thousands or even millions of these, so chances of someone that MIGHT think this could be applicable to them is good. They know others will just be curious and click, perhaps hoping to read information that is about someone else.
Just delete it, or if you really want to you can forward the e-mail to [email protected] (the domain in the link) and to [email protected]. I can tell you now that the BBB won't really be able to do anything about it, but estudiopanka.com, if a legitimate organization can. They will locate the offending client and close their account. I don't bother with any of that. I just tell you about it. :D
Ultimately if you are still concerned go to the BBB.org site by typing that into your browser, not clicking on the link in an e-mail. Or there is this thing called a phone that you can actually CALL and SPEAK with a person and ask them about this e-mail.
:spongebob: