Things I've learned from Spam

**lvpets2002** · 07-26-2011, 04:32 PM

LOL that is all so real for sure.. Welcome to the world of Spam = Junk Mail..

**Grace** · 07-26-2011, 04:59 PM

When I read the title of this thread I didn't know if you meant

this -

or this -

**Asiel** · 07-26-2011, 06:37 PM

We got a special report on the news tonight of a phone scam where someone pretends to notice your computer is slowed down and they are trying to fix it. They are pretending to be a Microsoft tech ...one man got the call and was giving out info on the phone when he realized the questions were not pertinent to any problem he had so he hung up. I had noticed a call kept coming through at the same time each day while I was on the computer but when I checked the number it was way off base so I didn't bother picking it up. Pretty glad I didn't now, and I also never open mail that I don't recognize .

**wombat2u2004** · 07-26-2011, 07:43 PM

Originally Posted by Asiel

We got a special report on the news tonight of a phone scam where someone pretends to notice your computer is slowed down and they are trying to fix it. They are pretending to be a Microsoft tech ...one man got the call and was giving out info on the phone when he realized the questions were not pertinent to any problem he had so he hung up. I had noticed a call kept coming through at the same time each day while I was on the computer but when I checked the number it was way off base so I didn't bother picking it up. Pretty glad I didn't now, and I also never open mail that I don't recognize .

That happens here, the calls are from India.

**wombat2u2004** · 07-26-2011, 08:12 PM

I responded to one spammer who was selling a p**** enlarger.
For $500 I got a magnifying glass.

**kitten645** · 07-26-2011, 11:02 PM

They are getting more blatant too. My friend's elderly father got a phone call that his grandaughter was in a Mexican jail on a DUI. He was asked for a credit card to bail her out because he really didn't want that on her record. For some elderly with mental problems, I'm sure this sickos get plenty. They even gave him a telephone number to call them back. Thankfully the terrified man called his daughter first. There's a special circle in hell for those preying on the elderly, children and animals.

**cassiesmom** · 07-26-2011, 11:29 PM

We had a virus at work that looked so legit, it was asking people to click here to run a Microsoft security scan -- we have I think Symantech or McAfee security at work so I knew not to run it, but a lot of others didn't. We had big problems on the system before a mass IS alert went out saying "Do Not Click This Under Any Circumstances".