Evil Spammers in the world

[smokey the elder]

I get all kinds of paper spam (junk mail) about that. Even my newer car: I bought the extended motor/tranny warrantee (it's a hybrid), and still get mails from faux Toyota dealerships.

[momcat]

I got one in the mail yesterday, a note from Grandma Rosa saying she chose me because I'm a good person with a good heart and I was born good but someone or something took my luck away. But she will get my luck back for free. To get 7 lucky numbers, an old time magic money charm, a few surprise gifts, and an additional $1000 to my social security check all I have to do is send $9.99 to a P.O. box in Denver. By the way, the note I got is postmarked Romania.

[mon]

Guess creeps consider ripping people off their job. Guess they are too lazy to get a real one.

[Karen]

Guess creeps consider ripping people off their job. Guess they are too lazy to get a real one.

Not to give them an excuse, in some places, jobs can be hard to find. Not that that is an excuse, but I do understand that part.

[smokey the elder]

I got a "prize" card in the mail..."You've won two plane tickets!" Oh really? I don't remember entering any contest: straight into the recycle with you.

[Karen]

By the way, the note I got is postmarked Romania.

That part is neat - I'd save the postmark! How much postage did it take to get to you from Romania?

[phesina]

I keep getting e-mails to my AOL e-mail account saying my inbox is full or some such, and to click on such-and-such link to "fix" that. Uh-huh. And it's "signed" something like AOL Security Team.

One thing I wonder is, how come so many of these message from "AOL's Security Team" or whatever come from yahoo.com or gmail.com addresses? And there are a lot that come from shaw.ca.

[Karen]

I keep getting e-mails to my AOL e-mail account saying my inbox is full or some such, and to click on such-and-such link to "fix" that. Uh-huh. And it's "signed" something like AOL Security Team.

One thing I wonder is, how come so many of these message from "AOL's Security Team" or whatever come from yahoo.com or gmail.com addresses? And there are a lot that come from shaw.ca.

If you look at the actual headers, most do not originate from those addresses, but they spoof it to make it look like something you would find credible, and so click to open! That is also why you will sometimes see things in your mailbox that look like they are coming from someone you know, but are not actually from them!