http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/beware-this-spam-scam Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Tue, 06 Jan 2009 23:51:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/beware-this-spam-scam#comment-398 codeman38 Wed, 03 Nov 2004 20:33:01 +0000 /?p=131#comment-398 I wouldn't trust any e-mail that spells "official notification" with zeroes anyway... I wouldn’t trust any e-mail that spells “official notification” with zeroes anyway…

]]> http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/beware-this-spam-scam#comment-397 bmg://its.bloggingly.delicious Wed, 03 Nov 2004 05:47:30 +0000 /?p=131#comment-397 I just received an email telling me that my email address has been included in several spam mailings. This email looked to be legit as it came from an "official anti-spam company" who, as they claim, control the databases where spammers get their email addresses from. Then they instruct me to remove my email address from those databases by clicking on a link. Sound too good to be true? It is! In fact clicking on the line would not only NOT remove me from these so called spam databases, but it would in fact add me to their own SPAM... I just received an email telling me that my email address has been included in several spam mailings. This email looked to be legit as it came from an “official anti-spam company” who, as they claim, control the databases where spammers get their email addresses from. Then they instruct me to remove my email address from those databases by clicking on a link. Sound too good to be true? It is! In fact clicking on the line would not only NOT remove me from these so called spam databases, but it would in fact add me to their own SPAM…

]]> http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/beware-this-spam-scam#comment-396 Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics Tue, 02 Nov 2004 03:19:41 +0000 /?p=131#comment-396 Dear Gentle Readers, Aunty has just become aware of a brand new scam-by-spam. The spam tells readers that it has been sent by "an official anti-spam corporation", that has determined that your email address has been included in several... Dear Gentle Readers, Aunty has just become aware of a brand new scam-by-spam. The spam tells readers that it has been sent by “an official anti-spam corporation”, that has determined that your email address has been included in several…

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