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BEagle
24th Dec 2008, 09:20
Just received this piece of rubbish, allegedly from Abbey National (URL deleted):
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/nw969/Internet/spam.jpg
Seeing that the 'return path' under 'message source' is www @ games.atllan.ru, somehow I don't think that I'll bother replying!
These spammers are getting more and more pathetic with their feeble attempts to get people to pass on their bank details.
I wish them all the worst possible Christmas!
Farmer 1
24th Dec 2008, 09:43
I'd keep well away from Brandford, especially.
Horrible place.
Practice Auto 3,2,1
24th Dec 2008, 14:02
I got something similar, from my Nationwide bank account the other day.
Thing is I don't bank with NW.....
Scamming to$$ers!!
Whirlygig
24th Dec 2008, 14:35
I've been getting those for quite a while now but the latest scam is an email from a friend telling me that a particular link is really good and I should check it out.
It appeared to be completely genuine until I realised that my friend's use of English was better than that so I called her - she was nowhere near her computer and this email had gone to all her friends and family.
Needless to say, if you get something even from a friend with a suspicious link - delete!
Cheers
Whirls
The Flying Pram
24th Dec 2008, 17:29
Saw one on a security blog the other day - it's a phishing Email warning about phishing Emails!! It's supposedly from Alliance & Leicester Commercial bank and includes a reference to "A new Second Level Password".
You have been warned....
As I posted way back in November, http://www.pprune.org/computer-internet-issues-troubleshooting/352466-spam-ultimate.html these 'scams' are very easy to spot. The danger we all face is when they get professional!
Shunter
24th Dec 2008, 20:19
Proper communications are easy to spot as they'll always say things like, "Dear Mr Shunter", instead of "Dear Sucker". And "...your account number ending .....34".
If you ever get an email from a bank, never click on the link. Go directly to their site by typing the name in a browser. If it's something important, the website will tell you. Incidentally, all the emails I occasionally get from Lloyds TSB never have a clickable link in them, they just say "visit the website". That the right way to do it.
Hey - it gets better!
From "Abbey National" this evening:
"Update Yor Accont" (cruel but fair:))
Invitation to click on a href="http://rubiks.tw/u/x941i6c04/dert.htm"
Go on - you know you want to.
bit-twiddler
24th Dec 2008, 22:09
Oddest one I ever got was a spam email that said:
"Hi
Buy viagra or die!
Have a nice day."
They'd actually forgotten to include the link in it though.
al446
26th Dec 2008, 09:00
Could have been worse, they could have missed out the 'o' rather than the 'u', that I may take personally.
sthaussiepilot
26th Dec 2008, 13:07
Optus had a scam go through there (optus= internet/ phone provider) and as "compensation" gave a free 12 month subscription antivirus security suite to its customers
capewrath
28th Dec 2008, 12:45
Con job - dodgepots at work.
No bank or building society should ask for account details by email or phone.
You should alert your building society. Loads of these will have been sent out.
John Farley
29th Dec 2008, 18:27
Interesting variation on the theme.
This one will not let me delete it.
Comments?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v145/johnfarley/Abbey.jpg
A bit of a stab in the dark, John (you have not said which Windows or which OE). Unless the email has loaded a virus (do you have AV running?), I would go for a corrupted email store folder.
Do you know how to copy the email folder? I would advise doing that first to cover any problems, OR do a back-up of your 'documents and settings' folder. PM if you are not sure.
ONLY THEN, in OE, click on 'File/Folder/Compact all folders'. Could take a while!
John Farley
29th Dec 2008, 22:24
Thanks BOAC
XP SP3 OE6
I will do as you say - I have a good AV running
My OE keeps wanting me to do a compaction but doing that lost me quite a few emails a year or so ago so I tend to ignore the suggestion. I use Express Assist 7 to back up my OE files every week or so.
John
Good luck! Another known cause is an over-full 'Inbox'. A corrupt 'deleted' folder can be fixed by deleting the 'Deleted Items.dbx' (OE not running) and it will rebuild on restart of OE.
PS Fascinated by VAAC!