I wonder whether I should reply......
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I wonder whether I should reply......
Just received this piece of rubbish, allegedly from Abbey National (URL deleted):
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!
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!
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From: Propping up bars in the Lands of D H Lawrence and Bishop Bonner
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
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
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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....
You have been warned....
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As I posted way back in November, http://www.pprune.org/computer-inter...-ultimate.html these 'scams' are very easy to spot. The danger we all face is when they get professional!
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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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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!
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!
Do a Hover - it avoids G
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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
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
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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!
PS Fascinated by VAAC!
