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Ridiculous e-mail scams - Chaerophon - 04-06-2005 I just received this crazy thing in my inbox, and thought that it might be interesting to start up a thread in which lurkers post or discuss some of the wackiest e-mail scams/chain mails that they have received/seen. I'll start. From my dear friend, MR. Wax Eze: Quote:FROM: MR. Wax Eze Ridiculous e-mail scams - Archon_Wing - 04-06-2005 I see they have resorted to a Random Lame Scam Letter generator ® to quickly pull in more fish. Hopefully no more than a dozen people will fall for this. Anything better than that is wishful thinking. :( Ridiculous e-mail scams - Baajikiil - 04-06-2005 Quote:I just received this crazy thing in my inbox, and thought that it might be interesting to start up a thread in which lurkers post or discuss some of the wackiest e-mail scams/chain mails that they have received/seen. I frequently get scams from people claiming to be banks asking to verify account information, including links to mockup bank websites. Funny thing is, half the time I've never even heard of the bank that is requesting to verify my account info. I have yet to get one that was "from" my real bank. Same with ebay account verification emails asking for credit card verification. Ebay doesn't even know my credit card info, how can they be asking to verify it? I usually submit the ebay ones to ebay's fraud department, but I still get the same exact emails in a few days/weeks. Ridiculous e-mail scams - ShadowHM - 04-06-2005 Baajikiil,Apr 6 2005, 01:31 PM Wrote:I frequently get scams from people claiming to be banks asking to verify account information, including links to mockup bank websites. Funny thing is, half the time I've never even heard of the bank that is requesting to verify my account info. I have yet to get one that was "from" my real bank. Another one I don't get, but know was sent (due to my ISP's filtering of emails with dubious attachments) are emails that purport to be FROM my ISP's tech support, with an attachment that includes a virus. :wacko: Ridiculous e-mail scams - DeeBye - 04-06-2005 Quote:WE ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND VERY How can you lose? Go for it! :w00t: Ridiculous e-mail scams - Occhidiangela - 04-06-2005 Chaerophon,Apr 6 2005, 10:55 AM Wrote:I just received this crazy thing in my inbox, and thought that it might be interesting to start up a thread in which lurkers post or discuss some of the wackiest e-mail scams/chain mails that they have received/seen. I'll start. From my dear friend, MR. Wax Eze: I have not desire to share the continuing waves of Lavitra and Viagra ads, and ads for "suitable substitutes" that find their way into my inbox. It was funny about five years ago, but the joke has worn thin. Spam filters are only so good. Occhi Ridiculous e-mail scams - Moldran - 04-07-2005 If you have too much time on your hands, try to reply to them and see if you can make them send you some money. Some people have actually succesfully done this with similiar scam. You're also doing a good deed, since you are stealing time from them in which they cannot fool more naive people ;) Ridiculous e-mail scams - Munkay - 04-07-2005 The best email I've received was one in my college inbox. I don't generally get spam in there and was surprised to read an email named: "A conservative is a worshipper of dead radicals." So my curious nature led me to open it. It contained a linked image of Jenna Jameson, linking to her website. :lol: Cheers, Munk Ridiculous e-mail scams - Munkay - 04-07-2005 Moldran,Apr 6 2005, 07:40 PM Wrote:If you have too much time on your hands, try to reply to them and see if you can make them send you some money. Some people have actually succesfully done this with similiar scam. You're also doing a good deed, since you are stealing time from them in which they cannot fool more naive people ;) Ever read the "Powerbook Prank"? It's a hilarious tale from the SA forum members, where one decided to reply to a scammer. Well worth the read. You can find it here. Cheers, Munk Ridiculous e-mail scams - [wcip]Angel - 04-07-2005 Munkay. Thanks for that. I hadn't read it before. God, how I laughed :) :lol: Pure brilliance! :P Ridiculous e-mail scams - Gregorius - 04-07-2005 http://andrew-taylor.tk/ (the site uses a masked link, that I had trouble putting in) Click on Room Four-Nineteen. A couple are really funny. Most are just all right. I like the Senator jokes thing better =) Ridiculous e-mail scams - Chaerophon - 04-08-2005 DeeBye,Apr 6 2005, 02:38 PM Wrote:How can you lose? Go for it! :w00t: I'm setting up an offshore account as we speak :rolleyes: Ridiculous e-mail scams - Lady Vashj - 04-11-2005 Dear MR. Wax Eze: My bank account is a hole under the big maple tree in my backyard. I expect your deposit to arrive within 3 business days. Ridiculous e-mail scams - [wcip]Angel - 03-03-2009 I like the pornbots better. Ridiculous e-mail scams - Delc - 03-03-2009 It feels appropriate that scammers would find this thread. |