@Anonymous wrote:I am still shocked, I had no idea until today that people were sending fake email in hopes of getting your account login and other information.
Is this practice widespread or common?
@Anonymous wrote:I am still shocked, I had no idea until today that people were sending fake email in hopes of getting your account login and other information.
Is this practice widespread or common?
( chuckle )
1) I'll miss you
2) USMCetc (I don't remember the handle, what I got out of it was a Marine affiliation - oh wait, it's right in the quoted post. Duh.) isn't being confrontational, I don't think. Thought (s)he was being lightheartedly sarcastic.
It's just always a little shocking when someone as knowledgable as yourself is caught off guard or surprised by something that seems par-for-the course to the rest of us. Yes, people are regularly trying to find a way to get your financial information, whether it be mass spam emails that pretend they're your bank - if you send a million emails pretending you're BoA, you're likely to find many people who have an account with them. The ones who don't might flip out and think it's real and someone else opened an account in their name and the ones who do may click on the link and hand over their legit info. I personally know 2 people (maybe more) who have bought in to the Nigerian prince scam. I've gotten the ims on FB from a distant acquaintance with the claim that they're desperate for money. They figured out I was onto them or maybe I wasn't reacting with that much concern and they left me alone - wish I would have kept them on the line longer since that scam usually involves them saying they're stranded in London without a passport and the person whose account they were using LIVES in the UK. I referenced the scam in this thread where someone from another country responds to your CL ad to sell (your bike / your parakeet / your vintage 8-tracks) and they want to send you a money order for a larger amount. You're asked to cash the money order and send them the difference. The money order turns out to be no good a month later and you're out the money you sent them back.
In any case, I don't think (s)he meant anything hostile by it - it just seemed unusual that someone who's so on top of everything else would be surprised by something that is widely known to happen regularly.
@DI wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:Not to sound un-friendly or un-respectfull...in General there is no need to remember what you posted in 1000, 5000, or 1,000,000,000 posts if you are always posting the truth without a biased agenda.
Well after this month, I will no longer be a member of this forum. Things have changed since my joining in 2008 and actively participating in dicussions since 2009.
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