posted on July 25, 2005 09:45:50 AM
How can I stop all this phoney ebay mail from coming? You know -- Dear Ebay customer, your account is going to be closed....blah blah, I get it every day....ditto for Amazon.
posted on July 25, 2005 10:28:25 AM
NO, don't click on the links! for all you know, the web site could have a key logger enabled/installed to your system...thus afterwards, potentially all of your personal info you type in such as passwords, credit card numbers, etc., is recorded!
posted on July 25, 2005 10:33:52 AM
i have really good luck getting rid of spammers and other pests with MailWasher Pro...use a Yahoo account for PayPal and a lot of purposes. that helps a lot in keeping junk mail out of my personal accounts. have MailWasher Pro set up on my personal e'mail and business e'mails. it will let you preview incoming mail at the server and you can "bounce back" anything you know you don't want. the recipient gets a message that the e'mail was undeliverable, like you have a bad address. they give up - what's the point of sending e'mail to an address that looks like it's not working? wonderful program!
posted on July 25, 2005 02:36:46 PM
No I agree with Estate - you should ALWAYS respond with phony information! Once they realize that they can't put one over on you they'll stop. Fill it in with Bill Gates or Meg's information.
posted on July 25, 2005 03:25:59 PM
NOW, they be invading feeBay's "ASK SELLER A QUESTION" function -- I gets tons like this one:
"Hello,
My name is Dr. Who working as a chief consultant of the WHO and we currently need the supply of this analytical balance to be supplied to nigeria where we will be carrying out series of test.Proper arrangement will be made as par the mode of payment.WHO be paying you with Money Order made payable through Western Union.Please,if this offer is acceptable to you,kindly forward your name and address to me so that payment will be made as soon as possible.Thank you.We are currently offering you 800USD"
Whoohoo, Ralphie! We're in the money now!
OTOH...
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."
Dumbo-the-Saudi-Running-Dog_Pander-Puss(Greece, N.Y.) May 24, 2005
posted on July 25, 2005 04:16:38 PM
Ummmm.. glassgrl, I didnt' respond at ALL on this thread today, so please don't "agree" with me. LOL ....
I would NOT click on link to leave "fictitous" info, lest the website clicked to will grab a keystroke virus on me
!, and catch all my sensitive info tomorrow! ...
[ edited by EstateSaleStuff on Jul 25, 2005 04:17 PM ]
posted on July 25, 2005 07:27:50 PM
Glassgrl - I think you and I are the only ones who "understand" the direction offered... (sigh) Guess it must be "too inside" -- 'cept I thought Tom would have gotten on the bandwagon with us...
