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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Public Service Announcement
If you get a phone call, and the person says he or she is with "The Phone Company" - using that exact phrase - ask which phone company. Every time I do it she hangs up (it's always a "she" in my case). Don't give any personal information to people making unsolicited calls in any case.
Labels: Spam
Posted by Alan at
11:40 AM |
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Phish Sighting
If you get this in your email,
it's a scampurported by someone pretending to be with Red Hat, an open-source software company:
Subj: Someone tried to access your personal root server.
Someone with ip address 54.213.34.66 tried to access your personal root server.
Please click the link below and enter your root server information to confirm that you are not currently away. Also we will make you an update for your system.
Click here to confirm your account information.
I got the email, too. The one I got cites the same IP address as the one Z Trek reports. Did an IP search on 54.213.34.66 out of curiosity - it belongs to Merck in Rahway, New Jersey.
Now if there were only a utility to find an email sender's true identity...
Labels: Spam
Posted by Alan at
12:20 AM |
Thursday, September 06, 2007
Public Service Announcement
Phishers are
posing as the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS
NEVER sends out unsolicited email, so be warned.
Labels: Spam
Posted by Alan at
9:15 AM |
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Kelly's Heroes, Updated
There's a question that the
1970 film never answered: how (or if) those intrepid soldiers could have spirited that cache of gold out of Germany once they got their hands on it. I can't imagine how a handful of guys could successfully smuggle 14,000 gold bars (minus the German tank commander's cut) out of the country. The only alternative is exchanging the gold for currency. Kelly has two problems: finding a buyer for the gold in a war zone, and smuggling much lighter yet still bulky wads of cash.
Modern technology has solved the second problem, as illustrated by the following spam email I received today:
I am in need of your assistance. My name is SGT Justin Harris . I am in the Engineering military unit here in Ba'qubah in Iraq, we have about US$25 Million US dollars that we want to move out of the country. My partners and I need a good partner someone we can trust. It is oil money and legal.We are moving it through diplomatic means, to send it to your house directly or a bank of your choice using diplomatic courier service they can ship it directly to you in your place, door to door delivery. The most important thing is that can we trust you? Once the funds get to you, you take your 50% out and keep our own 50%. Your own part of this deal is to find a safe place where the funds can be sent to. Our own part is sending it to you. If you are interested i will furnish you with more details. But the whole process is simple and we must keep a low profile at all times.Can i trust you and will you help?
Send me an email with your positive reply and i will send you more details and the plan. Dont worry it is risk free.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Your Army in Iraq.
SGT Justin Harris
Labels: Humor, Spam
Posted by Alan at
8:51 PM |
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Today's Tip
If the email you just received begins with "Dear Costumer," it's spam.
Labels: Spam
Posted by Alan at
5:28 PM |