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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted March 19, 2012 01:38 PM

I noticed in my junk file in my hotmail, a few names I instantly recognized, being forum members. Upon clicking on them (and wondering why they were in my junk file), I found out why quite quickly ...

they were merely scammers from south africa with the same tired, 'We have a million dollars waiting to transfer to your bank account ect ect."

Clever little ba***rds!

So folks, be careful with e-mails stating forum members names. I'm sure that you folks are intelligent, but still, I would HIGHLY doubt that a forum member, (even if from South Africa) would ever have a million dollars waiting to be deposited in your bank account ...

would certainly be nice though ... (sigh)

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Ken Finch
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 543
From: Herne Bay, Kent. U.K.
Registered: Oct 2011

posted March 19, 2012 02:15 PM

Hi Osi, This ones been going around for some time over here and also includes phone calls and I'm ex directory!! Sounds like someones security may not have been updated. I always update before going on the internet, which helps but is not 100% secure. I guess its just another irritating problems of the computer age. Ken Finch.

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Claus Harding
Phenomenal Film Handler

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From: Washington DC
Registered: Oct 2006

posted March 19, 2012 02:25 PM

That scam has been going for ages, as mentioned. Amazing that even with all the publicity it has gotten over the years, they still think people will fall for it.

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Joerg Polzfusz
Jedi Master Film Handler

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From: Berlin, Germany, Europe, Earth, Solar System
Registered: Apr 2006

posted March 20, 2012 04:43 AM

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they still think people will fall for it.

As this kind of spam gets automatically generated by infected PCs, mail-servers, ... the spammers probably simply forgot to remove the infection [Wink]

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Osi Osgood
Film God

Posts: 10204
From: Mountian Home, ID.
Registered: Jul 2005

posted March 20, 2012 01:09 PM

and yes, amazingly, people do fall for it to this day, as greed never dies.

What I think would be awesome revenge, would be for someone to approach the scammers as a "bank" to funnel thier ill gotten gain, and actually rip off these scammers of thier money! Lets see how they'd like it! [Smile]

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