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Strange e-mail (post #68466)

assibams on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 03:41
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Today I had a strange email in my inbox, supposedly from a CT member, when really it was nothing but a link to an online store. The text was in English, then in Spanish, no signature. But the sender was a familiar name, the title line read 'Dear friend'. Needless to say I did not click on the link.

Now I am asking myself if I am the only one getting this kind of mail. The only link between the name of the sender and my email account is CT. Makes me wonder......

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
Herm Albright

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I received that email, too. (post #68466, reply #1 of 7)

by schnitzel in reply to assibams [original] on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 04:32

I received that email, too. One of my CT friends on Facebook posted this message:

"Hi guys - if you get an email about some site the sells stuff from me, ignore it please. Something got into gmail today. Le sigh. My mac is fine, but I am not sure what it might do to PC's."

You don't have her listed as a friend on Facebook, but there was some mention about the Delphi forums getting spammed. I'm thinking that's likely as the email had her nickname instead of her real name.

~Amy

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That might be it. Guess I'm (post #68466, reply #2 of 7)

by assibams in reply to schnitzel [original] on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 05:23

That might be it. Guess I'm not a spam virgin anymore ;-)

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
Herm Albright

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Yes, I got it too. The (post #68466, reply #3 of 7)

by Gretchen in reply to assibams [original] on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 05:40

Yes, I got it too. The facebook quote explains. I had replied to her to ask "whassup".
Can't wait for you to get the Nigerian guy who will make you RICH RICH RICH, if you just send him some money first!!

Gretchen
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DH gets that kind of mail on (post #68466, reply #4 of 7)

by assibams in reply to Gretchen [original] on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 05:43

DH gets that kind of mail on a regular basis, together with online pharmacy ads, money making tips, et al. For some reason I never receive any of these, neither on hotmail, nor my regular account that even has my real name as addy. The latest African mail DH received was asking him to come to Burkina Faso to get rich. Yeah, sure.

"A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort."
Herm Albright

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My AOL spam filter catches (post #68466, reply #5 of 7)

by Gretchen in reply to assibams [original] on Mon, 12/21/2009 - 08:28

My AOL spam filter catches those and I delete.

Gretchen
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I got it too, only just found (post #68466, reply #6 of 7)

by ashleyd in reply to schnitzel [original] on Fri, 12/25/2009 - 07:01

I got it too, only just found it in my spam folder (only check it from time to time for false positives)

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and the used my (post #68466, reply #7 of 7)

by Fledge in reply to schnitzel [original] on Mon, 01/11/2010 - 17:29

and the used my byline?????????????? puh, I just happened to click on this folder. Twas not me for sure.

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