Neteller Scam (important)

[Penguinfan]

I think we all get junk like this pretty often, but I think it's good to point it out now and then as well for a reminder.

I think the dead giveaway that you have been screwed is if there is not an "S" at the end of the httpS:// in the address bar after log in you know you need to notify the real site you gave away your password by accident immediatly.

All of paypal's and neteller's sites post log in are secure sites and would have the "S" at the end to signify it.

[JDMcNugent7]

I'm pretty sure I never get junk mail. I have no idea why, but I seriously never get stuff like this.

[GeoffM]

I'll never use links on emails. If I get an email from neteller or something, I will delete, sign out of email, then go to the page manually.

[Robbie Robb]

This is EXACTLY what I do and what everyone should do. My only exception to this would be if I get an email from, as an example, eBay relating directly to an auction I just won and was expecting the email. Even then, before clicking on the link, I still verify that it really is going to the eBay/Paypal site.

[bunny]

Next time, add it to your junk folder first. This way, if you get another email from them, it will automatically go into your junk e-email section. I have my junk e-mail box set up to delete all emails, longer than 5 days old.

I check the junk section, once in awhile; the most common e-mail spam I have received is from EBaY.

[Talking Poker]

While I agree with what you are saying, you can't seriously think the "dead giveaway" is the absence or presence of the letter "s" as opposed to a completely different domain name like the examples I listed above. And "after log in," isn't it too late???

I mean, I know people fall for this shit all the time, but I've never really understood how.

[Penguinfan]

Once, in a reply to a thread or in a PM you told me you consider most average people to be either drunk, stupid, or both.

That would explain how they fall for stuff like this. I guess enough people must fall for it or the scammers wouldn't bother trying.

[Talking Poker]

You are absolutely right.

And what really pisses me off is how many people actually BUY PRODUCTS (penis enlargement, V|gaRr@, you freaking name it) from spammers. Cause if they didn't, there would be no spam.

I hate those people with the passion of 1000 suns.

[2Tone]

I’m going to draw a distinction here.

I empathize w/ phishing victims. The elderly -- or any other popular that isn’t very tech savvy -- receives an official-looking email with all the right logos. They’ve heard of the dangers of identity theft, and want to do the right thing. So they click-thru and follow instructions, thinking they are protecting themselves, and end up giving away their password. These people are legitimate victims.

Now on the other hand, the tool who actually responds to a spam email that asks him to pay money for magic pills that will make his dick bigger. Of course, the fraudulent spammers deserve to be punished to the full extent of the law. But I have trouble mustering much sympathy for any of their customers, even if they do their credit card hijacked.

[bunny]

Here's another one which really confused me, since I wasn't the sender of this e-mail, but the postmaster returned it to my address?

Can anyone make any sense out of this one? (I removed my email address & added * to it, but it was sent to my address)

From : <postmaster@hotmail.com>
Sent : December 1, 2006 9:03:49 AM
To : **********@hotmail.com (my e-mail address)
Subject : Delivery Status Notification (Failure)


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This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Delivery to the following recipients failed.





From: Doctor Helmut Bernhard <admin8641432@shop423431929sysshop.com>
To: <fiigmo_jimi_182@hotmail.com>
Subject: RE: Message 4370723
Sent: December 1, 2006 9:03:49 AM



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[Talking Poker]

I don't understand the question. It's just spam. You can easily fake who spam is from.

I could very easily send you spam with a subject line of "Delivery Status Notification (Failure)" and make it look like it's from hotmail... OR.... i could send spam to some bad address and make it look like it's from YOU, and then when it bounces, you'd get the bounce.

I assume there was some sort of link in the email, because if it was just text like this, well, that's kind of pointless.