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To: Gary E who wrote (7409)2/21/2005 7:04:55 PM
From: EL KABONG!!!  Read Replies (2) of 12465
 
I received the exact same spam myself this weekend. It's a phishing scam. Don't reply to it. Don't <click> on the link. Don't try going to the IP address contained in the message.

Why all of the "don'ts"? <Clicking> on the link or replying to the e-mail confirms to the spammer that your e-mail address is real, and in use. That information nets the spammer higher fees when s/he resells your data to someone else.

You also don't want to visit any of the sites in the e-mail because of the risk that the spammer (via the linked site) will load mal-ware or spy-ware onto your computer, which nowadays is happening with much more frequency. For this particular phishing expedition, I did not check out these sites for mal-ware or spy-ware, so my admonitions are precautionary for all spam in general, not information specific to this (these) site(s).

As to the link in the site, if anyone is stupid enough to give the spammer the information requested on the computer form, then Lord help them, because they'll soon become victims of identity theft and/or credit card theft.

EK!!!

PS - This effort by the spammer was very poor, because the HTML coding embedded within the message didn't work properly within my e-mail, and all of the HTML tags were displayed.
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