http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/ Switched Comments for http://www.switched.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.switched.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Every single legit site will post that they never, never email about your password or other personal info but some people just type it in anyway then cry that they got hosed, Duhhhh.
Hey survival of the fittest I guess.]]>Apr 26th 2007 6:13AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 6:24AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 6:44AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 7:17AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/
I get a hundred such phishing attempts every week, and yes, most are very authentic looking, so any time you get anything from what appears to be your bank, close it and never click on link. If you put your pointer over this link, it will usually not have any reference to bank other than an obscure reference with many other url letters and numbers which no bank would ever use. Also, no https, forget it, surely a scam.

www.Iraqi-Investments.com]]>Apr 26th 2007 7:21AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/
Also, on some of THOSE E-MAILS, if you try to REPLY to them, and I don't mean clicking on any links, but to send a reply, you normally will get a return email telling you that SENDER IS UNKNOWN or that the email cannot be delivered, or something like that.

Don't Let Your GREED get the best of You.]]>Apr 26th 2007 7:32AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 7:34AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 7:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 7:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 8:09AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 8:14AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 8:17AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 8:31AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 8:37AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/to have a lesson with you. He will be coming to have an holiday in your country. I want him to attend your class for two hours which is from 12 noon to 2 pm. I would like to know the cost of an hour and i want you to calculate the cost of two months he will be staying and email it back to me.
I would be paying with a check. If this mode of payment will be accepted i want you to get back to me with your full contact detials where the check
will be mailed to. I would be happy to read from you soon.REGARDSMRs. SANDRA

I know it's bogus, but I'm still not clear on HOW they work this scam. Anyone else get these?]]>Apr 26th 2007 8:41AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Jul 16th 2008 9:12AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/
i sent pay-pal a e-mail about it.. they sent a thankyou back but said there wasnt mutch they could do about blocking it.. so after getting 2 more in.. i did my own digging.

To make a long story short (2 months worth of story) i wound up finding not only the guy that was running the phishing scam's Bogus web-sites domain name. but his own personal E-mail he had set up with that domain. Now weither their a scammer, or a real normal person.. the domain name is handled by someone else (the @xxxxx.xxx part of it.) So i sent the domain names abuse e-mail a letter about what i found, the guys e-mail that was registerd with their account under for the bogus websites address and a copy of the e-mail + a link to the fraud allert website describeing the bogus letter. Its now been 3 weeks and i havent gotten that phishing e-mail again =)]]>Apr 26th 2007 8:50AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/
BTW - there is a new phone scam going around where you are called by "your bank" or "your credit card company" and they already know your credit card number and your name and address. All they need from you is that 3 digit number on the back. DON'T GIVE IT TO THEM. Sometimes, online ordering with vendors asks for the 3 digit number - if you are sure you are on the right website, it is OK to do that. But why would the issuer of the card ask you for the 3 digit number when you are not ordering anything? They should already know it!]]>Apr 26th 2007 8:54AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 8:57AMhttp://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/http://www.switched.com/2007/04/13/the-top-five-e-mail-scams-5/Apr 26th 2007 8:58AM