More new scam emails

[Levo-Lon]

You can spot most scams by the poor spelling, bad grammar and obvious poor translations. I dread the day that these spammers go to school and become more literate!

On a more serious note, while it's just spam to most computer literate people, it's a plague on those lest savvy (and unfortunately often older) people receiving this bile!

We've educated some such 'vulnerable' members of our family by telling them to simply ignore any email that isn't from someone they know and, even then (as email accounts can be hijacked) to talk to the person sending the email rather than acting on anything it contains.

These people (I use the term loosely) are scum, sending out thousands of fishing emails, often with threatening and extremely scary language, in the hope that the odd few will hook a new victim and then taking them for everything they've got. We used to have a lot of public information films on TV back when I was younger, I think this would be an ideal use of such a medium to get the message across. When you know what you're looking for these emails can be funny but if you're vulnerable and less worldly wise they can be life changing!

Unfortunately this is what they hope to catch in their net.
So many get Caught out.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Why dont you meet with them (just to check them out like). If they really are young and nubile just tell them you are a bit busy.....and send them my way.
Mind you as I am 71 I doubt my heart could stand it.
Scrub that idea.

And try not to get caught, can you imagine the grief I would get if my Good Lady found out? We'd gain a new pair of door knockers, spherical ones.

 

[mjr]

And today TV licence inspector visit authorised for monday, pay now. Click here […]
https://www.gov.uk/report-suspicious-emails-websites-phishing

I sometimes get paper versions of that scam from some address in Bristol. Is there anywhere to report suspicious letters?

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

I do not seem to get any scam emails, ever. I am beginning to feel like billy no mates.

I'm your friend @welsh dragon. Send all your money to my bank account.

 

[welsh dragon]

I'm your friend @welsh dragon. Send all your money to my bank account.

What. All £3.50?......

 

[Dirk]

For those who appreciate a bit of schadenfreude. This Dutch guy is brilliant.
Hacking a scammer.

View: https://youtu.be/FYhvmvX9p18

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

What. All £3.50?......

And the rest (or I'll unfriend you)

 

[Dec66]

Whenever I get one, I mark as junk, but not before I've replied to it with the rejoinder: "Get f****d" (though I replace the asterisks with the appropriate letters).

I realise it's probably going to some randomised bot-generated account, and will therefore never be read by the initiator of the scam mail, but it makes me feel better.

 

[Racing roadkill]

They make me laugh. The speeling and Gramer, is usually hilarious too.

 

[Levo-Lon]

They make me laugh. The speeling and Gramer, is usually hilarious too.

I could be a scammer, I often chuckle at some of my spelling..

 

[cisamcgu]

Whenever I get one, I mark as junk, but not before I've replied to it with the rejoinder: "Get f****d" (though I replace the asterisks with the appropriate letters).

I realise it's probably going to some randomised bot-generated account, and will therefore never be read by the initiator of the scam mail, but it makes me feel better.

Maybe not such a good idea, it can indicate that this is a "live" email account, and will be flagged as such by the spammer, and may therefore be sold on

 

[DaveReading]

Maybe not such a good idea, it can indicate that this is a "live" email account, and will be flagged as such by the spammer, and may therefore be sold on

+1

For the same reason, you should never click on an "unsubscribe" link in an email.

 

[Dec66]

Maybe not such a good idea, it can indicate that this is a "live" email account, and will be flagged as such by the spammer, and may therefore be sold on

They can sell it on as much as they like, as it's just an account I set up as a repository for marketing crap.

There's no contact information available through it; it's a cul de sac.

Any actual human scammer, working in some phishing factory in Chennai, wishing to send rubbish to it is welcome to do so. They'll even get a heartfelt response for their trouble.

 

[mjr]

Whenever I get one, I mark as junk, but not before I've replied to it with the rejoinder: "Get f****d" (though I replace the asterisks with the appropriate letters).

I realise it's probably going to some randomised bot-generated account, and will therefore never be read by the initiator of the scam mail, but it makes me feel better.

Bad idea. Sometimes they use random email addresses that they found on the internet (a "Joe job") so your potty-mouthed abuse could be going to another innocent victim. It's been a long time since I saw any spammer stupid enough to send out from their own email address (they use link click-tracking to detect live email addresses), so replying with abuse is far more likely to go elsewhere or bounce back.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Most 'from' addresses are genuine, taken from lists of millions of hacked accounts easily available on the Internet.
To avoid detection spammers send out millions of emails, but only a couple from each 'from' address. That way ISPs can't see they're a bulk sender.