Attempts to Get My Gmail Password
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Khai, sure. You can have it. Everyone might as well have it. Save it somewhere safe, though.
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There's a proper ways of reporting these phishing attempts.
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Thanks Csaba. I've never even clicked on that arrow before.
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I get a Pay-pal phishing scam at least once a week... to think that they exist because many gullible folks out there take the bait.
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Even worse (and the reason I erased the sender) that it seems that his computer (or gmail address?) was hacked and the spam sent to me from a known person's account.
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@mitcorb said:
I don't know if I would want Google to have the authority to remove hands.
@Mike: I'm pretty sure that this comment is somehow egregious, but judging from the grammar in those examples, the author probably lives in a region where it is customary punishment.
Maybe just the an index fingers for the first offense! After tens offenses 'other' things could be removed
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@gaieus said:
Even worse (and the reason I erased the sender) that it seems that his computer (or gmail address?) was hacked and the spam sent to me from a known person's account.
I received spam emails from 2 of my "friends" in the past year...their accounts were hacked and the perps sent a message with a link to pharmaceuticals in one email, and requested money in the other. I played along with the one requesting money, told him I'd get him some asap
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Here's an interview with a former scammer, makes for some good reading
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/111759/secrets-of-a-former-credit-card-thief?mod=bb-creditcards -
@d12dozr said:
Here's an interview with a former scammer, makes for some good reading
http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/111759/secrets-of-a-former-credit-card-thief?mod=bb-creditcardsDefinitely worth the read.
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I love the nigerian prince type of scam I have had it twice in my life!
I doubt I had the original I think I just had cloned copies but still funny non the less.
http://www.cracked.com/article_18451_the-5-most-half-assed-scams-that-were-shockingly-successful.html -
Oh, I have had that several times. Once when I worked for the township, my boss ho did not understand English got one, too and I told him in vain that it's just some scam, he insisted that I translate it for him properly.
What an idiot.
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