Re: [LUG] OT - dodgy spam

[Michael Chidley <mike.chidley@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

David Bowles wrote:

> I suspect the police already know about this as the same spammer has
> been targetting;
>
> LloydsTSB
> Nat West
> Egg
> HSBC
>
> ...and these are the only ones I know about.
>  

PayPal regularly has the same problems.....I have also seen warning on 
Smile`s web site....

> What's frightening is how many people actually respond to spam. I
> read in some trade paper that one particular spam-ordering site got
> hacked and was found to be receiving in excess of $2,500 of orders per
> day!!!
>
> Maybe I'm in the wrong business!!!  <VBG>
>
>
>  
Its like the `you`ve won a million pounds.......just sent 1000 pounds 
for administration charges` ..... if it looks too good to be true it 
probably is....

Mike

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