'scam' email

no1catman

Had an email flagged up as potential scam. It was of a sexual nature inviting me to clink on a link to find more details of her!!

I didn't, deleted, went into deleted, and deleted again - now gone.

So beware, you may be tempted to 'click' to find out more ......

Ebe_Scrooge

With due respect for your "status" on this forum ( i.e. you're not a newbie just post-building ), I'm not sure why you're posting this ? Surely it's self-evident that it's a dodgy mail ? The fact that your email provider already flagged it as spam, the fact that it contained "questionable" content, the fact that "not clicking on links from unknown senders" is the most basic of internet safety rules - all of these would surely warn off even the most naive of people ?


Sorry, I'm not meaning to be funny here, just curious as to why you felt the need to post this ?

POPPYOSCAR

Ebe_Scrooge wrote: »

With due respect for your "status" on this forum ( i.e. you're not a newbie just post-building ), I'm not sure why you're posting this ? Surely it's self-evident that it's a dodgy mail ? The fact that your email provider already flagged it as spam, the fact that it contained "questionable" content, the fact that "not clicking on links from unknown senders" is the most basic of internet safety rules - all of these would surely warn off even the most naive of people ?


Sorry, I'm not meaning to be funny here, just curious as to why you felt the need to post this ?

I thought this as well.

We get these all the time and have done for some time and never been 'tempted' to click to find out more!!

fleshandbone

I agree with the two posters above. Perhaps it was a sexy cat pic and they clicked it in error.
Scam emails are mostly easy to spot.

agrinnall

no1catman wrote: »

So beware, you may be tempted to 'click' to find out more ......

Not if you have a brain inside your head...

Hoof_Hearted

Well, I have met most of my Russian girlfriends this way....

marcarm

I keep getting the same sort of thing, emails with suggestive subject headers and promises of untold ladies.

I have been scammed Sunday, Monday and twice today.

Oldfatgrumpy

I get so many of these in my spam it's tedious deleting them. Along with countless "Here's your (any High St shop you can think of) discount voucher". Many of them are very explicit in subject title, I wonder sometimes if children get the same vile stuff in their email accounts,

donnac2558

I am female and no interest in other women. I get them, mine looking for wives.:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Give me £20,000 and I might think about it.:D

SpammyTheSpammer

<QUOTE>

[FONT=&quot]Apple UK[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Your Apple ID is locked[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot] [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]We've detected a login attempt that seems out of the ordinary, so we've temporarily locked your Apple account. Sometimes this can happen when you use a new computer or when you log in from a different location.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]If you or someone else enters your password, security questions, or other account information incorrectly too many times, your Apple ID automatically locks to protect your security and you can't sign in to any Apple services. You can unlock your Apple ID after you verify your identity.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]
[FONT=&quot]What do I have to do?[/FONT]

It's usuaIIy pretty easy to take care of things Iike this. Most of the time, we just need a IittIe more information about your account or Iatest transactions. To heIp us with this and to find out what you can and can't do with your account untiI the issue is resoIved, go to the ResoIution Center. We'II review the information you provide and emaiI you if we need more detaiIs or when your account is back to normaI. Once you compIete aII of the checkIist items, your case wiII be reviewed by one of our Account SpeciaIists. We wiII send you an emaiI with the outcome of the review. [/FONT]

</QUOTE>

The "Apple" link was this:-

https://mailzak.com/clicked/sent_email/13108337?url=http%3A%2F%2Fpaoclam.com.cp-40.webhost!!!!!!!!%2Fa

I do not have an apple account....

Le_Kirk

And of course we should all believe that message, especially as they have taken the trouble to replace all the letter "l's" with capital "I's"