Suggestion. Do Not Respond to these phishing posts

If you mean "don't click on any of their links", I agree. Merely posting a response doesn't get them any more than they can get by looking at any of our posts. If they want to send us junk mail, they have lots of ways to do that already!

Getting a lot colder in Va now, how's it in SC?
 
Hey!

Whenever I post or answer a post I receive a notification on my e-mail account. If you respond to their post they will know that it is an active e-mail account and that opens all kinds of opportunities for them.

The South Carolina Dept. of Revenue was recently hacked, big time! Just about everyone's info in the state had been compromised; SSN numbers, date of births, account numbers, credit card numbers, all tax records, etc. This includes most businesses as well.
 
spuncopper":30cljswg said:
Hey!

Whenever I post or answer a post I receive a notification on my e-mail account. If you respond to their post they will know that it is an active e-mail account and that opens all kinds of opportunities for them.

The South Carolina Dept. of Revenue was recently hacked, big time! Just about everyone's info in the state had been compromised; SSN numbers, date of births, account numbers, credit card numbers, all tax records, etc. This includes most businesses as well.
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Your email address is not listed in your profile so it's not available to the phishers from this site. The email notification you get is from this site and it's determined by your own profile settings. E.g. you probably have "always notify me of replies" checked in your profile. The spammers/phishers will not know unless you make your email available in your profile by checking the "always show my email address" button.
 
Hey,

I guess I'm paranoid. I've been burned before. Different forum, different group, same setup with the posting. 142 junk mails later I cancelled the e-mail address and opened a new one. :cry

But these guys on C-Brats done real good at eliminating them. :mrgreen:
 
hardee":20t69h91 said:
Is there any way to know if it is a phishing post by looking at the topic list?
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No way to tell for sure, Harvey, but if the title is "I am want to meet a serious boy..." and it is on here then you're pretty safe to assume the poster is after something.

Of course, as we all know, you never want to follow the links in suspicious posts.

It's kind of boring around here today. Thanks a lot, Bill. I was almost late to work yesterday trying to delete posts and new members who were joining at a rate of about two new to my one deleted. So thanks for real, Bill.

I will point out, and will mention it in the other thread too, that it is a lot easier to delete the spam posts if none of our folks have replied to them. Especially if I am away from home and doing the editing from my phone. To delete a single post requires us to simply click once on a little X; deleting a thread requires more clicking around in areas that would be easy to screw up with the phone. So if you ever come on here and find half of the site gone, it is probably because someone was trying to see the rest of the little Russian lady's corrupt photo and I clicked the wrong thing on my phone trying to save them.

By the way - in the flurry of spam posts Friday, the young lady came back a couple times. And she brought friends.
 
Mike and Bill,

Thank you guys SOOOO MUCH for all you are doing here. I really appreciate it, and I love this place. Thanks for the hints on checking for SPAM. Will try to be careful. As to "Marina" There's one case where I don't much care, single or twins --- NOT interested. :evil: :( :twisted:


Harvey
SleepyC :moon
 
Hey Sleepy C,

Usually the English syntax will be "off." It will sound as if the English language they are using is their second language, which it is.

If it starts with wording similar to: "My dearest ..." when you have no clue who it is or "It is my great honor ... " or "It is my greatest honor ..." as Jeff Foxworthy would say, "There's your sign."

Selling pharmaceutical (especially Viagra) is usually another phishing expedition.

I have received "offical" e-mails using the Fedex logos, bank logos and even credit unions that were phishing expeditions. Hell I even received an e-mail with a job offer from an international company that I knew existed.

The phishing expeditions fell apart due to their English syntax and a close look at the e-mail addresses they had used. Most of them also posted a telephone number where I could reach them, all were for cell phones.

If it looks weird, 'reads' weird it is probably is weird.

Be careful!
 
spuncopper,

"If it looks weird, 'reads' weird it is probably is weird.

Be careful!"

Probably why nobody ever answers my email :P :lol: :P :lol: :oops:

Thanks for the hints. I'll try to stay awake, I mean alert, oops I mean careful :wink:

Good tips here.

Harvey
SleepyC
 
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