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Mike R-F - 20/7/06 at 03:27 PM

Anyone received a mail purporting to be from Spy Doctor & including a zipped folder containing an invoice for £79.39? I've had 2 this afternoon. Anyone else suffering?


mike smith1 - 20/7/06 at 03:41 PM

Yes me, it wasnt my email address though, so i emailed them back.

Have i done wrong??

Mike


chockymonster - 20/7/06 at 03:57 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mike smith1
Yes me, it wasnt my email address though, so i emailed them back.

Have i done wrong??

Mike


Yes,

by emailing them back they now know that your email address is a live address. Be prepared for lots more spam

That's unless they've borrowed someone elses mail address to send it.


mike smith1 - 20/7/06 at 04:05 PM

Bugger!

Spam Filter on max now then!

Mike


Deckman001 - 20/7/06 at 06:45 PM

Yep I got 1 too, Sadly my Norton has expired and the spam section has disapeared so they are all getting through now

Jason


britishtrident - 20/7/06 at 07:01 PM

Stick K9 or SpamPal on see http://keir.net/k9.html

or just use Thunderbird for mail.

[Edited on 20/7/06 by britishtrident]


cerbera - 20/7/06 at 07:33 PM

Got this too, and my virus software detected a trojan in the attachment. Just delete it.


Fozzie - 21/7/06 at 08:20 AM

Got one today ...Avast! didn't spot it either
As others, if I don't recognise it, or the 'To' section, isn't my addy, it gets deleted.....

Fozzie


bob - 21/7/06 at 09:21 AM

Just got one this morning along with the usual fake paypal crap


marcyboy - 21/7/06 at 09:42 AM

funny how you all got one ...have you all registered for something recently...or has someone passed all of your addresses on to another company


David Jenkins - 21/7/06 at 09:47 AM

Has some villain been scanning this site?

The reason I ask is that I haven't received this spam, and I haven't shown my e-mail in this forum's "personal details" area.

David


Fozzie - 21/7/06 at 09:48 AM

Strange you should say that Marcy and David ! The email addy it came in on, is only used for this site.
Must go and try and make the email 'spam-safe' before any other spam blighters harvest it!.....Very remiss of me

Fozzie

[Edited on 21/7/06 by Fozzie]


marcyboy - 21/7/06 at 10:41 AM

i'm a bit cynical or is it cylindrical....

i do like a conspiracy theory
....but not as much as a lamb bhuna


David Jenkins - 21/7/06 at 10:46 AM

The reason I said it was because it's happened before, a year or so ago.

David


gazza285 - 23/7/06 at 09:19 PM

it's not just from this site, I've had it on two of my addresses.