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by foxygoddess on September 19th, 2009
Definitely a scam. The lying little turd IMed me in a chatroom today, saying, "please help me am in danger". Yeah, right. You IM strangers in chatrooms when you're in danger.
That said, you can manage spam by using disposable email addresses. Yahoo! Mail offers this service. They call it "AddressGuard". Here's a link: http://au.antispam.yahoo.com/addressguard . My understanding is that it's something you pay for if you're in the US, but I'm Australian, and it's free for me. You set up an email address and put a note to yourself to remind you of who you gave the address to, and if you start getting spam, you'll not only be able to delete the address (and stop the spam coming through) but you'll also know WHO is responsible, if you only give each disposable address to one party. Then you know not to give them your details ever again.
If you have your own website, you can often create your own email addresses for your domain, and do basically the same thing.
Generally speaking, any email you receive that plays on your emotions, promises money and/or asks you for personal details to "claim" a prize or inheritance, is going to be a scam. Think about it. This guy says he is "dying of hunger", but he can afford Internet access and a phone service? I don't think so! And signing off, "Your Son" - what?! I think not. Red flags are popping up everywhere from reading that email. Sadly, though, there must be people who get sucked in, because these scam artists keep on sending the emails. Don't be another victim.
Isn't the mind just another default gateway on the supernet of life?
by Anonymous on October 16th, 2011
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is any one here a real network administrator?
by THENETWORKA on November 29th, 2011
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Can you text without using your thumbs?
by HoboJoe on November 22nd, 2011
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what can you tell me about the seven layers of osi model?
by THENETWORKA on December 2nd, 2011
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Can someone tell me the steps needed to hook up a VPN connection so my ipod touch can use my computers internet if my ipod touch is on wifi?
by jeffreylb94 on October 29th, 2011
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You're reading I got this weird email can you determine if it is a spam?
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