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The Oz Round Table boards => The Round Table => Topic started by: *CountessA* on February 16, 2010, 08:11:31 PM
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Unfortunately I didn't forward a copy to myself... but a friend received an email supposedly from Trading Post (somethingorother@tradingpost.com.au), telling him to log in to avoid account problems.
He very sensibly got me to have a look at it, and I said, "SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM". (The actual click-on link led, of course, to an entirely different URL...)
I will try to get hold of a copy of the email, but in the meantime - I just want to alert everyone that they should not be fooled by any emails of this nature supposedly coming from Trading Post. Whether or not you're a Trading Post member makes no difference. Don't click the link!
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Thanks Tessa. Do these scammers never sleep? Or do they dream up scams whilst sleeping?
If only they used their talents for good instead of evil.
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Unfortunately, its the power of the internet.
Send 1,000 emails and if you get a 0.1% hit rate you've got a victim. Send 100,000 and you could get 100 victims.
The thing that fascinates me is the range of quality ... some look very good, yet others are so bad, I laugh myself silly - I'm just waiting for one that displays a url like: "scammingwebsite.com.cn" - I've had a few come real close!