How Stupid Do They Think I Am?

These guys got a good head shake from me as I was sorting things out this morning. The blue ‘net’ was a link to some ineedfinancialhelp dot net site. I am not even going to bother visiting these guys’ site because I think their last note is the best advice they give – there are a lot of scams on the internet.

My main red flag here? Sent to “undisclosed recipients” when the guy says that he got my information from somewhere online and is worried about me in particular. Secondary: A fast Google brought up a number of warnings about the site.

The hands down BEST is from Jana’s MySpace Blog where she recounts her narrow escape from these guys. Thank you, Jana, for sharing your experience. I’m glad to hear you evaded them and proved vigilant to their scams.

Hi,
I am Getty i saw your Ad In net And Decided To Contact You.I fell victim of scams in the internet twice after losing $8,000 before i was referred by a friend in Canada,that she got her loan of $30,000usd from a reliable and trust worthy loan company based in the United Kingdom,i doubted and refused to believe her,until she showed me the mtcn slips she use in having her loans..i was convinced and i applied for loans in Harry James loan company.He is very reliable and a God fearing man,he assured me and i got my loan under three days, Since then i have invited lots of my friends who are desperately in need to contact the loan company via e-mail:harryjamesloans@gmail.com and non have had cause to regret.Don’t be deceived by scams in the internet, they are legit and real,there are alot of scams in the internet

I’m not sure what these nitwits are after, but they are targeting AOL AIM users.

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Dear AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) user,

Your AIM account is flagged as inactive. Within the following 72 hours it’ll be deleted from the system.

If you plan to use this account in the future, you have to download and launch the latest update for the AIM. This update is critical.

In order to install the update use the following link. This link is generated exclusively for your account and is available within a certain period of time. As soon as this link is not available anymore you will get another letter.

Thank you,

AIM Service Team

This e-mail has been sent from an e-mail address that is not monitored. Please do not reply to this message. We are unable to respond to any replies.

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I’ve got this one with a multitude of different subject lines, both to AOL and AIM and saying everything from download critical update to telling me my account will be deleted.

First off, folks, if you have an AIM or AOL account, open your account as you normally do, NOT using this email’s link!!!!

One you are logged in look for the help links and they’ll guide you to if there are any updates. In my experience with AIM, they generally tell me when it needs updated as soon as I open it and I can choose to update or not.

Good ways to spot this scammer – most companies tend to send notices to the email they have on file for you. BIG flag there. They also tend to host their updates on their own website, not something that looks like…

http://update.aol.com.terfkiof.com.pl/products/aimController.php?code=……..

I spent the days going into the new year fighting off a dang computer virus attack. Really really ticks me off when they get sneaky enough to sneak through. But I eradicated it without losing my information and took it as a hint ot start the year with a fairly clean start. Erased most of the e-mails and programs I rarely use off my computer to lighten the load on it for the New Year.

My resolution? Fix this site to be more useful to visitors without me having to dedicate time I don’t really have to coming out to maintain it. I will still share my perspective on spam and stuff I get, but I want this site to be more like what I envisioned it could be when I created it and 2010 seems like a good excuse to get back to making my sites how they should be.

HAPPY NEW YEAR – Stay safe online!