Email scam

RE: Email scam

Former Member — Mon, 23 Sep 2002 16:12:42 GMT

Not to drift too far off a USMS or swimming-related topic, but apparently people are still falling for this African e-mail scam; this weekend a story ran of a woman who just embezzeled $2 million from her law firm employer as part of this scam: www.freep.com/.../checks21_20020921.htm On the spam front, there are lots of good anti-spam resource sites online, including, e.g., spam.abuse.net/.../ But spam really is an intractable problem; once your address gets out there, you're hosed. Look forward to an education in how to make millions working from home, the activities of certain hot young coeds, and various penis enlargement products. (One last link: for those who have become familiar with the regular spam topics, SatireWire's spam poetry contest is very funny: . The poems are made entirely from phases out of spam e-mails.) --Brad

RE: Email scam

Former Member — Mon, 23 Sep 2002 07:26:05 GMT

I really miss Satirewire. Why did he have to retire!

RE: Email scam

Former Member — Sun, 22 Sep 2002 13:26:50 GMT

Thanks, Jim. I hadn't thought of doing a search on my own e-mail address...quite interesting when you see the results.

RE: Email scam

Former Member — Sat, 21 Sep 2002 16:42:00 GMT

Yes, its common. They think americans are gullible.

RE: Email scam

Former Member — Sat, 21 Sep 2002 14:15:08 GMT

Yes, since I have "enlisted" in the forums, I have been heavily spammed. And it seems that both my usms.org address and my "real" address are now on the spam hit list. It is quite annoying. I might suggest that our webmaster try to shove a filtering package into the database project somehow...I know I would be thankful! Or maybe we simply only allow relays from "known" or "trusted" domains (if that can even be figured out!). :confused:

RE: Email scam

Former Member — Sat, 21 Sep 2002 05:16:00 GMT

Not that particular scam, but I have received other spam though my usms.org alias.