CJ Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I have just received this: Dear member, Due to the last changes apperead on eBay platform we need your assistance one more time for your security. It appears that your eBay account was inactive in the last week. You will have to confirm your informations once again so we can update our databases. All these measures are made concerning your security. Also there are inactive users wich doesn't use their eBay accounts anymore and we need an active marketplace. You have 4 days, until 05.40 PM - 21/10/2006 to confirm your informations. Make the confirmation now Regards, eBay International AG To which I replied: Dear Sirs Please accept this as free advice. If you are going to send out these spam emails in an attempt to get log in names etc, you will need to brush up on your English grammar and spelling. You will also need to check your facts and spam accordingly as you have stated that my Ebay account has been inactive for the last week and yet I have bought and sold items all week. Now then, I will do a deal with you. I will teach you English grammar and spelling and for that you will pay me some money. On the surface, that may not seem such a good deal but look at it as money you need to speculate to accumulate. I mean, let's be honest, what self respecting spammer wants to be thought of as a complete numpty eh? Regards, Unspammed of Oxfordshire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 hahahahahaha I'm liking that a lot.... Time to send some spammers a nice email *grin* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pig Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Nice one. i hate those people! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 They would have more success conning fuckwits if they sent this out: Deer mbr do 2 th lst chngs that apeerd n ebay we nd ur hlp agin 4ur scrty lokslik ur ebay woz ded ths wk lollol ul av 2 con4m ur nfo agin 4 r DB ths iz 4 ur lol lso uav 4ds 2 lemme no ur nfos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I have just received this: Dear member, Due to the last changes apperead on eBay platform we need your assistance one more time for your security. It appears that your eBay account was inactive in the last week. You will have to confirm your informations once again so we can update our databases. All these measures are made concerning your security. Also there are inactive users wich doesn't use CJ , they can phish info from you from just an email reply....... never reply to this sort of email Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jake Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 CJ , they can phish info from you from just an email reply....... never reply to this sort of email No they can't. Not anything useful anyway. All they can tell is that it's a valid email address. No password etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 CJ , they can phish info from you from just an email reply....... never reply to this sort of email How does that work then? What does "phish" mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 No they can't. Not anything useful anyway. All they can tell is that it's a valid email address. No password etc Ah right. Nothing too much to worry about there then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Hahahaha that's excellent. These idiots need to be taught. The sad thing is I bet they got someone with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Nice reply, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Headroom Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 How does that work then? What does "phish" mean? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing Happy to help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren-K Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 No they can't. Not anything useful anyway. All they can tell is that it's a valid email address. No password etc fair enough jake, i thought that by simply replying to an email some people can deduce the ip address of the sender, and also get access to there hotmail account for example. sorry all for my misconception Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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