General Chat

For those on FB do NOT open the application Elegant gifts if someone sends you one.

It goes on to send the same "gift" to all of your friends in your list without your permission.---who then click on it & on and on it goes.

I realised this wasnt my friend sending these out when it came up on my news feed that my friend had send a mutual friend no longer with us one of these.

We went on to warn other people in our friend lists via a message on our own walls.

It is spam, and the usual kind of spam too.

The clue is in the request for money. It's just another version of the nigerian scam that has been circulating around the world for years.

You've taken it all the wrong way because it has been made to appear as if it came from someone who you know had died. But these operators don't know that, they just attach an email address similar to that one to make it more familiar to you, so that you might think it's genuine and send the money.

Just delete it and forget it, and don't take it so personally.


But a lesson to be learned here. NEVER forward an email on without deleting all previous recipients addresses, and if you are forwarding to multiple recipients, send the email to yourself, and put all the other addresses in the BCC line. (BCC is Blind Carbon Copy, meaning other recipients will not see who else has received the same email from you)

I got it yesterday, on here and on fb...................................


........................I think Steve must have known I was having problems with my desktop.............xxx

its a computer genarated spam bot that has done it probaby, so stop geting all high wired, steve would htink it was hilarious!


just delte it or mark it as spam and then any others you get will go tright to your rubbish bin!!!!!!!!!!

there really is no one who is sick! its not a person that has done this its a computer blip,

its spam dizzi, Ann is trying to sort it Kim said on Genral,

i must admit i was a bit like OMG! when i got it, but now i chuckle and think Steve would be laughing at us all flapping about it,

xxx

Whatever it is-it's sick.

There are some vile people in this world & I sincerely hope his Wife can find out how this has happened.She must be in pieces,my sympathy to the family.

THIS IS THE MESSAGE NOT A NORMA SPAM'

How are you ? I flew to Spain yesterday because one of my close relatives had an accident here.
She is unconscious now and waiting for surgery. I did not bring much cash here with me and my money orders and check book I took would take over 1 week to clear because of international bank policies, so I want to ask if you can lend me some money.
In fact She had a little problem with her insurance policy since she stopped working before this incident, so before it is ratified, a deposit has to be made also because it's a private hospital and i can't take her to another hospital in this condition since she is unconscious.
I'm sorry to bother you now since it is also so sudden I will pay you back when things have been done.

Best Regards

FOLLOWED BY 2 CARTOONS OF MAN & DOG AS SIGNITURE

THANKS KIM

I have replied on the General board

Kim

IF OTHERS GET ONE ITS POSSIBLE,BUT IT WAS MORE
A STUPID MESSAGE,FEELS MORE LIKE SOMEEONE WHO NEW HIM

If its the virus it wont be able to tell if the person is alive or not ....


Its a horrid thing to happen but if his partner didnt know or didnt realise his email account is still open she isnt able to close it ....not without his password

ITS SICK
ITS EVEN HIS FULL EMAIL ADDRESS
AND A STUPIID MESSAGE

It may be that virus again ........

what happens is ...someone opens their email box and a virus pops in then when you shut it the virus steals all you addresses and pops out again ..
Then the virus sends emails to all your friends and the process starts again

DIZZI >>>CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD ON YOUR SIGN IN PAGE FOR YOUR EMAILS

I HAVE JUST GOT AN EMAIL FROM A DEAD FRIEND
SOME PEOPLE REALLY MAKE ME SICK,,,,
THIS WAS ADDRESS FROM A GR MEMBER WHO DIED LAST YEAR,
AND HAS HIS EMAIL ADDRESS AS SENDER

I AM POSTING THIS ON GENERALS AS WELL