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MarleysGh0st
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by MarleysGh0st » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:19 am
I'm so fortunate, today!
The Gifted Family of Mr Chris and Mrs Colin [redacted] announces their donation of the sum 800,000.00 Great British currency to you. Send
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Actually, I'm kind of annoyed that I got this at my relatively new GMail address. I've been cautious about where I use it, so I didn't think the spammers would learn about it so quickly.
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littlebeast13
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by littlebeast13 » Mon Aug 11, 2014 7:26 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:I'm so fortunate, today!
The Gifted Family of Mr Chris and Mrs Colin [redacted] announces their donation of the sum 800,000.00 Great British currency to you. Send
Name---
Occupation-----
Address---
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Actually, I'm kind of annoyed that I got this at my relatively new GMail address. I've been cautious about where I use it, so I didn't think the spammers would learn about it so quickly.
Anyone with that much Great British currency to throw around can pretty much buy whatever information they want. Look for a certified letter next....
lb13
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Bob Juch
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by Bob Juch » Mon Aug 11, 2014 10:13 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:I'm so fortunate, today!
The Gifted Family of Mr Chris and Mrs Colin [redacted] announces their donation of the sum 800,000.00 Great British currency to you. Send
Name---
Occupation-----
Address---
Mobile -----
Age-----
Actually, I'm kind of annoyed that I got this at my relatively new GMail address. I've been cautious about where I use it, so I didn't think the spammers would learn about it so quickly.
Spammers use a brute force attack now. They send to "aaa", then "aab", then "aac", and so on. Putting symbols in your address can protect you from that but Gmail has a pretty good spam filter and catches most spammy emails. When you get one that slips through mark it as spam so their system will learn what's spam.
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SpacemanSpiff
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by SpacemanSpiff » Mon Aug 11, 2014 11:12 am
littlebeast13 wrote:MarleysGh0st wrote:I'm so fortunate, today!
The Gifted Family of Mr Chris and Mrs Colin [redacted] announces their donation of the sum 800,000.00 Great British currency to you. Send
Name---
Occupation-----
Address---
Mobile -----
Age-----
Actually, I'm kind of annoyed that I got this at my relatively new GMail address. I've been cautious about where I use it, so I didn't think the spammers would learn about it so quickly.
Anyone with that much Great British currency to throw around can pretty much buy whatever information they want. Look for a certified letter next....
lb13
Hey! I resemble that remark!
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