[Mb-hair] FW: Important Reminder - or a HOAX??

[Michael Butler]

Well, as Ian (one of our Editors) says
-- As the saying goes: "if you are not paranoid, you are not paying
attention." Ian



> Thank you, Martin!
> Hi Michael, I hope you won't get a huge phonebill. do check it!
> 
> Isn't it really a sad state of being, if one has to be suspicious of every
> good-sounding 
> offer sent through emails...
> 
> Nowadays  I read something and all sorts of bells and whistles go off
> immediately.
> recently I had messages from several Banks, from eBay and PayPal.
> With some excuse or other of "updating information" , threatening
> disruption of 
> service, if you don't reply right away, and so on.
> All pretending to be the geniune item, complete with logos etc, but if you
> look at the 
> source of the message, you realize that the link they offer leads somewhere
> else 
> entirely.
> DON'T EVER CLICK ON ANY LINK in an email from somebody you don't know.
> Martin is right, it SEEMS to lead somewhere, but that's not necessarily
> where it's 
> going.
> 
> Go to the respective website and search there.
> 
> I report all these emails - although it is a bother and takes time -
> they want the total message, Subject intact, with complete "headers"
> forwarded to them, the legit company.
> And for good measure I send everything to abuse at yahoo.com
> (Yahoo is my provider). you should send it to abuse at your provider.
> They check things out and let you know...
> 
> OK, enough for now
> 
> Cheers, and Hugs
> Dagmar
> http://www.dagmarfoto.com
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Martin Eayrs martin at eayrs.com
> Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 21:45:10 +0100
> To: mb-hair at islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Important Reminder - or a HOAX??
> 
> 
> 
> Dagmar/Michael
> 
> we have had a spate of this kind of thing recently in the UK, and
> many Brits are a bit paranoid about it. Often someone leaves a phone
> number by email or voicemail - you call or call back and get either
> an answering machine or someone who speaks - or affects to speak -
> very poor English - the idea simply to keep you connected as long as
> possible at premium rate. And some premium rates can be VERY high.
> 
> Advice - never return calls unless you know the caller, and never
> click on links from unknown mails that might lead to spoof sites.
> And, Michael, I understand that the fact that you can see a URL in
> the address bar of the browser is no guarantee that you are
> necessarily on that site (go figure, it's beyond my skills).
> 
> i found a website at
> http://www.uscg.mil/Legal/la/topics/consumer_and_contract_matters/
> ms_phone_scam.html
> - assuming it's kosher ;-), maybe it'll be helpful. It does discuss
> 888 numbers, among other things.
> 
> Best to you all
> 
> Martin
> 
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