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How do you unknowingly help spammers?
Recently we have received some mails from People
that we KNOW
the XXXX XXXXXX represents a name and/ or email
address that we KNOW, telling us to download
something or open a file.
(see examples below).
The download link will be highlighted but it does not
show the site that you are going into
for example the Check it out!
which was in BLUE does not tell you where you would
be going to
be led to.
On the other hand a 'genuine' link would look like this
http//www.google.com.my/
or http//www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=37257
where you can identify the name of the website you are
going to visit.
How do the spammers get your emails?
When we send emails we use to and cc but those are
not for the consumption of the world at large.
but when we forward emails telling us to make a quick
buck...
wow, those emails are circulated worldwide and the
spammers will be collecting your names and emails.
So the next time when an email comes in with your
name and email
your friends will not think twice before clicking on the
link to open it.
Thats when the spammers say 'gotcha'.
SOLUTION
There is a simple solution to this when you wanna
forward something.
1 Delete all the names you see in between the top
of the email and the message.
if a message is forwarded 10 times, it will contain 100s
of names in it.
If it goes around the world 100 times, imagine the
multiplying effect...
2 There is an address space call BCC put all the
names of your 65 rotary members inside this field. the
spammers will not get to their names and email
addresses, no fake mails will come back to trick you...
EXAMPLES
-- On Fri, 10/23/09, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<fbNOREPLY@myfanbox.com> wrote
Fromxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <fbNOREPLY@myfanbox.com>
Subjectxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says you should see this
video clip.
Toalex@alexchanglaw.com
DateFriday, October 23, 2009, 101 PM
xxxxxxxxxxxx thinks you will really like this YouTube
Video. Check it out!
This email was sent by XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX using
the ApplicationYoutube Video Seach. You can stop
receiving emails here.
Recently we have received some mails from People
that we KNOW
the XXXX XXXXXX represents a name and/ or email
address that we KNOW, telling us to download
something or open a file.
(see examples below).
The download link will be highlighted but it does not
show the site that you are going into
for example the Check it out!
which was in BLUE does not tell you where you would
be going to
be led to.
On the other hand a 'genuine' link would look like this
http//www.google.com.my/
or http//www.sun2surf.com/article.cfm?id=37257
where you can identify the name of the website you are
going to visit.
How do the spammers get your emails?
When we send emails we use to and cc but those are
not for the consumption of the world at large.
but when we forward emails telling us to make a quick
buck...
wow, those emails are circulated worldwide and the
spammers will be collecting your names and emails.
So the next time when an email comes in with your
name and email
your friends will not think twice before clicking on the
link to open it.
Thats when the spammers say 'gotcha'.
SOLUTION
There is a simple solution to this when you wanna
forward something.
1 Delete all the names you see in between the top
of the email and the message.
if a message is forwarded 10 times, it will contain 100s
of names in it.
If it goes around the world 100 times, imagine the
multiplying effect...
2 There is an address space call BCC put all the
names of your 65 rotary members inside this field. the
spammers will not get to their names and email
addresses, no fake mails will come back to trick you...
EXAMPLES
-- On Fri, 10/23/09, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<fbNOREPLY@myfanbox.com> wrote
Fromxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <fbNOREPLY@myfanbox.com>
Subjectxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says you should see this
video clip.
Toalex@alexchanglaw.com
DateFriday, October 23, 2009, 101 PM
xxxxxxxxxxxx thinks you will really like this YouTube
Video. Check it out!
This email was sent by XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX using
the ApplicationYoutube Video Seach. You can stop
receiving emails here.