How do you unknowingly help spammers?<\/p>\n
Recently we have received some mails from People that we KNOW the XXXX XXXXXX represents a name and\/ or\u00a0 email address that we KNOW, telling us to download something or open a file. (see examples below).<\/p>\n
The download\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n
On the other hand a ‘genuine’\u00a0 link would look like this http\/\/www.google.com.my\/ or\u00a0 http\/\/www.sun2surf.com\/article.cfm?id=37257<\/p>\n
where you can identify the name of the website you are going to visit.<\/p>\n
How do the spammers get your emails?<\/p>\n
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
\nbuck… wow, those emails are circulated worldwide and the spammers will be collecting your names and emails.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Thats when the spammers say ‘gotcha’.<\/p>\n
SOLUTION<\/p>\n
There is a simple solution to this when you wanna forward something.
\n1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 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
\nof names in it. If it goes around the world 100 times, imagine the multiplying effect…<\/p>\n
2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There is an address space call BCC put all the names of your 65 rotary members inside this field.\u00a0 the spammers will not get to their names and email addresses, no fake mails will come back to trick you…<\/p>\n
EXAMPLES<\/p>\n
— On Fri, 10\/23\/09, xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
\n<fbNOREPLY@myfanbox.com> wrote<\/p>\n
Fromxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <fbNOREPLY@myfanbox.com>
\nSubjectxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says you should see this
\nvideo clip.
\nToalex@alexchanglaw.com
\nDateFriday, October 23, 2009, 101 PM<\/p>\n
xxxxxxxxxxxx thinks you will really like this YouTube
\nVideo. Check it out!<\/p>\n
This email was sent by XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX using
\nthe ApplicationYoutube Video Seach. You can stop
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