Spam

[Evans Electric]

Not the Pythonesque stuff , the electronic stuff.

I notice over this week a large amount of spam appearing in our BT email address "Spam box"    like 15 per day .

Meanwhile , on the "business" email , the pleas contiue from Nigeria etc. asking for  bank acc. details .   Also I seem to have a large number of distant relatives leaving me huge amounts of dosh after being killed in road crashes.  They all seem to to gone to Africa.

 

[kerching]

I feel your pain!

over 50 pf my relatives.......we stem from a long line of incompetent mining engineers that cannot drive and are pish poor at leaving any Wills,  have died in the past year!

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how unlucky are we?!

 

[SLIPSHOD & SLAPDASH]

Wait till you get the letters in the post  from China .

 

[Evans Electric]

Seems strange that both Kerch & myself have relatives roaring round Africa , and crashing into each other by the looks of it .  

I also have accounts at banks I've never been to and they all have "bonuses" and  " overpayments " to pay me but strangely , don't seem to know my account numbers. 

 

[Evans Electric]

Eye fink the smell chequer needs tweeking  Paddler.

 

[NozSpark]

Seems strange that both Kerch & myself have relatives roaring round Africa , and crashing into each other by the looks of it .  

I also have accounts at banks I've never been to and they all have "bonuses" and  " overpayments " to pay me but strangely , don't seem to know my account numbers.

I don't know about you,,, but I must be even luckier...

What with my constant HMRC rebates

 

[NozSpark]

Oh yes,,,

Bank account logins for banks I've never had an account with

PPI

Accident injury claims

African and Middle Eastern relatives wanting to transfer $300,000,000 into my account and give me 10% for the inconvenience

....all of them, but I've only had PPI phone calls up to now

 

[septiclecky]

Don't forget about the Indian accented phone call stating they are from Microsoft and that it has been discovered you have a virus on your computer and if you type in this command they will get rid of it

 

[steptoe]

Don't forget about the Indian accented phone call stating they are from Microsoft and that it has been discovered you have a virus on your computer and if you type in this command they will get rid of it

oh yes, :slap

what fun I had with this for an hour one day,

until I finally told him , 'oh sorry, its not actually a windows icon Im clicking, its a TUX cos Im using linux,  '  click; dialling tone  :slap

 

[Evans Electric]

The answerphone gets shut of most of 'em .

The last Indian accented guy named Michael or David  I said I have no computer  , " Oh yes you do " he snapped .  " I have your details in front of me "

Bit worrying sometimes.

 

[sprocketflup]

I had one recently from some dodgy outfit claiming that my gold membership had nearly ran out and id have to go and fork out for a new one

 

[OnOff]

Actually get MORE nuisance phone calls since we went on the telephone preference list with BT than ever before!

When I get the clearly Indian guy calling saying his name is John, Nigel, Brian, Christopher or some other typically English name and he then asks for ME by name I say that it's not me and in fact my name is Rajesh Ramayan Koothrappali.

I've generally had them laugh or put the phone down. I did this one evening and give the bloke his due he went "OK, good evening Mr Koothrappali!" and then carried on with his patter. Well sussed!

 

[kerching]

I had one recently from some dodgy outfit claiming that my gold membership had nearly ran out and id have to go and fork out for a new one

I tell the spammers that i will have to take them through security....ask them their mothers maiden name and the breed of the first animal they had sex with!

 

[dobo99]

Heard this the other week, made me think about it http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23869462

 

[Evans Electric]

Just looking at Dobbo's signature ........ made me think , if I was rewiring the universe  and there was a nail sticking up on the moon of a small planet in a solar system in a galaxy  100,000,000 light years away on the edge of the universe where after that planet there was nothing for ever and ever , just empty space stretching to eternity ......................................   my cable would get hooked up on it .

Heard this the other week, made me think about it http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23869462

Great !!

 

[steptoe]

Heard this the other week, made me think about it http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23869462

I like this,

now, i just have to work out the legal obligations as to how I declare this to my callers....

 

[misssweden]

Seems strange that both Kerch & myself have relatives roaring round Africa , and crashing into each other by the looks of it .  

I also have accounts at banks I've never been to and they all have "bonuses" and  " overpayments " to pay me but strangely , don't seem to know my account numbers.

I don't know about you,,, but I must be even luckier...

What with my constant HMRC rebates

I seem to be eligable for a few of those rebates too... funny that.

Also had emails from "PayPal" a few times:

"Dear PayPal Customer

A charge of £35.99 GBP was made to Facebook. from your account.

If you haven't authorized this charge, please cancel the payment and get a full refund." Followed by a link.

Nice try, however my monthly statement from PayPal says something different

 

[Evans Electric]

Hey Misssweden !  Where have you been ?  Stepps has been worried. :yawn

 

[sprocketflup]

Hes probably more worried now, he had her tied up in his basement

 

[Blue Duck]

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