tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post7158035119577245658..comments2024-03-17T10:49:06.420-06:00Comments on Wash Park Prophet: Junk Mail Gets Aggressive.Andrew Oh-Willekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-40604136449689871842007-04-19T18:31:00.000-06:002007-04-19T18:31:00.000-06:00Did you also report it to 419 Eaters?Did you also report it to <A HREF="http://www.419eater.com/" REL="nofollow">419 Eaters</A>?Julie O.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07953511804910482985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-3752575857784011402007-04-19T11:51:00.000-06:002007-04-19T11:51:00.000-06:00I spoke to a very respectful investigator today wh...I spoke to a very respectful investigator today who reviewed the e-mail and determined that it actually came from a server in Nigeria.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-91334857941168076352007-04-18T15:50:00.000-06:002007-04-18T15:50:00.000-06:00I watched a couple episodes of Chris Hansen's iden...I watched a couple episodes of Chris Hansen's identity theft report on Dateline. Three of the marks they interviewed were incredibly naive. One man spent thousands of dollars shipping packages internationally for his "fiancee," whom he only knew by email and enticing pictures. He was effectively laundering merchandise, purchased with stolen credit cards, that vendors otherwise would not have shipped out of the country. Did I mention that he's already married?<BR/><BR/>We've been lucky, so far, that the spammers are unsophisticated non-native speakers. Having seen the poor saps on Dateline, however, I just know there is some terrified, compliant recipient.<BR/><BR/>Spams are low-percentage scams, but email is cheap. Even if no one falls for the penny-stock spams, per se, the price will go up on speculation that someone will. It's like MLM and tulip mania rolled into one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14162253.post-83780367826644739732007-04-18T14:25:00.000-06:002007-04-18T14:25:00.000-06:00FYI, this has been referred to the proper authorit...FYI, this has been referred to the proper authorities and appears to be a variation on a new <A HREF="http://www.fbi.gov/page2/jan07/threat_scam011507.htm" REL="nofollow">e-mail extortion scam</A> that started in December of 2006.Andrew Oh-Willekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537151821869153861noreply@blogger.com