Spam / Fraud

[nick the grief]

So far iv'e never got one of these "begging letters". .......

Bugger, did I miss you Beefy

I don't reply & I get them on another e-mail address I use along with "does my boyfriend have trouble getting an erection" ...He's not even a scaffolder And I won the spanish lottery which is strange cos I've never bought a ticket

[beefy]

I get the letters through the door.I laugh when it says "You have won a mojor prize in a competion that you have recently entered" NO I DIDNT and from there on it gets recycled or used as a fire lighter . One of my mates takes all the prepaid reply envelopes and fills them with shredded paper from his office and posts it back to them so that they are out the postage.

[Snadger]

Similar to a salesman phoning you and asking "Hello is that Mr Snadger"....."No it isn't, I'll just go and get him" says I. Put the phone receiver on the table and walk away! If he/she wants to pay hundreds of pounds for a phone call thats up to them!
Come back half an hour later and normally there's no-one there, but just sometimes there is!!!!

[beefy]

Then what do you say ? "Sorry he's in a meeting would you like to hold?"

[Slug]

I must say... I get loads of those emails asking for help to transfer oodles of money out of impoverished countries - for which I'll get oodles of money in return.... I have to say that I've been the worst hit since joining a very famous internet buying/selling website - it's like my email address has been advertised to the nation!!

I also got for the first time notification (to my home address ) that I'd won the Spanish lottery. That would be fantastic if I'd ever taken part in it

Must admit I get pretty peeved with these scum bags with their fraudulent emails asking me to verify my bank details, or transfer money etc... etc... but the best thing is to just ignore them and delete the email. For a while there I started forwarding the emails to the various banks & fraud departments, but then I get so many now that I've given up.

I definitely wouldn't bother replying to them (no matter how mad they make me) since it just proves that it's a valid email address and makes the matter worse.

Some people have nothing better to do with their time than to try to rob others...

[DFV]

Hi All
Thanks for the comments. I never reply to this sort of rubbish but just get very peeved by it. A while ago, I had to change my email address because it was attracting so much spam I couldn't find genuine messages in between all the dross. Up until now, my new address has been spam free but now, surprise, surprise, the day after matey invites me to get rich quick I get an invitation to "view" a photo of "Sara-Anne" that I apparently requested from an adult dating agency. Here we go again!!!!

[Slug]

DFV - I don't know which provider you use, but I found that a hotmail account attracts all sorts of rubbish (well, my one did years ago anyway...), but my yahoo account by comparison is really pretty good.

Before I'd even managed to register my hotmail account anywhere else, I was getting rubbish (way too much that it was filling my inbox and exceeding my quote so my genuine emails weren't getting through!!). At least with the yahoo account, the rubbish was few and far between by comparison, and often it related to something I'd signed up for (i.e. like the rubbish I get that's related to the buying/selling online auction website I mentioned before...)

[dexterdoglancashire]

Don't get any spam now, but that was after I changed my email provider, and didnt tell the person who was responsible for sending me all sorts of emails that I had changed!
There is some sort of setting thing on your pc email bit to stop them but not being an expert I'd have to ask my OH where it is.
If I do get the odd one my OH says "You've been on catbiscuits.com again!" (A very polite way of saying I've been on a dodgy website!) As if I would! dexterdog
PS can you still buy Spam in the shops? As a kid I used to love Spam fritters!

[Lesley Jay]

Yes DD you can still buy tins of Spam. I think it is expensive though about £1.40 a tin.

[dexterdoglancashire]

Crickey! I'm not sure I like it that much! dexterdog
PS Just remembered the Monty Python sketch! ha ha!

[anthonyjb]

Spam good fishing bait carp love it
regards
Anthony

[Slug]

I was never a fan of the spam in a tin - used to love the spam slices from the deli counter at the shops - the're great for wrapping chips in and dipping in baked beans.... mmmmmm

[Shortie]

I was never a fan of the spam in a tin - used to love the spam slices from the deli counter at the shops - the're great for wrapping chips in and dipping in baked beans.... mmmmmm

MMMMmmmmmmmmmmmm... Nope, deli counter only. Slice your spam, wrap around your chips and drip in your ketchup. Can't stand baked beans myself, but totally agree there Slug. I often think of doing this for dinner now, but think I'd get odd looks with a grin on my face over a dinner! lol

[Snadger]

Spam fritters with curry sauce from the local chippie is the way to go!
Very healthy, not!

[nick the grief]

Ah it's not like in my day though. When I was a wee bairn we only had Spam, now you can get about 3 varieties of Spam

It's reet nees fried on a butty instead of bacon - never tried it with chips?