You know the very nice electronic cards you can send "for free"? Excercise caution these are being used as somehow getting your personal info in an identity fraud scam.
Rolly said
02:42 PM Dec 19, 2009
Thanks, Baz.
I gave up using them quite early on, when I discovered a massive increase in 'spam' after every time I sent one.
jimricho said
05:03 PM Dec 19, 2009
Good advice Basil F. and Rolly,
I have made some comments on some other aspects of email security under the topic "Mozilla Thunderbird". Despite all the publicity given to spamming, phishing and identity theft it still amazes me how lax some "emailers" are when it comes to security issues.
Jim
jimricho said
05:12 PM Dec 19, 2009
Basil Faulty wrote:
You know the very nice electronic cards you can send "for free"? Excercise caution these are being used as somehow getting your personal info in an identity fraud scam.
Particularly emails that invite you to click on a link to a website
-- Edited by jimricho on Saturday 19th of December 2009 04:15:10 PM
Disco Duck said
06:26 PM Dec 19, 2009
Yes....Jimricho.......
One should always copy the the link.........paste it into your web browser and go to the site from there.
Thanks, Baz.
I gave up using them quite early on, when I discovered a massive increase in 'spam' after every time I sent one.
Particularly emails that invite you to click on a link to a website
-- Edited by jimricho on Saturday 19th of December 2009 04:15:10 PM