@woodhouse - if @djslack forwards you the email maybe meh can open the attachment? I mean, meh is involved (see the user name) and help is needed to be sure no computer is compromised doing this (waiting with baited breath for your answer).
@madflack You are evil with that new click (grin). I see you changed your name. Do I get brownie points for the naming? A place in history? Am I the godmother now? LOL
Yup saw that : ) So I still want to know does renaming you mean I am now your godmother LOL or is this just a test to see if anyone is paying attention temporary or perhaps permanent identity switch in response to my other side comment in whatever post that was?
@woodhouse What vacation so SOON??? You do realize I was just joking around? (we knew it was spam, I was just suggesting meh compromise their computers since he was posting on your forums LOL .Hope your vacation was nice.
Just got my own spam today, but not willing to play along, so good for you @dsjack. I hope you entertain us for weeks with this stuff.
(the video link was in the email)
YOU ARE MY WINNER!!!
You have been selected to receive a whooping sum of £1million which the Davies family donated to you After scooping £61million - in one of Britain’s biggest Lotto Euro Millions .My family and i decided to set up a foundation aimed at providing financial aids and assistance to reputable individuals around the world to help fight cancer, in their various community. Read more about me and my family on the News Link Below.
Kindly forward your Full name:…Age:…Home Address…Telephone:…Occupation:…
@f00l I try not to disappoint anyone by always packing my bathing suit with as much as Nature blessed me with. (Possibly, probably, picturesquely TMI.)
@Yoda_Daenerys only that when i went to this American life in the apple podcast app and clicked on feed it only showed four episodes, like they don’t keep their back catalog available in iTunes. So i had to Google it.
@Yoda_Daenerys they do make them available on their site. I’ve been through Serial (liked the first, couldn’t get into the second) and recently S-Town which was also good.
Nothing today… The end game of this scam may have just been to get that malicious pdf opened and infect me with ransomware. Or I could have come on a little strong with the silliness. I’ll keep trying to check that mailbox regularly for a while and see if anything comes back. I had plans for this to be entertaining for longer than that.
If you want, you could forward the attachment to a temporary email address, and then forward it to an email address I have which is on a device which I rarely use.
(And yes, you could remove any references to your name and email if you want when you forward the email.)
You would fit perfectly in a group of specially selected mehmbers who share what they’re thinking without even thinking about if they should share those thoughts.
Hi @brogers.
Thus is going to be fun. Also, the most exclamation points I’ve ever used in one sitting!
@djslack
Use hamsters for the second idea, and I’d be interested in investment opportunities.
I tried to warn you.
No way I’m opening the attachment…
@woodhouse - if @djslack forwards you the email maybe meh can open the attachment? I mean, meh is involved (see the user name) and help is needed to be sure no computer is compromised doing this (waiting with baited breath for your answer).
@djslack Don’t worry.
Anyone who blesses you and has a fancy name like ‘Lady J’ has to be trustworthy.
@djslack @daveinwarsh of course, THIS was the first thing that I thought of when I saw that name…
@chienfou can’t wait for all the ads I’m now going to be served about that.
@chienfou DAMN! I clicked on that stupid Amazon link & now get portable urinals for suggested purchases. Thanks…
@daveinwarsh
Click here to remove those suggestions.
@madflack
That’s not funny. Posting to a similar item on Amazon just makes things worse.
@madflack You are evil with that new click (grin). I see you changed your name. Do I get brownie points for the naming? A place in history? Am I the godmother now? LOL
@madflack Yeah. I’m gonna click on that link… lol…
@Kidsandliz
@madflack != @mfladd.
@madflack
@mfladd
But might as well, huh?
@madflack
Yup saw that : ) So I still want to know does renaming you mean I am now your godmother LOL or is this just a
test to see if anyone is paying attentiontemporary or perhaps permanent identity switch in response to my other side comment in whatever post that was?@Kidsandliz Sorry, ol’ Woodhouse has been on vacation. This is most certainly spam.
@woodhouse What vacation so SOON??? You do realize I was just joking around? (we knew it was spam, I was just suggesting meh compromise their computers since he was posting on your forums LOL .Hope your vacation was nice.
@Kidsandliz Just took a couple days to go home and see my family and friends! I figured, but couldn’t be 100% sure haha.
@woodhouse Home? Why would you ever want to leave the warm embrace of your cubicle and coworkers?
@woodhouse @Kidsandliz @daveinwarsh
In all honesty, it’s just a link to Amazon.
How long can I deflect this person’s wishes with nonsense?
@djslack I don’t know how long, but I hope it’s for a while. I am enjoying the back and forth and find myself eagerly awaiting the next installment.
@djslack Save Those Displaced Squirrels!
Just got my own spam today, but not willing to play along, so good for you @dsjack. I hope you entertain us for weeks with this stuff.
(the video link was in the email)
YOU ARE MY WINNER!!!
You have been selected to receive a whooping sum of £1million which the Davies family donated to you After scooping £61million - in one of Britain’s biggest Lotto Euro Millions .My family and i decided to set up a foundation aimed at providing financial aids and assistance to reputable individuals around the world to help fight cancer, in their various community. Read more about me and my family on the News Link Below.
Kindly forward your Full name:…Age:…Home Address…Telephone:…Occupation:…
Sincerely,
Davies Family Charitable Trust
@ACraigL If this scammer had not chosen such a fortuitous email address, I’d not have given it a second look.
How would it be possible for a user with the uid of “@Ignorant” to ever be wrong?
Technically, the uid qualifies every statement. Hence all the statements @Ignorant makes are correct.
@f00l this is true.
@f00l This is also true. @iGnOrAnT.
@narfcake that doesn’t look right to me.
@Ignorant Sorry.
@Ignorant
A @f00l know these things.
On the surface, the following statements:
“x<>x”
“I am lying.”
Might appear to be paradoxical, false, etc.
But … it was a @f00l who made the statements.
@narfcake Now that was GOOD!
@f00l
@UncleVinny
Aimin’ to please.
/giphy reliable
@f00l I try not to disappoint anyone by always packing my bathing suit with as much as Nature blessed me with. (Possibly, probably, picturesquely TMI.)
have you heard the TAL episode on the reverse scam? it’s priceless, and also free
@Yoda_Daenerys went to find it in podcasts and there are only 4 episodes in the feed.
Is this it? https://m.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/363/enforcers
@djslack that is absolutely it, i’m impressed with the limited clues i provide(d)
@djslack especially since the TAL experience spans so many years and so many episodes, i wonder what you mean by ‘only 4 episodes’?
only 4 that matched your search criteria?
TAL, imho, is THE best podcast on the ‘air’
perhaps you meant only 4 episodes that matched your search criteria?
in any case
/youtube in any case
/giphy jojo in chad
@Yoda_Daenerys only that when i went to this American life in the apple podcast app and clicked on feed it only showed four episodes, like they don’t keep their back catalog available in iTunes. So i had to Google it.
@djslack i don’t use itunes, my guess is they make their entire catalog available tho
check out ‘serial’ if you are looking for a great podcast
@Yoda_Daenerys they do make them available on their site. I’ve been through Serial (liked the first, couldn’t get into the second) and recently S-Town which was also good.
@djslack yea, we listened to s-town on our drive from mi to sc - I rank it 3rd to the 2 serial seasons, but
/giphy to each his own
Nothing today… The end game of this scam may have just been to get that malicious pdf opened and infect me with ransomware. Or I could have come on a little strong with the silliness. I’ll keep trying to check that mailbox regularly for a while and see if anything comes back. I had plans for this to be entertaining for longer than that.
@djslack
If you want, you could forward the attachment to a temporary email address, and then forward it to an email address I have which is on a device which I rarely use.
(And yes, you could remove any references to your name and email if you want when you forward the email.)
I’ll post the contents here.
@PlacidPenguin you’re just asking for trouble, sr. fruity fraug…
@Yoda_Daenerys
Ignoring that last part, I dunno how I could be asking for any more trouble than I’ve done until now.
Numerous people here have various ways of contacting me (email addresses, phone numbers, Woot username)…
Unless that’s not what you were alluding to.
@PlacidPenguin mesa knows not of wat me speaks
@Yoda_Daenerys
You would fit perfectly in a group of specially selected mehmbers who share what they’re thinking without even thinking about if they should share those thoughts.
@PlacidPenguin thanks (i think)