Posted on 04/04/2011 4:50:54 PM PDT by dynachrome
Very nice to hear from you, Mr. Madoff,
I would be happy to help you out with your endeavor. You know how I hate the way Africans have always been treated by us white slave-owners. My bank account number is 555-1212, and the routing number is 1313.
Again, please forgive me for our transgressions, and use the the above account number to deposit your US2,000,000 dollars.
Sincerely,
BobL
That’s the name!
I have been getting these Fed-X and UPS notifications and I opened on as I do have somethings ordered and got a thing I still do not know what it was. Kept saying I needed to buy Windows XP security and it would not go away when asked and would not let me open Windows. I restored my computer to an earlier date and can now get on line but I wonder what is going on inside my computer. Anyone know?
That was a virus. I have gotten a couple of the UPS ones. It said download a zip file, which UPS does not use.
Run yer virus program, though hopefuly the restore took care of it.
I had a fraudulent charge show up on my debit card last week, and I had to cancel the card and request a new one. Someone hit it for $2.96, and if that had stood unchallenged, they would have come back and hit me for $296.00 next time.
These days you just don’t know who has had their data compromised and inadvertently released your data...
This isn't forgiveable. I do web security (among other things) for a living. They need to be better than this.
Trojan, virus, or rootkit. All are very very bad. Rootkits are the worst to get rid of. Restoring to a previous setpoint is no guarentee of ridding yourself of the problem(s).
This is one of the reasons I have an e-mail address used exclusively for on-line purchases. Since I own the domain, if it gets too inundated with garbage, I’ll delete it and make another. But the e-mail addy isn’t the real problem, it’s all the other data associated with it.
Dear Customer:
We were notified by our database marketing vendor, Epsilon, that we are among a group of companies affected by a data breach. How will this affect you? The company was advised by Epsilon that the files accessed did not include any customer financial information, and Epsilon has stressed that the only information accessed was names and e-mail addresses. The most likely impact, if any, would be receipt of unwanted e-mails....
I just got this notice via e-mail tonight...
Walgreens
http://email.walgreens.com/114362f76layfousublkzceqaaaaabnfulrtci46vouyaaaaa
Dear Valued Customer,
On March 30th, we were informed by Epsilon, a company we use
to send emails to our customers, that files containing the
email addresses of some Walgreens customers were accessed
without authorization.
We have been assured by Epsilon that the only information
that was obtained was your email address. No other
personally identifiable information was at risk because
such data is not contained in Epsilon’s email system.
For your security, we encourage you to be aware of common
email scams that ask for personal or sensitive information.
Walgreens will not send you emails asking for your credit
card number, social security number or other personally
identifiable information. If ever asked for this
information, you can be confident it is not from Walgreens.
We regret this has taken place and any inconvenience this
may have caused you. If you have any questions regarding
this issue, please contact us at 1-855-814-0010. We take
your privacy very seriously, and we will continue to work
diligently to protect your personal information.
Sincerely,
Walgreens Customer Service Team
Notifications from US Bank, Chase, BestBuy for me...
Someone wants, very badly, lots of email addresses and all their information,mmm.
Just in time for election 2012..
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