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Ain’t It A Pain? By JJ Judkins
So you have a computer and are on the internet? You have that nasty old problem that so many encounter? I’m speaking of that critter called spam. Yes I know I have uttered that dreaded word, the bane of every honest (and many not so honest) surfer out in the depths of the internet, but be brave I have a few suggestions for you that will help you dodge the dreaded spammer idiots out there in the Digital Realm.
You download a batch of messages. If you are smart, your have an antivirus program that checks your email when it is downloaded.. Of f course the AV program won’t get rid of spam but you should have this function enabled if it is available.
Before I continue I should note that these tips are not designed to take the place of spam filters but to assist you into knowing what spam is and what is not, also you should note this is just a partial listing of possible spam problems.
I will mention a couple of fixes for your email problems. One is if you are using outlook set up filters for your messages, you get a message a filter is set up and sent to where you want, to a folder, or to trash. I don’t remember but I do believe with outlook express mail can be sent to a junk filter also. Your best bet is to get a program like mail washer which will sort the email according to predetermined filters with a variety of available actions, the most common of which is a blacklist, a friends list and your filtered list. This makes it a lot easier to read your mail. Just check over the blacklist once in a while to make sure a good address did not get added.
Here is an example: comments will be in red:
From The DESK OF MR. MORIS OKORO.
Standard Trust Bank Plc this is what will give the email a cloak of believability, more than likely this can be traced back to a real instituton. Plot 245 Adeolu Hope wall StreetVictoria remember about typos and spelling mistakes? Island Lagos-Nigeria not easy to get info out of here and probably hard to prosecute—if he is even there! Dear friend, Remember what I said about this!
I am a Accountant with STANDARD TRUST BANK(STB)where would it be an accountants business to contact you ? ok maybe but doubtful.,My name is MR.MORIS OKORO, a Banker. I am the personal Account Manager to late Engineer Anderson,who was a foreigner, who used to work with an oil servicing company in Nigeria Here in after shall be referred to as my client language syntak is off On MAY4 2005,my client, his wife, and their three children were involved in a plane crash were All occupants of the plane unfortunately lost their lives.
YOU CAN VERIFY THIS FROM THE WEBSITE BELOW http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2002/05/06/stories/20020506004515 00.ht=m http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm can it be verified? Is it verified just because a web site says it is? It just shows that a little more effort went into this scam.
Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients ended Relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace him over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they Get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged,particularly the STANDARD TRUST BANK PLC.Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($50 million u s Dollers) has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin. I am sure that this would break about a million laws or so. Or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over A year now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are also a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($50 million u s dollars) can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money %60 for me and %40 to you. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. reply in my private box below
in essence he wants you to help him smuggle the money out of the country. Can you say cell mate?
moris_okoro01@myway.com
best regards,
moris okoro,
You have won the international lottery! – I will just say this, This is illegal in the united states reply at your own risk. Bubba 234-432 wants you to reply and join him! --
British Lottery Headquarters: Customer Service 33 YATCH BASIN MARINA OFFICES, UPON TYNE NEWCASTLE LONDON
Attention:Winner you won but your name isn’t known? Yeah right. Batch: 14/211/0374 Ref: BTL/311OXI/02
WINNING NOTIFICATION We happily announce to you the draw(#1038) of the British lottery program held on the 24th of August 2006 here in London.Your e-mail address attached, to ticket number: 694 75600545 721 with Serial number: 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:02, 10, 11, 28, 36, 47 [33] Bonus Ball which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of £2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand GB Pound Sterling Only)playing to every person’s desire for money which still remains unclaimed in cash credited to file RPC/9080115322/44.
This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery, THE HOOK The estimated 125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest was the 363 million pounds sterling jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your £2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand GB Pound Sterling Only) will be released to you in three method payment depending on your choice (Cash, Check or TT).
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with her. All participants were selected randomly fromWorld Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually.
Kindly contact your claims processing officer with the below details for the processing of your claims.
Overseas Claims Unit United Kingdom Lottery Fiduciary Agent Officer Contact Person: Mrs. Anita Smith Email: britishlottery-claimsdpt@Safe-mail.net
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.
Accept our congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely, Dr. Scott Martins Zonal Coordinator
Warning!!!: Fraudulent emails are circulating that appear to be using British National Lottery addresses, but are not from The British Lottery. PLEASE REPORT IMMEDIATELY TO :CUSTOMER CARE/COMPLAINTS DEPT:britishlottery-claimsdpt@Safe-mail.net
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While nothing will stop you receiving the annoying emails it is hoped that this will make your encounter with them a little easier. I recommend a program called mail washer http://www.mailwasher.net/ there is a free version available for download. The Antivirus program, AVG can be found here: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1
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