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NutmegCT

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Is anyone else getting five to ten garbage emails a day from "Dick's Sporting Goods"? Just started for me about a week ago. It's phishing obviously, and seems they're originating in Mali and Equatorial Guinea, at least according to the domain suffix. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

Thanks.
 
Havenā€™t gotten one from Dickā€™s but I did win two LCD flat screen TVā€™s and a Lowes gift certificate. What a lucky guy I am.
 
NutmegCT said:
Is anyone else getting five to ten garbage emails a day from "Dick's Sporting Goods"? Just started for me about a week ago. It's phishing obviously, and seems they're originating in Mali and Equatorial Guinea, at least according to the domain suffix. Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?

Thanks.
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The shadow knows...

Sorry couldn't resist...
 
John - I'd be happy to have Dick's add you to their list.

:devilgrin:
 
Not from that business but from many others. Most get automatically tagged as Junk.
 
I'm still gettin' the "Meet your Ukranian Wife" SPAM. In spite of replyin' I already have ONE, why would I want another one?!?

I'm waitin' for the: "Meet Beautiful Swedish Girls!" offer... obviously I'm on th' wrong SPAM lists.
 
Some BCF folks probably recall my gripe about the Florida Bar requiring me to provide an email address, which they then willy-nilly give to any spammer who asks. The new twist is a legal research spammer's unsubscribe link produces a Norton warning that the unsubscribe service is a known fraud site.
Bob
 
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And if each email were to cost just one penny, almost all the spam and junk would end.

sigh
 
JPSmit said:
So, speaking of spam they were talking about this on the radio this afternoon.

globalnews.ca

Fake ā€˜Russian astronautā€™ scammed woman out of over $41K to ā€˜return to Earthā€™ - National | Globalnews.ca

A 65-year-old woman fell victim to an international romance scam concocted by someone claiming to be a Russian astronaut at the International Space Station.
globalnews.ca globalnews.ca

It bugs me that scammers prey on seniors and the vulnerable, but there comes a point..... :rolleyes:
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That's what happens when you buy a One-Way ticket.
 
Regulation at the carrier level with swingeing penalties and private enforcement is the only thing that would work. Do not email lists would work as well as do not call. Estimates agree that over 100 billion spam emails are sent daily, so regulation by a single entity (like the FTC) would not keep up. Silicon Valley operates pinch points and that is where restriction needs to be applied.
Bob
 
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