Spam...

[ddavelarsen]

I wasn't sure where to put this or even whether to post it, but honestly it kind of disturbs me and I wondered whether anyone else has gotten it. No, I haven't followed any of the links, and I've no idea what the scam is. Except it's e-cig related. You can try calling, and let me know. Anyway, I received the following email yesterday evening:

"Please call to verify your address within the next 24 hours or we will ship your order to the address on file.

Call now: 954-848-2580 (Mon thru Fri 9:am - 9:pm EST).

Thank you.

Luis S.

ECDI

Shipping Department

This message was sent by: Electronic Cigarette, 3902 NW 126 AVE, Coral Springs, FL 33065

Email Marketing by iContact: http://freetrial.icontact.com

Manage your subscription:

http://app.icontact....150705&c=610771

Forward to a friend:

http://app.icontact....8VJT&cid=610771"

Be aware, this is certainly spam and not to follow up on it! Heaven only knows what would happen if you gave these people any actual information. I'm just curious if anyone else has seen this. I bet Brian will look up the address in Google Earth for me.

Edited March 23, 2010 by ddavelarsen

[Vacker1229]

I get many spams similar to this. If I don't recognize the senders email I don't even open it. They are counting on people's curiosity to at least click on it and once you do then you have verified that it was sent to a legitimate email and you will be doomed for life. I am not sure how they got your email addy but some companies do sell they lists, although I would hope no one I bought ecig stuff from would do that.

[nana]

Boy, I hope not, too, Vacker. I'd hate to start getting a ton of junk mail like that and most of the suppliers I've dealt with say they don't sell their lists, so it would be disappointing to find out someone did. Although I'd never know who did it.

Thanks for warning people it's happening with e-cigs now, Dave. It's a shame that spam will now be associated with ecigs, too.

[Vacker1229]

I have gotten used to spam and just don't even click on it if I don't recognize it. I do use the Outlook feature of message preview so I can get the jest of it without actually touching it. If it is real then whatever I missed it so call me. Let's not even go there with the calls I get, all now just go to vm unless I recognize the number. With VoIP I review all messages online.

I do alot of research on my job and I work for 4 departments. (Sales, Operationss, Engineering, ProfServices and formerly Marketing). IT told me I am truly the Princess of Spam. My company detects and reroutes aproximately 1600 spams a day just to my email, then I told them they miss between 100-200 that get through to me. HaH!!

[BirdDog]

I am not even going to comment about spam mail for fear that I will jinx my mailbox.

Darn too late, now I have to knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder and click my heals together 3 times.

Edited March 23, 2010 by BirdDog

[Vacker1229]

...Darn too late, now I have to knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder and click my heals together 3 times.

Bad Dog!!

[TeriJo]

Other than the irritating VIAGRA and all, there are very dangerous SPAMs that people fall for constantly.

PAYPAL spoof messages are close to #1. PAYPAL is never going to tell you that you have to go to (insert link here) and verify your information.

If you are concerned....go to your paypal account the usual way and look at the resolution center. If there are any problems it will tell you never fear. Most people already know this, but I figured I'd throw it at you.

Lately there are the Your UPS SHIPMENT yada yada can't send because we don't have valid info.... again, don't click any links and do NOT fill out any forms.

Banks are another one. It's pretty easy for me, I have 5 email accounts for my business. If I get the same email to all 5 accounts, it's pretty darn obvious it's not valid.

The safe thing is ALWAYS go to the source, if you think it might be real. Don't call a number in an email, look up the actual number or go to the actual web-site. I can put anything I want as a link, and most people don't know that.

For those of you that use Outlook or Outlook Express... turn OFF the preview pane. The preview pane in the INBOX is the stupidest stunt I've ever seen, and it's the default. As soon as you right click a message to delete it, because of the preview pane, you have READ it. If it's got an HTML or JAVA virus in it, you just got it. Normally your antivirus tells you right away, and blocks it, but if there's no preview pane you don't have to worry.

The preview pane is great if you save messages in sub folders UNDER the inbox, it makes finding that message you need to find from the boss easier. But don't use it in the INBOX.

We also get forwards from our friends. "OMG this Virus will eat your machine and smash your monitor. It's TRUE I saw it on GOOD MORNING AMERICA"

I got one the other day, virus scare thing and in the original it said "this is true I checked it on SNOPES." Well, I check anyway, and 95% of the time it's a hoax. I adore snopes. Then I send the link to the poor terrified soul who sent it to me.

MICROSOFT also is not going to give you money for cluttering up the Internet with a zillion forwards of a particular e-mail message. Neither will anyone else. Just HOW are they going to track that?

Uh oh I'm ranting again. Before I shut up, I should add that when you forward messages, you should delete the header of the message you are forwarding before sending it on. Some of those jokes are hilarious, but if I have to scroll thru 300 headers of people who forwarded it, I'm gonna be waaaaaay too irritated to laugh by the time I get to the joke.

Stepping down from the soapbox. For Now. LOL

[FTJoe]

I do use the Outlook feature of message preview so I can get the jest of it without actually touching it.

Don't know if things have changed, but I know as of a few years ago, even having the preview pane up was dangerous. Is it the preview pane or just the first few lines, I think it's different.

[TeriJo]

Don't know if things have changed, but I know as of a few years ago, even having the preview pane up was dangerous. Is it the preview pane or just the first few lines, I think it's different.

Yes having the first few lines thing is fine, it does that in plain text, unlike the preview pane.

I actually use Mailwasher. It views everything on the mail server, and I can delete the spam before it ever hits Outlook.

You can have a preview pane up in Mailwasher if you want because it is always plain text. You won't see any pretty fonts until you bring the mail into Outlook.

The danger, of course, is that you can delete messages you didn't want to delete. So you DO have to pay attention LOL

[ddavelarsen]

...Before I shut up, I should add that when you forward messages, you should delete the header of the message you are forwarding before sending it on. Some of those jokes are hilarious, but if I have to scroll thru 300 headers of people who forwarded it, I'm gonna be waaaaaay too irritated to laugh by the time I get to the joke.

Stepping down from the soapbox. For Now. LOL

Oh boy, you found my pet peeve! Thanks TeriJo.

[TeriJo]

Oh boy, you found my pet peeve! Thanks TeriJo.

Yuh huh. Most of my friends have figured out I don't read email jokes if I see headers. LOL I'm an evil woman, and I admit it. But it does mean that I don't get many of those anymore!

Love subject lines like "YOU GOTTA READ THIS"

Is that an ORDER? Um, I not IN the military anymore neeener neeener LOL

[nana]

Most of my junk email goes straight to junk and I just have to glance at who sent it to know it's in the right place and then I just empty junk. Once in a while something comes through to my normal email and I just sent it immediately to junk mail. I've never had any mail saying anything about electronic cigarettes and it could make me pause and wonder for a minute. I doubt I'd ever click on it, but it's good to know it could come through so I'm not surprised.

[ddavelarsen]

Yeah, the subject line in this one was an attention grabber - "Your order is ready to ship" That's hard for any vaper to ignore!

[nana]

That's kind of what I was thinking, Dave. Especially if you have an order on it's way. And how many of us don't have an order on the way a lot of the time? Okay, not me, but others.

[BirdDog]

Oh boy, you found my pet peeve! Thanks TeriJo.

I so agree with you and Teri, a big pet peeve! It took me awhile to explain this to my mom about deleting others addresses, copy/paste and using the BCC feature.

[ddavelarsen]

That's kind of what I was thinking, Dave. Especially if you have an order on it's way. And how many of us don't have an order on the way a lot of the time? Okay, not me, but others.

Of course not you, Ms Backup...

[ddavelarsen]

I so agree with you and Teri, a big pet peeve! It took me awhile to explain this to my mom about deleting others addresses, copy/paste and using the BCC feature.

I've just given up trying to explain this to people. I guess I'm not as mean as TeriJo though, I do usually go ahead and read them, and if worthwhile forward without the headers. Not being passive or anything, but when I do, I always copy the person who sent it to me...

[TeriJo]

I've just given up trying to explain this to people. I guess I'm not as mean as TeriJo though, I do usually go ahead and read them, and if worthwhile forward without the headers. Not being passive or anything, but when I do, I always copy the person who sent it to me...

See Dave my email addy's are all for business. Then I have one for subscriptions. Then I have the music one. I get enough viagra ads to float a boat, I certainly don't need forwards that just irritate me LOL.

Now, I'm not quite as bad as I sound. My sister in law recently learned to remove the headers after um.....5 years. But she also sends me the hoax ones...... send this to everyone you know and Microsoft will pay you big bucks.

This is NOT a stupid woman. So why does she believe these emails? I dunno. I am a skeptical sorta person, and way too lazy to send a zillion emails, so maybe that's why I look em up, and then irritate the people who send them to me with links to whatever snopes article or whatever refutes it.

I hate to see people taken for a ride. ESPECIALLY me. It took me 3 months to decide to try an ecigarette, and that was only after I found the forums with you real people saying, yeah, they work. I couldn't see spending $150 (greensmoke) without knowing if it would work for me. I've spent a bit more than that total on equipment, but that was after I knew it was workin. LOL

So I'm a meanie who points out to people what they are doing wrong. It's usually fine, they WANT to know that you don't pronounce Mozart Mozzzert and stuff. )

Here's my theory. A TRUE friend tells you these things. A TRUE friend will also tell you that it isn't the pants that make your butt look fat, but that's waaaaay off topic huh? LMAO

[ddavelarsen]

Teri I think people believe those goofy emails because they want to. Hell, I even get caught with one occasionally and I think I'm pretty dang skeptical. Just goes to show, tricksters can be pretty sly.

But TeriJo, I can't imagine managing five email accounts, even if they're your communications filing system. Doesn't that eventually lead to a lot more email regardless your discipline? That must take a lot of guts.

[Vacker1229]

Don't know if things have changed, but I know as of a few years ago, even having the preview pane up was dangerous. Is it the preview pane or just the first few lines, I think it's different.

Yes it WAS dangerous a few years ago but all those issues have been corrected with various patches. Preview pane does NOT open the email. Right clicking and deleting also does NOT open the email. But again this all depends how you have your system set. and if we are talking about a MAC OS then that can be entirely different than a PC OS, I don't use a MAC so I don't have an answer and do not profess to "know it all" so to speak.

[TeriJo]

Yes it WAS dangerous a few years ago but all those issues have been corrected with various patches. Preview pane does NOT open the email. Right clicking and deleting also does NOT open the email. But again this all depends how you have your system set. and if we are talking about a MAC OS then that can be entirely different than a PC OS, I don't use a MAC so I don't have an answer and do not profess to "know it all" so to speak.

Well I don't know it ALL. I leave that to the son in law I haven't had the preview pane on in....well years in my inbox. So it's possible they fixed it. The only folder I have with the pane is emails from my husband and those are plain text anyway ...so I can't tell ya. It still marks the message as read, with the pane on, that's all I know

@Ddave - Yes you will get plenty of spam the more addresses you have. That's why I use Mailwasher. With my white list and blacklist most of the spam is already marked to be deleted. I just have to scan through it to make sure no VALID emails are marked to delete. My mailwasher runs all the time unless I'm singing, so I'm usually only dealing with a few at a time anyway. The morning is the big long list to go through.

[nana]

Of course not you, Ms Backup...

Who? Me? Really?

[Vacker1229]

It still marks the message as read, with the pane on, that's all I know

There are so many features to discover and we all set up our systems with how it works best for our needs, below is how to turn the "read" feature off.

Give this a try, some like the pane and some don't.

Tools

Options

Other

Outlook Panes

Reading Pane

Then uncheck the box that says "Mark items as read..."

[FTJoe]

Well I don't know it ALL. I leave that to the son in law I haven't had the preview pane on in....well years in my inbox. So it's possible they fixed it. The only folder I have with the pane is emails from my husband and those are plain text anyway ...so I can't tell ya. It still marks the message as read, with the pane on, that's all I know

@Ddave - Yes you will get plenty of spam the more addresses you have. That's why I use Mailwasher. With my white list and blacklist most of the spam is already marked to be deleted. I just have to scan through it to make sure no VALID emails are marked to delete. My mailwasher runs all the time unless I'm singing, so I'm usually only dealing with a few at a time anyway. The morning is the big long list to go through.

I actually have about 15 email addresses I use for various reasons. You youngins can play with all that high fallutin software, I'm good without it.

[Vacker1229]

I actually have about 15 email addresses I use for various reasons. You youngins can play with all that high fallutin software, I'm good without it.

Youngins?!? Well thank you kind sir.

Heck 15 email addys!! is that all?