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Phishing Scams

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Mike
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I just got a reply to my wanted ad saying they have what I want and to email them at " thankfulalways780 at aol". A quick google shows this as someone fishing for email address'.

This was a new member, 1st post and sounded good but maybe to good.

I sent a note to an admin and it has been handled.

There is a recent post on the Honda CTX1300 forum where one of their members got scammed, it was $80 out of pocket but could have been a bike.


Careful folks.
 
Ah AOL - who remembers these little free disks with AOL on them? They used to be big, well know - heck industry leader.
 
Go to the library, use their computer to register the scammers email address at the NAMBLA website. I’ll let you look that one up.
 
Tom Kitta said:
Ah AOL - who remembers these little free disks with AOL on them? They used to be big, well know - heck industry leader.
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AOL and COMPUSERVE.
Also the computer magazines with page after of page of code to type in to get the program for alphabetizing your books or 8 tracks.
One misplaced period and your afternoon was wasted.
And ASCII porn.
 
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Same here, apparently he has a Greenlee punch that I listed in the wanted section.

What a looser, send him packing!
 
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