I Know It Is Spam, But...

If you respond they can hit you with the next part of their gig.

If you respond then they have your email address!

They have many options to play now that they know you are a sucker. The typical way would be to deal direct and they will have their people pick up the print. They send you a check for over the purchase price and you refund the difference. The check looks good at the bank but never actually clears and that is the last you hear. But now that they have your emails they can try another scam. It might be the hot catfisher or maybe the lonely widow.

I have received many variations of this sort of email over the years. Usually it ends up getting to a point where they want to involve cheques or bank wire transfers and have some sort of goofy story to go along with it. Most likely scams occurring in India or somewhere in Africa.

I got one almost the same exact wording and emoticons last week. Just for fun I responded thanking her and provided a discount code to be used at the check out. And a link back to my site.

"But now that they have your emails they can try another scam. It might be the hot catfisher or maybe the lonely widow."

What, no prince unable to get his money out of his country?

The scammers on the Internet need to be dealt with severely, much more so than they already are. It is getting damn near impossible to avoid them.

A few weeks back, I woke up and had over 300 spam emails in my regular email account; all came in overnight. It took me a couple of hours to work through them and mark them all spam. I didn't know if that was going to stop the problem or if I would have to get rid of the email address.

The next couple of days, I had a couple dozen each day. I marked those spam, and since then, I am back to the normal one or two a day.

It has become extremely difficult to manage Facebook groups lately. A serious issue is that the genuine members are not following the rules. However, the major obstacle is the spammers who keep creating new profiles and reposting their spam content repeatedly, as fast as you can block them.

Pretty much, they want your email then you'll probably get spammed more. Or they have a special arrangement for the money. You can make a burner account and go along with it if you want.


----Mike Savad

"The scammers on the Internet need to be dealt with severely, much more so than they already are"

Well, yes and no. I believe it is also the fault of stupid, stupid people that respond to them. If not a cent was made from various spam scams, I can almost guarantee they would stop rather quickly. Stupid people respond to them. they get $ from stupid people, and so the scams continue.

"I believe it is also the fault of stupid, stupid people that respond to them."

Totally agree! People, by now should be more computer literate than fall for some of the stupid scams going around.

Local restaurant with a good bar went in tonight for a bowl of soup. I have know the manager and bartender since they were kids.

Guy and his girlfriend at the bar were game for a conversation. He is into all sorts of coding and marketing. Thinks of screwing people. Flags went up all over the place for me.

A sociopath and a computer are never worn thin. The manager has known of him for years. He was from a rich family but had his fall from grace. Very high IQ and beyond quirky. I felt like calling the police to pass it by them.

Yeah, I hate the spam too. Too many emails and none of them matter.

"A sociopath and a computer are never worn thin."

A great line.

I've always wanted to open a conversation with a spam caller with "Your children are going to die because of this" but never have because: (1) no nads, (2) you're probably right. They have no conscience. They probably couldn't care less.

My sister is a probable sociopath. Trust me - I know in detail and experience what that means.

Come to think of it, all scammers must be somewhat sociopathic. How the heck can you cheat an 80-year old out of thousands without at least some pangs of guilt? But apparently they can... and do.

My gmail account filtering really is pretty good - I don't get much spam at all. For that I do NOT feel left out LOL.

BTW Floyd:

I may have recently charged your PayPal account with thousands to continue your sub to the Geek Squad, your annual renewal to McAfee, and a new iPhone.

If this transaction is in error, please send

- your full name and address and phone number
- your ssn number
- your mother's maiden name
- all of your credit card numbers (and pins)
- the full routing numbers of all your checking and savings account

and I will look into it.

LOL. ;-)

I've gotten a ton of these really dumb spam emails this week.

If you want to purchase my art then do it since you're on a site that sells it. LOL.

Apparently even allegedly professional financial advisors fall for scammers.

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2024/02/19/financial-columnist-charlotte-cowles-scam-victim-intv-cnntm-cprog-vpx.cnn

I've even seen the exact same message sent by different people on FaceBook. Even though mostly they ask you to contact them asap, they rarely mention they want to buy via NFTs. I get so many, I'm sure I'll be mostly ignoring them completely soon, and perhaps even blocking the senders if possible.

David,

Didn't watch the video - didn't need to. The bi-line told me everything I needed to know.

She's a "financial advisor" and put $50,000.00 cash in a shoe box and gave it to a stranger? Really ? ?

I pity that whom she worked for, and anybody that would hire her.

Perhaps a better fit for her would be flipping burgers at McDonald's - unless she gets scammed there too.