> My faves are the banking ones since it's dead easy to see if it actually did > originate from a bank's website. A quick CTRL-U pops up the plaintext source and I > can see right there. It only takes me a couple of seconds until I state, "LIAR!!!!". > Ya can't pull that past the Bekkster. ;-) > > Tagged & junkbagged. Fun stuff. Some people are annoyed by spam. Me, I dig knowing > how the con works and don't get burned. I have yet to string a Nigerian along but > I've read of how one person did it. I'll have to traceback through my history to find > that webpage. Very funny stuff. :-) > > So don't worry. I'll be okay and laughing all the way. > > --Bekki
So, you're able to spot a fake, when you know before you look that every one of them is a fake?
Here is my spam folder, since I cleared it out yesterday:
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CUSA University Directory Return To School With A Grant. See If You Qualify! - Return To School With A Grant. See If You Qualify! Click Here.
COBRA Solution Individual and Family Health Insurance Starting at $99/mo! - Individual and Family Health Insurance Starting at $99/mo! Click Here.
Police Training triggerfin, Get Trained For an Exciting New Career! - triggerfin, Get Trained For an Exciting New Career Click Here.
Loan Approval Bad Credit? OK! - Up to $1500 - Bad Credit? OK - Up to $1500 Click Here.
Windows Installation Save 60% on Heating & Cooling; fix your Windows - Please click "Not Spam" above if delivered to spam folder Reduce Heating & Cooling
Prepaid-MasterCard Your Walmart Prepaid Mastercard - Please click "Not Spam" above if delivered to spam folder Pay Bills and Shop Online …
I don't need to access any part of these emails to know they are all scams. Some are trying to make money by selling me free information, others aren't even offering that. Do you think any of these scams might not be a scam?
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