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Xenochrome
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United States
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 Posted - 2005/12/10 : 05:52:51
In the last few weeks my Yahoo bulk mail folder has been getting slammed with all kinds "Mail Delivery Failure" notifications. They all have some sort .zip file attachment. Of course I don't open the file, but I am curious now.
Has anyone else here been getting this crap?
What type of scam is this?
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DarrenJ
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Australia
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 Posted - 2005/12/10 : 07:06:28
click next to it, and on the drop down menu, click on "mark as spam" and click enter
stop u or anyone else getting them
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whispering
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Finland
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Joined: Nov, 2002
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Posted - 2005/12/10 : 08:33:05
quote:
Originally posted by djnateking:
Has anyone else here been getting this crap?
What type of scam is this?
If i try to send emails at work to someone, with bigger attachments then the reseaver can reseave, or if i wrote the wrong address. I get that back with the original attachment and some other file. Plus text from whom to whom i was sending it, and why it couldnt deliver the email. So anyway, the spammers are writing identical emails to fool people thinking its an email they sent.
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capone13
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2005/12/10 : 09:48:20
I've been getting them aswell, pretty strange.
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Underloop
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2005/12/10 : 11:20:20
often means someone with your email address in their email prog has a virus.
The virus sends itself out to email addies on his/her computer addressed FROM people on his/her computer. When the TO field doesn't exist or the AV software recognises theres a virus and blocks it then it gets bounced back to the FROM email (yours). I get a few of these through every day but just mark them as spam
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SixFeet
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 2005/12/10 : 12:41:00
i haven't checked my e-mail account in like a month, it is currently at 350 new e-mails
when it reaches like 500 i'll go in and just delete them all
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Xenochrome
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United States
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 Posted - 2005/12/11 : 02:38:56
quote:
Originally posted by Underloop:
often means someone with your email address in their email prog has a virus.
Ahh, I didn't know that. Good info.
Thanks guys.
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silver
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Japan
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Posted - 2005/12/12 : 03:45:27
A virus, don't open.
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