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| Thread ID: 93615 | 2008-09-24 23:40:00 | An interesting scam... | johcar (6283) | PC World Chat |
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| 707599 | 2008-09-24 23:40:00 | Disturbing really, when you think how many could get sucked into opening the attachment (which ZA quarantined) - I assume the attachment contains some kind of Trojan or keylogger.... Your internet access is going to get suspended The Internet Service Provider Consorcium was made to protect the rights of software authors, artists. We conduct regular wiretapping on our networks, to monitor criminal acts. We are aware of your illegal activities on the internet wich were originating from You can check the report of your activities in the past 6 month that we have attached. We strongly advise you to stop your activities regarding the illegal downloading of copyrighted material of your internet access will be suspended. Sincerely ICS Monitoring TeamThe email came from "ICS Monitoring Team" with the email address: kdennisn @ lakebabine.com - which I guess may have been spoofed... |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 707600 | 2008-09-24 23:44:00 | I had a similar one last week which avast got. It was called statement of fees for 2008/2009 or something similar. |
the_bogan (9949) | ||
| 707601 | 2008-09-25 01:29:00 | But I did sir, truly, I stopped doing everything!!!! Pleeeeeeze don't stop my Internet, pleeeeeeeeeeze. Yup, saw this one too. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 707602 | 2008-09-25 02:03:00 | Once upon a time, this would stand out as a fake simply because of its bad spelling & typos. (Presumably any reputable organisation would have a proof-reader in it..?) Nowadays, not only do large firms hire the "grammatically-challenged" to send unedited copy, but they can safely assume most of the recipients won't even notice the errors. Sad... Edit: I was going to point out the 4 obvious ones, but then realised you guys would all notice them for yourselves... |
Laura (43) | ||
| 707603 | 2008-09-25 02:30:00 | I see 6, Laura: "going to get" instead of "going to be" "Consourcium" "wich" "originating from..." with no source "6 month" instead of "6 months" "of your internet" rather than "or your internet" There may be more.... But you're 100% correct: no point in employing a proof-reader if your audience is similarly grammatically-challenged. :groan: :groan: |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 707604 | 2008-09-25 03:09:00 | Well done, johcar. You got the 4 "obvious" spelling/typo errors, plus the grammatical ones I was too lazy to go into. |
Laura (43) | ||
| 707605 | 2008-09-25 21:41:00 | "going to get" instead of "going to be" Hmm... I wasn't aware that this is an error. /learning-mode |
Renmoo (66) | ||
| 707606 | 2008-09-25 21:48:00 | Ah. The joys of a classical education (Latin) :D | johcar (6283) | ||
| 707607 | 2008-09-26 07:18:00 | Gee. You are old! ;) | R2x1 (4628) | ||
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