Posted: Sun Dec 14, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: Beat the Scammers and Stay Safe Online.
f you're getting scam emails, then you can report them (for free) to Spamcop here - http://www.spamcop.net
They then blacklist the senders and get their mails blocked.
OK, they'll probably pop up again somewhere else, but if enough people do this, it will cause the spam scum a lot of grief!
The only way to defeat this menace is for everyone to do their bit - report spam, don't just delete it!
Finally, someone sent me the following which is good advice - if everyone followed it, it would cut down the amount of spam we all receive.
Have a read, follow the advice, and email it to friends and colleagues and ask them to do the same.
If you are one of those who already do this thank you. If not you really
should be sending your emails this way. This excellent message ABSOLUTELY
applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. Read the text below...
Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50% of us do; 50% do NOT. Do
you wonder why you get viruses or junk mail? Do you hate it? Every time you
forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who got
the message before you, namely their e-mail addresses. As the messages get
forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds, and
all it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his (her) computer
can send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across his computer.
Or, someone can take all of those addresses and sell them or send junk
mail to them in the hopes that you will go to the site and he will make five
cents for each hit. That's right, all of that inconvenience over a
nickel!
How do you stop it? Well, there are two easy steps:
1) When you forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that
appear in the body of the message. That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them
and delete them, backspace them, cut them, whatever it is you know how to do.
It only takes a second. You MUST click the "Forward" button first, then
you will have full editing capabilities against the body and headers of the
message. If you don't click on "Forward" first, you won't be able to edit
the message at all.
2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, do NOT use the To:
or Cc: columns for adding e-mail address. Always use the BCC: (blind
carbon copy) column for listing the e-mail addresses. This is the way that
people you send to only see their own e-mail address. If you don't see your BCC:
option click on the button where it says To: and your address list will appear.
Highlight the address and choose BCC: and that's it, it's that easy. When
you send to BCC: in this manner, your message will automatically say
"Undisclosed Recipients" in the "TO:" field of the people who receive it.
So please, in the future, let's stop the junk mail and the viruses!
Finally, here's an idea!!! Let's send this to everyone we know. ( but
strip my address off first). This is something that SHOULD be forwarded. Hope
you find the above info useful and helpful! whatever you do, please remove my
return address before you forward this email!
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