Spam and fishing emails certainly wouldn't exist if people did not buy the products advertised, or fall for the scam and provide confidential information. Stopping the sending of spam is a great idea - however, if people continue to respond to it, and people continue to make money from it, it can certainly only grow. Now about that 32 cent per email thing.. I was wondering, if spammers had to pay that, maybe that would cut down on the volume. Am I not alone with approximately 500 to 1000 blocked spam messages per DAY? I refuse to change my email address. -Carter --- Crispin Cowan <crispin@private> wrote: > Steve Gracon wrote: > > > Just had this fun e-mail sent to two of my > publicly accessible e-mail > > accounts. Yet another reason to not use HTML as > the default in Outlook. > > > Are phishing attempts even news any more? I classify > them with spam. > > Crispin > > > <BOM> > > > > Dear Citibank Member, > > > > This email was sent by the Citibank server to > verify your E-mail > > address. You must complete this process by > clicking on the link > > below and entering in the small window your > Citibank ATM/Debit > > Card number and PIN that you use on ATM. > > > > This is done for your protection - because some of > our members > > no longer have access to their email addresses and > we must > > verify it. > > > > To verify your E-mail address and access your bank > account, > > click on the link below: > > > > > https://web_da-us_citibank_com/signin/citifi/scripts/email_verifyjsp > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > Thank you for using Citibank > > > > --------------------------------------- > > > > <EOM> > > > > While the URL looks authentic, a look at the > source reveals the > > following <A HREF=> tag: > > > > http://210_169_91_178/scripts/email_verify.htm > > > > which upon lookup resolves to: > > > > sh-obp2-9-178.usr.neweb.ne.jp > > > > With any luck the standard user will be wary of > such scams and notice > > the less-than-proper use of the English language. > > > > V/R, > > > > Steve Gracon > > > > > > -- > Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. http://immunix.com/~crispin/ > CTO, Immunix http://immunix.com > Immunix 7.3 http://www.immunix.com/shop/ > >
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