Whats the scam behind this?

72Rockcruiser

72Rockcruiser

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Just got this email twice from two different people.

Whats the scam here?

Hi there,

Just read your ad on cl charlotte looking for Large Metal Grate Wanted (Steele Creek/South Blvd).


I just now got bought a brand new one so am looking to give mine to someone.

I'm at the office now so can not mail a picture, if you are still searching email me on my personal e-mail address:

do.ntbi.ni.t.o.r.g@gmail.com

When I arrive home I will e-mail you back with an image so you can see if its what you are looking for.

good-bye



Brianne
 
Dylan W. said:
nothing yet, but could be the 'set up'' for one.:popcorn:
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Well I emailed the first one back before I got the second one, so we'll see.

This could be fun! :popcorn:

Hey did you find those adapters for that dude?
 
They just want your email address
 
Toss your computer in the next passing truck...they :alien:have locked on to you. Take your shoes off and Run South, let the truck take the computer north...get tin foil and build yourself a hat. Wear that hat for the next 36 hours...if they have'nt found you by then, you can come home,...crawl...dont walk or run, but watch your back. Be careful who you talk to...tell noone about the tin foil hat, or what it's for...if folks look at you strange,:confused: they are probably in on it. DONT TRUST ANYONE:shaking:.....and you dont know me.
 
They want your email count on getting a lot of spam in mail!!!!!!!!!!!!! Becarefull not to open any of it becasue there is a good chance it will contain a virus.
 
Had a return Email this AM. It had a link supposedly for the pic, it was to an imagehosting site and it wanted my CC # to sign up and view the pic. Guess thats the scam?

Now to have some fun with this. :huggy:
 
72Rockcruiser said:
Had a return Email this AM. It had a link supposedly for the pic, it was to an imagehosting site and it wanted my CC # to sign up and view the pic. Guess thats the scam?
Now to have some fun with this. :huggy:
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phew... had thought about this last night and was getting worried it was a prelude to a physical attack. Have fun...

J
 
I really doubt they are harvesting e-mail addresses one at a time now. You'd need a list with at least 50,000 addresses to even think about making any money by re-selling it to spammers for their use. I don't think even the Nigerians would waste that much time on collecting e-mail addresses one at a time.

For the most part, E-mail lists are harvested via all those online contests/freebies that you see. They'll create the site, post ads on various websites, and wait for you to come to them.

And IP addresses are nothing special to be harvested. With the right tools your home PC can scan IP addresses at a rate of tens or hundreds of thousands per hour and let you know if there is a host at the other end. I don't know what they would want with a big list of e-mail addresses and IP addresses. In any case, your IP address will likely change in the next few weeks/months anyway so such a list would be pretty useless.
 
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