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<p>[QUOTE="umtrr-author, post: 499344, member: 5719"]Received yet another iteration of this suspect e-mail this morning. Rather than deleting it outright and blocking the sender, I thought I would share as a heads up first:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The e-mail is showing as having been sent from a .ru domain (Russia) but we all know how easily that can be forged. More importantly, there were attachments marked as .jpegs and titled as if they were coin images. <b>I never open any attachments unless I know the sender.</b></p><p><br /></p><p>I'm temped to e-mail Boris back that I would be happy to help, and I would be happy to buy his collection at a very high premium, if only he could help with a long lost relative in Nigeria... :bow:</p><p><br /></p><p>But obviously I won't be replying. That's never a good idea unless you're familiar with the sender.</p><p><br /></p><p>The question that some of you might be raising is, "Gee, was George's e-mail harvested from here on CT?" </p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt it. </p><p><br /></p><p>The e-mail to which this was sent has been around for something like 15 years now and is probably on every spammer's list from here to, well, Russia. I think it's just a coincidence that this particular e-mail is coin (and stamp) related. </p><p><br /></p><p>Let's be careful out there.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="umtrr-author, post: 499344, member: 5719"]Received yet another iteration of this suspect e-mail this morning. Rather than deleting it outright and blocking the sender, I thought I would share as a heads up first: The e-mail is showing as having been sent from a .ru domain (Russia) but we all know how easily that can be forged. More importantly, there were attachments marked as .jpegs and titled as if they were coin images. [b]I never open any attachments unless I know the sender.[/b] I'm temped to e-mail Boris back that I would be happy to help, and I would be happy to buy his collection at a very high premium, if only he could help with a long lost relative in Nigeria... :bow: But obviously I won't be replying. That's never a good idea unless you're familiar with the sender. The question that some of you might be raising is, "Gee, was George's e-mail harvested from here on CT?" I doubt it. The e-mail to which this was sent has been around for something like 15 years now and is probably on every spammer's list from here to, well, Russia. I think it's just a coincidence that this particular e-mail is coin (and stamp) related. Let's be careful out there.[/QUOTE]
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