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Tue 29 Aug 2006

Scam Mail from a Dubai(?) Scamster

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I have seen a lot of emails from African scamsters and most of these usually land up in my Bulk box.
Today, my dad today received a similar scam email. However, what was surprising was the nature of it’s customization.
Firstly, the subject of the email addressed my dad by his first name.
Secondly, my Dad is in [...]

Mon 10 Jul 2006

Still another Orkut Hoax!

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And yet another Orkut Hoax has popped up. Boy do people sure have imagination!
The mail reads as:
someone by your name scraps u,delete it immedietly within 10seconds. Its a virus. Tell everyone on your list because if somebody on your list feads the scrap then his comp will also be affected. It is a hard drive [...]

Fri 26 May 2006

And yet another Orkut Hoax

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Yet another Orkut hoax floating around on the internet is this one:
GIRLS BEWARE PLEASE.. IT IS SERIOUS! HELP URSELF
It has recently been found out that there are some spammers present on Orkut who download the Photographs of Girls from their Profile and they get 5 cent per photograph. This photographs are later sent into Image [...]

Fri 26 May 2006

Another Orkut Hoax!

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I simply can’t understand how gullible people can be, and most of them are engineers (some even computer engineers) and MBAs!
I last posted about a similar orkut hoax and now I’ve received over 10 messages in the past 3 days from friends with contents as follows:
Dear user because of sudden rush of people signing upto [...]

Thu 13 Apr 2006

Will Orkut Buyukkokten delete my account?

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Just received the same email from two of my friends today via Orkut. It read:
Important
Dear user because of sudden rush of people signing upto orkut is come to an attention that we are vastly running our of resources so with in a week any one who does not receive this scrap will be deleted [...]