Seeing as there are some really unpleasnt people out there, …
There is a new e-mail scam already out there.
The e-mail will explain to you that your recent donation to Tsunami +/or Katrina fund at the Red Cross ran into some technical problems.
The link in the mail will bring you to a site wich very closely resembles the American Red Cross. On the page, … there is a form to fill out that asks for your card number, and expiration date.
Ya right !!
I back pinged the IP and the site is (suprise) in Poland.
The opportunists are everywhere, I had to travel to Memphis this week, and upon arrival it was not surprise to find all of the hotels completely booked. Fortunately there was a room where I usually stay and the rate I have been apying there was $89.99. I was completely shocked when the desk clerk told me that the rate would be $124.99 due to lack of availabity elsewhere…sick people capitalizing on the unfortunate events of the area…
Yep, Pinged it. Basically, there is a program on our computer called ‘ping’ that sends a special packet to a site name or IP and gets back a response. It will let you know how quickly the responses are coming. It is useful when troubleshooting networking issues.
I issued the command “ping pong” a few months ago at work, and there was a computer names ‘pong’ on the network thaqt responded.
Chris;
I’m having a hard time responding, this is so sick I can’t believe it! Is there anything we can do to stop this cold blooded activity??!! I can recognize a scam but if it goes 100,000 people and 1% respond! Sick, Sick, Sick.
Brings to mind the “Nail and the Stump” punishment.
Jack
Thank you for the update. I suspected this would happen and the ones resposible are sick BA$#@^s.To prey on the heartstings after a disaster sends chills up my spine.
Just checked my email and low and behold guess what I found. After a VERY FLAMING reply I forwarded it to the the FBI with a note and a copy of the ping report.
Now I wonder if they can or WILL do anything.
Folks don’t realize it, … but when you hot link (click) directly from the e-mail (or a web page for that matter), … the other place can track where you came from and where you go. … This way, … if you actually click on a spam site, … you’r GARANTEED that in a few days, … you’ll get more e-mails (or potential hacks).