dont worry, its all a scam..lol

[skunksmash]

Hi all.....


this morning my family received this email from my uncle

it must be quite important as we hardly ever get mail from him, it must be floating around the web...???

READ IMMEDIATELY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> HI ALL:
> THIS was sent to me by our son who is in charge of the
> computers for the state of Florida -- whenever he receives anything
> like this it is a warning to the State as well as all us little people
>
> VERY IMPORTANT , PLEASE READ THIS
>
> Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on. This
> information arrived this morning, Direct from both Microsoft and Norton
> Please send it to everybody you know who has Access to the Internet. You may
> receive an apparently harmless e-mail titled 'Mail Server Report' If you
> open either file, a message will appear on your screen saying: 'It is too
> late now, your life is no longer beautiful...'
>
> Subsequently you will LOSE EVERYTHING IN YOUR PC, And the person who sent it
> to you will gain access to your Name, e-mail and password. This is a ne w
> virus which started to circulate on Saturday afternoon. AOL has already
> confirmed the severity, and the anti virus software's are not capable of
> destroying it.
>
> The virus has been created by a hacker who calls himself 'life owner'.
>
> PLEASE SEND A COPY OF THIS E-MAIL TO ALL YOUR CONTACTS, And ask them to PASS
> IT ON IMMEDIATELY!
>
> THIS HAS BEEN CONFIRMED BY SNOPES.
>
> http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/mailserver.asp

just FYI.....

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Thanks Mitch!

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Thanks for the info Mitchell. I guess it's serious have to keep a close watch on my E-mails

 

[Tews]

:roflmao: .... what a doke... er.. concerned netizen...

 

[skunksmash]

:roflmao: .... what a doke... er.. concerned netizen...

English please Tews....... its too early on a Sunday for me to decipher your codes

 

[IggyAZ]

This is the same hoax that was around in 2006.
Check here for more info.
Email Hoaxes :: VK Webs


I like this part from the message.
"Anyone-using Internet mail such as Yahoo, Hotmail, AOL and so on."
If this really was distributed why would you say "and so on".

Take precauctions with your email and don't send hoaxes out which actually causes massive mail server work and fills your mailbox fwith junk.

My 2 cents...


Oh look the sky is also falling!

 

[Tews]

:roflmao: .... what a doke... er.. concerned netizen...

English please Tews....... its too early on a Sunday for me to decipher your codes

Im sorry Mitch, I sometimes forget the international flavour of our forum.... in the Hinterlands if you are a Joe Doke aka Doke, you are considered too dumb to breed ... its quite pejorative ( if the intended is smart enough to know what it means ).

 

[skunksmash]

ah well...... better safe than sorry

 

[Tews]

ive seen several versions of the same email a few times in the past... sort of like the Nigerian Banker wanting to help you claim 23,000.000 ... didnt mean to step on any toes..

 

[swarfega]

This would have more credibility if it DID actually come from an announcement from MS. So far nothing in my rss feeds has even mentioned it. This is where rss comes into its own. You can keep track of thousands of stories without having to visit the sites themselves.

As for opening anonymous email attachments, Id hope everyone is sensible enough to know better. Only open attachments that you're expecting from people you know.

There is no need to contribute to the global spam levels by circulating this.

 

[IggyAZ]

ah well...... better safe than sorry

Yes I agree better safe than sorry but do you ever think that the actually virus is millions of people sending out this email to everyone you know. Thats why we have the updated email virus software.
I used to monitor mail servers in a large University in California. OK it was the University of California. LOL. When a message like this started to spread with very little facts it was quickly seen and monitored because of the increased incoming and outgoing traffic on the mail servers. We did have special software that monitored this type of emails by subject line or content. Can't tell you anymore I would have to kill you. lol

It is kind of funny how many versions of these emails appear over 10 years.

 

[skunksmash]

ive seen several versions of the same email a few times in the past... sort of like the Nigerian Banker wanting to help you claim 23,000.000 ... didnt mean to step on any toes..

no worries......, i must take off my tinfoil hat from time to time

 

[jimbo45]

Hi there
Don't you have a "Return to Sender" type of function without even opening this type of Junk.

Why on EARTH would anyone open an email with "Email Server Report" as a title.

Just goes to show that most of my rants against the uselessness of AV software is true -- the worst enemy on a PC is THE USER when they open stuff like this.

If I don't know the sender I don't even BOTHER to open email -- it gets deleted immediately without even being opened.

Cheers
jimbo

 

[IggyAZ]

Hi there
Don't you have a "Return to Sender" type of function without even opening this type of Junk.

Why on EARTH would anyone open an email with "Email Server Report" as a title.

Just goes to show that most of my rants against the uselessness of AV software is true -- the worst enemy on a PC is THE USER when they open stuff like this.

If I don't know the sender I don't even BOTHER to open email -- it gets deleted immediately without even being opened.

Cheers
jimbo

DITTO my friend!​

 

[WartHog]

Good reminder to be vigilant. Thanks.

 

[pebbly]

it appears the latest money making scam is to help a wounded soldier get out of the gulf, heartless b's

 

[Zidane24]

You know...these scam emails would be so much more believable if they were spelled correctly...

Now I know not everyone spells great but even in the memos from my College have to be absolutely correct in spelling, grammar and style...

Imagine an email security bulletin from the STATE! Honestly...proves how lazy scammers are...

 

[skunksmash]

title changed to suit....