06-19-2014, 03:05 PM
Like just about everyone I receive SCAM e-mail promising me millions of dollars in exchage for my bank account details. Recently I received one that ended:
Be informed that this directive is from the office of the presidency Federal Republic of Nigeria and also in agreement with the United States Government, International monetary Fund, United Nations fund oversight office and the Federal Reserve Bank New York
Highly convincing I'm sure you'll agree!
Usually what I do instead of just deleting them, I report them for the appropriate domain; Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc. This one came from yandex.com of which I have never heard but I looked them up on http://abuse.net/lookup.phtml. I duly reported the SCAM and was surprised to receive an automated reply in Russian, telling me that my message had been received. Even more surprising was that I received a very polite message today saying:
Thank you for informing us about a spam message. The reported account has been closed.
Sincerely yours, Platon
Yandex customer support
http://company.yandex.com/
Hotmail is the only one that always sends out replies. Gmail, Yahoo never do. I really hadn't expected a reply from Yandex so that's why I was surprised.
Be informed that this directive is from the office of the presidency Federal Republic of Nigeria and also in agreement with the United States Government, International monetary Fund, United Nations fund oversight office and the Federal Reserve Bank New York
Highly convincing I'm sure you'll agree!
Usually what I do instead of just deleting them, I report them for the appropriate domain; Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail etc. This one came from yandex.com of which I have never heard but I looked them up on http://abuse.net/lookup.phtml. I duly reported the SCAM and was surprised to receive an automated reply in Russian, telling me that my message had been received. Even more surprising was that I received a very polite message today saying:
Thank you for informing us about a spam message. The reported account has been closed.
Sincerely yours, Platon
Yandex customer support
http://company.yandex.com/
Hotmail is the only one that always sends out replies. Gmail, Yahoo never do. I really hadn't expected a reply from Yandex so that's why I was surprised.
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Maggie the Cat from "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof." by Tennessee Williams