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Microsoft Update of Personal Details ????
Anyone else receive an e-mail saying it was sent by Microsoft and requesting that you click on a link address in the e-mail in order to update you personal details.
I just cannot believe that it is genuine, but somehow it got by my Internet Security.
Surely the ISP's can do something to dramatically block most of the daily spams and phishings we are getting. I am averaging ten a day.
Would be interested to hear what everyone else thinks........and if they have any-idea-of-how-I-can-make-it-tough-on-the-scammers.
Old Salt
I just cannot believe that it is genuine, but somehow it got by my Internet Security.
Surely the ISP's can do something to dramatically block most of the daily spams and phishings we are getting. I am averaging ten a day.
Would be interested to hear what everyone else thinks........and if they have any-idea-of-how-I-can-make-it-tough-on-the-scammers.
Old Salt
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It may sadly be worth your while getting a new email address, and using it only for private business - use your old one as a 'dirty' account.
The ISPs often try hard but the scammers are so energetic they could light up Liverpool with their efforts.
Don't try and take on the scammers, just pay them no attention and make a practice of keeping your identity secret online eg when sites demand an email address, they often accept any old nonsense with an '@' sign in it eg [email protected]
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/search.php?zoom_que ry=microsoft
It may sadly be worth your while getting a new email address, and using it only for private business - use your old one as a 'dirty' account.
The ISPs often try hard but the scammers are so energetic they could light up Liverpool with their efforts.
Don't try and take on the scammers, just pay them no attention and make a practice of keeping your identity secret online eg when sites demand an email address, they often accept any old nonsense with an '@' sign in it eg [email protected]
As for making it tough on the scammers. One school of thought is to submit false details to them. This way they don't know which are genuine and which are not. Hopefully, they will spend so long sorting them out that they will give up.
This gives a little protection to the numptys who actually fill these things in.
This gives a little protection to the numptys who actually fill these things in.