Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: >I received what purports to be an invitation to paracalls.com from Md.Abdullah[1], addressed to an address that I use only on IBM-MAIN. Has anybody else gotten this, and is there any indication as to whether it is legit?
I don't remember receiving such mails from paracalls.com, but a lot from other. "paracalls.com" (located in USA and Bangladesh) is probably a dubious social networking thing where you exchange questions and answers, but I don't like their privacy policy. Extracts from their privacy policy: "we gather information about all of our users collectively, such as what areas users visit most frequently and what services users access the most. We only use such data anonymously. This information helps us determine what is most beneficial for our users, and how we can continually create a better overall experience for you. " "We employ other companies and individuals to perform functions on our behalf. ..... These other companies will have access to your personal information as necessary to perform their functions, but they may NOT share that information with any other third party. " "Because of our use of cookies, we can deliver quicker service, consistent updated results, and a more personalized site experience." So, IMHO, they're harvesters of information... >Normally I assume that such "invitations" are bogus unless the person allegedly inviting me has contacted me first. Of course it is bogus. Probably baiting you for identity theft... Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
