You know, that just might help posterity - education can indeed
be a formidable tool. But getting any provider to admit that
they may infor for a spam problem could be another issue
entirely, because they would view it as "admitting" they allow
spam, which of course most do not.
"anonymous poster at 62.253.128.4" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
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| Would it not be a good idea for ISPs to educate users about
spam?
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| Every new account usually gets a welcome email. A little
message at the top about being wary of deceptive and fraudulent
email would be a good idea wouldn't it?
|
| I know many new users who have replied to spam - and even
passed it on to their friends!
|
| If spammy's success rate was reduced then many of the spammers
would simply dissappear - wouldn't they? Many spammers have
minimal or small profits. The exception is where credit card
fraud is involved - and once this is discovered the spammer is
jailed. Spammers can't spam from jail - can they?
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| WARNING
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| Your email address may from time to time be contact by
fraudsters, scammers and spammers. These people are easy to
identify because the email contains little or no contact
information.
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| Click here for more info
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| MORE INFO
|
| Any contact with fraudsters and spammers will result in one or
more of the following consequences....
|
| 1) You will be charged a high price for an inferior product.
| 2) Your credit card number may be stolen and used without your
permission.
| 3) Your product may never arrive
| 4) You will find yourself part of an MLM / pyramid / phantom
product sales team.
| 5) You become a goldmine! You will be contacted by more and
more fraudsters. They will email you, phone you, mail you and
may even call at your house. It is possible to refinance your
house at what looks like a good deal - and then loose your house
when the small print kicks in!
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| Email from genuine companies should always contain...
|
| 1) A contact address
| 2) A contact phone number
| 3) A matching email and website address
| 4) YOUR email address should be in the 'to' part
| 5) The contact details on the website should match what is in
the email.
| 6) Your name! If the email doesn't mention your name then the
person sending it doesn't know you - even if the say they do!
|
| Remember frausters lie. If in doubt, ignore the email! If you
know it is fraud or spam then report it to the appropriate
authorities and/or with spamcop.
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