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postcard.com

Legg inn av singhals » 20 sep 2006 16:33:24

Is postcard.com legit? I sent an acquaintance an e-mail a few weeks
back; since then I've been getting 2 posts from postcard.com a day that
someone has sent me a postcard. But I haven't heard directly from her
which is unusual.

I checked via google's cache and I still can't tell if it's safe to
click for the postcard.

Anyone know?

the_verminator@comcast.ne

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av the_verminator@comcast.ne » 20 sep 2006 17:12:27

singhals wrote:
Is postcard.com legit? I sent an acquaintance an e-mail a few weeks
back; since then I've been getting 2 posts from postcard.com a day that
someone has sent me a postcard. But I haven't heard directly from her
which is unusual.

I checked via google's cache and I still can't tell if it's safe to
click for the postcard.

Anyone know?

I recieved one today from "a friend". I reported it as spam.

Charani

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av Charani » 21 sep 2006 09:05:22

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:33:24 -0400, singhals wrote:

Is postcard.com legit? I sent an acquaintance an e-mail a few weeks
back; since then I've been getting 2 posts from postcard.com a day that
someone has sent me a postcard. But I haven't heard directly from her
which is unusual.

I checked via google's cache and I still can't tell if it's safe to
click for the postcard.

Anyone know?

If in doubt, don't click on it or open the mail. A lot of those sites
collect email addresses for spamming purposes. It could be that your
acquaintance's PC has been compromised; or her email address hijacked
as happened to an acquaintance of mine. Many of these type of mails
have read/return receipts as well which tell the sender the address is
"live". Or it could just be a harvester bot that's crawled through
the group.

Do you have an alternative means of contacting your acquaintance?
--
http://home.comcast.net/~webact1/Collingridge/

duchy

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av duchy » 21 sep 2006 12:36:25

If it's from someone you know-why don't you email your friend and ask

duchy

"Charani" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote in message
news:45124766$0$97267$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:33:24 -0400, singhals wrote:

Is postcard.com legit? I sent an acquaintance an e-mail a few weeks
back; since then I've been getting 2 posts from postcard.com a day that
someone has sent me a postcard. But I haven't heard directly from her
which is unusual.

I checked via google's cache and I still can't tell if it's safe to
click for the postcard.

Anyone know?

If in doubt, don't click on it or open the mail. A lot of those sites
collect email addresses for spamming purposes. It could be that your
acquaintance's PC has been compromised; or her email address hijacked
as happened to an acquaintance of mine. Many of these type of mails
have read/return receipts as well which tell the sender the address is
"live". Or it could just be a harvester bot that's crawled through
the group.

Do you have an alternative means of contacting your acquaintance?
--
http://home.comcast.net/~webact1/Collingridge/

singhals

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av singhals » 21 sep 2006 20:26:43

Because it would be socially awkward -- as it will be if the postcard
*is* legitimate and from her.

Cheryl

duchy wrote:

If it's from someone you know-why don't you email your friend and ask

duchy

"Charani" <me@privacy.invalid> wrote in message
news:45124766$0$97267$892e7fe2@authen.yellow.readfreenews.net...

On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 11:33:24 -0400, singhals wrote:


Is postcard.com legit? I sent an acquaintance an e-mail a few weeks
back; since then I've been getting 2 posts from postcard.com a day that
someone has sent me a postcard. But I haven't heard directly from her
which is unusual.

I checked via google's cache and I still can't tell if it's safe to
click for the postcard.

Anyone know?

If in doubt, don't click on it or open the mail. A lot of those sites
collect email addresses for spamming purposes. It could be that your
acquaintance's PC has been compromised; or her email address hijacked
as happened to an acquaintance of mine. Many of these type of mails
have read/return receipts as well which tell the sender the address is
"live". Or it could just be a harvester bot that's crawled through
the group.

Do you have an alternative means of contacting your acquaintance?
--
http://home.comcast.net/~webact1/Collingridge/



Dave Hinz

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 22 sep 2006 00:15:44

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:26:43 -0400, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote:
Because it would be socially awkward -- as it will be if the postcard
*is* legitimate and from her.

Cheryl,

My Mac would be spectacularly unimpressed by any viruses or the like, if
that's what you're worried about. If you want to forward that to me,
I'd be happy to open it and see if its got a suspicious payload. I
promise the utmost in discretion either way.

Dave

saki

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av saki » 22 sep 2006 01:01:34

Dave Hinz <DaveHinz@gmail.com> wrote in news:4ngkovFadepqU1@individual.net:

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:26:43 -0400, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote:
Because it would be socially awkward -- as it will be if the postcard
*is* legitimate and from her.

Cheryl,

My Mac would be spectacularly unimpressed by any viruses or the like, if
that's what you're worried about. If you want to forward that to me,
I'd be happy to open it and see if its got a suspicious payload. I
promise the utmost in discretion either way.

By the way, I've been getting a passel of these for about a month now. I'd
be very surprised if they're anything other than spam or malicious
software---I have a Mac too but just delete them unopened.

The legit postcards I've received always identify the sender in the body of
the email. The anonymity of this particular scheme ("someone" or "a
friend" has sent you a postcard) set off my Watch Out detector.

----
saki@ucla.edu
http://sakionline.net/familypage

singhals

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av singhals » 29 sep 2006 16:18:09

Dave Hinz wrote:

On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 15:26:43 -0400, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote:

Because it would be socially awkward -- as it will be if the postcard
*is* legitimate and from her.


Cheryl,

My Mac would be spectacularly unimpressed by any viruses or the like, if
that's what you're worried about. If you want to forward that to me,
I'd be happy to open it and see if its got a suspicious payload. I
promise the utmost in discretion either way.

Dave
Did you get my e-mailed response to your offer?


Cheryl

Dave Hinz

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av Dave Hinz » 30 sep 2006 03:42:26

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:18:09 -0400, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote:
Dave Hinz wrote:

My Mac would be spectacularly unimpressed by any viruses or the like, if
that's what you're worried about. If you want to forward that to me,
I'd be happy to open it and see if its got a suspicious payload. I
promise the utmost in discretion either way.

Did you get my e-mailed response to your offer?

I sure didn't ??? But, I did see an article on slashdot that the latest
of these, last week, was a payload delivery system for -gasp- malware.
Your instincts, as usual, are right on, my friend.

Dave

singhals

Re: postcard.com

Legg inn av singhals » 30 sep 2006 16:00:36

Dave Hinz wrote:

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:18:09 -0400, singhals <singhals@erols.com> wrote:

Dave Hinz wrote:


My Mac would be spectacularly unimpressed by any viruses or the like, if
that's what you're worried about. If you want to forward that to me,
I'd be happy to open it and see if its got a suspicious payload. I
promise the utmost in discretion either way.


Did you get my e-mailed response to your offer?


I sure didn't ??? But, I did see an article on slashdot that the latest
of these, last week, was a payload delivery system for -gasp- malware.
Your instincts, as usual, are right on, my friend.

Dave


Glad to hear something's still working ...

Tnx.

Cheryl

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