Re: PayPal Scam

Lowell wrote:

> I sent them a return e-mail ...

Thus promoting your target email address from
"probably valid" to "verified, and may be a sucker".
Spammers are now selling it to each other.

> Two in one day!?! I'm flattered.

Stand by for a tsunami of spam now.

And replying to spam is not a necessary error.
Just using an email client that renders email in
a preview window can result in an access to the
spammer's site(s) that is tagged as unique to you.

And that's if you're lucky. If you're unlucky, the
email will contain a self-triggering worm that will
send itself to your entire address book, then install
a keylogger or enroll your PC as a zombie 'bot in
the spammer's army.

--
Regards, Bob Niland mailto:name@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.access-one.com/rjn email4rjn AT yahoo DOT com
NOT speaking for any employer, client or Internet Service Provider.

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