SCAMS?

Discussion in 'General Motoring' started by Jim Yanik, Aug 8, 2006.

  1. Jim Yanik

    Jim Yanik Guest

    It appears there's a troll posting from a gmail account.
    "keyless entry installation"
    "car dent repair,got scammed"
    "Honda clutch kit"

    And;
    "amazing opportunity".
     
    Jim Yanik, Aug 8, 2006
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  2. LOL! I don't know about the Honda clutch kit poster but the other two
    are definitely using the right free mail provider. They are definitely
    worthy of Goofy Mail accounts.

    Troll or Idiot, what's the difference? <g>
     
    Unquestionably Confused, Aug 8, 2006
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  3. Jim Yanik

    ueberbill Guest

    Uh- well I posted about the Honda clutch kit- I use gmail
    (). Don't THINK I'm a troll. Guess I could be.
    Would still like to know the best place to get a clutch kit, though.

    Thanks,
    Bill Tice
    Phone number available by e-mail
     
    ueberbill, Aug 8, 2006
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  4. Jim Yanik

    ueberbill Guest

    I guess I could use one of my other addresses- but google makes it
    rather easy to post using a gmail address. I didn't know it was
    uncouth to use gmail. I'm rather a big fan of theirs.

    Bill (again)
     
    ueberbill, Aug 8, 2006
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  5. I dunno - the first three posts seem legit enough and not very troll-like.
    The last looks like typical spam. Am I missing something? (Although it is a
    lot of gmail activity suddenly.)

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Aug 8, 2006
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  6. gmail and hotmail have gained a reputation for being favorite tools of
    trolls and scammers, because they are disposable. I agree with you, though;
    I have my ISP mailbox (the one that shows up here) but I actually prefer my
    Yahoo mailbox. It's a hassle to reply through the ISP because that one only
    accepts posts through dial-up, while Yahoo works seamlessly through
    broadband and has much better spam filtering.

    Mike
     
    Michael Pardee, Aug 8, 2006
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  7. Jim Yanik

    R Flowers Guest

    If you post in here with a 'real' email address, you will need that spam
    filter!

    Truth to tell, you really don't need any kind of legitimate email if you are
    trolling or don't care for a response. Your return email could be
    '' - the Usenet just doesn't care. My email is 'munged' - it has
    an extra letter added, but a human being could reasonably be expected to
    dope it out. (And some computer programs, maybe).

    IMO, 'keyless entry', 'got scammed', and 'clutch kit' are not trollish in
    the least. I did not find 'amazing opportunity' (story of my life), but that
    subject line pretty much gives it away.

    -- R Flowers
     
    R Flowers, Aug 8, 2006
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