09-02-2005, 11:57
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Re: ***Caution***: Paypal Users
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Originally Posted by Padawan
Hi ianathuth
What you say is fair comment and I fully understand that my surfing habits could lead to my email addresses becoming know to spammers, spoofers, etc. However the baffling part for me is that I receive these and other spoof emails on addresses that I have set up but NEVER used either for incoming / outgoing email or registering with any website. Hence that I believe SOME of these emails at least must be sent out at random.
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Yes, some are sent out to random addresses but these are usually dictionary attacks on specific domains.
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