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Originally Posted by nedsram
Today, as well as yet another offer of pirated software, I have received:
o an email from the "FBI" that I have visited 30 illegal web sites, and must complete and return the attached form.
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Like this one? Guess what - ntl gets them too. It wasn't even sent to an email address that is published (first time I'd seen it in fact).
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From: ****@cia.gov 11/22/05
To: ****@ntlfreedom.com
Subject: Your_IP_was_logged
Dear Sir/Madam,
we have logged your IP-address on more than 30 illegal Websites.
Important:
Please answer our questions!
The list of questions are attached.
Yours faithfully,
Steven Allison
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I would also suggest that NTL might like to investigate how a list of primary email addresses got into spammers' hands in the first place.
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Most likely one or a combination of these three methods:
Email harvesters
Spyware/viruses
A dictionary