Hi John, >from people with foreign sounding names wanting my > help to transfer several million dollars out of their > failing country into the USA. I feel quite
This is no lie and I am not exaggerating. I get that one, and it's variants, several times A DAY! It is really quite aggravating as they keep changing their send from email address, making it impossible to block. I have seen several news reports about how dealing with spam is costing business several million dollars a year. I can understand why. -Walter ------------------------------------------ www.branchmeteorites.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Gwilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "magellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "magellon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] eBay Sellers list, eBay name change > List, > About six months ago, I was getting as much spam as I was getting mail from > this list. I changed my ISP and started off with a different email address > and had remarkable results. For the first three months, I got almost no > spam. Then the numbers started increasing. Maybe the solution is to > change your email address a couple of times a year. This creates all sorts > of problems and some of the folks that you only email once a year or so > might not get the news of your email change. > One thing I did notice with my new email address though was a LOT of emails > from people with foreign sounding names wanting my help to transfer several > million dollars out of their failing country into the USA. I feel quite > impressed that they picked me because they heard, from a business > associate, that I was a reputable and trustworthy person...;-) > > Best, > > John > > > At 08:28 AM 7/8/03 -0400, magellon wrote: > >All, > >Thanks to those who replied to me off line. > >The problem is greater than I expected and goes beyond the List and > >ebay. > >I checked with some AOL users who do > >not even subscribe to any type of list or ebay and they > >have had increasing spam coming directly to their email address starting > >about 45 days ago... > >Sorry for being OT. > >Best, > >Ken > > > > > > > magellon wrote: > > > > > > Mark, > > > I too have been getting a tremendous amount of spam since June. > > > How about others? > > > Best, > > > Ken > > > > > > http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/magellon/ > > > > > > ______________________________________________ > > > Meteorite-list mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > > >______________________________________________ > >Meteorite-list mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > > > > ______________________________________________ > Meteorite-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
