On Sunday 19 Oct 2003 7:45 pm, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> Anne Wilson schrieb am Sun, 19 Oct 2003 19:19:43 +0100:
> > While I was away several people told me that they were just doing
> > something quite normal, 'and then I got the virus.  And I had
> > done what Microsoft said in their message'.  I know it's
> > ridiculous expecting virus writers to play fair, but this
> > particular scam is the one most likely to trap otherwise wary
> > people.  Aarrgghhh!  I'm not usually a violent person, but I'd
> > like to hang, draw and quarter the person that thought this one
> > up.
>
> You haven't received the new mail from ebay yet? <eg>
>
> And remember all those
>
> "Dear customer, due to a computer failure parts of our customer
> database have been corrupted. Unfortunately your data involved in
> this part. To rebuild the database we kindly ask you to send your
> Login and Password to the following address. Please make sure you
> send it ONLY to this address because otherwise your account may be
> unsecure!"
>
> This is what I call a real scam! And thousands of people answer
> obediently to those mails. They still do. It's a cruel world out
> there!
>
> wobo

No, I haven't had an ebay one.  Is that similar to the one you quoted 
below?  You're right - there are some right royal b******s out there.

Anne
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