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Blue Mountain E card scam
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Poirot | Report | 4 Jul 2007 17:10 |
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Anyone else received one ? supposedly from one of my family ? ( no name given ?) then another came today from a school friend ? again no name given ? Titled ' America B Day' both sent to my correct E mail address ? ' Do not click to open them ' |
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Maureen | Report | 4 Jul 2007 17:18 |
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I have had at least one a day for the past week - some saying a friend had sent me a card, others that a family member had sent me a card. They have gone straight into my spam folder. I haven't received the Blue Mountain yet! Maureen |
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BrendafromWales | Report | 4 Jul 2007 17:19 |
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We have used Blue mountain e cards for a number of years to send to our American friends.I don't think it is a scam,they are trying to get you as a customer,like all the other stuff we get in our inboxes. We had one reminding us of July 4th but just delete,but we do like their cards,and a lot are free. Brenda |
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LindaG | Report | 4 Jul 2007 17:35 |
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Ends up in my Spam Folder and doesn't get read! |
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Redharissa | Report | 4 Jul 2007 18:48 |
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We've been bombarded with 'you have an e-card' spam for the last fortnight. All of it has been trapped by my mailwasher filter which I set up to mark items not properly addressed to us. The other type of increasing spam is from banks we do not have accounts with. These criminals try everything, don't they. Let's hope they don't take too many people in. |
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Orange Cat and Me | Report | 4 Jul 2007 19:51 |
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I've used Blue Mountain cards for years, great cards and family and friends always enjoy them, never had or heard of any problems, but 123 Greetings will scramble your computer!! |
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Click ADD REPLY button - not this link! | Report | 4 Jul 2007 22:35 |
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I've had several of these ecard messages in the last days. The key things to watch out for are: 1) There's no sender's name given. 2)There's a link to an IP address Clicking on the link leads to an executable file. Looks to be some phishing scam. Rose |
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Researching: |
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Carol | Report | 4 Jul 2007 22:39 |
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I have started to get them over the last week. I used to use Blue Mountain, but haven't for a long time. i nearly opened one but didn't thank goodness. Some have been picked up by my phishing filter. Carol |
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♥Betty Boo from Dundee♥ | Report | 5 Jul 2007 01:19 |
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I have received messages saying an e-card has been sent, but as some people have already said as there isn't a name I have deleted them. Just had a quick look at Blue Mountain cards and they look quite good, anyone know how much it costs to join and send these cards? At the moment I use Jacquie Lawson e-cards which I think are really great for the price. Betty |
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