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WARNING re CHARITY EMAIL REQUESTS, VIRUSES, ETC
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Unknown | Report | 17 Jan 2005 17:34 |
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This warning was posted by the company around my husband's office in London |
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Unknown | Report | 17 Jan 2005 17:37 |
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Reports have recently been received from an international news agency that there is a virus spreading via email which poses as an appeal for people to make donations to the Tsunami Appeal. Such emails apparently have a title "Tsunami donation - please help", and contain an attachment called tsunami.exe, which alleges to connect you to a website where you can donate, but in fact contains a virus. Further detail as yet unknown, but please be aware of this. CB >|< |
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Unknown | Report | 17 Jan 2005 17:39 |
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Yet another reminder that you should never open an e-mail unless you are sure you know who it is from. Sadly there was a report in our local paper about two young women pretending to be collecting money for the tsunami disaster. nell |
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Kim from Sandhurst | Report | 17 Jan 2005 18:18 |
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even worse! Local to us a man has been charged, as from the collections he got, he put a deposit on a house!!! £37,000 apparentely!! |
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Unknown | Report | 17 Jan 2005 18:20 |
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Those people are despicable. I wonder how many won't get caught out! CB >|< |
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Unknown | Report | 18 Jan 2005 10:19 |
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Nudged for the morning crew |
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Unknown | Report | 20 Jan 2005 11:25 |
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Yesterday, I had one of those 'send us confirmation of your bank details' requests from some bogus finance outfit. Just a reminder not to give any details away if you get these 'reminders'. If you think it could be genuine, check with your bank or credit card company first. CB >|< |
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