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Ho Ho Ho! Tis the season..... to get ripped off

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David In Indy:

--- Quote from: Wishes on November 29, 2007, 06:28:43 pm ---That's a lot of good advice David. I had heard of the gift card one last year. What people come up with to rip others off!

I never ever open an e mail that is even the remote bit suspicious. I also have heard that you should put your own e mail address in your address book. That way if you get a e mail from yourself you will know some virus program has hit your computer. They also recommend putting it under a name which will put it at the beginning of your address list such as "aa"

I love to shop on line and **knocks wood** have never had any problems yet. I have got suspicious emails from ebay that were not really from ebay. If you ever get any you are supposed to forward them to "[email protected]"

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Thank you Wishes for telling us about this. I hadn't heard about the address book. This is a good suggestion. I don't use my address book, but I will plug my email in there anyway just to see what happens. Like you, I NEVER open any suspicious email. In fact, I generally delete ALL email sent to me from strangers. If I don't know who sent it, it gets deleted. Many of these spam emails are infected with viruses.

David In Indy:

--- Quote from: Susiebell on December 12, 2007, 10:24:29 pm ---Gosh ... isn't it sad how these people go to such lengths to steal from you?  >:(



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Yes it is. They said on the news here the other night that women should carry their purses around their neck, instead of over their shoulder. and the opening of the purse should be against the body, or if the opening is at the top it should be covered by an arm to keep someone from reaching in or snatching the purse.

Wishes:
Hey Kelda, I love vintage clothes! I have some things in my closet I picked up at thrift stores over the years. I rarely go to a thrift store any more. I have enough stuff.

Hi David, a friend told me about that e mail address suggestion. It actually makes sense as many viruses "read" and then sent the e mail to all contacts without you even knowing. Or so this is what I have heard.

That is also a good suggestion about purses. I usually only use one of the purses that cross over your body if I go to the big city. I never though leave my purse in a shopping cart as I have seen some women do. Catalogs and websites that sell travel based items also sell the across the body purses which have the straps lined with a steel cord because in some countries theives just cut the purse straps with razor blades and run before the person can figure out what hit them.

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