#153440 - 10/28/08 12:35 AM
Did anyone else get this email?
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Registered: 09/12/01
Posts: 960
Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada
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I got an email the other day from somebody that includes a couple of links. Since I took my own advice and didn't click through them  I was wondering if other people had seen this as well. Since I don't have a website, I suspect the person was email mining and came up with my address from this site (among others). Of course I didn't include the links! "Just being careful here." My name is Jack and I am the Administrator of PreparedSociety.com. We are a community of citizens that have joined together to discuss all the topics related to prepared living and homesteading. I found your website browsing around and thought it would be a great resource for our users so I would like to exchange links with you. If you’re not the Webmaster please ignore this e-mail or if possible forward it to the webmaster.
This is the description I would like for you to use:
PreparedSociety.com - Emergency Preparedness, Survival and Homesteading Forum Community. Let me know what you want me to use for your title and description. I will get it online right away! I look forward to hearing back from you!
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#153442 - 10/28/08 12:55 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
[Re: Roarmeister]
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Enthusiast
Registered: 08/07/05
Posts: 359
Loc: Saratoga Springs,Utah,USA
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Roarmeister FWIW I got this same e-mail today but, like you I didn't respond
Mike
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#153446 - 10/28/08 01:46 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
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Veteran
Registered: 07/08/07
Posts: 1268
Loc: Northeastern Ontario, Canada
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I also received the e-mail, I just deleated it.
Mike
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#153448 - 10/28/08 02:05 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
[Re: SwampDonkey]
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Registered: 06/10/08
Posts: 601
Loc: Southern Cal
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I got the same email, reported it as Spam, which it is. I love things like this, the moron who sent it claims to have found my website while browsing, that's funny, I don't have a website. And here the same guy is claiming to have found everyone's website while browsing. Guess I'm not as special as I thought I was...
If you're gonna spam people, be upfront about it. Don't lie to me and then expect me to take part in whatever you're selling.
John E
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#153449 - 10/28/08 02:36 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
[Re: JohnE]
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Registered: 02/08/08
Posts: 924
Loc: Toledo Ohio
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I didn’t get it, I must not be as important as all of you…
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#153456 - 10/28/08 04:15 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
[Re: BobS]
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Pooh-Bah
Registered: 03/13/05
Posts: 2322
Loc: Colorado
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I didn’t get it, I must not be as important as all of you…
Naaahhh... You just don't put your email address in your ETS profile. Neither do I (on purpose), and I didn't get the spam either. Notice that all the people here who got the spam have their email address in their profiles. There are all kinds of software robots and spiders that crawl websites/forums looking for personal information like this. If you click on a link in such spam, or reply to it, there's a 99% chance that you just moved yourself from "potential target" to "verified target" in somebodies database. They get more money selling verified targets to other spammers.
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#153459 - 10/28/08 04:55 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
[Re: haertig]
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Old Hand
Registered: 11/27/06
Posts: 707
Loc: Alamogordo, NM
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I am unimportant. No email.
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#153463 - 10/28/08 08:19 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
[Re: Roarmeister]
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Veteran
Registered: 03/31/06
Posts: 1355
Loc: United Kingdom.
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Yep. Deleted as suspect. Do we take it that ETS has been virused?
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#153465 - 10/28/08 08:28 AM
Re: Did anyone else get this email?
[Re: Leigh_Ratcliffe]
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Member
Registered: 02/05/04
Posts: 175
Loc: Paris, France
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Got it to, and as others have done it got deleted real quick.
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