Re: Is this a scam

From: DGuess (majik_at_mindspring.oops)
Date: 08/17/04 

Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2004 11:35:54 -0500

"Steve Cochran" <scochran@oehelp.com> wrote in message
news:uKrIKyEhEHA.3928@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>
> "DGuess" <majik@mindspring.oops> wrote in message
> news:uqcZ23$gEHA.1276@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> That one and all the others, No legitimate company will ask for personal
>> information such as credit cards, etc thru the email.
>>
>> Now, if you want to have some fun, go thru the HTML content of it and
>> find
>> out the URL of the web site that the Submit button will go to (they will
> use
>> ebay's or whoever's real online graphics to make it look legit).
>>
>> Next, see if there is any scripting that will checks to see if you've
>> entered all the data correctly. Remove it. Save the file and then click
>> on
>> it and fill in whatever you want. I use names like U. R. Amoron and
>> others
>> that would probably be filtered by the news server. Then I click the
> submit
>> button.....A lot. I had a script I added that would allow the submit
> button
>> to be automatically pressed (I used a for loop) and just let it run.
>> Can't
>> find it now.
>>
>
> document.all.forms(0).submit
>

that looks familar. Similar to the for(); loop.

>
>> Ot for the ones from Nigeria that say they're trying to get X millions of
>> dollars out and need your help, find a file thats about 5 meg in size,
> then
>> send it with a reply that they're a moron but make sure you go into Tools
> |
>> Accounts | Mail |<account name> | Properties | Advanced tab then check
>> the
>> box to break it apart in 60kb chunks. That way they get a whole lot
>> emails
>> before the account is closed and usually fills up their mailbox and
>> blocks
>> any real moron from replying that actually believes it.
>>
>
> Lost your 45 meg file did you? <G>
>

It was on one of the hard drives that died.

>
>> But thats what I do when I wake up in the middle of the night and can't
>> go
>> back to sleep. That or reread Steve's emails with all the stuff he's
> hacking
>> thru, that will put Snow Whilte back to sleep.
>>
>
> I figured it put you back into a coma, since I hadn't heard anymore from
> you. <G>
>

Oh you did read it. Actually, you will find I replied back and never heard
back, figured you went to another mountain. Thought the one you were on
wasn't high enough.

<VBG>