<VV> Scams

[Harry Jensen]

Hi--

Huh? There are no e-mail addresses on the website for the 'bots to harvest, 
unless I am missing something. The e-mail addresses are in a database which 
is only accessed when someone queries it.

In the old system, yes. The e-mail addresses were in the html. In the new 
one, where there is no e-mail address in the body of the classified ad, I 
don't see how a 'bot could get the addresses.

--H


At 03:13 PM 3/15/2007, burkhard at rochester.rr.com wrote:
>Guys, this is all done through robotized email address gathering
>programs.  If you have your real email address posted (like in an ad)
>on a website (almost ANY website, but buy/sell ones and forums are
>prime targets), these automated programs WILL find it.  You can make it
>more difficult by changing your email in the note to read something
>like "rusecular_please put 'at' sign here_yahoo.com" instead
>of "rusecular at yahoo.com". Unfortunately, some legitimate folks reading
>the ad might not be sharp enough to understand what you mean right
>away, so a helpful note of explanation would be a good idea.
>
>It's not CORSA's fault. Unless you want layers of username/password
>security for people to even *read* your ad posting, this is going to
>happen.
>
>Jim Burkhard
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Secular <rusecular at yahoo.com>
>Date: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:16 am
>Subject: Re: <VV> Scams
>To: Padgett <pp2 at 6007.us>
>Cc: virtualvairs at corvair.org
>
> >
> >  it's a cut & paste job !
> >
> >  I placed an ad for steel patch panels and received the exact
> > benighted message
> >  from:
> >
> >  danny_katey at yahoo.com
> >
> >  Regards,
> >
> >
> >  Tony I.
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Padgett" <pp2 at 6007.us>
> > To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 9:11 AM
> > Subject: <VV> Scams
> >
> >
> > > Amazing. Yesterday I post a "for sale" advt in the Corsa
> > Classifieds and
> > > within a few hours am receiving scam messages (four so far):
> > > "issueing dept of my client will be sending the payment through
> > check drawn
> > > from thier us bank account and you are to wire the excess funds
> > to the
> > > shipping agent as the payment includes your money for the car
> > and the
> > > excess funds you are to send to the shipping company agent
> > through western
> > > union money transfer"
> > >
> > > It looks like the VV source site may be being used as a relay
> > (sent an
> > > e-mail to the webmaster) or might just be the way the e-mail
> > button works.
> > > One giveaway is that other than using the subject line, the
> > message does
> > > not seem to know what kind of car it is and it is evident they
> > did not look
> > > at my web page.
> > >
> > > Padgett
> > >
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