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LaVaca
10-03-2003, 06:59 PM
The first email I got, was this. (And you gotta admit, its pretty funny). The title was this:

gO Fsat tacrk your cerear bewji. Then it said:

Dlpioma Porgarm

Crtaee a mroe proopesrus ftruue for ylusreof

Revciee a flul diploma form non aecrtdiced
unirevsiites based upon your rael life eerxpience

You wlil not be tetsed, or ietnrveewid
Receive a Matser's, Baehcolr's or Dcotorate

Call 24 horus a day 7 days a week

1 - 2 7 0 - 8 1 7 - 8 2 4 7




Now, I took this as a joke. But recently, I got another email, which said the same exact thing, but a different title.

The title is:

kd make more c/|sh fwr.

At first I thought it was a harmless joke, I know it doesn't have a virus in it. Another thing I noticed is that it was forwarded to many people.

Your thoughts?
Artha
10-03-2003, 07:00 PM
Foreign spam mail.
Soulpieced
10-03-2003, 07:00 PM
If you don't know who it's from, don't open it.
Halfsilver
10-03-2003, 07:01 PM
WTF is your signature about, Warclaidhm?
Xcalibur
10-03-2003, 07:02 PM
Warclaidhm's last math course

what else

:rolleyes:
Halfsilver
10-03-2003, 07:02 PM
:lol:
theotherjohn
10-03-2003, 07:04 PM
you dont have to open the actual mail itself. Just opening whatever you use for mail will do the trick with most of today's malicious code
Parkbandit
10-03-2003, 07:05 PM
It's too easy to make fun of him.. so I won't.

I'll simply respones with this... you are an idiot.
Halfsilver
10-03-2003, 07:06 PM
Actually, as long as you don't open it...it should be safe.

If you're using some form of MS Outlook...disable the preview pane.

Virii are loaded that way, as well.

-grays/d

[Edited on 10-3-2003 by Halfsilver]
Ravenstorm
10-03-2003, 08:41 PM
Originally posted by Halfsilver
If you're using some form of MS Outlook...disable the preview pane.


How?

Raven
Betheny
10-03-2003, 09:42 PM
Anyone that opens junk email and then wonders about it is too stupid to have an email account.
Skirmisher
10-03-2003, 10:08 PM
Originally posted by Ravenstorm

Originally posted by Halfsilver
If you're using some form of MS Outlook...disable the preview pane.


How?

Raven

I think its under VIEW, and then under LAYOUT. Just unclick the show preview box.

Course yours may be different, I have an old 'puter. :(
Ravenstorm
10-03-2003, 10:32 PM
That worked fine. Thanks. All my email gets checked for viruses but I've wanted to disable that thing since day one.

Raven