Heads Up Troops- new scam alert.

[Old and Reliable]

Anything that I get for e-mail that doesn't ring true raises the old red flag (Maggie's Drawers for you Jarheads herein)-- Like a phony VA benefits letter, showing that I served in the Navy from 1968 to 1976- wrong. Now they send me a PayPal notice. I would sooner saw the barrels down on my side-by-side shotguns as to ever use a credit card on any internet website, let alone PayPal. This scam is like the phony bank scams where they ask you to verify your account number. Say what?? the bank already knows that-

My guess- if you respond, you open your computer to a virus- here's the jist-
http://www.paypal.com-- sounds ok, (whatindahell is a Hotel Tango Tango Papa prefix mean?))-- They have PayPal, but then Email. I am a computer "rookie" but my eyes see this and then I think- NO- it is e-mail, not Email. The first tip off, other than I do NOT have a PayPal account, is this miss-spelling and the lack of the dash between e and m. They list some phony but official looking numbers- my "account" is supposedly pp-259-187-991, they are with the FSA reg. No. 226056- This load of hoey is supposed to maybe make me think it is "official" and respond. Not a chance--:b igbye:

[Big Friend Ten (BFT)]

Francis,

You are correct that this is a SCAM!

Anything from the VA will have a .gov email address.

Respectfully,
Mark

[Steve Hodges]

You guys are right. Open the email and wham, you most likely will have infected your computer. I was infected with a virus last month and it was not fun, or cheap, getting rid of it. I was just "surfing" when it happned.

[Bruce Day]

Francis, you be careful out there. I remember when I was flying missions out of Thailand in WWV , we would pass by the clinic on our way to the flightline and there would be the morning line of infected troops. Some made the lineup multiple times.

[Old and Reliable]

You have the right co-ordinates there, Col. But as our C-I-C "Tricky Dick" said on TV- "We are NOT in Thailand or Cambodia"-- then the next 18.5 minutes must have vanished into what the Germans call "Die Nacht und Nebel"?? I am amazed, even with the Junk sector and the blocking and phishing (fishing/) lockouts, how many of these spam-Mesiters are still extant. Just think for a moment, how much better the whole wide World would be if they put their destructive talents to work for a good set of op. orders.???

[Bruce Day]

Francis, I don't think we need them in the military to do operations orders . Remember the geeky Army computer operator who gave thousands of documents to WikiLeaks? He loved to sing along with Lady Gaga in a falsetto voice.

[Old and Reliable]

Originally Posted by Bruce Day

Francis, I don't think we need them in the military to do operations orders . Remember the geeky Army computer operator who gave thousands of documents to WikiLeaks? He loved to sing along with Lady Gaga in a falsetto voice.

You are correct- we used to refer to those clowns as the "Ten percenters" and now, thanks to the Ying and Yang of the Internet- we have such websites as our PGCA, and then, doing a one-eighty, spammers and hackers. Possibly the price we pay for progress. Back in the "Day" (no pun intended, Col.) when you could buy any Parker your pocketbook could cover, it was letters, maybe phone calls- and as some never thought that "Golden Age" would ever tarnish- well, we all know how that ended up- Cherish the Parkers and other fine guns we have lads, there are uninformed geeks that would like to see them shredded into steel scrap and be reborn as cars made in China--I hope I don't live to see that, but we never know--

[George Lander]

Francis: It's just nice people from Bangaladesh trying to offer you some helpful info on your retirement. They, probably, would even invite you to come over and bring your money with you.

I don't open any e-mails, anymore, if I don't know who the sender is. I've been burned with having to get my computer cleaned a couple of times.

BTW: Are you coming to the Southern?

Best Regards, George

[Dean Romig]

And I've learned not to allow certain indescriminate people to use my PC while visiting.

My neice said "Oh, don't be silly!"

HA!! Never again! Sez I.

[Old and Reliable]

Thanks George- nice to have friends below the Mason-Dixon line. I'll send you a direct e-mail re: possible trip to the Southern, first time for me if I can handle the "tariff"-- Silly me- and I thought Bangladesh was A-OK, thanks to the fun raisers by the Beatles- wonder if Sir Paul will be invited to the latest exposure of royal wealth and squandor re the wedding thing-, while the Labour Party wonders where their next pint of Porter will come from. Closest I've ever been to Bangladesh was the Bangadore Torpedoes we fired off for practice in EOD at CourtHouse Bay, Camp Lejeune-There was indeed= a "bang", just as when a satchel charge detonates-