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Title: 519-style Hoax Post by: Pygy on January 07, 2014, 12:36:26 AM I just got this mail. My name is not "David":
https://i.imgur.com/PA0NcP0.jpg I didn't click the link, but I'm pretty sure it's not safe. Beside here, is there a place to report it? Title: Re: 519-style Hoax Post by: mjc on January 07, 2014, 12:41:12 AM You can use this to reverse the shortened URL:
http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/402866/How-to-reverse-a-shorten-URL-to-its-original-link Title: Re: 519-style Hoax Post by: nobbynobbynoob on January 07, 2014, 12:43:58 AM I just got this mail. My name is not "David": https://i.imgur.com/PA0NcP0.jpg I didn't click the link, but I'm pretty sure it's not safe. Beside here, is there a place to report it? Yes, I received this dubious email too, and used Gmail's Report phishing function. Title: Re: 519-style Hoax Post by: empoweoqwj on January 07, 2014, 05:01:34 AM You can use this to reverse the shortened URL: http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/402866/How-to-reverse-a-shorten-URL-to-its-original-link Nice tool. But better not to use it in this case. He might open it out of curiousity and it could do nasty things. Title: Re: 519-style Hoax Post by: SgtSpike on January 07, 2014, 09:47:30 PM I thought they were 419 scams?
Title: Re: 519-style Hoax Post by: empoweoqwj on January 08, 2014, 03:32:55 AM I thought they were 419 scams? Where do these numbers come from? 419, 519. What the ****??? :) Title: Re: 519-style Hoax Post by: SgtSpike on January 09, 2014, 12:25:49 AM I thought they were 419 scams? Where do these numbers come from? 419, 519. What the ****??? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/419_Scams Title: Re: 519-style Hoax Post by: empoweoqwj on January 09, 2014, 02:55:55 AM I thought they were 419 scams? Where do these numbers come from? 419, 519. What the ****??? :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/419_Scams Ah, thanks, the spiritual home of Internet scams :) |
