From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pc-24-151-10-129.newt1.ct.charter.com ([24.151.10.129] helo=h14me.homelinux.net) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AL0f7-0000gI-00 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:40:29 -0500 Received: from h14me.homelinux.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hAFDeSd6008042 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:40:28 -0500 Received: (from alex_snow@localhost) by h14me.homelinux.net (8.12.10/8.12.10/Submit) id hAFDeSf9008041 for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:40:28 -0500 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 08:40:28 -0500 From: Alex Snow To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." Message-ID: <20031115134028.GC8016@gmx.net> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Subject: Re: off-toopic: paypal.com X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:40:29 -0000 my favorite was the email from microsoft security (?) that said something about you having to install the atached update. that was just a waist of time since I don't open anything from microsoft anyways. and I didn't know there was such thing as microsoft security. On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 08:30:34PM -0600, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > Yep, before when I typed the name of the file into google, I didn't get > anything. but I found info on it when I typed in "paypal hoax" just now. > Funny, I laughed when I saw an ebay hoax like this a few days ago; I guess > I reacted with more attention to this one because of the problems I'd had > with the user agreement and because I was thinking about the accessibility > problems I've had with shopping websites recently and my first thought was > "Oh No!" But this was obviously totally suspect. > When the hoaxes and viruses masqueraded as warnings about windows > viruses, it was pretty obvious; now they're getting cleverer, or at least a > lot more diverse, with the subject lines. I guess the rule is: > never execute any kind of attachment or hit on any url within an email > unless you have reason to be really sure about it. > anyway, I should have known better than to give this one a second > glance--sorry about that! > > > -- > Cheryl > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup -- Who is General Failure and why is he reading my hard disk?