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I guess I need some education as to how a police agency would link your e-mail address to either your car registration, car license plate, or your drivers license. I just renewed my drivers license and didn't have to give an e-mail address. We have to send in the renewal form with a check to get our plates and there is no place for an e-mail address on that form and they don't take credit cards. So getting an e-mail from someone who shouldn't have my e-mail address to start with raises flags for me as it just did for you. I would have called the State Police first to see if they do this. They may be interested to know that this type of spam is being sent out.
I have no idea of how they would do it. I suspect it is a scam. I just thought it was different enough to post for everyone's entertainment.
I haven't done it yet, but I was thinking of going via the internet to the NYS Police and forwarding them that email. I doubt they'd appreciate it much at all.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts .***
Just Googled the NYS Police to report this to them. Well what do you know. Just half way down the page is and article confirming it's a scam and it does carry a virus. Ta Daaaaaa!
Sorry, not cracking on you personally, but even if you lived in NY how would you think it would not be a scam?
I've said this before on this forum. If you get a link in an email or an attachment, do *not* click on it. Even if it's from someone you know and they say it's cute kittens (or guide guns or whatever) do not click.
I'm sorry, but that's the only way to be sure.
And if you get an email from the IRS, the FBI, the State Police, or the Honorable Reverend Paulus Savimbi, think about it. Why would the be contacting you? Do. Not. Open. The only click you make is the Delete.
Well I'm glad you're feeling better. And I apologize for posting this on Leverguns. I really did not mean to get you all upset and cause you to feel the need to vent and rant on my account.
Please forgive me.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts .***
Joe, thanks for posting. It will help me to warn PillHer. She is rather fearless about opening email.
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
piller wrote:Joe, thanks for posting. It will help me to warn PillHer. She is rather fearless about opening email.
piller, you're welcome. This is just one time my curiosity got the best of me. Normally I'm the one telling my wife to his the delete button, not the open button. It darn near bit me in the rear end too.
I learned.
Joe
***Be sneaky, get closer, bust the cap on him when you can put the ball where it counts .***
Please don't think I kicked a fresh cow patty in your direction, but computer security is something I deal with on a regular basis.
Some folks who otherwise would have no problem buying a car, keeping their home locked or staying out of the "bad part" of town make terrible mistakes on interactions with the computer.
If an email sender doesn't make sense, do not open it.
obvious question marks would be the IRS, FBI, some prince from Nigeria
any bank, mortgage company, financial institution you do not deal with
If there is an attachment inside an email, do not open it.
cute kittens, power point presentations, embedded videos
If there is a link in an email, do not click on it.
If you do get an email say from your bank, or Facebook account or whatever, CLOSE the email and open the link manually.
Right now:
There's someone standing outside your window with glasses watching your computer screen trying to see the information you're typing into it.
There is somebody hiding behind the bushes near your mailbox waiting to send a letter out in your name trying to scam someone else.
There's someone ready to sneak in your home and run programs on your computer without your knowledge.
Joe, thanks for posting this. I will let my wife know, but more importantly, my mother. I really worry about older people with all of these scams. It seems like they would be more apt to get suckered by these "official looking" things. I get one such scam from someone pretending to be "Bank of America". The e-mail has their logo all over it - looks very official. But I don't have a BoA account, and a quick call to them confirmed it was a fraud. I can see an elderly person falling for it though and giving out very personal information to these crooks.
As I have said before - hang these hackers/spammers!!!
D. Brian Casady
Quid Llatine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur.
Advanced is being able to do the basics while your leg is on fire---Bill Jeans
Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up---Robert Frost
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As for the last of it, aren't you being just a weeee bit paranoid? Just a tinsy itty bitty bit maybe?
