[Scspamcop] Re: Spanish on the Fly

[John Malmberg]

rooster wrote:
> 
> I don't see the point in spamming for pen pals; not much money in it. 
> Has anyone here some experience/insight as to what the "maguffin" is here?

The TV coverage of real crimes is full of cases where someone claiming 
to want to be a pen-pal has used that as a basis to gain trust to commit 
crimes.

* Responding to them confirms that the e-mail address is live and can be 
sold to another criminal.

* It may lead to a request for a visit, either you to them or them to 
you, at which point you are at risk.

* It may lead to a request to help out in a foreign purchase to help 
with alleged money exchange rules, where they send you a check to cash 
and buy something to ship to them.

Treat it the same as any other spam.

1. File spamcop lart.

2. If your mail server configurations allows it, consider refusing all 
e-mail from the subnet or network that the spam came from.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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