18-05-2007, 11:21
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am i taking a risk ?
i dont know if i am in the right forum for this subject, if not my apoligies.i am getting totally p****d of with all of this phising email that comes my way ie- update my paypal account threats for non payment for ebay items i never heard tell of to name but a few. my question is i would like to reply to these emails in my own way and feed them bum information plus tell them all to f*** off, could i be opening the door to let them in to my pc ? thanks 
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18-05-2007, 11:51
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Re: am i taking a risk ?
Do NOT reply. They will then know your email account is active and give you more.
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18-05-2007, 11:54
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Re: am i taking a risk ?
NEVER reply and make sure you have good spam filter settings. Better still if it really is that bad then consider changing your email address.
I recommend gmail.
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18-05-2007, 11:55
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Re: am i taking a risk ?
As said above, do not reply. This will just confdirm your E-mail address and they will continue to feed you even more spam.
If you are not already doing so, set up filters on your E-mail program to sort out the junk E-mail.
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18-05-2007, 12:01
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Re: am i taking a risk ?
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Originally Posted by tweetypie/8
i dont know if i am in the right forum for this subject, if not my apoligies.i am getting totally p****d of with all of this phising email that comes my way ie- update my paypal account threats for non payment for ebay items i never heard tell of to name but a few. my question is i would like to reply to these emails in my own way and feed them bum information plus tell them all to f*** off, could i be opening the door to let them in to my pc ? thanks
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DO NOT REPLY. As said above, you'll only tell them that your email addy is active. It's almost certain that the emails were sent by a 'bot and not a person, and may also use false return addresses.
Assuming your spam filter lets them through, either mark them as spam (if your Mail client supports this) or delete them. Do not reply.
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18-05-2007, 14:30
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Re: am i taking a risk ?
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Originally Posted by tweetypie/8
i dont know if i am in the right forum for this subject, if not my apoligies.i am getting totally p****d of with all of this phising email that comes my way ie- update my paypal account threats for non payment for ebay items i never heard tell of to name but a few. my question is i would like to reply to these emails in my own way and feed them bum information plus tell them all to f*** off, could i be opening the door to let them in to my pc ? thanks
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18-05-2007, 17:11
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Re: am i taking a risk ?
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Originally Posted by monkey2468
Do NOT reply. They will then know your email account is active and give you more.
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a big thank you to all who who responded to my querey,i am getting the filters in place tomorrow and taking any other measures necessary to curtail this problem,again thanks to each and every one of you for your help. 
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