So I was bored one day so I took a look thru my junk email folder. Most were amusing, like the Nigerian scams (do they STILL do those), facebook friend requests (I don't even HAVE a FB account) and bogus job offers.
However, I found one that had my friends first and last name on it. I was surprised that his email would be in my junk mail, but I figured that it has accidentally been sorted there. I had it happened before so I opened it.
It was an ad selling me drugs, for weight loss. I thought immediately how can my friend send me an ad for this, was it a joke or something? So I texted him: "Why are you sending me ads for drugs?"
He said: "Oh lol. Did you get one of those too? I got one from you too."
So either someone hacked into his email and sent me this ad, or someone looked thru my contacts list, took his name, and sent me it with his name. Wow... The cleverness of these spammers!
I'll admit that I'm not the most cautious about computers. About ten years ago when I got my first one as a teen, I fell for that "Your computer is infected; Click here to find virus!" scam. Has anyone had the contact list scam done to them?
However, I found one that had my friends first and last name on it. I was surprised that his email would be in my junk mail, but I figured that it has accidentally been sorted there. I had it happened before so I opened it.
It was an ad selling me drugs, for weight loss. I thought immediately how can my friend send me an ad for this, was it a joke or something? So I texted him: "Why are you sending me ads for drugs?"
He said: "Oh lol. Did you get one of those too? I got one from you too."
So either someone hacked into his email and sent me this ad, or someone looked thru my contacts list, took his name, and sent me it with his name. Wow... The cleverness of these spammers!
I'll admit that I'm not the most cautious about computers. About ten years ago when I got my first one as a teen, I fell for that "Your computer is infected; Click here to find virus!" scam. Has anyone had the contact list scam done to them?
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