Hi again everyone
Although this is NOT about Gibson Co, IN ancestral and family tree research it is
something I want everyone to be aware about since we all use computers.
There are marvelous e-gift and holiday cards, etc out there. But due to the
"bad" & crazy people in this world who get a big "kick" in
destroying your computers with viruses and other malicious stuff and also in doing
identity theft; I suggest two things -- 1) never open any e-gift card or anything similar
that someone sends to you (even if it has their name on it) and 2) never open attachments
until you know for SURE.
The way these things are working now is that these bad people are sending things to
various addresses and also to persons (and then forwarded to their friends and family
members that are listed in their addressbooks -- these say it came from the person you
know OR an admirer, etc. But in reality what it does is it is either sending you a virus,
work, trojan horse or other type of program that will mess your computer up -- OR it is
putting a program into your computer that then records every keystroke you make including
credit card numbers, userids and passwords to your banks, etc.
Since these e-cards and attachments are sometimes fun and sometimes necessary (like you
want to send a .ged (gedcom) or photo of a census, etc. then I suggest that you ALWAYS
send a separate email to the person you want to get the attachment or e-card and tell them
in this email that YOU are actually the one who is going to send them this attachment OR
e-card. Then when you see the e-card or attachment arrive you know it is SAFE to open or
look at the e-card (or go to where this card is held - aka a web link address).
Sorry to take up your time but this is something that is even hitting major businesses
and corporations -- by alerting your friends and family members that they will be
receiving this e-card or attachment it will assure them that it REALLY is coming from you
and NOT someone else. Now you can get some really nice smiles and feel all "warm and
fuzzy inside" when you get these nice things and not be worried it comes from someone
else.
My best to everyone and I apologize again for sending this non-genealogy message here.
Judy M.
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Judy,
Glad you're letting everyone know about this problem. My sister and I have
subscriptions to American Greetings and have a ball using the service. It is unfortunate
that we really have to be on our toes sending and receiving. I have gotten many of these
ecard messages in my bulk mail recently. Thank goodness for the bulk mail service but
once in a while one gets through to my regular mail. Again, thanks for warning everyone.
Jan P.
J A S Murphy <sandage_2000sbc(a)yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi again everyone
Although this is NOT about Gibson Co, IN ancestral and family tree research it is
something I want everyone to be aware about since we all use computers.
There are marvelous e-gift and holiday cards, etc out there. But due to the
"bad" & crazy people in this world who get a big "kick" in
destroying your computers with viruses and other malicious stuff and also in doing
identity theft; I suggest two things -- 1) never open any e-gift card or anything similar
that someone sends to you (even if it has their name on it) and 2) never open attachments
until you know for SURE.
The way these things are working now is that these bad people are sending things to
various addresses and also to persons (and then forwarded to their friends and family
members that are listed in their addressbooks -- these say it came from the person you
know OR an admirer, etc. But in reality what it does is it is either sending you a virus,
work, trojan horse or other type of program that will mess your computer up -- OR it is
putting a program into your computer that then records every keystroke you make including
credit card numbers, userids and passwords to your banks, etc.
Since these e-cards and attachments are sometimes fun and sometimes necessary (like you
want to send a .ged (gedcom) or photo of a census, etc. then I suggest that you ALWAYS
send a separate email to the person you want to get the attachment or e-card and tell them
in this email that YOU are actually the one who is going to send them this attachment OR
e-card. Then when you see the e-card or attachment arrive you know it is SAFE to open or
look at the e-card (or go to where this card is held - aka a web link address).
Sorry to take up your time but this is something that is even hitting major businesses and
corporations -- by alerting your friends and family members that they will be receiving
this e-card or attachment it will assure them that it REALLY is coming from you and NOT
someone else. Now you can get some really nice smiles and feel all "warm and fuzzy
inside" when you get these nice things and not be worried it comes from someone
else.
My best to everyone and I apologize again for sending this non-genealogy message here.
Judy M.
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