Mark J. BlairMar 13
I just got an unsolicited email from a gmail address regarding a supposed sell-off of vintage computer gear, without any details, and with blind distribution. I have no intention to follow up on it, but I'm left speculating whether this is a legitimate collector sell-off or if scam emails have gotten this good at targeting niche interests.
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 13
@NF6X pretty shure the latter one, cuz AFAICT anyone in the #VintageComputing scene is at the very least properly introducing themselves (even if it's just i.e. some viewer/fan/…) giving a short recap (even if it's just linking towards something.interesting (like what hapoened with the liquidation of "Computer Reset")…
Show threadMark J. Blair
@kkarhan I agree. I'd expect a collector to at least have enough insight into other collectors to provide one or more general categories of what's in the collection. I'm just kind of surprised that scamming at scale has apparently gotten advanced enough to target such a tiny niche interest.
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Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 13

@NF6X luckily addons like ReportIt! for @thunderbird exist thag make it easy to report the #Spammers to their hosters…

  • Obviously this is just a "Ping eMail" to check validity of list entries, with the sole aim to then use the validated eMail oneself.to continue the Scam or validate it further against i.e. #PayPal and others for your classic #RefundScam!
Mark J. Blair (@[email protected])

@[email protected] I agree. I'd expect a collector to at least have enough insight into other collectors to provide one or more general categories of what's in the collection. I'm just kind of surprised that scamming at scale has apparently gotten advanced enough to target such a tiny niche interest.

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