[ILUG] [Fwd: I fought the scammer... and I won.]

[Gerald]

I am sorry I do not understand.  And by the way who are you??????????
Please excuse my ignorence I don't recall writing to you.

Carole


----- Original Message -----
From: Lee Hosty <hostyle at csn.ul.ie>
To: Gerald <geraldl at cybertek.co.za>
Cc: <ilug at linux.ie>
Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [ILUG] [Fwd: I fought the scammer... and I won.]


> Gerald wrote:
>
> > Hi John,
> >
> > Well done,  wow we need someone of your caliber in South Africa.  I have
also had no end of problem with spam and yes, HACKER swine.
> >
> > I am using Zone Alarm which gave me the IP address as well as all the
usual details, which I sent to both TELKOMSA (my service provider) as well
as SAIX (whom Telkom is using as the connection?)   Both ignored my emails
for over a year.  Eventually I contacted our National Press.
> >
> > We monitored the movements but some of the emails were intercepted and
we were both hit with a virus.
> >
> > The matter was reported to our SA Police, and to cut a
looooooooooooooooooong frustrating story short, the SA INTELLIGENCE and SA
Police declined to proscecute, in spite of evidence being found by the
forensics unit at SA Intelligence.
> >
> > All this time, I sit without a computer, and my husband's newly
formatted PC has also been affected by the same hackers, because I now have
to access my Telkom mail via Webmail, and subsequently mail2web.  I have
also detected little - marks in the chek boxes next to each mail item.
> >
> > Do you have any ideas or suggestions as to what I can do?  We just do
not have people who have adequate knowledge on Computers, let alone Computer
Security matters.
> >
> > I am just plain sick and tired of thes 'DEMONS' who shoul all be put
behind bars.
> >
> > Any help will be much appreciated.
> >
> > Regards
> > Carole
>
> Education and prayer are two well known methods of helping the masses
> that lack superheroes. If you are looking for a particular hero and your
> husband is *not* at home please call  +353 1 6624888 and ask for 'Super
> Bertie who art the man and made of sugar' (super-sekrit nickname "god").
> We'll get right on it.
>
> Thank you for participating in ILUGs "we are a caring LUG" monthly
> debate. Please feel free to heckle Bryan and Paul on the way out. They
> live for this sort of thing. They also accept large transfers of foreign
> stuff into small receptacles.
>
> If you happen across any cans of beer on the way through customs they
> are mine, and I'll have them back thank you very much!
>
> Regards,
> Rev. /null
>