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<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:09:30 EDT</pubDate>
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<title>[Spam] SMS spam from 271-40 - Reply STOP or ignore?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[I very rarely get SMS (text message) spam, and when I do it tends to be a one-off that doesn't repeat.  Normally I ignore them.  However, this evening I received two text messages within a couple minutes of each other from 271-40, reading as follows:

Message 1
HoroscopeGenie Alert: 3 horoscopes/wk for $9.99/mo Reply HELP for help, STOP to cancel Msg&data rates may apply. PIN xxxx

Message 2
Welcome to
HoroscopeGenie Alerts: 3 horoscopes/wk for $9.99/mo bill to cell Reply HELP for help, STOP to cancel Msg&data rates may apply.

In that first message, there was a 4-digit number in place of the "xxxx".

It looks like these messages are directly related to the service supposedly being offered at this website: www.horoscopegenie.com.  This domain was registered at NameCheap on November 23rd, 2011.  The date on their "full terms and conditions" page is today.  I can find exactly nothing in Google about them.  All of this suggests that it's a recently launched service (or scam, or whatever it is).

My real question is, should I reply STOP to these, or just ignore them as I usually do?  The fact that I received two within minutes of each other makes me worry that somebody has signed up my mobile number and that I ought to send back a STOP command lest I be charged $9.99, but I know that with email the best thing to do is not reply to spam lest you give away your address as belonging to an actual human.

Any thoughts on this?  Anyone else received unwanted texts from HoroscopeGenie?
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"The counsel of fools is all the more dangerous the more of them there are." -&Oacute;lafr H&ouml;skuldsson]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-22 21:22:55</pubDate>
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<title>[Scam] Card Services relentless phone calls revisited</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26458611</link>
<description><![CDATA[A search of the archives here in the forum revealed a thread about this relentless phone campaign back in 2008:

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20104507-Telemarketing-Die-Heather-from-Card-Services-Die

This same aggressive telemarketing scheme is still relentlessly badgering people with impunity. It doesn't matter if you are on the "no-call list", have an unpublished number, or if you file complaints with your state Attorney General's Office, or with the FTC or the FCC. Those agencies appear unable to track these people down. I'm getting calls every other day that follow this script:

A recorded voice says the message is from "Card Services" and announces that I need to "act now to save money on my credit cards as the offer is about to expire." An option to &#147;press one&#148; to be connected with a live operator is given along with the option to &#147;press two&#148; to stop receiving any more notifications. Pressing two accomplishes nothing and pressing one to speak to the "operator" connects you to an aggressive script reader who immediately asks you if you are interested in the offer.  Any answer other than &#147;yes&#148; results in an immediate hang up, but they call again within a day or two. Attempting a call-back is useless as the number is either busy, or no one answers, or it belongs to a disconnected account. These people apparently know how to game the phone system to retain an anonymous status.

Has anyone successfully found a way to stop this harassment? Any suggestions? Doing a google search of "Card Services" brings back lots of discussions in various forums but I didn't see any solutions. Using "anonymous blocking" is ineffective since they do reveal a number, and using Caller ID to ignore their calls (usually originating from a 1-800 service in Florida) simply puts you back in the rotation to receive another call several minutes later. It's exasperating. What I am doing at this point is to simply pick the phone up and not speak, which seems to confuse the autobot as it listens for about 10 seconds and then disconnects. Perhaps it will delete my number from the list if I continue with the silent treatment...

Ender
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Even though it is politically incorrect, I will continue to shamelessly exchange oxygen for carbon dioxide with every breath I take...]]></description>
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<pubDate>2011-10-21 15:20:26</pubDate>
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<title>[Phish] Phish email - fake INTUIT &#x26;amp;quot;request to update tax in</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26864525</link>
<description><![CDATA[Text of email, message source: 212.170.188.194 

designed to fool recipients who may have Turbotax or use Intuit's other services or products;

Dear Sir/Madam,

In order to guarantee that accurate information is being sustained on our systems, as well as to be able to grant you better quality of service; INTUIT INC. has partaken in the Internal Revenue Service [IRS] Name and TIN Matching Program.

It appears that your name and/or Taxpayer Identification Number, that is specified on your account is not in compliance with the data obtained from the IRS.

In order to enable INTUIT INC. to update your account, please enter the secure section.

Best regards,
INTUIT INC.

Corporate Headquarters
2632 Marine Way
Mountain View, CA 94043
  

link provided goes to phish site  hxxp:// nzbridge.co.nz/iSWRFbUF/index.html (link broken for safety)  

The target page appears to have been removed, but may be hosted elsewhere. Appears to be similar to http://www.dslreports.com/phishtrack?pid=52972&urls=1&i=5898840&content=1 ]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-07 13:20:53</pubDate>
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<title>[Scam] Craigslist</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26838310</link>
<description><![CDATA[Trying to sell a china hutch.  Nothing fancy at all.  Price $200.  Received the email below.  It doesn't look like a scam to me because he is not asking for any money back but why the price bump?

Thanks for the prompt response i want you to know that am okay with the condition of the item and i will love to make an instant purchase. I will be mailing (overnight) a certified check from my account to cover the cost, while you hold item on my behalf, am willing to give an extra $40 for you to hold item till you receive payment. Once you have payment, I will have my handler come for pickup at your place as soon as check clears your bank. I will be needing the following information to issue out the payment .

Update:
Ok checked the Google (which I should have done first) and am seeing the same message flagged as a scam.  http://tinyurl.com/7w8put9  Don't understand the scam but not going to deal with this dude.

1.Name to be on the check
2.Home Address
3.Telephone

** Please note that the payment will be mailed overnight via the courier to your address and its bound to delivered within 2 to 3 days.
I have taken a closer look at the item and am very satisfied i really need this and would appreciates that you help hold this for me till the payment arrives.Furthermore do remove the posting from CRAIGSLIST as am definitely buying it from you. Hope to hear from you ASAP]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-01 08:25:48</pubDate>
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<title>[Scam] IM GAMED.COM LLC</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26843850</link>
<description><![CDATA[I was just wondering if anyone that got hit with this IM GAMED.com LLC scam was part of UPromise by Sallie Mae and had any of your card numbers on there??]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-02-02 09:56:47</pubDate>
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<title>Tried searching</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26835763</link>
<description><![CDATA[I tried searching for this but I keep getting 503. Anyways there is apparently a new scam going around with the title "Don't fall for the scammers" and they want "me" to send them all my contact details so they can "link" me to the "honest" nigerian's out there. Kind of funny but dummy me deleted it out of "habbit" or I would copy & paste exactly what it said. Anyone else getting these new scams]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-31 15:15:47</pubDate>
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<title>[Scam] Oh No!  The FBI is after me!</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26789747</link>
<description><![CDATA[I bet the real FBI would like to talk to these guys.  Check out the email I just got:

This is the (F.B.I)
FBI headquarters in Washington, d.c.a
Federal bureau of investigation J. Edgar Hoover building,
935 Pennsylvania avenue, NW Washington, d.c. 20535-0001
Federal bureau of investigation (FBI)

Attention to you, this is the final warning you are going to receive from me do you get me????

I hope you understand how many times this message has been sent to you?.
We have warned you so many times and you have decided to ignore our e-mails or because you believe we have not been instructed to get you arrested,and today if you fail to respond back to us with the payment then,we would first send a letter to the mayor of the city where you reside and direct them to close your bank account until you have been jailed and all your properties will be confiscated by the FBI.We would also send a letter to the company/agency that you are working for so that they could get you fired until we are through with our investigations because a suspect is not suppose to be working for the government or any private organization.

Your id which we have in our database been sent to all the crimes agencies all over the world for them to inset you in their website as an internet fraudsters and to warn people from having any deals with you.This would have been solved all this while if you had gotten the certificate signed, endorsed and stamped as you where instructed in the e-mail below. this is the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) am writing in response to the e-mail you sent to us and am using this medium to inform you that there is
no more time left to waste because you have been given from the 3rd of January.As stated earlier to have the document endorsed, signed and stamped without failure and you must adhere to this directives to avoid you blaming yourself at last when we must have arrested and jailed you for life and all your properties confiscated.

You failed to comply with our directives and that was the reason why we didn't hear from you on the 3rd as our director has already been notified about you get the process completed yesterday and right now the warrant of arrest has been signed against you and it will be carried out in the next 7 days as strictly signed by the FBI director.We have investigated and found out that you didn't have any idea when the fraudulent deal was committed with your information's/identity and right now if your id is placed on our website as a wanted person,i believe you know that it will
be a shame to you and your entire family because after then it will be announce in all the local channels that you are wanted by the FBI.

As a good Christian and a honest man, I decided to see how i could be of help to you because i would not be happy to see you end up in jail and all your properties confiscated all because your information's was used to carry out a fraudulent transactions, i called the efcc and they directed me to a private attorney who could help you get the process done and he stated that he will endorse, sign and stamp the document at the sum of $250 usd only and i believe this process is cheaper for you. You need to do everything possible within today and tomorrow to get this process done because our director has called to inform me that the warrant of arrest has been signed against you and once it has been approved, then the arrest
will be carried out, and from our investigations we learn that you were the person that forwarded your identity to one impostor/fraudsters in Africa last year when he had a deal with you about the transfer of some illegal funds into your bank account which is valued at the sum of large amount of money.

I pleaded on your behalf so that this agency could give you some time so that you could get this process done because i learn that
you were sent several e-mail without getting a response from you, please bear it in mind that this is the only way that i can be able to help you at this moment or you would have to face the law and its consequences once it has befall on you. You would make the payment through western union money transfer with the below details.

Receiver name ==== Oha Martins
Country=======Nigeria
Text question==== when
Text answer===== today
Amount===== $250
Senders name======
MTCN =========

Send the payment details to me which are senders name and address, mtcn number, text question and answer used and the amount sent. Make sure that you didn't hesitate making the payment down to the agency by today so that they could have the certificate endorsed, signed and stamped immediately
without any further delay. After all this process has been carried out,
then we would have to proceed to the bank for the transfer of your
compensation funds which is valued at the sum of $1.500,000.00 usd which was suppose to have been transferred to you all this while.

Note/ all the crimes agencies have been contacted on this regards and we shall trace and arrest you if you disregard this instructions. You are given a grace today to make the payment for the document after which your failure to do that will attract a maximum arrest and finally you will be appearing in court for act of terrorism, money laundering and drug trafficking charges, so be warned not to try any thing funny because you are been watched.

Thanks as i wait for your response on my official email ( This is the (F.B.I)
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Dresden - I work in Accounts Payable.
Random Bad Guy - In what capacity?
Dresden - I make sure everyone gets what's coming to them.]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-19 18:38:09</pubDate>
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<title>toyota tundra</title>
<link>http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,26795963</link>
<description><![CDATA[samualkimmie@aol.com is scamming the sale of a toyota tundra by claiming he is a vet and needs to sell this truck for financial reasons. He is not a vet and the truck is not in Alaska. Don't send him any money]]></description>
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<pubDate>2012-01-21 11:11:04</pubDate>
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