zorares opened this issue on Feb 03, 2009 · 34 posts
Angelsinger posted Tue, 10 March 2009 at 7:14 PM
Quote - When I get one of those scam letters I play stupid.
I'll ask if Nigeria is near Russia or some other country....
Quote - Well, I hope you use a different email address to respond to them... LOL
Quote - I did, lol
LOL! I admit, after finding the spamscamscam site all about how the guy played around with such scammers, I was tempted to do the same. :p
But using a different email addy doesn't always hide or protect the sender. I was surprised to learn that even if one uses certain freebie email hosts, recipients can still see the sender's originating IP in the email's source.
If you must join the game, do it at your local library! :P teeeheee!