[SEL] identity theft attempt from fake PayPal

[Prepair Ltd]

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005 04:58:06 -0800 (PST), you wrote:


>Next, if you MUST read a message, here's another trick.
>Don't open the message but save it to your computer as a txt or html file,
>then open it with NOTEPAD (choose "open with", or "send to", do not simply
>choose OPEN!! It may open it in IE if it's an HTML file!).
>You can read the text, in fact see all the hidden code, and not worry
>about it reporting back to mama.
>
>Bill

Better still, use a plain text email/news programme like Agent, that
way nothing gets activated, regardless of what it is.

 
Peter
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Peter A Forbes
Prepair Ltd, Luton, UK
prepair at easynet.co.uk
http://www.prepair.co.uk