[ale] Plaxo Pulse

[Jeff Lightner]

A con man calls his targeted victim "mark" so perhaps this spammer
thought he was being clever in his choice of names.

Even when I get email from full names and addresses of people I know
I'll usually hesitate before clicking on links or opening attachments -
especially if they're not computer savvy people.  I'm sure I miss a lot
of funny stuff by not opening unsolicited Word docs but I'm also sure I
miss a lot of malicious macros etc...  

One way to check things out is to do a Google search on the name/domain
that is being offered.  If it is legit you'll usually see many hits for
the service and find another way to get there rather than clicking on
the link in the email (which often enough is masking a completely
different domain or IP).

-----Original Message-----
From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
Hubbs
Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 9:40 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Plaxo Pulse

Best assumption is that it's spam. 

Greg Freemyer wrote:
> I just got invited to join "Mark" at Plaxo Pulse.
>
> I can't even tell if that is pure spam, or if someone I know named
> Mark actually invited me.
>
> That is truly irritating.  I'm going to treat is as spam, but I
> thought I would vent a little here.
>
> Greg
>   

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