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Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 2:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Well, my last 4 digits is the same number printed on the letter, so they would know it's my social.
Thanks Mims for the info. I had my checks forged last year and it was a disaster. I am very, very careful.

Faerygdds
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08-29-2000

Monday, August 21, 2006 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Faerygdds a private message Print Post    
I figured it was a pharmacy audit... my dad is a pharmacist and tells me about all the horror stories of dealing with insurance carriers, etc... of course he has MORE horror stories about the customers and HIPPA!

You would be shocked at how often husbands can't understand why they can't know what medication is for and why they have to talk to the patient.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Thursday, September 14, 2006 - 4:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Is Satellite TV for your PC legit? Anybody have this? Heard of it? Sounds too good to be true.

Native_texan
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08-24-2004

Friday, September 15, 2006 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Native_texan a private message Print Post    
I know I'm way late on the previous discussion but I wanted to throw in a comment regarding the xeroxed letterhead.

The firm I am with has a Word macro which contains our firm letterhead. It saves money on buying pre-printed letterhead bond paper. But it also gives the appearance of being copied onto the paper. That is possibly what the company is doing also.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Sunday, September 17, 2006 - 1:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I just got this in email. I don't usually pass on anything, but this one got to me.

This one is legit.. I looked it up in Snopes.
http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/dustoff.asp

This is the email:

____________________________

I guess I'm one of the few who'd never even heard of this so I'm passing it
on...UNBELIEVABLE...what our kids can get into these days!!!!

If you haven't heard about "Dusting" already - please read this article. If
you do already know, then pass it along to every one you love...chances are
they may not know about it.
"Dusting"
First, I'm going to tell you a little about me and my family. My name is
Jeff. I am a Police Officer for a city which is known nationwide for it's
crime rate. We have a lot of gangs and drugs. At one point we were # 2 in
the nation in homicides per capita. I also have a police K-9 named Thor. He
was certified in drugs and general duty. He retired at 3 years old because
he was shot in the line of duty. He lives with us now and I still train with
him because he likes it. I always liked the fact that there was no way to
bring drugs into my house. Thor wouldn't allow it. He would tell on you. The
reason I say this is so you understand that I KNOW about drugs.
I have taught in schools about drugs. My wife asks all our kids at least
once a week if they used any drugs. Makes them promise they won't.
I like building computers occasionally and started building a new one in
February 2005. I also was working on some of my older computers. They were
full of dust so on one of my trips to the computer store I bought a 3 pack
of DUST OFF. Dust Off is a can of compressed air to blow dust off a
computer. A few weeks later when I went to use one of them they were all
used. I talked to my kids and my two sons both said they had used them on
their computer and messing around with them. I yelled at them for wasting
the 10 dollars I paid for them.
On February 28 I went back to the computer store. They didn't have the 3
pack which I had bought on sale so I bought a single jumbo can of Dust Off.
I went home and set it down beside my computer.
On March 1st, I left for work at 10 PM. Just before midnight my wife went
down and kissed Kyle goodnight. At 5:30 am the next morning Kathy went
downstairs to wake Kyle up for school, before she left for work. He was
propped up in bed with his legs crossed and his head leaning over. She
called to him a few times to get up. He didn't move. He would sometimes
tease her like this and pretend he fell back asleep. He was never easy to
get up. She went in and shook his arm. He fell over. He was pale white and
had the straw from the Dust Off can coming out of his mouth. He had the new
can of Dust Off in his hands. Kyle was dead.
I am a police officer and I had never heard of this. My wife is a nurse and
she had never heard of this. We later found out from the coroner, after the
autopsy, that only the propellant from the can of Dust off was in his
system. No other drugs. Kyle had died between midnight and 1 AM.
I found out that using Dust Off is being done mostly by kids ages 9 through
15. They even have a name for it. It's called dusting. A take off from the
Dust Off name. It gives them a slight high for about 10 seconds. It makes
them dizzy. A boy who lives down the street from us showed Kyle how to do
this about a month before. Kyle showed his best friend. Told him it was cool
and it couldn't hurt you. It's just compressed air. It can't hurt you. His
best friend said no.
Kyle was wrong. It's not just compressed air. It also contains a propellant
called R2. It's a refrigerant like what is used in your refrigerator It is a
heavy gas. Heavier than air. When you inhale it, it fills your lungs and
keeps the good air, with oxygen, out That's why you feel dizzy, buzzed. It
decreases the oxygen to your brain, to your heart. Kyle was right. It can't
hurt you. IT KILLS YOU!
The horrible part about this is there is no warning. There is no level that
kills you. It's not cumulative or an overdose; it can just go randomly,
terribly wrong. Roll the dice and if your number comes up you die. ITS NOT
AN OVERDOSE. It's Russian Roulette. You don't die later. Or not feel good
and say I've had too much. You usually die as you're breathing it in. If not
you die within 2 seconds of finishing "the hit." That's why the straw was
still in Kyle's mouth when he died. Why his eyes were still open. The
experts want to call this huffing. The kids don't believe its huffing. As
adults we tend to lump many things together. But it doesn't fit here. And
that's why its more accepted. There is no chemical reaction, no strong odor.
It doesn't follow the huffing signals. Kyle complained a few days before he
died of his tongue hurting. It probably did. The propellant causes
frostbite. If I had only known.
It's easy to say hey, it's my life and I'll do what I want. But it isn't.
Others are always affected. This has forever changed our family's life. I
have a hole in my heart and soul that can never be fixed. The pain is so
immense I can't describe it. There's nowhere to run from it. I cry all the
time and I don't ever cry. I do what I'm supposed to do but I don't really
care. My kids are messed up. One won't talk about it. The other will only
sleep in our room at night. And my wife, I can't even describe how bad she
is taking this. I thought we were safe because of Thor. I thought we were
safe because we knew about drugs and talked to our kids about them.
After Kyle died another story came out. A probation Officer went to the
school system next to ours to speak with a student. While there he found a
student using Dust Off in the bathroom. This student told him about another
student who also had some in his locker. This is a rather affluent school
system. They will tell you they don't have a drug problem there. They don't
even have a dare or plus program there. So rather than tell everyone about
this "new" way of getting high they found, they hid it. The probation
officer told the media after Kyle's death and they, the school, then
admitted to it. I know that if they would have told the media and I had
heard, it wouldn't have been in my house.
We need to get this out of our homes and school computer labs. Using Dust
Off isn't new and some "professionals" do know about. It just isn't talked
about much, except by the kids. They all seem to know about it.
April 2nd was 1 month since Kyle died. April 5th would have been his 15th
birthday. And every weekday I catch myself sitting on the living room couch
at 2:30 in the afternoon and waiting to see him get off the bus. I know Kyle
is in heaven, but I'm in my very own Personal Hell.
This Officer is asking for EVERYONE who receives this email to forward it to
everyone in their address book, even Law Enforcement Officers.

Konamouse
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 6:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Konamouse a private message Print Post    
New type of email scam.

The formatting is the same as what I got.

Hello,
My name is Les Matherson and I am an artist. I live
in England,
with my two kids, one dog and the love of
my life. It is definitely a
full house. I have been
doing artwork since I was a small child when I
was in
Canada were I took interest in arts that gives me
about 23 years
of
experience. I majored in art in high school and took a
few college
art courses. Most of my work is done in
either pencil or hair brush
mixed with color pencils.
I have recently added designing and creating
artwork
on the computer. I have been selling my art for the
last 4 to 5
years and have had my work featured on trading cards,
prints and in
magazines. I have sold in galleries,
museums and to private collectors
from all around the
world. I am always facing serious difficulties when
it
comes to selling my art works to Americans; they are
always offering
to pay with a MONEY ORDER, which is difficult for me
to cash here in
England.
I am looking for a representative in the states who
will be
working for me as a partime worker and I am
willing to pay for every
transaction,which wouldn't
affect our present state of work, someone
who would
help me receive payments from my customers in the
states. I
mean someone
that is responsible and reliable, because the cost of
coming to the state and getting payments is very
expensive, I am
working on setting up a branch in the
state, and so for now I need a
representative in the
united state who will be handling the payment
aspect.
These payments are in money order and they would come
to you in
your name, so all you need do is cash the
money order deduct your
percentage and wire the rest
back. But the problem I have is trust, but
I have my
way of getting anyone that gets away with our money, I
mean
the FBI branch in Washington gets involve.
It wouldn’t cost you any
amount are to receive
payments which will be sent to you by FedEx or
UPS
from my business partners, which would come in form of
a money
order then u are to cash it and send the cash
to me via western union
money transfer all western
union charges will be deducted from the
money. If you
are interested, please get back to me as soon as
possible.
Regards,
Les...


Now, how do I know it's a scam?

1. There is to "To:" in the heading - first sign of this being sent as a Bcc (blind carbon copy) so you don't see who else is being sent this email.

2. It is not addressed to my name personally. Note that all of your legitimate emails from any services (i.e. Paypal, eBay, etc) will ALWAYS address you by your name in the body of the email. Please be careful when you get email that "looks" legitimate - these are the phishing scams that ask you to log in using the link in the body of the email but that is a redirect which will harvest your personal information.

3. The reply email address "@virgilio.it". If he is living in England, why is he using an Italian server????

Ha! I'm too smart for these scammers.



Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Yep ... the way most fraud works is by playing on people's greed. If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

Biloxibelle
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12-21-2001

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biloxibelle a private message Print Post    
There was an article in the paper not to long ago about that. The MO are phoney. A local person lost like $1800.00.

Alwayzmovin
Member

11-06-2003

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 - 8:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Alwayzmovin a private message Print Post    
Don't fall for it! Counterfeit Postal Money orders are all over.

Kristylovesbb
Member

09-14-2000

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kristylovesbb a private message Print Post    
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/juryduty.asp

I received this e-mail today and checked it out at the above, snopes.com, and it's legit.

In this
con, someone calls pretending to be a court official who threateningly
says a warrant has been issued for your arrest because you didn't show
up for jury duty. The
caller claims to be a jury coordinator. If you protest that you never
received
a summons for jury duty, the scammer asks you for your Social Security
number
and date of birth so he or she can verify the information and cancel the
arrest
warrant. Give out any of this information and bingo! Your identity just
got
stolen.

The scam has been reported so far in 11 states, including Oklahoma,
Illinois,
and Colorado . This (scam) is particularly insidious because they use
intimidation over the phone to try to bully people into giving information
by
pretending they're with the court system. The FBI and the federal court
system have
issued nationwide alerts on their web sites, warning consumers about the
fraud.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Thanks Kristy!

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
What exactly does happen if you miss a jury summons? Do they call your house?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 9:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
If you ignore a real jury summons, you may be held in contempt of court. It really depends on the court and the judge or presiding judge but there have been cases where they sent out US Marshalls (this for federal court) to bring the person in.

However, I've always thought if you simply don't reply to the summons, unless they send it registered, how can they prove you even got it.

Anyway, in truth, most of the time, nothing happens.

Urgrace
Member

08-19-2000

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 9:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
No one can legally ask for your SS# over the telephone, and legitimate callers would not ask for it.

Twinkie
Member

09-24-2002

Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 10:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Whew! I ignored a summons on purpose. It wasn't sent registered mail so they can't prove I got it. I'm sick to death of jury summons. I've lived here 11 years and I've gotten 3. Hubby has lived here all his life and never gotten even one! I'm protesting. F them. LOL

Colordeagua
Member

10-25-2003

Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 8:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'll serve! I'll serve! I think I've gotten a total four or five jury summonses. One was federal. And I was chosen for a jury -- as the alternate. A very interesting experience. That was in January '91. Wish I'd get called again.

My mom got the only summons she ever received (far as I know) at age 88!! She was both physically and mentally unable to serve. We got a doctor's excuse.

Julieboo
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02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Anyone know if this is a "good" site? I don't think it is not legitimate, I just wonder if it will result in spam, etc. Anyone opinions? TIA.

www.birthdayalarm.com

Sia
Member

03-11-2002

Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 8:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
I'm getting scared: my NIS keeps giving me a high-risk warning that something called "B*D B*l*a*d*e* R*u*n*n*e*r 0.80a" is trying to access my computer through a wide variety of ports. This has happened every time I have tried to view a video on YouTube and each time I have tried to do a google search on the term B*D B*l*a*d*e R*u*n*n*e*r 0.80a, B*l*a*d*e R*u*n*n*e*r, any variation on that phrase! Is this some sort of trojan horse? This is very spooky!

Note: there are no asterisks between the letters of the phrase I've been trying to type, but I got the same NIS warning even when I tried to submit this as a post. This is beyond scary. Someone tell me what's going on. If I could find the thread for computer problems as quickly as I found this thread, I'd intended to post this message there. I will still look for the computer thread. Thanks for any info available to you.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 8:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Sia, I googled it for you. Other people are having problems too. It appears it might be a trojan horse virus.

Update your anti-virus and then run a scan. You can also try some of the online anti-virus scans. Here is a good one: http://housecall.trendmicro.com/

Rissa
Member

03-20-2006

Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 8:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Sia, go to http://us.mcafee.com/ about half way down the page you will see Free Services and under that "scan for viruses". It will be the most up to date and no cost or membership. I did a quick search in their virus database for that name you gave and nothing came up. There is a *blade* worm, perhaps thats it? Good luck!!! Nothing worse than realizing how dependant we are on these puter thingies. LOL

Neko
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Neko a private message Print Post    
Found this for you Sia for the Symantec wesbite.


quote:

BD Blade Runner 0.80a
Severity: High

This attack could pose a serious security threat. You should take immediate action to stop any damage or prevent further damage from happening.



Description

This signature detects Backdoor Blade runner 0.80a activity.



Additional Information

Backdoor Blade runner 0.80a is a Trojan that opens up a backdoor program that, once installed on a system, permits unauthorized users to remotely control user interface, switch off FTP, browse/edit files, etc. Blade Runner operates over port 5400 via TCP.

Aliases: TrojanDropper.Win32.FC.h, TrojanDropper.Win32.Joiner.y

Response

There are several Backdoor detection programs on the market that are said to be able to scan for and detect a Backdoor Blade runner 0.80a server on your system. Some of the better known AntiVirus vendors have included detection strings in their virus definitions.




Sia
Member

03-11-2002

Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 8:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Rissa. It is really creepy that I'm getting so many alerts tonight. I have tried to search for this virus/threat by name on multiple sites and have been warned by Norton Internet Security every time I hit "enter!" I can't even get www.housecall.antivirus.com to work tonight. Also, I can't search the microsoft.com database under security alerts/threats for this threat by name without getting the same NIS warning. What is happening?

Neko
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 8:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Neko a private message Print Post    
From what I've read, the virus seems to block the user from sreaching or using anything with the words "blade, runner, bladerunner etc."

There also seems to be "mistaken" alerts if the user is using a dial-up accelerator, howere, seeing you've just been getting these warnings tonight, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
There is a lot about it on this page: http://minitutorials.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=350

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Friday, February 09, 2007 - 11:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Heh, and some of the sites say that if you spelled out the name on a webpage, Sia won't be able to read that page. She may not be able to get back here.

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Friday, February 09, 2007 - 11:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
But she used asterisks :-)

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Julieboo a private message Print Post    
Is this true?

A news investigation on dollar stores (including Dollar Tree and
others):
They discovered the Crest, Colgate and other brand name toothpastes aren't the same as from drug and grocery stores etc. The toothpastes were manufactured in many other countries and are not approved by the American Dental Association (ADA). There was even some from South Africa and the fluoride is ten times stronger than what we're allowed in the U.S. (prescription strength). They're allowed stronger because they don't have fluoridated water (like we do). So if we (or our kids) use it often and occasionally swallow it, we could be poisoning ourselves.

Hukdonreality
Member

09-29-2003

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Wow, it actually is TRUE! I don't buy that stuff from dollar stores, but it sure is good to know!

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/toothpaste.asp

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 2:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Huh! I don't buy toothpaste from dollar stores. For some reason, I always seem to be overstocked on toothpaste.

But, I do buy other stuff at dollar stores, and I have wondered if the brand names I am buying are the real stuff. For example, I think the stain remover Zout is a miracle product and will even get out years old washed and dried-in stains. When we were in Texas over the winter, I bought a small bottle of Zout at Dollartree. It did not get out a routine stain, and I was very surprised, made me wonder if the container really had Zout in it. I have some real Zout at home and some more stains. I think I will run my own amateur tests. Or I could go hog wild and slop red wine on everything I own tonight. Yes, I think I will do that.

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Wednesday, March 28, 2007 - 2:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landi a private message Print Post    
i find that de-solv-it works on every grease stain known to man. it even got out my husband's car oil he got on his shirt and pants.