“You have an e-card waiting to be collected” is the title of the message.
Now I never open email from people I don’t know (because it’s usually usually spam) or where the subject line doesn’t identify it (so when I email Dopers I always put SDMB in the title line). But I fell for it.
You click, it says to collect your email go here, and you wait. Soon enough up comes a screen saying click here and money will be donated to a charity, so please choose which charity. I make a decision and click and then it says please enter your email address and name. I’m smelling a rat, but it’s for charity ain’t it, so I type in “Boss” (which is not my real name).
Now it’s asking what age am I, and I think “oh, gimme a break”, and escape.
Mildly annoying, no more, these things happen, don’t they?
A few days later, ther’e an email waiting for me, saying “Boss, Sorry you haven’t heard from me lately…”
My God. Nobody calls me Boss. It’s the dreaded personalised SPAM. And I gave them my email by opening that stupid e-card thing!
[insert horrifed smiley]
My new policy - if it says “an e-card from …” and I recognise the name I’ll open it. Otherwise, straight to the rubbish bin.
Is this a new ploy, or old? Anyone else come across it?
Redboss
