# Is this another e-mail scam? And what should I do about it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 19, 2004, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-another-e-mail-scam-and-what-should-i-do-about-it/270135 "2004-10-19T23:57:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@The\_world\_s\_most\_deadliest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_world_s_most_deadliest)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-another-e-mail-scam-and-what-should-i-do-about-it/270135/21 "2004-10-20T21:00:08Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > This is too weird. I always get these SDMB coincidences, where I read of or hear of something hitherto unknow to me, and then _bam!_ I run straight into it again. I just came across this mouse-over trick for the first time ever, on a French hotel website I was checking for work: [http://www.jardinssecrets.net/](http://www.jardinssecrets.net/). > > This within about 3 hours of first reading about it on here. Too weird. Ack! :eek: I can’t believe they actually used that type of code in their website! For a business, even! That’s just bad form. Thanks for the link, though - I’ve never actually seen that type of code executed on a website. As an aside, my original answer to the question was going to be “no”, until I stopped myself and Googled for JavaScript, open window and OnMouseOver. Well I’ll be dipped, tons of results. I foolishly thought that if I’d never seen it on the web, it didn’t exist. And now, at the end of the day, I not only know something is true that I would have sworn was false, I also have examples of it in action. All praise the Straight Dope! ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-another-e-mail-scam-and-what-should-i-do-about-it/270135/22 "2004-10-20T22:17:20Z")
> [@Boldface Type](#): > > To do this is Outlook 2002, see the [Microsoft knowlege base](http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307594). OMG, you have to edit the Registry to disable HTML formatting of emails. I’ve always blamed MS for the proliferation of HTML email, and here’s an example of why. What happens if you get an HTML message that you really would like to see what it looks like with the formatting? Edit the Registry again? Sheesh. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2004, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-another-e-mail-scam-and-what-should-i-do-about-it/270135/23 "2004-10-20T22:41:56Z")
> [@The world's most deadliest...](#): > > Ack! :eek: I can’t believe they actually used that type of code in their website! For a business, even! That’s just bad form. Thanks for the link, though - I’ve never actually seen that type of code executed on a website. > > As an aside, my original answer to the question was going to be “no”, until I stopped myself and Googled for JavaScript, open window and OnMouseOver. Well I’ll be dipped, tons of results. I foolishly thought that if I’d never seen it on the web, it didn’t exist. And now, at the end of the day, I not only know something is true that I would have sworn was false, I also have examples of it in action. All praise the Straight Dope! Yes… I find it REALLY odd that I came across a site that used this within hours of first hearing about the trick though! That sort of thing happens to me a lot - I posted a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=259810&highlight=coincidences) about it but basically got shot down… Ah well [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-another-e-mail-scam-and-what-should-i-do-about-it/270135.md?page=1)