{"id":122,"date":"2007-01-29T11:44:46","date_gmt":"2007-01-29T19:44:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/2007\/01\/29\/how-to-read-and-what-to-look-for-in-scam-emails\/"},"modified":"2007-01-29T12:09:30","modified_gmt":"2007-01-29T20:09:30","slug":"how-to-read-and-what-to-look-for-in-scam-emails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/2007\/01\/how-to-read-and-what-to-look-for-in-scam-emails\/","title":{"rendered":"How to read and what to look for in Scam Emails:"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art Scam Emails<\/strong><\/p>\n

To See The Source Code: Open Email\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on File\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on Properties\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on Details\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on Message Source<\/p>\n

First, look at the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcReceived: from\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lines. Usually, if there are nothing but a long list of numbers, that should be your first clue. You are also looking for servers that specialize in email spamming accounts. Most will have obvious addresses-like, bulkemail.webmail.servit.com or an obvious program name like Send It Out All Over Pro Ver. XX.X<\/p>\n

Second, try to copy the IP address and see if it gets you anywhere\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6usually not, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worth a try. They appear in the [ ] and look like this: 000.000.0.00 I must warn you here\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6most of these are set up on servers that rotate the IP\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just for this purpose. Paste the IP in the address bar of your Internet Explorer.<\/p>\n

Third, try to do a search for the server\/domain. Look at the LAST word before the .com Highlight the last word and .com\/.net and do a search for that. ex\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 plasa.com<\/p>\n

Forth, try to find the last step in the Whois database. Do a search for Whois. Then type in the .com name. You will need to be a detective here. Click on all the available links to search for information. If it is bogus, you will find \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcpiggy-back\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 server info with ranges like 000.000.0.000 – 000.000.0.999 If it is legit, you will find registrar information on the owner, admin and like, which you can then contact.<\/p>\n

If this all stumps you, then you should go with the old saying, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If it sounds too good to be true\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6it usually is.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Also, keep in mind that these people do this for a living, believe it or not, so they are very crafty. Often times, they will only ask for a couple pieces of your work-so to, throw you off the track. If you can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t find bonified information about their company\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t do it!<\/p>\n

I hope this helps\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6bj<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Art Scam Emails To See The Source Code: Open Email\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on File\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on Properties\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on Details\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6Click on Message Source First, look at the \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcReceived: from\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 lines. Usually, if there are nothing but a long list of numbers, that should be your first clue. You are also looking for servers that specialize in email spamming accounts. … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-bj"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bjdecastro.com\/art-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}