[Grassroots-l] Fwd: Scam alert: [Fwd: Thank you from One Laptop per Child]

[Stefan Unterhauser]

http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/devel/2008-November/021159.html

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On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Edward Cherlin <echerlin at gmail.com> wrote:
> If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then the fact that
> G1G1 has attracted its first phishing scam is good news. We have most
> definitely arrived. Now all we need is a Nigerian 419 scam where you
> can have a share of $100 million that somebody in Nigeria is trying to
> smuggle out of the country in order to buy XOs.
>
> *<{%{[}}}   <--bemused geek in clown hat
>
> The address negroponte at laptop.org could exist, but Nicholas doesn't
> use it. His e-mail goes through mit.edu. DO NOT RESPOND TO PHISHING
> MAIL.
>
> Edward Mokurai Cherlin
> Former President
> CAUCE.org
> global spamfighters
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Chris Marshall <jns-cmarshall at comcast.net>
> Date: Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 12:48 PM
> Subject: Scam alert: [Fwd: Thank you from One Laptop per Child]
> To: "devel at lists.laptop.org" <devel at lists.laptop.org>
>
>
> I got an email that claimed to be
> from negroponte at laptop.org asking for
> help with G1G1 but all the links were
> not to where they said they were from.
> I think it may be phishing or a scam
> of some sort.  For example, the link
> to amazon.com/XO actually goes to:
>
> http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?e=00140GOQ-WV-PKk0vG2UCW1Iyligz-Y-vTYYeFTfL9NJG-1I4XgKCWk8-WeF7IC2D-9hgtkisNsRQucVAv9EIRn_l9kuHNU3G29iDeWY5_C765ZwGWtDddYPQ==
>
> Be warned.
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