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    SPAM "HSBC Advising Service" <[email protected]>

    Anyone else rec'd dodgy emails from the above email address.

    A bunch of us at work got 6 emails each from the above email address, each with a different number. If it has said I'd WON 50 Million then I might would have opened the link, but asking me to pay then NO WAY HOSAY

    Subject: Payment Advice - Advice Ref:[GB695342] / CHAPS credits

    Sir/Madam,

    Please download document from dropbox, payment advice is issued at the
    request of our customer. The advice is for your reference only.

    Download link:

    http://computermobiletechcpr.com/HSB..._document.html

    Yours faithfully,
    Global Payments and Cash Management
    HSBC

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    In the past ten days, I've been getting a whole bunch of emails offering Russian brides.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wtbhotia:
    Anyone else rec'd dodgy emails from the above email address.

    A bunch of us at work got 6 emails each from the above email address, each with a different number. If it has said I'd WON 50 Million then I might would have opened the link, but asking me to pay then NO WAY HOSAY
    Probably a good idea you didn't click on that link, a quick google show the document was probably this

    Upatre Downloader Spreading Dyreza Banking Trojan | Threatpost | The first stop for security news

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    Quote Originally Posted by Claire ex-ax:
    In the past ten days, I've been getting a whole bunch of emails offering Russian brides.
    Sorry about that I was meant to of sent Russian boy toys to you

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    Quote Originally Posted by jimbo:
    Sorry about that I was meant to of sent Russian boy toys to you
    I assumed the one I received this morning about how to "Give her immeasurable happiness" was yours.






    I have to check the spam folder because sometimes the real stuff goes in there. But there are days I really regret doing so...

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    At least the russian brides ones are more interesting than mine, I just keep getting spam telling me how great it would be if I bought property in the Hamptons.