Valkyrie Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Just a heads up - although I know youz all being sensible and all that. Hubby got a very nasty phfishing/junk email yesterday which starts off as responding to his recent blood test (he did have one recently) and that they found he had a low red count but high white count. Said it was something or other (didn't mention leukemia) and that it was cancer. I guess it's click here to get treatment. At first he was thrown by it and quickly realised it was one of those sorts of mails, but it was just plain despicable and some poor person who has had a test for something similar and vulnerable could be caught out by it. He was really shocked that someone would send such a thing. Purple Tree asked if it was NICE - yes it was - and she says that a TV Doc warned about this one on twitter yesterday. So thar we go. And if they find the delightful person that set this up then I think said darling should be made to swim with hungry sharks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I read about this, it's awful. What sort of person must you be to think this up Glad he realised quickly that it wasn't legit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Yes indeed. But I have been sending myself "medications" of the inflatable kind as someone is using my email address as a title. I get loads from me all variations on a theme. Very frustrating but that's nothing compared with the nature of this beast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandmashazzie Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Dreadful,what sort of person does this sort of thing.It makes you wonder what sort of upbringing they have had,to be so totally uncaring,unfeeling and to have so little regard for others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keyhole kate Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 That's terrible there really are some low life's out there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapdragon Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 I recall reading about this one in the press recently; how do some people sleep at night? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Leia Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 We had it a few days ago. Our spam filter picked it up though and binned it. I can see how it would catch folks out though even though its a variation on an old trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ain't Nobody Here Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 How horrible . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LolaLayla Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 Must remember to tell MIL about this as it could especially upset the elderly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 Yup - have told my mum about it too. She said pretty much the same as the rest of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JellyBean2605 Posted March 19, 2014 Share Posted March 19, 2014 We had an email at work about this scam a few days ago, apparently the email contains an attachment containing results or something like that, when you open it dangerous stuff can be downloaded onto your computer/phone. The emails tells the reader they have cancer (which must scare the living hell out of them) and claims its from NICE (a clinical guidelines body who would never contact a patient). It's horrible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted March 19, 2014 Author Share Posted March 19, 2014 That's the one. Still beggars belief that someone would do that though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
