Aug 22, 08 09:13 am — A "heads up" for those men who may be regular Home Depot customers.
Over the last month I became a victim of a clever scam while out shopping. Simply going out to get supplies has turned out to be quite traumatic. Don't be naive enough to think it couldn't happen to you or your friends.
Here's how the scam works:
Two seriously good-looking 20-21 year-old girls come over to your car as you are packing your shopping into the trunk. They both start wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, with their breasts almost falling out of their skimpy T-shirts. It is impossible not to look.
When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say "No" and instead ask you for a ride to another Home Depot. You agree and they get in the backseat. On the way, they start undressing. Then one of them climbs over into the front seat and starts crawling all over you, while the other one steals your wallet. I had my wallet stolen November 4th, 9th,10th, twice on the 15th, 17th, 20th, & 24th 29th. Also December 1st, 4th, twice on the 8th, 16th, 23rd, 26th, 30th, three times last Saturday and very likely again this upcoming weekend.
So tell your friends to be careful.
P.S. Walmart has wallets on sale 2.99 each
i agree. you can also change the password if you know someone has it and there are ways you can block junk mail.
and how do they know the mails weren't forged?
I don't often shop at Home Depot .. but I do need to pick up a few things for the house this weekend.
Along similar lines, I once read this in a medical journal (really)
They had some jokes on sexuality, that explored various situations. One was a guy in his 90's who went to his doctor (this story takes place long before Viagra) to complain that he was experiencing a decrease in his sex drive.
The doctor first told the Old Timer that this was perfectly normal, then asked when he first noticed this problem. The man replied that it started about 2 weeks ago. He noticed it again last Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday and twice again just last night.
yohimbe9
i would definately have to side with AOL on this one (you'll rarely here me say that.) first, just like the article said, people are responsible for their own passwords. if you're dumb enough to give someone your password, then it's still your fault. it's called a con and it's been around for a long time now. second, odds are they didn't hijack the account. if you read the SMTP specifications (are do any programming against SMTP) then you know that it allows you to specify the sender of the email. i can specify whoever the hell i want to in the from field. i do it all the time when i have a webserver send back a contact form.