Gail MacMillan, Broker - Titusville, Brevard County FL : FelonSpy (.) com = PURE HOAX

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FelonSpy (.) com = PURE HOAX

By: Gail MacMillan
Friday, June 27, 2008 11:08 AM

Heads-up! This website is making the rounds (via email) and not a word of it is true.
It gets people all riled up thinking there's very bad people living around them. I have
no idea what the creators of these menaces hope to gain, but I'm sure it's not
good. I received it yesterday and, of course, plugged in my address (minus the street
number). Lo and behold the bad guys were everywhere. I was talking with the friend
who sent it and she had a felon living on the golf course(?) So we checked Snopes.com
and learned the truth: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/felonspy.asp . It would
probably be best if we don't click the link at all! But I had to just once more. I wanted to
see if the fake felons were generated from the people who had just put their address in.
So I put my girlfriend's address in (minus the street number)....well nothing came up on
her street, so that seems safe. I still have a creepy feeling about it....if you have to check
it out just don't put in your street number. Let's play it safe.

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Comments

Member Since '04	Phil Anderson said: And you wonder why you get viruses, Gail. June 27, 2008 9:26 AM
Member Since '05	Gail MacMillan said: Phil, my friend LOL, you know I've never actually had a virus. I did recently get that malware trojan thingy....achooo :-) I Look at it this way I HATE SPAM . By putting the word out (and maybe doing a little experimenting) it engages countless others to combat this plague as well. Look at all the people who have googled looking for information and found our comments. The number of thank you emails tells me we're on the right track by making this garbage open for inspection. I see this great big 'trojan' horse....and know what it's filled with.......it's filled with us fighting back......ahh, the imagery!!! That's what you get for poking fun at me ;-) June 27, 2008 11:27 AM
Member Since '04	Phil Anderson said: Gail.... Do you not understand that the "malware trojan thingy" is a virus? Quite often they access your system when you visit certain sites or open emails. If they are a step in front of your anti-virus or anti-spyware software, you can become infected. Sites like the one you described fit the M.O. Good luck with your SPAM campaign...I dislike it also. June 27, 2008 3:12 PM
Member Since '04	Vance Remele said: Virus Alert !!! :) http://youtube.com/watch?v=3DIS0qd4vbs June 28, 2008 4:32 AM