Paper spammers have mastered the database

Well, dear hambrazhitel, if earlier, you could meet all sorts of people who threw working with faceless passers-by in the subway or train station, more recently they have mastered computers, electronic databases, color printing and other computer benefits for sending personalized paper SPAM , they put in your personal mailbox in the entrance decorated colored brochures and promotional materials for you personally (and your parents), indicating all the details, name and other things, to get into the trust. What to expect from well-equipped spammers, threw? How do they earn and how to protect themselves from them? Consider an example. (Photo cautiously traffic)


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So, we received another letter. This is not the first letter this year. Open it and see.


Envelope front


Envelope rear

We see the real address and full name of the recipient, but it immediately catches the eye that all the postmarks are printed on the paper, i.e. without traditional post prints.


Top sheet


The first sheet of the reverse side


Second sheet

Inside we see an envelope with a return address, forms of receipts for postal transfer and a catalog of goods.


Third sheet


Fourth sheet


Fourth sheet back


Fifth sheet

The essence of the divorce. You are invited to send an advance payment for the goods from the catalog. And for the purchase you are promised to participate in the promotion A special commission of the organizers of the action, without a lottery draw, will choose the winner, ostensibly by postmark, but the trickiest thing is that all prices are 3-5 times higher than market prices. This time they sent a New Year's catalog, but they can send books or any other, with a similar catch.


Sixth page


Sixth page back

All prizes: TV, 50 thousand and 1 million rubles, according to the terms of this promotion, will also be distributed by the same “commission”.


Seventh sheet

If you need products from the catalog, then just look at a nearby store or market. In the extreme case, compare prices in online stores, but in no case do you even think to send an advance payment in postal orders, because even if you assume that you will be sent these goods (which is also not a fact), then the prices will be multiple, and the lottery is imaginary . Be careful, although I am sure that most habrazhiteli will not buy these fishing rods, so warn your gullible relatives. These New Year's "gifts" can turn for them, at best, loss of money. And remember, if you once answer, or at least somehow show your attention, then the number of similar offers and promotions in your box will increase many times. Good luck.

PS The main problem in the fight against these spammers is that they do not violate the law. And this means that only methods of prevention and persuasion (as in this article) are possible to deal with. Please take care of your loved ones by buying gifts for them and warning about spammers.

PPS My wife sent them money and she was deceived. It is a pity for our parents, because this is for them kidalovo. I sincerely hoped to instill in the ferociousness a desire to help my parents. Remind about the gifts for them, I wanted to warn that everything, even the address and name, is used to get into the trust. I can not understand those who hate me for wanting to help ...