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Derek Allen

14 years ago

If it's not one thing it's another. Thanks for the heads up.

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George185 14 years ago

Thanks for the notification.
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krcorser 14 years ago

Thank you so much, Jack--we appreciate you looking out for us. :-)

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R Hagel

14 years ago

Scammers, spammers, hackers and other shady types love tapping into emotional triggers that tend to cause knee-jerk reactions. This particular scheme is a good example...

"You're being sued."

Yikes! Heart pounds, mouth goes dry, brain shuts off... and person does the "knee jerk" behavior of clicking on an attachment.

Another example:

"Your photo is on this website."

This one is made even more powerful by the hint that the photo is, uh, a naughty one. Person freaks and clicks on the link.

Another example:

"Your Amazon order is canceled."

What? Oh crap -- I needed that printer by tomorrow! Wait, did my credit card expire? Did someone hack into my account? OMG... brains shuts off under the emotional freak-out, and the person clicks on the link or opens the attachment.

Word of advice to folks...

If you read anything that makes you feel emotional or makes you feel like reacting... stop. Breathe. Relax. Let your head clear before you do something you'll regret.

Cheers,
Becky

p.s. It's also worth studying these things. What makes these tactics work? What emotional buttons are they pushing? How do they get people to react?

Once you reverse engineer it, see if there's a legitimate way to use this persuasion tactic in your own marketing. For example, maybe you can learn to write a headline that makes people stop in their tracks to pay attention to your sales letter.

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Dital

14 years ago

Thanks for the helpful information.

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mmurtha

14 years ago

Hi Jack,

Thanks for the heads up, but I don't ever open emails like that because you never know who sent them or what is attached.

To be frank about it, if someone is suing me, I would expect to receive a hardcopy either sent through the USPS or have it handed to me - not by an email.

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Kay King 14 years ago

I wonder if anyone has told that law firm their name is being used. Yes there is a Crosby & Higgins law firm in New York.

That's a smart choice by the hacker as the law firm does specialize in copyright among other things.

I'd never open the attachment, though.

Like Mary - I would expect to be notified by a court notice.
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money2k

14 years ago

thanks a lot for the heads up. seems like there is something new every day.

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MichaelHiles

14 years ago

Well, considering that actual legal service must be in person or certified, registered mail, and comes as a prepared court document from the court within the venue of jurisdiction and not on law firm letterhead...

And also considering that no judge would accept a copyright infringement lawsuit without first seeing that proper attempts at remedy had been taken prior to the lawsuit being filed (ie. the infringer must be provided with the opportunity to remedy the breach) AND that is ALWAYS done via certified mail to show court evidence later on of proper notification and service...

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Gary King

14 years ago

Thanks for the post Jack!

Originally Posted by R Hagel

Word of advice to folks...

If you read anything that makes you feel emotional or makes you feel like reacting... stop. Breathe. Relax. Let your head clear before you do something you'll regret.

Cheers,
Becky

p.s. It's also worth studying these things. What makes these tactics work? What emotional buttons are they pushing? How do they get people to react?

Once you reverse engineer it, see if there's a legitimate way to use this persuasion tactic in your own marketing. For example, maybe you can learn to write a headline that makes people stop in their tracks to pay attention to your sales letter.

Great examples and advice on taking a deep breath Becky!

The P.S. is awesome - understanding what the triggers are for these not so friendly things will help marketers in their legit efforts!

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Well, considering that actual legal service must be in person or certified, registered mail, and comes as a prepared court document from the court within the venue of jurisdiction and not on law firm letterhead...

And also considering that no judge would accept a copyright infringement lawsuit without first seeing that proper attempts at remedy had been taken prior to the lawsuit being filed (ie. the infringer must be provided with the opportunity to remedy the breach) AND that is ALWAYS done via certified mail to show court evidence later on of proper notification and service...

Yes, but in that heat of panic, people don't think about that, they just open it (understood not everyone) and that's what the sender is counting on - the freak-out "OMG, What?" reaction.

Same tactic with sending an attachment that has a really, really long file name so you can't see what type it *really* is.

e.g. - DirtyPicturesOfYouPostedOnline.jpg .exe

It's really an executable file (like a program) but it looks like a .jpg file or graphic. The freak-out factor gets lots of folks to open these types of things.

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MichaelHiles

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Gary King

Yes, but in that heat of panic, people don't think about that, they just open it (understood not everyone) and that's what the sender is counting on - the freak-out "OMG, What?" reaction.

Same tactic with sending an attachment that has a really, really long file name so you can't see what type it *really* is.

e.g. - DirtyPicturesOfYouPostedOnline.jpg .exe

It's really an executable file (like a program) but it looks like a .jpg file or graphic. The freak-out factor gets lots of folks to open these types of things.

Oh I'm quite aware of the real problem.

The solution is to not react so emotionally and gain control over your mental faculties.

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Sue McDonald

14 years ago

Thanks for the warning but I tend to delete emails from people I don't know or trust. But I would also think that if someone was suing me, I would receive some other form of notification and it would not be in the form of an email.

There are dozens of scams out there and we all must be aware so thanks again.

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Mohammad Afaq

14 years ago

I really hate spammers.

Why don't they just get a life and do something productive? I mean, if they spent all the time they spend trying to infect people with viruses in doing freelance work or something else they would be full time.

BTW, Thanks for the heads up. I will be more careful now