Am I Being Scammed?

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Don Sulesky
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Am I Being Scammed?

Post by Don Sulesky »

I just got this messgae from a Forum buyer for my E9th course. He also said he was being directed to another address.
Please contact me directly for anything you may desire. dsulesky@tampabay.rr.com
Thanks/Don

"Hi Don,
Not quite sure what was going on, but I did get a message on my browser
that indicated that "this site may be trying to trick you."
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b0b
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What site was he trying to go to?
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Wiz Feinberg
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Post by Wiz Feinberg »

Post a link to your website and I will visit it with Firefox, which has the McAfee SiteAdvisor plug-in installed. It will notify me if the website is being redirected to a hostile destination. I can also read the server headers to see if someone has hijacked your website.

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<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Wiz Feinberg on 24 May 2006 at 10:34 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Don Sulesky
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Post by Don Sulesky »

B0B
I did some research and he was putting www ahead of my email address which was forwarding him to my Internet provider Tampabay.com and asking him to log on.
He thought this was tricking him from the best I can assume.
I've log on to both my sites from my post with no erroneous messages.
The problem has been rectified I believe.
Thank you, http://web.tampabay.rr.com/dsulesky
Don<font size="1" color="#8e236b"><p align="center">[This message was edited by Don Sulesky on 24 May 2006 at 10:35 AM.]</p></FONT>
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Post by Wiz Feinberg »

Your website is fine Don, right where it is supposed to reside. I'll consider thsi matter resolved and close the topic.

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Moderator of the SGF Computers Forum
<small>Visit my Wiztunes Steel Guitar website at: http://www.wiztunes.com/
or my computer troubleshooting website: Wizcrafts Computer Services,
or my Webmaster Services webpage.
Learn about current computer virus and security threats here.
Read Wiz's Blog for security news and update notices</small>