Ignore all email from ramaswarup@hotmail.com
As you may know, a Nigerian fraudster has hijacked Swamiji's
hotmail address and his entire personal address book. As of June 2008, this
person is still sending emails to devotees from Swamiji's old hotmail
address. Although these emails appear to be from Swami Ramaswarupananda,
they are not from him. They are hoax emails.
Several requests have been sent to Microsoft Hotmail to have the
email address disabled, with no effective response. The hotmail address is
still active and being used to send fraud/hoax emails to devotees.
Therefore, all email you may receive from the address
"ramaswarup@hotmail.com" should be ignored and deleted immediately, as it
is surely fraudulent. If you take any action based on such an email (even
clicking on a link in it), your computer could be compromised (virus,
hijack, etc.). If you can, blacklist the address
"ramaswarup@sivachidananda.org" or otherwise block it
using your email software so you will not be troubled by further hoax mails
from this source.
Send all email intended for Swamiji to his official address: ramaswarup@sivachidananda.org
Unfortunately, hoaxes and identity theft are a fact of life in this
Internet age. Please keep your software up-to-date and be careful. Double
check before taking any action based on any email. |