Spoof Email

Dear friends of Bishopston Trading Company

Recently it has come to our attention that anonymous spammers have been "Spoofing" our domain name when sending out their spam junk mail. Spoof mail is junk email spam that comes from a sender whose true identity is disguised behind a legitimate website's domain name. In this case the spoof email appears to come from a sender such as  [email protected], or [email protected] or any combination of non-sensical letters before the @ symbol

It is particularly unpleasant that these unscrupulous people have chosen an ethical company such as Bishopston Trading Company, which may lull people into a false sense of security. They have been bulk mailing members of the public (mostly in the US) offering employment with Bishopston Trading Company. This would involve the victim accepting large sums of money by cheque which would be paid into a bank account.
You would be asked to transfer most of the money to a Western Union account (retaining a percentage as commission). Then the original cheque will be returned by the bank and those who fall for the trap loose a substantial amount of money.

If you receive any emails from someone offering employment, who claims to be from Bishopston Trading Company, be aware this has absolutely nothing to do with Bishopston Trading Company.
Please report all correspondence as �abuse� to your ISP.

The British Police are currently taking the necessary action to catch and stop these people.

In addition to the above these spammers are illegally using our legitimate domain name, NOT to try to sell you our products and NOT to gather your personal info, but rather to simply get their spam through your spam filter - so you'll read their junk email about stocks or performance enhancing drugs. This type of spam is so common these days that most people ignore it. But we aren't

The use of our domain name for the purposes of fraudulent email solicitations is illegal. We have notified our Internet Service Provider of this fraudulent use and are taking action to address and prevent the illegal use of our domain name. Meanwhile, know that your safe use of our site is unaffected and our online store remains 100% secure. Bishopston Trading Company sends email only to those addressees who have opted in to receive our email and/or mailing list updates. We do not send spam Ever. Nor do we share or sell our mailing list.

A complete description and analysis of Spoofmail can be found by searching the term Spoof Email in any search engine, and/or going to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-mail_spoofing

PLEASE HELP TO KEEP THE INTERNET A SAFE PLACE FOR THE HONEST PEOPLE OF THIS WORLD