i have no idea what this email is about but i am a 13 year old child.
Notice of payment of USD1.5M
ATTENTION
we have arranged your payment of ($1.5millions) one millions five hundred thousand united state dollars in atm payment card to be sent to you through western union money transfer payment,
Your payment will be sending to you by western union, the amount you will receive per day is $10,000 The minister trust funds of United Kingdom will send you the currently standards track details you need to pick up your ($10,000) payment by western union, you will receive every day till you receive the $1.5millions united state dollars, now no need to send you
this atm card because you can not be able to withdraw the atm card due to the atm master card contain large money on it.
The director administrtor trust funds have already signed your payment, now you are free to comply with United Kingdom Western union control office on this email: (westernunionagent@ebarclays.bg.tf) however, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your payment by western union per $10,000 a day.
Mr Frank Brown,
western union payment department
BARCLAYS BANK UK,
E-mail:(westernunionagent@ebarclays.bg...
Phone:+44-703-590-7854
Fax:+44871 9769834
The United Kingdom Western union control office has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.
Note that the administrator payment need this details from you to process your payment:
Receiver name-----------------
Country-----------------------
City--------------------------
Tel---------------------------
Test question-----------------
Answer------------------------
sex___________________________
age___________________________
Comply now because as soon as you sent this required details to Mr Frank Brown he will start sending your payment by western union.
Regards,
Mr. Charles Moore
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Is this a email scam?
Scam... please delete this E-Mail.
After you send them the information they will either:
A) Ask you to send them money via western union to pay for fees to release your "winnings" (in which case the money you send will be forever gone and of course you are not receiving a large amount of money in return).
B) They will be asking for very personal information like your name, birth date and social security number - then they will steal your identity and rack up a lot of debt in your name...
You are 13 and of course you did not enter into a Lottery Drawing since you are not of age, right?
This is a very common scam and if you want to educate yourself run a Google search on Lottery Scams and Pyramid Schemes.
Read... and you will soon see where this Lottery Prize Scheme is going.
Reply:Weird I got an email kinda like that too. I think it said I won a million dollars from the Shell gas company. I believe its a scam. Just delete it and forget about it. Scammers these days...
Reply:Ok you're 13 so. I'll keep the vitriol minimal. However, word to the wise, Guy.
You had better start getting used to the many bitter disappointments in life.
1. Any stranger that offers to send you free money over the internet will eventually ask you to send him free money first, or ask you to remove articles of clothing in front of a web cam.
2 whenever you are solicited via email by a member of the British plutocracy, reread the email. If its chock full of spelling mistakes, discard it.
Saturday, October 24, 2009
I have given some personal info to a scam email - how do I protect myself now - living in South Africa?
Forest Gump's Mom was right...
Stupid is... as Stupid does.
I have given some personal info to a scam email - how do I protect myself now - living in South Africa?
What kind of info? (and no - dont tell us!).
If you can change the info, like passwords, account numbers etc, then change it. Else you are pretty stuffed.
Check your bank balance, credit card usage, cellphone airtime and other stuff like that regularly. If something does happen, inform the police immediately.
Also, don't delete the emails you have sent to or recieved from the scam people, you wil need it later for evidence.
Most important, inform the police of the scam, but I'm not sure how much that will help with our good old SAPS...
Reply:contact all credit card companies and your bank. also, contact the authorities.
if you want to, change your phone number.
PLEASE ANSWER!
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
web
Stupid is... as Stupid does.
I have given some personal info to a scam email - how do I protect myself now - living in South Africa?
What kind of info? (and no - dont tell us!).
If you can change the info, like passwords, account numbers etc, then change it. Else you are pretty stuffed.
Check your bank balance, credit card usage, cellphone airtime and other stuff like that regularly. If something does happen, inform the police immediately.
Also, don't delete the emails you have sent to or recieved from the scam people, you wil need it later for evidence.
Most important, inform the police of the scam, but I'm not sure how much that will help with our good old SAPS...
Reply:contact all credit card companies and your bank. also, contact the authorities.
if you want to, change your phone number.
PLEASE ANSWER!
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
web
Is this email SCAM? **CONFIRM RECEIPT** Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games <info@msn.co.uk>?
Dear Winner,
The prestigious Yahoo and MSN has set out
and successfully organised a Sweepstakes
marking the annual new year anniversary,
Participants for the draws were randomly
selected and drawn from a wide range of web
hosts which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer
draw system attaching personalised email
addresses to ticket numbers, Your email
address as indicated was drawn and attached to
Lotto Code Number: TL09622UK with Winning
Serial Number: 900-102-447 and drew the File
Ref Number: ICA/11-GIS/2006UK which
subsequently won you 拢500,000.00 GBP. The
draws registered as Draw number one was
conducted in Har Road Sutton, London United
Kingdom. Please be informed by this winning
notification to file for your claim by Contacting
Head Of Winning Claims Dept with the
informations as stated below.
(CONTACT CLAIMS OFFICER)
Name: Mr. Clinton Moore
Email:
clintonmoore_claimsofficerdept4@yahoo....
Tel: +44 704
Is this email SCAM? **CONFIRM RECEIPT** Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games %26lt;info@msn.co.uk%26gt;?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of several email scams including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them :
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...
Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Reply:ABSOLUTELY A SCAM!!!
Reply:It's about as realistic as finding a convent full of bikini clad nuns. You receive an unsolicited email, which states that you have won a major prize in an international lottery. Supposedly, your email address was collected online and attached to a random number that was subsequently entered in a draw for the lottery. In order to claim your prize, you are instructed to contact the official "agent" in charge of your case. You are also advised to keep the win confidential for "security reasons". This part of the scam is basically a random phishing expedition. If you respond in any way to the email, the scammers will send further messages or even contact you by phone in an attempt to draw you deeper into the scam.
You may be asked to provide banking details, a large amount of personal information, and copies of your driver's license and passport. Ostensibly, these requests are to prove your identity and facilitate the transfer of your winnings. However, if you comply with these requests, the scammers will have enough information to steal your identity.
Sooner or later, the scammers will request some sort of advance fee supposedly to cover administration, legal or delivery costs. At its core, this scam is just a reworking of the Nigerian loan fraud, in which scammers also eventually ask for upfront fees to facilitate the "deal". Like Nigerian scams, victims who do actually pay the requested fees will probably find that they receive continuing payment demands to cover "unexpected expenses". The requests for money will go on until the victim realizes what is happening or has no further money to send.
In some cases, the scammers give victims the option of opening an account at a particular bank as an alternative to paying upfront fees. However, this "bank" which is completely bogus, will insist on an initial deposit of $3000 as a requirement for opening the account. The fake bank will have a legitimate looking website to reinforce the scam. In other cases, the victim is given the option of travelling to an overseas destination and paying a cash fee to facilitate the release of the funds. However, any "winnings" released to the victim will be counterfeit and therefore worthless.
The details of the lottery scams vary regularly with regard to the name of the lottery itself, the country of origin, the sponsoring organization, the amount of the "prize" and other particulars. The scammers try to add a patina of legitimacy to their claims by mentioning real financial institutions, government departments or well-known companies. They may also provide links to slick looking, but fraudulent websites that are designed to back up information included in the scam emails. If the scammers are successful in establishing a dialogue with a potential victim, they may provide "proof" such as a scanned image of a supposed government official's ID and even photographs of the "winnings" in cash.
Complete list of SCAM e-mail addresses.
http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/sc...
Reply:You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
www.scambusters-419.co.uk
www.truthorfiction.com
.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful
Reply:scam
Reply:Well, think about it. You didn't buy anything, how do you think they are giving anything away?
I emailed one of them back and said oh yea ok do you want my bank account number? They had the nerve to email back and say thank you for responding.
another one i emailed back hey nice scam, had any takers yet?
Lisa
Reply:Yes, it is scam
Reply:It is a definite scam . During this month of January I have received over 35 such E-mail telling me that I have won a number of prizes exceeding 100 million Dollars. One of the messages I have received is identical to yours but from a different person.
Reply:could be a scam looks convinsing but then again their ment to
tell me if it was
The prestigious Yahoo and MSN has set out
and successfully organised a Sweepstakes
marking the annual new year anniversary,
Participants for the draws were randomly
selected and drawn from a wide range of web
hosts which we enjoy their patronage.
The selection was made through a computer
draw system attaching personalised email
addresses to ticket numbers, Your email
address as indicated was drawn and attached to
Lotto Code Number: TL09622UK with Winning
Serial Number: 900-102-447 and drew the File
Ref Number: ICA/11-GIS/2006UK which
subsequently won you 拢500,000.00 GBP. The
draws registered as Draw number one was
conducted in Har Road Sutton, London United
Kingdom. Please be informed by this winning
notification to file for your claim by Contacting
Head Of Winning Claims Dept with the
informations as stated below.
(CONTACT CLAIMS OFFICER)
Name: Mr. Clinton Moore
Email:
clintonmoore_claimsofficerdept4@yahoo....
Tel: +44 704
Is this email SCAM? **CONFIRM RECEIPT** Yahoo/Msn Lottery Games %26lt;info@msn.co.uk%26gt;?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of several email scams including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them :
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...
Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Reply:ABSOLUTELY A SCAM!!!
Reply:It's about as realistic as finding a convent full of bikini clad nuns. You receive an unsolicited email, which states that you have won a major prize in an international lottery. Supposedly, your email address was collected online and attached to a random number that was subsequently entered in a draw for the lottery. In order to claim your prize, you are instructed to contact the official "agent" in charge of your case. You are also advised to keep the win confidential for "security reasons". This part of the scam is basically a random phishing expedition. If you respond in any way to the email, the scammers will send further messages or even contact you by phone in an attempt to draw you deeper into the scam.
You may be asked to provide banking details, a large amount of personal information, and copies of your driver's license and passport. Ostensibly, these requests are to prove your identity and facilitate the transfer of your winnings. However, if you comply with these requests, the scammers will have enough information to steal your identity.
Sooner or later, the scammers will request some sort of advance fee supposedly to cover administration, legal or delivery costs. At its core, this scam is just a reworking of the Nigerian loan fraud, in which scammers also eventually ask for upfront fees to facilitate the "deal". Like Nigerian scams, victims who do actually pay the requested fees will probably find that they receive continuing payment demands to cover "unexpected expenses". The requests for money will go on until the victim realizes what is happening or has no further money to send.
In some cases, the scammers give victims the option of opening an account at a particular bank as an alternative to paying upfront fees. However, this "bank" which is completely bogus, will insist on an initial deposit of $3000 as a requirement for opening the account. The fake bank will have a legitimate looking website to reinforce the scam. In other cases, the victim is given the option of travelling to an overseas destination and paying a cash fee to facilitate the release of the funds. However, any "winnings" released to the victim will be counterfeit and therefore worthless.
The details of the lottery scams vary regularly with regard to the name of the lottery itself, the country of origin, the sponsoring organization, the amount of the "prize" and other particulars. The scammers try to add a patina of legitimacy to their claims by mentioning real financial institutions, government departments or well-known companies. They may also provide links to slick looking, but fraudulent websites that are designed to back up information included in the scam emails. If the scammers are successful in establishing a dialogue with a potential victim, they may provide "proof" such as a scanned image of a supposed government official's ID and even photographs of the "winnings" in cash.
Complete list of SCAM e-mail addresses.
http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/sc...
Reply:You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
www.scambusters-419.co.uk
www.truthorfiction.com
.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful
Reply:scam
Reply:Well, think about it. You didn't buy anything, how do you think they are giving anything away?
I emailed one of them back and said oh yea ok do you want my bank account number? They had the nerve to email back and say thank you for responding.
another one i emailed back hey nice scam, had any takers yet?
Lisa
Reply:Yes, it is scam
Reply:It is a definite scam . During this month of January I have received over 35 such E-mail telling me that I have won a number of prizes exceeding 100 million Dollars. One of the messages I have received is identical to yours but from a different person.
Reply:could be a scam looks convinsing but then again their ment to
tell me if it was
The "Nigerian" Email Scam?
what can i do to stop them? I get so many of them. here is one
Dear Friend,
With a very desperate need for assistance,I have summed up courage to
contact you.I am presently in Iraq with the USA marine platoon;I found
your contact particulars in an Address journal.I am seeking your
assistance to evacuate the sum of $900,000.00(Nine hundred thousand
dollars)to you,as far as I can be assured that it will be safe
in your care until I complete my service here.This is no stolen money,and
there are no dangers involved.
SOURCE OF MONEY:
Some money in various currencies was discovered concealed in barrels with
piles of weapons and ammunitions at a location near one of Saddam's old
palaces during a rescue operation,and it was agreed by all party present
that the money be shared amongst us,this was quite an illegal thing to do,
but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risks we have
taken with our lives in this hell hole.
The above figure was given to me as my share,and to conceal this kind of
money became a problem for me,so with the help of a German contact
working here,and his office enjoys some immunity,I was able to get the
package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot.He does not
know the real contents of the package,and believes that it belongs to an
Asian American who died in an air raid,and before giving up,trusted me to
hand over the package to his family.
There is a secured way of getting the package out to a safer country for
you to pick up,and i will discuss this with you when I am sure that you
are willing to assist me.One passionate appeal I will make to you is not
to discuss this matter with a third party,should you have reasons to reject
this offer.please destroy this mail as any leakage of this information
will be too bad for us.
I do not know for how long we will remain here but hopefully before the
year runs out,I have survived 2 suicide bomb attacks by the special grace
of God,this and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to
reach out for help.
Respectfully,
Capt John Nielsen
The "Nigerian" Email Scam?
Although this kind of scam is known as the "Nigerian scam", not all of the scammers are from Nigeria. Actually this scam started as early as the 1920's, read about it here:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...
and here:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer...
How to fight spam and scams:
#1: Yahoo has a spamguard filter, but only if multiple users report an address as spam will it be treated as such by the filter.
You have a personal list for blocking addresses in spam options. Anything you mark as spam in Mail classic will be added to that list, in New Yahoo mail adding addresses to the list has to be done manually. If you ever receive anything from those addresses in the future, it will be deleted automatically, you won't even notice when you got some more crap from them. One problem though: the list of blocked addresses is limited to 500 and spammers often change their address. So you must sometimes delete some of the older blocked addresses to make room for new ones.
Go to this link where everything is explained in detail:
http://help.yahoo.com/us/tutorials/mail/...
#2: The Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov) is supposed to help you eliminate spam mails. Forward spam to: spam@uce.gov, in the subject line enter something like "unsubscribe link results in more spam", "unwanted spam message", "no unsubscribe link" or something similar.
Here's how to do the forwarding bit: click the crtl key and at the same time click the "forward" button to forward a message as an attachment, mac users should click the "apple" key and click "forward" simultaneously.
When the FTC gets your mail, they will look into the matter and when they find out who the spamming source is, they will take legal actions.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/sp...
#3: Check Mailwasher, it helps to eliminate spam from your inbox...
Set up your email account(s) in MailWasher and hit the "Check Mail" button. It then downloads all new message headers and displays message details alongside each one (priority, subject, from, to, etc.). Any email that MailWasher considers to be spam is highlighted for easy sorting.
Two checkboxes are located next to each message header: "Delete" and "Bounce". If you click "Delete" the email will be marked for deletion, click "Bounce" and the mail will be marked for bouncing - a fake "address not found" email will be sent to the sender. Once you have decided what to bounce and delete, click "Process Mail" to get it done and your mail client launched for downloading all accepted emails.
MailWasher has a "blacklist" and a "friends list" to enter good and bad email addresses. Addresses in the blacklist are marked for deletion, and addresses in the friends list will be marked as okay. Filters can be set to increase MailWasher's effectiveness. You can have email addressed to "undisclosed recipients" automatically deleted and bounced for example.
Note: the program is free but limited to one email account. MW Pro supports multiple mail accounts.
http://www.mailwasher.net/
Reply:I used to get those and I don't anymore. I don't know who started that. I don't know why they send those emails no one even reads them anyway. I'd just delete it and mark it as spam.
Reply:- Say you can't let your husband know so you'll send cash
- Get mailing address
- Send them something pleasant (I'll let you decide what but may I suggest something on the fecal menu)
Reply:Okay, I'm Nigerian and I know some are criminals, but don't think all are criminals. Also how do you know their Nigerian. Also spam it DUh!
Reply:Block them.
Ask your local police to trace the email address.
Or, get a new email address.
Reply:Don't even open the e-mails. Just delete them and forget about them.
Reply:Get a new email.
Reply:LOL that is HILARIOUS.
I got one on Facebook with some guy telling me he wanted to buy my camera and that he was going to send me a cashiers check for 3,500 and to take an extra hundred for myself out of that, cash the rest and get it as a money order and send it back to him.
You'll just have to ignore them, they're hard to track because they delete their e-mail addresses etc
EDIT
This started from Nigeria therefore it's called a Nigerian scam. AKA 419 scam.
Reply:yeah, i get those too, Ive even written them back threaten to report them, some have stopped writing, some still come in my junk mail. and believe it or not, some do fall for it, wiping out their entire savings. Something that sound too good, isnt always true.
Dear Friend,
With a very desperate need for assistance,I have summed up courage to
contact you.I am presently in Iraq with the USA marine platoon;I found
your contact particulars in an Address journal.I am seeking your
assistance to evacuate the sum of $900,000.00(Nine hundred thousand
dollars)to you,as far as I can be assured that it will be safe
in your care until I complete my service here.This is no stolen money,and
there are no dangers involved.
SOURCE OF MONEY:
Some money in various currencies was discovered concealed in barrels with
piles of weapons and ammunitions at a location near one of Saddam's old
palaces during a rescue operation,and it was agreed by all party present
that the money be shared amongst us,this was quite an illegal thing to do,
but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risks we have
taken with our lives in this hell hole.
The above figure was given to me as my share,and to conceal this kind of
money became a problem for me,so with the help of a German contact
working here,and his office enjoys some immunity,I was able to get the
package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot.He does not
know the real contents of the package,and believes that it belongs to an
Asian American who died in an air raid,and before giving up,trusted me to
hand over the package to his family.
There is a secured way of getting the package out to a safer country for
you to pick up,and i will discuss this with you when I am sure that you
are willing to assist me.One passionate appeal I will make to you is not
to discuss this matter with a third party,should you have reasons to reject
this offer.please destroy this mail as any leakage of this information
will be too bad for us.
I do not know for how long we will remain here but hopefully before the
year runs out,I have survived 2 suicide bomb attacks by the special grace
of God,this and other reasons I will mention later has prompted me to
reach out for help.
Respectfully,
Capt John Nielsen
The "Nigerian" Email Scam?
Although this kind of scam is known as the "Nigerian scam", not all of the scammers are from Nigeria. Actually this scam started as early as the 1920's, read about it here:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri...
and here:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/edu/pubs/consumer...
How to fight spam and scams:
#1: Yahoo has a spamguard filter, but only if multiple users report an address as spam will it be treated as such by the filter.
You have a personal list for blocking addresses in spam options. Anything you mark as spam in Mail classic will be added to that list, in New Yahoo mail adding addresses to the list has to be done manually. If you ever receive anything from those addresses in the future, it will be deleted automatically, you won't even notice when you got some more crap from them. One problem though: the list of blocked addresses is limited to 500 and spammers often change their address. So you must sometimes delete some of the older blocked addresses to make room for new ones.
Go to this link where everything is explained in detail:
http://help.yahoo.com/us/tutorials/mail/...
#2: The Federal Trade Commission (www.ftc.gov) is supposed to help you eliminate spam mails. Forward spam to: spam@uce.gov, in the subject line enter something like "unsubscribe link results in more spam", "unwanted spam message", "no unsubscribe link" or something similar.
Here's how to do the forwarding bit: click the crtl key and at the same time click the "forward" button to forward a message as an attachment, mac users should click the "apple" key and click "forward" simultaneously.
When the FTC gets your mail, they will look into the matter and when they find out who the spamming source is, they will take legal actions.
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/edcams/sp...
#3: Check Mailwasher, it helps to eliminate spam from your inbox...
Set up your email account(s) in MailWasher and hit the "Check Mail" button. It then downloads all new message headers and displays message details alongside each one (priority, subject, from, to, etc.). Any email that MailWasher considers to be spam is highlighted for easy sorting.
Two checkboxes are located next to each message header: "Delete" and "Bounce". If you click "Delete" the email will be marked for deletion, click "Bounce" and the mail will be marked for bouncing - a fake "address not found" email will be sent to the sender. Once you have decided what to bounce and delete, click "Process Mail" to get it done and your mail client launched for downloading all accepted emails.
MailWasher has a "blacklist" and a "friends list" to enter good and bad email addresses. Addresses in the blacklist are marked for deletion, and addresses in the friends list will be marked as okay. Filters can be set to increase MailWasher's effectiveness. You can have email addressed to "undisclosed recipients" automatically deleted and bounced for example.
Note: the program is free but limited to one email account. MW Pro supports multiple mail accounts.
http://www.mailwasher.net/
Reply:I used to get those and I don't anymore. I don't know who started that. I don't know why they send those emails no one even reads them anyway. I'd just delete it and mark it as spam.
Reply:- Say you can't let your husband know so you'll send cash
- Get mailing address
- Send them something pleasant (I'll let you decide what but may I suggest something on the fecal menu)
Reply:Okay, I'm Nigerian and I know some are criminals, but don't think all are criminals. Also how do you know their Nigerian. Also spam it DUh!
Reply:Block them.
Ask your local police to trace the email address.
Or, get a new email address.
Reply:Don't even open the e-mails. Just delete them and forget about them.
Reply:Get a new email.
Reply:LOL that is HILARIOUS.
I got one on Facebook with some guy telling me he wanted to buy my camera and that he was going to send me a cashiers check for 3,500 and to take an extra hundred for myself out of that, cash the rest and get it as a money order and send it back to him.
You'll just have to ignore them, they're hard to track because they delete their e-mail addresses etc
EDIT
This started from Nigeria therefore it's called a Nigerian scam. AKA 419 scam.
Reply:yeah, i get those too, Ive even written them back threaten to report them, some have stopped writing, some still come in my junk mail. and believe it or not, some do fall for it, wiping out their entire savings. Something that sound too good, isnt always true.
I got email scammed and cashed the money orders, but now I'm not the victim?
Ok, so I recieved money orders for a company that I was suppose to cash and send them the money. Stupid me, I did, but I didn't cash in my bank account, because I don't have one, I cashed at a check cashing place. Well now I'm getting calls from them telling me it was fake and that they are going to file a police report and they want their money. I don't have the money anymore, otherwise I would give it to them. I had no idea that this was a scam...I don't know what could happen to me? Could I go to jail? Or what? It's my understanding that these check cashing places are suppose to call and verify everything before they cash it...if they had done this in the first place, all this could have been avoided. And please don't berate me for being stupid and doing this, I'm doing a pretty good job of that myself. Call it being naive. Any Lawyers out there that can tell me what can happen?
I got email scammed and cashed the money orders, but now I'm not the victim?
You seriously didn't know this was a scam? All you can do now is pay them back.
Reply:Ok, did you keep the emails sent by this company? If so, go to the police department first and explain the situation; then take them to the check cashing place so they can get the money orders. But you would have to pay them back (the same thing would have happened if it was a bank)
2ndly, I work for federal law enforcement, so I can say this. If its too good to be true then it is. You don't get something for nothing.
Now my question to you why would you cash money orders out of the clear blue sky for a company when they could have done that themselves?
Reply:Pay them back even if you have to make payments. Sorry
Reply:Yes. You are a criminal for cashing falsified checks in the eyes of the law. The check cashing place has every right to notify the police and probably must do so in order that these bad checks can be written off as bad debt in the eyes of the IRS.
Do expect the police or F.B.I. to be in contact with you concerning this matter.
The best thing for you to do is to become proactive in this matter. First, contact legal representation. If you don't have money I'm sure that you can find a legal group that can assist you or someone willing to work probono. Ask at your church or school for names of lawyers, etc.
Second, meet with your lawyer right away and prepare to go to the authorities yourself. If you kept any of the money from cashing the checks (which I'm sure you did since that's part of the bait to have you cash them) get ready to turn it over to the police.
Depending on the full circumstances, like if you've ever been convicted of a crime and the details of this instance, it's likely you won't see any jail time. It will be up to the agents whether they see a need to make it a criminal matter and if they do it's likely that the judge won't prescribe much more than fines and probation. But the key is to go to the authorities in a timely manner and to be forthcoming with all of the evidence. Your lawyer should help you through all of this.
The worst thing to do is to do nothing and hope it 'blows over'. Things will only get worse if you take that approach.
Reply:You're on the hook for the full amount of the check they cashed. Most unfortunate that you feel victim to this very old type of crime. There's no such thing as free money.
Reply:your gonna have to prove where the money orders came from. theyre the real scammers right?
I got email scammed and cashed the money orders, but now I'm not the victim?
You seriously didn't know this was a scam? All you can do now is pay them back.
Reply:Ok, did you keep the emails sent by this company? If so, go to the police department first and explain the situation; then take them to the check cashing place so they can get the money orders. But you would have to pay them back (the same thing would have happened if it was a bank)
2ndly, I work for federal law enforcement, so I can say this. If its too good to be true then it is. You don't get something for nothing.
Now my question to you why would you cash money orders out of the clear blue sky for a company when they could have done that themselves?
Reply:Pay them back even if you have to make payments. Sorry
Reply:Yes. You are a criminal for cashing falsified checks in the eyes of the law. The check cashing place has every right to notify the police and probably must do so in order that these bad checks can be written off as bad debt in the eyes of the IRS.
Do expect the police or F.B.I. to be in contact with you concerning this matter.
The best thing for you to do is to become proactive in this matter. First, contact legal representation. If you don't have money I'm sure that you can find a legal group that can assist you or someone willing to work probono. Ask at your church or school for names of lawyers, etc.
Second, meet with your lawyer right away and prepare to go to the authorities yourself. If you kept any of the money from cashing the checks (which I'm sure you did since that's part of the bait to have you cash them) get ready to turn it over to the police.
Depending on the full circumstances, like if you've ever been convicted of a crime and the details of this instance, it's likely you won't see any jail time. It will be up to the agents whether they see a need to make it a criminal matter and if they do it's likely that the judge won't prescribe much more than fines and probation. But the key is to go to the authorities in a timely manner and to be forthcoming with all of the evidence. Your lawyer should help you through all of this.
The worst thing to do is to do nothing and hope it 'blows over'. Things will only get worse if you take that approach.
Reply:You're on the hook for the full amount of the check they cashed. Most unfortunate that you feel victim to this very old type of crime. There's no such thing as free money.
Reply:your gonna have to prove where the money orders came from. theyre the real scammers right?
New yahoo email scam did you receive one yet?
The All-New Yahoo! You Must Be A Part Of It To Avoid De-activativation
Of Your Yahoo Account.
The All-New Yahoo! Mail Beta Is:
Faster: Fewer steps to get things done.
Easier: Drag %26amp; drop organization.
Effortless: Automatically checks email for you.
With the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta you must fill the Informations Below
To Verify Your Account, PleaseThis For Your Benefit. Read Below To
Understand More.
Yahoo User
Due to the congestion of Yahoo users, Yahoo would be shutting down all
unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out
your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your
account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
* Username: .................................
* Password: ...................................
* Date of Birth: ................................
* Country Or Territory: .................................
After following the instructions in the above, your account will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to
this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Warning!!! Whosoever that refuses to update his/her account after two
weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account
permanently.Until then, feel free to visit our online help center at
http://help.yahoo.com/
for answers if you have not already done so.
New yahoo email scam did you receive one yet?
SCAM, do not answer, DELETE IT
Reply:I've received the exact same SPAM/Phishing email today! Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:56:03 -0500. I suspected that it was fake, but appreciate your posting the additional info here. Report Abuse
Reply:If I would have gotten one, it would have been deleted post haste.
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Of Your Yahoo Account.
The All-New Yahoo! Mail Beta Is:
Faster: Fewer steps to get things done.
Easier: Drag %26amp; drop organization.
Effortless: Automatically checks email for you.
With the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta you must fill the Informations Below
To Verify Your Account, PleaseThis For Your Benefit. Read Below To
Understand More.
Yahoo User
Due to the congestion of Yahoo users, Yahoo would be shutting down all
unused Accounts, You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out
your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your
account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.
* Username: .................................
* Password: ...................................
* Date of Birth: ................................
* Country Or Territory: .................................
After following the instructions in the above, your account will not be
interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to
this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Warning!!! Whosoever that refuses to update his/her account after two
weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account
permanently.Until then, feel free to visit our online help center at
http://help.yahoo.com/
for answers if you have not already done so.
New yahoo email scam did you receive one yet?
SCAM, do not answer, DELETE IT
Reply:I've received the exact same SPAM/Phishing email today! Fri, 08 Feb 2008 21:56:03 -0500. I suspected that it was fake, but appreciate your posting the additional info here. Report Abuse
Reply:If I would have gotten one, it would have been deleted post haste.
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Paypal / skype email scam ?
i got an email off paypal saying my skype account had been canceled ?
i don't have an account with skype, never have.
the email looks genuine though.
i looked through my payment history with my credit card and on paypal and the is nothing but the payments i know about.
(i didn't click any links by the way, i'm not that daft heh)
i'm just wondering if anyone else had this and if it's a scam.
and what should i do?
:/
thanks in advance
xo
Paypal / skype email scam ?
As well as contacting Paypal, I would be inclined to just drop an email to Skype on their site as they may be unaware there is a scam going around in their name.
They then could drop an email to all their customers warning them.
Reply:If you have never had a skype account and they are saying it was canceled, then it is a scam. They are probably trying to steal your personal information.
Reply:go on to paypal website see if there is any way you can forward them the email then they may be able to track down where it came from then delete it
Reply:I get them all the time. I also get ones from banks. Just delete any email about account from companies you do not have.
Reply:Haloo i would contact paypal directly by phone and see if they did send the email.
Reply:yes we got a simaler email i never use pay pay so i think it is a scam
Reply:yeah its a scam don't worry abt it/
by the way have u had ur baby?? how did it go? xxx
i don't have an account with skype, never have.
the email looks genuine though.
i looked through my payment history with my credit card and on paypal and the is nothing but the payments i know about.
(i didn't click any links by the way, i'm not that daft heh)
i'm just wondering if anyone else had this and if it's a scam.
and what should i do?
:/
thanks in advance
xo
Paypal / skype email scam ?
As well as contacting Paypal, I would be inclined to just drop an email to Skype on their site as they may be unaware there is a scam going around in their name.
They then could drop an email to all their customers warning them.
Reply:If you have never had a skype account and they are saying it was canceled, then it is a scam. They are probably trying to steal your personal information.
Reply:go on to paypal website see if there is any way you can forward them the email then they may be able to track down where it came from then delete it
Reply:I get them all the time. I also get ones from banks. Just delete any email about account from companies you do not have.
Reply:Haloo i would contact paypal directly by phone and see if they did send the email.
Reply:yes we got a simaler email i never use pay pay so i think it is a scam
Reply:yeah its a scam don't worry abt it/
by the way have u had ur baby?? how did it go? xxx
I recieved what I think is a scam mail from a tahoo account where do I report it? I need an email number?
It is suposed to a random lottery from England made of from a sampling of emailers and there is a cash reward, that requires you to enter a lot of personel information. Don't fall for this It would make it too easy to still your ID and it even wants you to enter banking infor to wire your prize.
I recieved what I think is a scam mail from a tahoo account where do I report it? I need an email number?
Oh jeez! This goes on all the time, it's one of the biggest internet scams. Just put the junk in spam and forget it. Yahoo didn't send it and Yahoo can't stop it. Only you can, by not opening and reading any more of this ridiculous stuff. We've ALL gotten these - it's been going on for years!
Reply:I get these also...mine are from Canada, Nigeria and so on....I just delete but u are probably right...it needs to reported...try reporting it to yahoo...or the BBB.
Reply:thanks for telling me
I recieved what I think is a scam mail from a tahoo account where do I report it? I need an email number?
Oh jeez! This goes on all the time, it's one of the biggest internet scams. Just put the junk in spam and forget it. Yahoo didn't send it and Yahoo can't stop it. Only you can, by not opening and reading any more of this ridiculous stuff. We've ALL gotten these - it's been going on for years!
Reply:I get these also...mine are from Canada, Nigeria and so on....I just delete but u are probably right...it needs to reported...try reporting it to yahoo...or the BBB.
Reply:thanks for telling me
Sulecn: email scam/virus? How did i get it? and, How do I get rid of it?
Somehow they hacked my address book and sent out the below email to everyone in my address book.
Dear friend锛?br>
I would like to introduce a good company who trades mainly in electornic products.Now the company is under sales promotion,all the products are sold nearly at its cost.They provide the best service to customers,they provide you with original products of good quality,and what is more,the price is a surprising happiness to you!It is realy a good chance for shopping.just grasp the opportunity,Now or never!
The web address: www.sulecn.com
-Who are they, how did they do it, how do I get rid of it, and how do I report them?
Sulecn: email scam/virus? How did i get it? and, How do I get rid of it?
in safe mode F8 run malwarebytes anti-malware and SUPERAntispyware,and what they find you
delete it manually. then run ccleaner to clean your pc, and mvregclean, to clean registry.
what mvregclean find you remove because the key is there but not the file ,folder or program.
even you reformat and it finds anything remove dont be afraid.
dont forget when you install this software to update them, and do an update every day
then restore until before you get infected.
m
Reply:I also recommend Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. You can also find if you have a virus through Microsoft the web site to get their is: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/compute... This is a free download. You need to download: Malicious Software Removal Tool or the other program on that page. I had a virus on my computer and I used this after I used Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware just to make sure that it was off. Well Good Luck!
Reply:The same thing has just happened to myself. Does anyone know how to retreive your contacts? They have deleted everything in my account! Also, FYI... when it was sent to my work, I was able to look up a "name" that the email came from (even though it showed my name and email) and the name that came up was Jim Lovesy and the web was 33004.mail.mud.yahoo
Any suggestions?
Reply:you are gonna need a good anti-spyware for the job
i would recommend Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
you can download the latest version from here :
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-downloa...
Reply:Download, Install %26amp; Run == All-Free
=
AVG Antivirus Software
http://free.avg.com
-
SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com
-
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
-
CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com
Reply:I no you have already got alot of antivirus, but try avira. I hear it has one of the highest ditecton rates. Run a scan. If that does not work do another one in safe mode. ( Avira is free to )
Dear friend锛?br>
I would like to introduce a good company who trades mainly in electornic products.Now the company is under sales promotion,all the products are sold nearly at its cost.They provide the best service to customers,they provide you with original products of good quality,and what is more,the price is a surprising happiness to you!It is realy a good chance for shopping.just grasp the opportunity,Now or never!
The web address: www.sulecn.com
-Who are they, how did they do it, how do I get rid of it, and how do I report them?
Sulecn: email scam/virus? How did i get it? and, How do I get rid of it?
in safe mode F8 run malwarebytes anti-malware and SUPERAntispyware,and what they find you
delete it manually. then run ccleaner to clean your pc, and mvregclean, to clean registry.
what mvregclean find you remove because the key is there but not the file ,folder or program.
even you reformat and it finds anything remove dont be afraid.
dont forget when you install this software to update them, and do an update every day
then restore until before you get infected.
m
Reply:I also recommend Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware. You can also find if you have a virus through Microsoft the web site to get their is: http://www.microsoft.com/protect/compute... This is a free download. You need to download: Malicious Software Removal Tool or the other program on that page. I had a virus on my computer and I used this after I used Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware just to make sure that it was off. Well Good Luck!
Reply:The same thing has just happened to myself. Does anyone know how to retreive your contacts? They have deleted everything in my account! Also, FYI... when it was sent to my work, I was able to look up a "name" that the email came from (even though it showed my name and email) and the name that came up was Jim Lovesy and the web was 33004.mail.mud.yahoo
Any suggestions?
Reply:you are gonna need a good anti-spyware for the job
i would recommend Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware
you can download the latest version from here :
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam-downloa...
Reply:Download, Install %26amp; Run == All-Free
=
AVG Antivirus Software
http://free.avg.com
-
SuperAntiSpyware
http://www.superantispyware.com
-
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware
http://www.malwarebytes.org/mbam.php
-
CCleaner
http://www.ccleaner.com
Reply:I no you have already got alot of antivirus, but try avira. I hear it has one of the highest ditecton rates. Run a scan. If that does not work do another one in safe mode. ( Avira is free to )
A Email Scam??
I had applied to many grant sites to win grant money for my education and I was excited to see this in my inbox at 1st but somethin is strange... It seems legit because it includes a web
page... heres the email:
Dear Winner,
Congratulations The Foundazion Di Vittorio has chosen you by the board
of trusteesas one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for
your own personal educational and business development.To celebrate
the 30th anniversary 2008 program We are giving out a yearly donation
of US$50000.00 to 40 lucky recipients as charity donations.
Full Name .......Home Address
......
Occupation: ........Telephone: ........
Fax: ...............Number: ............
Sex :...............Age:. ..............
Next of Kin: ......Batch No:...N-222-6747 E-900-56%26gt;
Mr STEVE FERGUSON
TEL +2348055603376
E-Mail: fdvredeemagents1@yahoo.it
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it
A Email Scam??
A major grant organization has a free Yahoo address? There's the red flag right there. If you reply they send this to you. It looks like they want over $500 up front.
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY FOR WEST AFRICAN STATES
Official Head Quaters, Abuja. Nigeria
Attention:MELODY KEY.
I have been informed by the UNO to anticipate your message. You pin number has been verified and confirmed to relate to a parcel with cheque valued the sum of US$1,000,000.00. Congratulation, the cheque has been issued in your name and we have concluded the processing of all documents that will facilitate the clearance of the cheque in your Bank. This documents includes the following:
1.DONATION CHEQUE VALUED THE SUM OF US$1,000,000.00.
2.DONATION CERTIFICATE FROM THE VITTORIO FOUNDATION, ITALY.
3.CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES(C.S.F.C.)
4.ANTI-TERRORISM CERTIFICATES(A.T.C)
5.BENEFICIARY PAYMENT FORM(KINDLY NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FORM THAT STATES THE BENEFICIARIES NAME AND BANK NAME THAT WILL RECEIVE THE CHEQUE.)
6.LETTER OF AFFIDAVITS FROM THE NIGERIAN HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, STATING THAT THE DONATION WAS RECEIVED LEGALLY FROM THE UNIVERSAL DONATION PROGRAMME, AND DUELY SIGNED BY THE LEGAL ATTORNEY TO THE ECOWAS.
These documents have been securely sealed and packed for security reasons which makes it impossible for anyone to view it until its been delivered to you.
Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to all cost arising for the delivery of the donation parcel. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds misapropiation.
Find below our delivery options which you are required to choose the one that is most convinient to you.
DHL
Cost of delivery
Mailing: $40.00
FEDEX
Cost of delivery
Mailing: $35.00
UPS
Cost of delivery
Mailing: $30.00
REGARDLESS OF ANY ABOVE OPTION, THE INSURANCE CHARGE OF YOUR PARCEL IS $455
Any of the above chosen option cost should be paid by you to the Courier delivery officer as soon as your parcel is delivered to your address.
Most Importantly, The parcel must be Insured by the Nigerian National Insurance company, before it can be dispatched by any of your chosen courier service, as the delivery content has to be insured in the Nigerian insurance firm, before it can be delivered to you via courier due to the diplomatic content of the package that is been delivered. Failure to produce the insurance fee will mean refusal of package delivery by any of the courier service so as to enable this company secure her good name they have always maintained here in Nigeria, since the package delivery without the insurance will be illegal. The insurance is the International law guiding the authentic delivery of diplomatic document
Kindly send your option within 24hrs of receipt of the email. and you shall be informed on how to make payments of the Insurance charge. As soon as payment of Insurance is made, your parcel shall immediately be insured and dispatched via any of your prefered courier service.
Note: that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before remittance. This means that the above delivery charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your parcel is shipped. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the international gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD july 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect receipients and to avoid misappropriation of funds.Send your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs,Your responds is been awaited.
MR. ADAMU BALLO.
COUNSELLOR,
ECOWAS.
TEL: +2348036768928.
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page... heres the email:
Dear Winner,
Congratulations The Foundazion Di Vittorio has chosen you by the board
of trusteesas one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for
your own personal educational and business development.To celebrate
the 30th anniversary 2008 program We are giving out a yearly donation
of US$50000.00 to 40 lucky recipients as charity donations.
Full Name .......Home Address
......
Occupation: ........Telephone: ........
Fax: ...............Number: ............
Sex :...............Age:. ..............
Next of Kin: ......Batch No:...N-222-6747 E-900-56%26gt;
Mr STEVE FERGUSON
TEL +2348055603376
E-Mail: fdvredeemagents1@yahoo.it
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it
A Email Scam??
A major grant organization has a free Yahoo address? There's the red flag right there. If you reply they send this to you. It looks like they want over $500 up front.
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY FOR WEST AFRICAN STATES
Official Head Quaters, Abuja. Nigeria
Attention:MELODY KEY.
I have been informed by the UNO to anticipate your message. You pin number has been verified and confirmed to relate to a parcel with cheque valued the sum of US$1,000,000.00. Congratulation, the cheque has been issued in your name and we have concluded the processing of all documents that will facilitate the clearance of the cheque in your Bank. This documents includes the following:
1.DONATION CHEQUE VALUED THE SUM OF US$1,000,000.00.
2.DONATION CERTIFICATE FROM THE VITTORIO FOUNDATION, ITALY.
3.CLEAR SOURCE OF FUNDS CERTIFICATES(C.S.F.C.)
4.ANTI-TERRORISM CERTIFICATES(A.T.C)
5.BENEFICIARY PAYMENT FORM(KINDLY NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FORM THAT STATES THE BENEFICIARIES NAME AND BANK NAME THAT WILL RECEIVE THE CHEQUE.)
6.LETTER OF AFFIDAVITS FROM THE NIGERIAN HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE, STATING THAT THE DONATION WAS RECEIVED LEGALLY FROM THE UNIVERSAL DONATION PROGRAMME, AND DUELY SIGNED BY THE LEGAL ATTORNEY TO THE ECOWAS.
These documents have been securely sealed and packed for security reasons which makes it impossible for anyone to view it until its been delivered to you.
Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to all cost arising for the delivery of the donation parcel. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds misapropiation.
Find below our delivery options which you are required to choose the one that is most convinient to you.
DHL
Cost of delivery
Mailing: $40.00
FEDEX
Cost of delivery
Mailing: $35.00
UPS
Cost of delivery
Mailing: $30.00
REGARDLESS OF ANY ABOVE OPTION, THE INSURANCE CHARGE OF YOUR PARCEL IS $455
Any of the above chosen option cost should be paid by you to the Courier delivery officer as soon as your parcel is delivered to your address.
Most Importantly, The parcel must be Insured by the Nigerian National Insurance company, before it can be dispatched by any of your chosen courier service, as the delivery content has to be insured in the Nigerian insurance firm, before it can be delivered to you via courier due to the diplomatic content of the package that is been delivered. Failure to produce the insurance fee will mean refusal of package delivery by any of the courier service so as to enable this company secure her good name they have always maintained here in Nigeria, since the package delivery without the insurance will be illegal. The insurance is the International law guiding the authentic delivery of diplomatic document
Kindly send your option within 24hrs of receipt of the email. and you shall be informed on how to make payments of the Insurance charge. As soon as payment of Insurance is made, your parcel shall immediately be insured and dispatched via any of your prefered courier service.
Note: that your prize is protected by a hardcover insurance policy, which makes it impossible to deduct any amount from the money before remittance. This means that the above delivery charges cannot be deducted from the prize and hence must be provided by you before your parcel is shipped. This is in accordance with section 13(1)(n) of the international gambling act as adopted in 1993 and amended on 3RD july 1996 by the constitutional assembly.This is to protect receipients and to avoid misappropriation of funds.Send your response to indicate your option within the next 24hrs,Your responds is been awaited.
MR. ADAMU BALLO.
COUNSELLOR,
ECOWAS.
TEL: +2348036768928.
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New email scam do not answer it please?
So I read my mail on this account and got a email for a bank of america failed atemtp at logging into my account well i have never made a account for bank of america or used this email for bank of america and it came from customersupport.bankofamerica@gaterhost.... come on do you think im some 20 year old man that is stuiped everyone know's bank of america has a better email then that stuiped thing so dont answer this
New email scam do not answer it please?
Will not, Thanks for being a good citizen and sounding the alarm.
Reply:thanks for that
for everyone's information i have had these before too from different banks and i have been told by my bank that if they contact you by email they will always address you by name and not dear customer. Also they said they if they are sending you info on a online account they will not send you a link to log into your account or ask you to give any account details - they will tell you to go the account home page and log in from there as normal.
Reply:I received one of those myself, I got a good laugh out of it and then deleted it thanks for the warning though
Reply:ok
Reply:i wont, but this really isn't new.
New email scam do not answer it please?
Will not, Thanks for being a good citizen and sounding the alarm.
Reply:thanks for that
for everyone's information i have had these before too from different banks and i have been told by my bank that if they contact you by email they will always address you by name and not dear customer. Also they said they if they are sending you info on a online account they will not send you a link to log into your account or ask you to give any account details - they will tell you to go the account home page and log in from there as normal.
Reply:I received one of those myself, I got a good laugh out of it and then deleted it thanks for the warning though
Reply:ok
Reply:i wont, but this really isn't new.
Email Scam?
I got a strange email today. It was somebody from a town i used to live in saying that we had recently chatted and mentioned my first name. Firstly, I didn't even know what craigslist is. When i followed the link it was a porn sight. So, how the heck does somebody send me an email like this, get my first name, and know a town a used to live in. The email is actually in my husbands name and there is no mention of me in the profile......any ideas? there is also no mention of my old town in the profile either. I definetely have not chatted with anyone, and my husband would not chat posing as me...lol...weird stuff. I'm sure it has him a little suspicious so i'm pissed.
Email Scam?
Sounds like your husband had been looking at porn to me, but I am saying he did. There are a lot of weird people out there that do nothing all day but hack emails. He could have hacked into a site you have been to and got the info that way.
Reply:That sometime happens just as you are simply surfing. Tracking cookies get on your computer, and steal your info. Just block them.
Email Scam?
Sounds like your husband had been looking at porn to me, but I am saying he did. There are a lot of weird people out there that do nothing all day but hack emails. He could have hacked into a site you have been to and got the info that way.
Reply:That sometime happens just as you are simply surfing. Tracking cookies get on your computer, and steal your info. Just block them.
PHONE/EMAIL SCAM GOING AROUND!?
Hello justabout 2 minutes ago i got a text from epps@lineserve.com the message says:
(hi) Darla said u'd want to c this goto xtl.exciteword.com
in those exact words....
im pretty sure its a scam i texted them who the hell is this?...no reply
searched site on siteadvisor...hasnt been tested
i dont wanna go to this site..is it a scam???
ive never given out my cell # to companies
and i dont know a freaking darla!2 of my friends got it at the same time i did also.
Pleas help
PHONE/EMAIL SCAM GOING AROUND!?
You don't need to give your cell number to a company. Companies have computers that dial sequences of numbers - area code, 3 number prefix, and 4 number discreet number - to do their scams. Any time they get a working number, they download their message. I'm guessing that what you got was a link to a porn site.
(hi) Darla said u'd want to c this goto xtl.exciteword.com
in those exact words....
im pretty sure its a scam i texted them who the hell is this?...no reply
searched site on siteadvisor...hasnt been tested
i dont wanna go to this site..is it a scam???
ive never given out my cell # to companies
and i dont know a freaking darla!2 of my friends got it at the same time i did also.
Pleas help
PHONE/EMAIL SCAM GOING AROUND!?
You don't need to give your cell number to a company. Companies have computers that dial sequences of numbers - area code, 3 number prefix, and 4 number discreet number - to do their scams. Any time they get a working number, they download their message. I'm guessing that what you got was a link to a porn site.
Another email scam...?
I just got an email, and just wanted to give everyone a heads up of how stupid and obvious a scam looks:
From: lostid@bankofamerica.com %26lt;b4n30fam3rica@kingkog.com%26gt;
To: ******@gmail.com(me)
Message: We have found many incorrect log-ins at our Web site(link). If you would like to log-in to your Bank of America(link) account, please click here(link), and type in your online ID, along with your passcode. You will then be asked questions to confirm your identity, along with lifting your online banking limits.
Please click here(link) to visit our lost ID page, and lift your online banking limits.
Please don't hesitate to contact via email at lostid@bankofamerica.com, or contact us at 1-800-341-BANK.
The link led to: http://bankofamerica.kingkog.com/bankofa...
This is just a heads up. I even entered a fake ID, and it still asked me for my personal information. I reported them to the BBB RECUREc and IC3.
Another email scam...?
Yeah! It's a fraud or scam or phishing or whatever adverse you say!
Proofs:
Web Of trust: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/bankof...
McAfee SiteAdvisor: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/bankofa...
Reply:PhishTank.com has also CONFIRMED this "Bank of America" (BofA) Phishing Scam.
Be careful out there...
online games
From: lostid@bankofamerica.com %26lt;b4n30fam3rica@kingkog.com%26gt;
To: ******@gmail.com(me)
Message: We have found many incorrect log-ins at our Web site(link). If you would like to log-in to your Bank of America(link) account, please click here(link), and type in your online ID, along with your passcode. You will then be asked questions to confirm your identity, along with lifting your online banking limits.
Please click here(link) to visit our lost ID page, and lift your online banking limits.
Please don't hesitate to contact via email at lostid@bankofamerica.com, or contact us at 1-800-341-BANK.
The link led to: http://bankofamerica.kingkog.com/bankofa...
This is just a heads up. I even entered a fake ID, and it still asked me for my personal information. I reported them to the BBB RECUREc and IC3.
Another email scam...?
Yeah! It's a fraud or scam or phishing or whatever adverse you say!
Proofs:
Web Of trust: http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/bankof...
McAfee SiteAdvisor: http://www.siteadvisor.com/sites/bankofa...
Reply:PhishTank.com has also CONFIRMED this "Bank of America" (BofA) Phishing Scam.
Be careful out there...
online games
Who else recently received a Nigerian scam email in their Yahoo!mail account?
cant believe that people fall for that sh!t. I emailed him (she/they) back saying I had no money for them to scam, but would like to have the money, as we could scam each other.
beware the fools king Spiff Izuma as he (she/they) is creating new stories all the time... dead relative, despot ruler, lottery... damn hes (she/they) are keen. but I guess if they get one strike in a million they win.
for those of you who have received this email from either spiffizumabf13@mail.ru
or
spiffizuma132@hotmail.com
dont believe it (because people get scammed I had to tell you to stop being silly and not to fall for it). I think they are using this answer board as a scamming ground for email addresses. because it came to my Yahoo! account.
Yahoo! you should have a "Report A Scam" button on your Yahoo!mail Beta
Who else recently received a Nigerian scam email in their Yahoo!mail account?
I receive that **** all the time i keep deleting them as spam, but still keep receiving them.
Reply:yes, google has a "report phishing" button in their mail. I've been getting significantly more spam making it through to my inbox in the past few weeks, which i find abhorent since i pay for the premium service and expect more from yahoo.
Reply:Yes me too I can always received this type of mails.I dont know why they are doing this. mmmm
Reply:everybody did and they all claimed that each one was specialy selected ,dont open them
beware the fools king Spiff Izuma as he (she/they) is creating new stories all the time... dead relative, despot ruler, lottery... damn hes (she/they) are keen. but I guess if they get one strike in a million they win.
for those of you who have received this email from either spiffizumabf13@mail.ru
or
spiffizuma132@hotmail.com
dont believe it (because people get scammed I had to tell you to stop being silly and not to fall for it). I think they are using this answer board as a scamming ground for email addresses. because it came to my Yahoo! account.
Yahoo! you should have a "Report A Scam" button on your Yahoo!mail Beta
Who else recently received a Nigerian scam email in their Yahoo!mail account?
I receive that **** all the time i keep deleting them as spam, but still keep receiving them.
Reply:yes, google has a "report phishing" button in their mail. I've been getting significantly more spam making it through to my inbox in the past few weeks, which i find abhorent since i pay for the premium service and expect more from yahoo.
Reply:Yes me too I can always received this type of mails.I dont know why they are doing this. mmmm
Reply:everybody did and they all claimed that each one was specialy selected ,dont open them
Email scam/virus/something bad??!!!?
I just got an email in my inbox and when I opened it, it said that because of the congestion of so many anonymous yahoo accounts, it would shut down some, and mine was among those to be deleted. At first, I was ready to reply and quickly fill out the information needed, but then I realized it was from "Dear Account", not Yahoo. Also, there were a bunch of spelling errors and grammar mistakes, and I don't think Yahoo would ask for your password either, so I left it.
Can somebody help me? Is it a fake and should I report it?
Email scam/virus/something bad??!!!?
Yes, it's fake, and you're very smart for not falling for it. Here's how you can report it:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/securit...
Watch this video about phishing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRZGhiHG...
Reply:You're welcome :) Report Abuse
Reply:if you like to report do it but can you report all of world wrong things to yahoo or any site else ,then !!!
then don't subscribe to any web site then they cant sell your information to other sites ,open one or more valuable email for your self work ,personal and as it ,and open other email for not important Communications , fun chats and as it ,in both kind of emails dont keep your true information ,dont keep any real address on them ,dont keep any identification thing as mobile number or as home or company number in them ,when you wanted to surf on web or subscribe to one web site ,use second kind of email boxes ,and most important thing ,just open email that you know their senders .and just know ,no one will pay you free money ,free stuffs or as them ,all are fake.
dont fill any form by first kind of emails those are for your personal or work emails ,dont fill any form ,if you did by force ,dont give real information .
Can somebody help me? Is it a fake and should I report it?
Email scam/virus/something bad??!!!?
Yes, it's fake, and you're very smart for not falling for it. Here's how you can report it:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/securit...
Watch this video about phishing:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqRZGhiHG...
Reply:You're welcome :) Report Abuse
Reply:if you like to report do it but can you report all of world wrong things to yahoo or any site else ,then !!!
then don't subscribe to any web site then they cant sell your information to other sites ,open one or more valuable email for your self work ,personal and as it ,and open other email for not important Communications , fun chats and as it ,in both kind of emails dont keep your true information ,dont keep any real address on them ,dont keep any identification thing as mobile number or as home or company number in them ,when you wanted to surf on web or subscribe to one web site ,use second kind of email boxes ,and most important thing ,just open email that you know their senders .and just know ,no one will pay you free money ,free stuffs or as them ,all are fake.
dont fill any form by first kind of emails those are for your personal or work emails ,dont fill any form ,if you did by force ,dont give real information .
EMAIL SCAM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
i have gotten about 15 of the same email but from different people. this i swhat they say or are related to this topic:
Urgent Assistance,
Par votre h么te: Issa Kabore
Message: From Mr Issa Kabore, I am the Audit and Accounts director in the foreign remittance department in bank of African, B.O.A. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($7.2 )millionimmediately to your account.
I will send you full details on how the business will be executed and alsonote that you will have 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to helpme execute this business. vist me will this email address issakabore15@hotmail.fr
if you have gotten emails like this please let me know what to do to stop them.
EMAIL SCAM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
This is a rather common Nigerian 419 scam. See:
http://nigerian-scam.com/
for a little more info. Spammers use phony addresses so none of them are where it came from.
If you use Yahoo turn on the spamguard to stop getting these. Click Options Mail Optins and then Spam. Check that top box.
After that some spam my sneak through, just highlight it and click the Spam button. Yahoo will learn what you want and what you do not want.
Reply:Forward the messages to the Federal Trade Commission at the following address:
spam@uce.gov
You can also report them here: http://consumerfraudreporting.org/feedba...
In the event any of the scam messages that came from Y! Mail accounts, they should be reported here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya...
Reply:What to do to stop this? The first thing you do is STOP OPENING AND READING THIS CRAP! When you open them, you notify the spammer that he has a real, live email address. He collects and sells this information to other spammers.
Spammers have automated scripts that send emails out using a "dictionary attack". This means their script just sends out tons of emails to various combinations of numbers and letters at different domains. Kind of like if you just start calling phone numbers starting with 100-100-0000 then 100-100-0001, etc. They don't know what is a valid email address and what is not. When you reply to one (try to unsubscribe, or replying back telling them how you hate them), you are now confirming your email address is a real, live email address. They have special lists of those, because they know they're guaranteed real. They then sell those lists to other spammers at a premium. Then you get more spam!
Urgent Assistance,
Par votre h么te: Issa Kabore
Message: From Mr Issa Kabore, I am the Audit and Accounts director in the foreign remittance department in bank of African, B.O.A. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($7.2 )millionimmediately to your account.
I will send you full details on how the business will be executed and alsonote that you will have 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to helpme execute this business. vist me will this email address issakabore15@hotmail.fr
if you have gotten emails like this please let me know what to do to stop them.
EMAIL SCAM HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!?
This is a rather common Nigerian 419 scam. See:
http://nigerian-scam.com/
for a little more info. Spammers use phony addresses so none of them are where it came from.
If you use Yahoo turn on the spamguard to stop getting these. Click Options Mail Optins and then Spam. Check that top box.
After that some spam my sneak through, just highlight it and click the Spam button. Yahoo will learn what you want and what you do not want.
Reply:Forward the messages to the Federal Trade Commission at the following address:
spam@uce.gov
You can also report them here: http://consumerfraudreporting.org/feedba...
In the event any of the scam messages that came from Y! Mail accounts, they should be reported here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya...
Reply:What to do to stop this? The first thing you do is STOP OPENING AND READING THIS CRAP! When you open them, you notify the spammer that he has a real, live email address. He collects and sells this information to other spammers.
Spammers have automated scripts that send emails out using a "dictionary attack". This means their script just sends out tons of emails to various combinations of numbers and letters at different domains. Kind of like if you just start calling phone numbers starting with 100-100-0000 then 100-100-0001, etc. They don't know what is a valid email address and what is not. When you reply to one (try to unsubscribe, or replying back telling them how you hate them), you are now confirming your email address is a real, live email address. They have special lists of those, because they know they're guaranteed real. They then sell those lists to other spammers at a premium. Then you get more spam!
Anyone a victim of the 'Yahoo email prize alert' scam? What did the perpetrator do to you after that?
Dozens a day reported here; most seem to be settled with taking a check or transfer for money and leaving it at that.
A few identity theft issues; a few empty accounts after wire transfers seem to be about right.
Anyone a victim of the 'Yahoo email prize alert' scam? What did the perpetrator do to you after that?
I mark them as SPAM so that I don't have to deal with them.
Reply:I get those like the sun rises and sets. I've only been a victim of identity theft. They couldn't touch my bank account because I didn't give them that info.
facebok
A few identity theft issues; a few empty accounts after wire transfers seem to be about right.
Anyone a victim of the 'Yahoo email prize alert' scam? What did the perpetrator do to you after that?
I mark them as SPAM so that I don't have to deal with them.
Reply:I get those like the sun rises and sets. I've only been a victim of identity theft. They couldn't touch my bank account because I didn't give them that info.
facebok
Email scam: what to do?
I answered a guy from Craigslist when i posted an ad looking for a cheap place to rent who said that he's give me his place in return for looking after it and "doing some business" for him, especially running checks he'd receive through my bank account. I said I didn't like the idea, but did send him my full name and address via email, and then was told by a friend that it is in fact a scam.
I didn't furnish any bank info of birthday or Soc. Sec number, but it occurs to me that the guy's trick is yto go to the post-office and file a change of address in my name and receive my mail, including credit-card bills, checks and so on.
This happened yesterday: what to do now?
Email scam: what to do?
In your last paragraph, you are very correct. This scam artist, could go to the postoffice and use your name and address to make a change and receive your credit card bills along with all other mail that you receive.
Go to the post office and explain the situation and speak to a "Postal Inspector", so that this situation is taken care of properly. Plus report the guy to "Craigslist", so he can be removed.
Best not to take chances. Instead take action when necessary.
Minddoctor, France
Reply:Very sorry about what happen to you. Hope that all will be resolved. Please practice safe surfing and don't give out any personal data,your real name, address or anything over the WWW. Report Abuse
Reply:dont open e-mail from unknown or untrusted people.
Reply:I'm sure you've done this already (but) :report this to the post office and check to see if there has been a change of address made with the address that you have now. You can also send in your question to the post office https://hdusps.esecurecare.net/cgi-bin/h...
Reply:Your information will not be used most likely. He gets lots of people who will respond to the level that you have. As long as personal information is not disclosed (SSN, DOB, etc) you should be OK.
I would suggest reporting this user account on Craig's List. They are pretty good about shutting these people down.
Reply:Go to the post office and make sure that they have the correct address and let them know what happend. Im sure they can do something to make surre only you can change your address for like security purposes.
Reply:I think thats not gonna happen anyway.... and why would he be interested in receiving your mails or whatsoever? That guy is only interested in your money and credit cards... but the good thing is, you didn't give him those info...
I guess it won't make you harm, if he still keeps on sending emails, just mark him as spam...
I didn't furnish any bank info of birthday or Soc. Sec number, but it occurs to me that the guy's trick is yto go to the post-office and file a change of address in my name and receive my mail, including credit-card bills, checks and so on.
This happened yesterday: what to do now?
Email scam: what to do?
In your last paragraph, you are very correct. This scam artist, could go to the postoffice and use your name and address to make a change and receive your credit card bills along with all other mail that you receive.
Go to the post office and explain the situation and speak to a "Postal Inspector", so that this situation is taken care of properly. Plus report the guy to "Craigslist", so he can be removed.
Best not to take chances. Instead take action when necessary.
Minddoctor, France
Reply:Very sorry about what happen to you. Hope that all will be resolved. Please practice safe surfing and don't give out any personal data,your real name, address or anything over the WWW. Report Abuse
Reply:dont open e-mail from unknown or untrusted people.
Reply:I'm sure you've done this already (but) :report this to the post office and check to see if there has been a change of address made with the address that you have now. You can also send in your question to the post office https://hdusps.esecurecare.net/cgi-bin/h...
Reply:Your information will not be used most likely. He gets lots of people who will respond to the level that you have. As long as personal information is not disclosed (SSN, DOB, etc) you should be OK.
I would suggest reporting this user account on Craig's List. They are pretty good about shutting these people down.
Reply:Go to the post office and make sure that they have the correct address and let them know what happend. Im sure they can do something to make surre only you can change your address for like security purposes.
Reply:I think thats not gonna happen anyway.... and why would he be interested in receiving your mails or whatsoever? That guy is only interested in your money and credit cards... but the good thing is, you didn't give him those info...
I guess it won't make you harm, if he still keeps on sending emails, just mark him as spam...
Email Scam?
CONGRATULATION
From: RogerSoares (RogerSoares@netcabo.pt)
Sent: November 11, 2007 10:57:58 PM
To:
EURO MILLION E-LOTTERY
Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse2
DE-56073 Koblenz,
9XF
Germany.
Reference Number: LRP/19-DE/9317
Batch: LRP/06/41
DEAR WINNER,
We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the results of the EURO MILLION E-LOTTERY held on the 19/10/2007, You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Number: LRP/19-DE/9317 and Batch number: LRP/06/41.Your email address attached to the Ticket number: 7-18-34-35-40-7-8 drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category, You have been approved for a payment of 1,000,000 Euro (ONE MILLION EURO). Please contact the fiduciary agent whose details are stated below to begin the processing of your claim. Once again congratulation from the entire staffs of Euro Million E-lottery.
CONTACT;
Sir. Billy Moore
Foreign Services Manager,
Email: info.euromillionagent@yahoo.co.uk
Yours Sincerely,
MS GLORIA EDWARDS
(Lottery Coordinator/Director)
EURO MILLION E-LOTTERY
NOTE THAT ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO: info.euromillionagent@yahoo.co.uk
Email Scam?
fraud.
the scammer is probably a 10 year old looking to make some good ol' cash
Reply:of course it is, if you answer they will tell you that there is a processing fee or something, usually around 5 thousand dollars, you send it, they keep it, and your out 5k
Reply:Found another mistake!!! where it says:
"...sweepstake in the first category, You have been..."
it should not have a comma. LOL it's fake!! :D
Reply:Ya that is Email Scam it good that you know
Reply:I concur with the last answer. Did you enter this contest? If no, then it is a scam. A legitimate letter would have no errors. Does the letter have both perfect grammar, the correct use of words or bad spelling? :It is flawed:
1. CONGRATULATION needs an S. The only entity that uses a singular is the US draft board "Greeting;".
2. There should be no comma in the first sentance.
3. email [is] attached...
4. sweepstake[s]
5 "whose details are are stated below" is clumsy wording without the needed commas.
Why does this millionare clown operate out of a Y! account?
FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD!
From: RogerSoares (RogerSoares@netcabo.pt)
Sent: November 11, 2007 10:57:58 PM
To:
EURO MILLION E-LOTTERY
Ferdinand-Sauerbruch-Strasse2
DE-56073 Koblenz,
9XF
Germany.
Reference Number: LRP/19-DE/9317
Batch: LRP/06/41
DEAR WINNER,
We are pleased to inform you of the release, of the results of the EURO MILLION E-LOTTERY held on the 19/10/2007, You were entered as dependent clients with: Reference Number: LRP/19-DE/9317 and Batch number: LRP/06/41.Your email address attached to the Ticket number: 7-18-34-35-40-7-8 drew the lucky winning number, which consequently won the sweepstake in the first category, You have been approved for a payment of 1,000,000 Euro (ONE MILLION EURO). Please contact the fiduciary agent whose details are stated below to begin the processing of your claim. Once again congratulation from the entire staffs of Euro Million E-lottery.
CONTACT;
Sir. Billy Moore
Foreign Services Manager,
Email: info.euromillionagent@yahoo.co.uk
Yours Sincerely,
MS GLORIA EDWARDS
(Lottery Coordinator/Director)
EURO MILLION E-LOTTERY
NOTE THAT ALL REPLIES SHOULD BE SENT TO: info.euromillionagent@yahoo.co.uk
Email Scam?
fraud.
the scammer is probably a 10 year old looking to make some good ol' cash
Reply:of course it is, if you answer they will tell you that there is a processing fee or something, usually around 5 thousand dollars, you send it, they keep it, and your out 5k
Reply:Found another mistake!!! where it says:
"...sweepstake in the first category, You have been..."
it should not have a comma. LOL it's fake!! :D
Reply:Ya that is Email Scam it good that you know
Reply:I concur with the last answer. Did you enter this contest? If no, then it is a scam. A legitimate letter would have no errors. Does the letter have both perfect grammar, the correct use of words or bad spelling? :It is flawed:
1. CONGRATULATION needs an S. The only entity that uses a singular is the US draft board "Greeting;".
2. There should be no comma in the first sentance.
3. email [is] attached...
4. sweepstake[s]
5 "whose details are are stated below" is clumsy wording without the needed commas.
Why does this millionare clown operate out of a Y! account?
FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD! FRAUD!
Email scam for name and address only ?
I was hoping that someone might be able to help me with a possible email scam.
The person wants to buy something from me that I have advertized, and I have seen all of the old scams floating around, so I know what they look like.
The problem is that this person seems only to want my name, (to put on the cashiers check) and the address where I live, (to mail the check to). Then they say they are going to mail me a cashiers check for the amount that I am asking.
So far, this is the only information that I have given this person.
Could this be a scam?
Thank you for any help on this.
Email scam for name and address only ?
It sounds ok to me... What's your problem?
Reply:it might be a scam if -
they want you to ship or provide the service prior to receiving the check or allowing it time to clear.
or they write the cashiers check for more than the transaction amount.
another red flag, if you didn't ask for a cashiers check.
also, if they're overseas, forget it.
also, good rule of thumb, the higher the transaction dollar amount, the more scam potential - not really worth the trouble for $30, but for $3000... there are a lot of scumba** out there.
Reply:Ask him if he has a pay pal account. That way you don't have to give him any information. You are very smart for asking. Don't trust no one you don't know.
Reply:I got this email when i was selling something, it turned out to be a scam
Reply:Yes, this is undoubtedly a scam. Why do they want to send you money? Do you know them?
Do not give them any more information -- this could be a person hunting for identities to steal.
If an offer seems too good to be true, then it is not true. Do not contact these people any more, change you email address.
Good luck and God speed.
Reply:Yes. Be very careful! It sounds very suspicious to me.
Reply:Scam!
Reply:Why not use Paypal or wire transfer?
How about they give you THEIR name and address which you will subsequently check...
It sounds like scam to me.
Reply:No scam.They need your name and address to send you the CHEQUE.
Reply:Look beautiful,
Chances are if you have an ill thought about this then you are right. If you dont feel comfortable then dont do it. It does sound a little cheesy. If this person was at least a moderate buyer then they should know they need to give out info to get info. I would not do it. Wait for a better chance. Or you could go through a place like EBAY and secure your sell. All-in-all if you do go through with it, i would wait till the check cleared or its cashed before they got anything.
The person wants to buy something from me that I have advertized, and I have seen all of the old scams floating around, so I know what they look like.
The problem is that this person seems only to want my name, (to put on the cashiers check) and the address where I live, (to mail the check to). Then they say they are going to mail me a cashiers check for the amount that I am asking.
So far, this is the only information that I have given this person.
Could this be a scam?
Thank you for any help on this.
Email scam for name and address only ?
It sounds ok to me... What's your problem?
Reply:it might be a scam if -
they want you to ship or provide the service prior to receiving the check or allowing it time to clear.
or they write the cashiers check for more than the transaction amount.
another red flag, if you didn't ask for a cashiers check.
also, if they're overseas, forget it.
also, good rule of thumb, the higher the transaction dollar amount, the more scam potential - not really worth the trouble for $30, but for $3000... there are a lot of scumba** out there.
Reply:Ask him if he has a pay pal account. That way you don't have to give him any information. You are very smart for asking. Don't trust no one you don't know.
Reply:I got this email when i was selling something, it turned out to be a scam
Reply:Yes, this is undoubtedly a scam. Why do they want to send you money? Do you know them?
Do not give them any more information -- this could be a person hunting for identities to steal.
If an offer seems too good to be true, then it is not true. Do not contact these people any more, change you email address.
Good luck and God speed.
Reply:Yes. Be very careful! It sounds very suspicious to me.
Reply:Scam!
Reply:Why not use Paypal or wire transfer?
How about they give you THEIR name and address which you will subsequently check...
It sounds like scam to me.
Reply:No scam.They need your name and address to send you the CHEQUE.
Reply:Look beautiful,
Chances are if you have an ill thought about this then you are right. If you dont feel comfortable then dont do it. It does sound a little cheesy. If this person was at least a moderate buyer then they should know they need to give out info to get info. I would not do it. Wait for a better chance. Or you could go through a place like EBAY and secure your sell. All-in-all if you do go through with it, i would wait till the check cleared or its cashed before they got anything.
Has anyone received an email stating that they won money from UK lottery intl. Is this a scam?
Got an email stating I won the EURO Millions Lottery along with 5 other people. Has anyone else received this email. The phone number to call and claim the prize is in the UK. Want to know if this is a scam
Has anyone received an email stating that they won money from UK lottery intl. Is this a scam?
like they said if something is too good to be true then it is..and one more very important thing..dont open emails unless you know the person or you are waiting for a business,etc. I know alot are tempting but thats the way you get more spam, viruses and trojans slip thru. Look on prefernces and set your spam protection filter.
Reply:its a scam.
camelot will only send u an email saying there is "news about your ticket" only if you subscribe online. They will never ask you for any details in the email either and will direct you to their own site to sign into your account and check your ticket. However to protect yourself never click on any link in an email, your best bet is to open a new internet page and type the url of the homepage yourself.
Reply:Here are a few tips in figuring out if email messages like these are a scam:
* Were you expecting a message from this source? For example, did you purchase lottery tickets from this place _and_ give them your email address?
* How did they know to contact you at this address anyway? For the lottery example, _you_ usually have to contact the lottery company when you have won, because you're the only one who knows that you have the winning numbers (not the other way around). For random drawings and such, you have to enter to win--so do you remember entering?
* Did they even get your name right? A lot of "spam scam" messages says things like "Your email address has won!"--but you of course understand that "email addresses" don't win anything, people do.
* Lastly, remember that Google is your friend. Don't know much about the "EURO Millions Lottery", eh? Type it into Google and see what comes up... You'll see that it's a numbers-pick game in the UK which, in general, you have to watch to see if your numbers are picked (however, you can play online now and be notified that way, but I'm betting you didn't do that). And by the way, the official spelling is "EuroMillions", not "EURO Millions".
So... in conclusion, my money says you haven't been playing EuroMillotter.com online and gotten a real win notification from them, but that this is a scam. And hopefully those tips will help you sort through the spam in the future, too.
Reply:read the small print the phone call probs cost you 拢100 lol
its JUNK and the sender to your block list
Reply:Total scam.
Reply:Yes, it's a scam.
Reply:Yes
I tryed
Found I must be A dumbass
Reply:Do you know anyone in the UK? Have you bought any UK Lottery tickets lately? IT'S A SCAM!!!!!!
Reply:I have had alot of them in my e-mail, scams they want u to send money to get money don't fall for it lol
Reply:No, it's not a scam. People give strangers millions of dollars and euros and pounds and francs everyday, and thousands more people win sweepstakes they never even entered! It's true! And even more surprising, there are hundreds of millions of dollars stashed away in Nigeria, just waiting for an honest person to help spirit it out of the country via an electronic bank transfer. Wake up! Geeze, surely you can't be so stupid as to acutally believe you won 5 million euros from a sweepstake you never entered, can you?
Reply:Check with this site for all your scam, fraud, 'is-this-true' type look-ups:
http://www.scambusters.org/
Hope this helps.
---
Use protection,
your computer will thank you.
Reply:As above mentioned, additionally, if you have to ask, than its a scam (that's it, bam) obviously.
Reply:Total scam. Be very careful - just remember if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
wdw
Reply:Yes i have and yes it is!
Reply:you cant win what you didnt enter for, therefore major scam, most (if not all) of these are scams
mark zuckerberg
Has anyone received an email stating that they won money from UK lottery intl. Is this a scam?
like they said if something is too good to be true then it is..and one more very important thing..dont open emails unless you know the person or you are waiting for a business,etc. I know alot are tempting but thats the way you get more spam, viruses and trojans slip thru. Look on prefernces and set your spam protection filter.
Reply:its a scam.
camelot will only send u an email saying there is "news about your ticket" only if you subscribe online. They will never ask you for any details in the email either and will direct you to their own site to sign into your account and check your ticket. However to protect yourself never click on any link in an email, your best bet is to open a new internet page and type the url of the homepage yourself.
Reply:Here are a few tips in figuring out if email messages like these are a scam:
* Were you expecting a message from this source? For example, did you purchase lottery tickets from this place _and_ give them your email address?
* How did they know to contact you at this address anyway? For the lottery example, _you_ usually have to contact the lottery company when you have won, because you're the only one who knows that you have the winning numbers (not the other way around). For random drawings and such, you have to enter to win--so do you remember entering?
* Did they even get your name right? A lot of "spam scam" messages says things like "Your email address has won!"--but you of course understand that "email addresses" don't win anything, people do.
* Lastly, remember that Google is your friend. Don't know much about the "EURO Millions Lottery", eh? Type it into Google and see what comes up... You'll see that it's a numbers-pick game in the UK which, in general, you have to watch to see if your numbers are picked (however, you can play online now and be notified that way, but I'm betting you didn't do that). And by the way, the official spelling is "EuroMillions", not "EURO Millions".
So... in conclusion, my money says you haven't been playing EuroMillotter.com online and gotten a real win notification from them, but that this is a scam. And hopefully those tips will help you sort through the spam in the future, too.
Reply:read the small print the phone call probs cost you 拢100 lol
its JUNK and the sender to your block list
Reply:Total scam.
Reply:Yes, it's a scam.
Reply:Yes
I tryed
Found I must be A dumbass
Reply:Do you know anyone in the UK? Have you bought any UK Lottery tickets lately? IT'S A SCAM!!!!!!
Reply:I have had alot of them in my e-mail, scams they want u to send money to get money don't fall for it lol
Reply:No, it's not a scam. People give strangers millions of dollars and euros and pounds and francs everyday, and thousands more people win sweepstakes they never even entered! It's true! And even more surprising, there are hundreds of millions of dollars stashed away in Nigeria, just waiting for an honest person to help spirit it out of the country via an electronic bank transfer. Wake up! Geeze, surely you can't be so stupid as to acutally believe you won 5 million euros from a sweepstake you never entered, can you?
Reply:Check with this site for all your scam, fraud, 'is-this-true' type look-ups:
http://www.scambusters.org/
Hope this helps.
---
Use protection,
your computer will thank you.
Reply:As above mentioned, additionally, if you have to ask, than its a scam (that's it, bam) obviously.
Reply:Total scam. Be very careful - just remember if it sounds too good to be true then it probably is. There is no such thing as a free lunch.
wdw
Reply:Yes i have and yes it is!
Reply:you cant win what you didnt enter for, therefore major scam, most (if not all) of these are scams
mark zuckerberg
Is the micro lottery an authentic lottery or is it just a scam? How about the United Kingdom Email Promotions?
This is a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...
Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Is the micro lottery an authentic lottery or is it just a scam? How about the United Kingdom Email Promotions?
Sorry friend. If you did not buy a ticket remember this.You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information. www.scambusters.org www.scambusters-419.co.uk The iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
Reply:there is no micro lottery, There is no United Kingdom Email Promotions. There is no free money given away. There is nothing but a long-running internet scam. This is spam email and you should have left it alone, unopened.
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/lo...
Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Is the micro lottery an authentic lottery or is it just a scam? How about the United Kingdom Email Promotions?
Sorry friend. If you did not buy a ticket remember this.You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information. www.scambusters.org www.scambusters-419.co.uk The iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
Reply:there is no micro lottery, There is no United Kingdom Email Promotions. There is no free money given away. There is nothing but a long-running internet scam. This is spam email and you should have left it alone, unopened.
Yahoo lottery, winning, cash, numbers, email, SCAM!!!!......?
Okay so any of the above words I just typed in came up with at least 10-20 similar questions all with answers yelling "scam!" "run, run and hide!" "delete and never respond!" etc
Why are people still not getting it?
Yahoo lottery, winning, cash, numbers, email, SCAM!!!!......?
Because they still believe in fairy tales and magical endings.
I'm tired of telling people that what they are receiving is a scam, report any strange e-mail addresses as Spam and move on.
Reply:Hi its wish ful thinking!
Reply:All they need is one mug in ten thousand to make it work. just make sure your not the one
Reply:PT Barnum was right, there is a sucker born every minute.
Why are people still not getting it?
Yahoo lottery, winning, cash, numbers, email, SCAM!!!!......?
Because they still believe in fairy tales and magical endings.
I'm tired of telling people that what they are receiving is a scam, report any strange e-mail addresses as Spam and move on.
Reply:Hi its wish ful thinking!
Reply:All they need is one mug in ten thousand to make it work. just make sure your not the one
Reply:PT Barnum was right, there is a sucker born every minute.
Have you ever had a email scam?
ive just had one saying PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you due to
the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of (Seven million five hundred thousand
united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death,none of
his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for this
money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, we now seek
your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as
all documentations will be carefully worked out
Have you ever had a email scam?
Yeah I emailed him using the F word alot and calling him an Arab S. O. B and a terrorist bastard. I don't know anybody in Habbibi land so go the F away! I told him. needless to say they never emailed me again lol. It is one big scam TELL ME YOU DIDN'T FALL FOR IT! Please!!! I hope you didn't fall for it it is the of the most common around the net.
Reply:Sure. There is the classic scam from a "Prince" in "Nigeria." I did once receive a very good phishing scam from an Ebay imitator. The link to the fake site was so dang good, I almost entered my username and password.
They got reported to Ebay's support, needless to say.
Reply:Yes,once.It's a crock.Just delete it and block the address from where it came.
Reply:I have had several show up in my box. They always have something to do with money overseas. I had one where this person just needed my help to get to his great fortune overseas and the he would supposedly split it with me. One was about taking care of an orphan child and his fortune. Just remember, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Why would they pick you of all of the billions of people in the world to offer this option to, besides even if it were not a scam, it definitely sounds illegal.
Reply:Yes, I just got one this morning...from NIGERIA...
CNN just had a program about this and how these people are treated like movie stars! They think it's such a joke that they can become rich off of stupid Americans...
This is what I received...DON'T respond to them - YAHOO should automatically put these in your SPAM box, but they don't....
CHASE SECURITY %26amp; TRUST COMPANY (CS%26amp;TC) LTD
2A, FENHITOLEGIWA STREET,
LAGOS, NIGERIA
EMAIL: mrwilliamduru001@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am MR.WILLIAM DURU , the Director of Operations CHASE SECURITY %26amp; TRUST COMPANY (CS%26amp;TC) LTD, LAGOS NIGERIA. Here in NIGERIA Our firm is a security company of high repute with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa. I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I got your particulars through a consultant company base on my research for a trustworthy and established person that understands investment ethic for entering into a life time profitable joint partnership investment and also co-operation with confidence and trust that you will keep the contents secret and divulged to any third party. To be explicit and straight to the point. Some time early 2000, a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in our company\ s vault for safe keeping. And since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a considerable amount of money in demurrage. Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to redeem the demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered that our client was the former Nigeria youth and sports minister LATE MR. MARK ISHAYA AKU who died in a plane crash on the 4th of april,2002. Find more details in the BBC NEWS about the plane crash[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/... of his benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us, which means that non of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this consignment. Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the two boxes that were registered as treasurer by our client actually contained a considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about US$21 million Dollar. Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of money from his position as the youth and sports minister the while he was in office, because he worked under the late SANI ABACHE former military president of Nigeria and the most corrupt governments in the world. It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of the money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no race to this money in our care. I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this money out of Nigeria to your country for immediate investment with your assistance. I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 30% of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country. You have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper documentation. This transaction is 100% risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. Please reply to the above email address with your telephone and fax so can call you.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully.
MR.WILLIAM DURU
REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY.
REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY :
I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge sum of money from a
deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude
will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you due to
the urgency of this transaction.
PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of (Seven million five hundred thousand
united states dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death,none of
his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for this
money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, we now seek
your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as
all documentations will be carefully worked out
Have you ever had a email scam?
Yeah I emailed him using the F word alot and calling him an Arab S. O. B and a terrorist bastard. I don't know anybody in Habbibi land so go the F away! I told him. needless to say they never emailed me again lol. It is one big scam TELL ME YOU DIDN'T FALL FOR IT! Please!!! I hope you didn't fall for it it is the of the most common around the net.
Reply:Sure. There is the classic scam from a "Prince" in "Nigeria." I did once receive a very good phishing scam from an Ebay imitator. The link to the fake site was so dang good, I almost entered my username and password.
They got reported to Ebay's support, needless to say.
Reply:Yes,once.It's a crock.Just delete it and block the address from where it came.
Reply:I have had several show up in my box. They always have something to do with money overseas. I had one where this person just needed my help to get to his great fortune overseas and the he would supposedly split it with me. One was about taking care of an orphan child and his fortune. Just remember, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." Why would they pick you of all of the billions of people in the world to offer this option to, besides even if it were not a scam, it definitely sounds illegal.
Reply:Yes, I just got one this morning...from NIGERIA...
CNN just had a program about this and how these people are treated like movie stars! They think it's such a joke that they can become rich off of stupid Americans...
This is what I received...DON'T respond to them - YAHOO should automatically put these in your SPAM box, but they don't....
CHASE SECURITY %26amp; TRUST COMPANY (CS%26amp;TC) LTD
2A, FENHITOLEGIWA STREET,
LAGOS, NIGERIA
EMAIL: mrwilliamduru001@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am MR.WILLIAM DURU , the Director of Operations CHASE SECURITY %26amp; TRUST COMPANY (CS%26amp;TC) LTD, LAGOS NIGERIA. Here in NIGERIA Our firm is a security company of high repute with years of outstanding service to the people of Africa. I have resolved to contact you through this medium based on business proposal that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. I got your particulars through a consultant company base on my research for a trustworthy and established person that understands investment ethic for entering into a life time profitable joint partnership investment and also co-operation with confidence and trust that you will keep the contents secret and divulged to any third party. To be explicit and straight to the point. Some time early 2000, a reputable client of ours deposited a consignment in our company\ s vault for safe keeping. And since then our client has failed to come forward to claim his consignment, which has accumulated a considerable amount of money in demurrage. Consequently, in our bide to contact this client to redeem the demurrage which his consignment had accumulated we discovered that our client was the former Nigeria youth and sports minister LATE MR. MARK ISHAYA AKU who died in a plane crash on the 4th of april,2002. Find more details in the BBC NEWS about the plane crash[ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/... of his benefactors has come forward to claim the consignment with us, which means that non of his relatives or aids had any knowledge of this consignment. Hence out of curiosity I decided to secretly open the two boxes that our client deposited in our vault. And to my surprise I discovered that the two boxes that were registered as treasurer by our client actually contained a considerable amount of money in United States Dollars amounting to about US$21 million Dollar. Since this development I have been nursing plans secretly. I also found out from enquiries and the foreign media that our late client siphoned a lot of money from his position as the youth and sports minister the while he was in office, because he worked under the late SANI ABACHE former military president of Nigeria and the most corrupt governments in the world. It is my conviction that the consignment in our vault was part of the money that our client siphoned and now that he is dead there is no race to this money in our care. I am now soliciting your noble assistance to assist me in transferring this money out of Nigeria to your country for immediate investment with your assistance. I have also decided that you will generously be entitled to 30% of the total amount. Upon my receipt of your reply confirming your willingness to assist me of this transaction, I will immediately arrange and transfer all the rights of ownership of this consignment to your name to facilitate your easy clearance and transfer of the complete funds to your country. You have nothing to worry about, as I will be there to assist you in anyway necessary with all proper documentation. This transaction is 100% risk free. Please maintain absolute confidentiality on this matter. Please reply to the above email address with your telephone and fax so can call you.
Thanks.
Yours faithfully.
MR.WILLIAM DURU
REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY.
REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY :
Yet another email scam.?
They always use a free email address - Nigeria where else?
FROM THE DESK OF
MR.VINCENT EDEM
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
MARINA BRANCH
LAGOS
Dear Friend,
How are you today and business in your country.
I am Mr. Vincent Edem, the Branch Manager of United Bank for Africa Plc
Marina branch Lagos. I would respectfully request that you keep the
contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the
information you come by as a result of this mail.
I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is
informed of this communication. I know you would be wondering why I am
writing you with a request like this but I only urge you to read on.
Sometime in 1999, a certain consultant/contractor Mr. Glen Hatleberg
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued
at large amount (Amount withheld for known reasons) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address in
America but got no reply.
Yet another email scam.?
What ever you do don't ever reply to these messages, or click any links within the message. Anything that sounds this much off the wall, usually is just that. Click spam asap.
There are so many scams out there it's unreal. Also, a good reference is snopes.com.
Reply:wish they can be a little more creative when they made up the story.
Reply:i hate those stupid emails i get them all the time, different stories but same amount of money, ugh! i hate them!!
matchmaking
FROM THE DESK OF
MR.VINCENT EDEM
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
MARINA BRANCH
LAGOS
Dear Friend,
How are you today and business in your country.
I am Mr. Vincent Edem, the Branch Manager of United Bank for Africa Plc
Marina branch Lagos. I would respectfully request that you keep the
contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the
information you come by as a result of this mail.
I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is
informed of this communication. I know you would be wondering why I am
writing you with a request like this but I only urge you to read on.
Sometime in 1999, a certain consultant/contractor Mr. Glen Hatleberg
made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued
at large amount (Amount withheld for known reasons) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address in
America but got no reply.
Yet another email scam.?
What ever you do don't ever reply to these messages, or click any links within the message. Anything that sounds this much off the wall, usually is just that. Click spam asap.
There are so many scams out there it's unreal. Also, a good reference is snopes.com.
Reply:wish they can be a little more creative when they made up the story.
Reply:i hate those stupid emails i get them all the time, different stories but same amount of money, ugh! i hate them!!
matchmaking
Microsoft email scam...please read the beginning to see if this is a scam i couldnt paste the whole thing?
Read carefully...
THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL
To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages,
But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn and she really is
an attorney.
If she says that this will work - It will work. After all, what have
you got to lose?
SORRY EVERYBODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an
attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured
AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for
fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one
filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.
Dear Friends: Please do not take this for a junk letter.
Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent
later.
Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies
and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the
most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running
Microsoft email scam...please read the beginning to see if this is a scam i couldnt paste the whole thing?
This a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.
http://www.svbizlaw.com/lottery.billgate...
Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Reply:This is definitely an outright scam. Just give the spam mark on the message and have it thrown in the garbage immediately. You'll never get anything out of this except financial ruin in the long run.
Reply:It is a total scam. Use your head. Why would Bill Gates hand out money? Check it out at www.snopes.com
Reply:i receives that exact same message and looked it up on the net but i realised that it is a scam.. i wonder if anyone actually called the guys number at the end of the email
Reply:all of these things are scams
Reply:That's Not Real That Is Spam
Reply:I think some people start these to get active email addresses. Everytime you forward one of these things it gives a spammer or scammer a chance to get a list of email addresses. For safety I put my own address into the To: line, then everybody elses into the bcc: line. This hides everybodys address except the one you sent it to.. Ever get an email with hundreds of lines of addresses? Snopes is very good and so is truthorfiction.com for answers. Both Free
THIS TOOK TWO PAGES OF THE TUESDAY USA TODAY - IT IS FOR REAL
To all of my friends, I do not usually forward messages,
But this is from my friend Pearlas Sandborn and she really is
an attorney.
If she says that this will work - It will work. After all, what have
you got to lose?
SORRY EVERYBODY.. JUST HAD TO TAKE THE CHANCE!!! I'm an
attorney, And I know the law. This thing is for real. Rest assured
AOL and Intel will follow through with their promises for
fear of facing a multimillion-dollar class action suit similar to the one
filed by PepsiCo against General Electric not too long ago.
Dear Friends: Please do not take this for a junk letter.
Bill Gates sharing his fortune. If you ignore this, You will repent
later.
Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies
and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the
most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running
Microsoft email scam...please read the beginning to see if this is a scam i couldnt paste the whole thing?
This a SCAM. Check out the below link for confirmation of various scams, including the famous Yahoo/MSN lottery scams and how to report them.
http://www.svbizlaw.com/lottery.billgate...
Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of emails. Just remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete the email and send it into cyberspace, hopefully along with the thieving scumbags who send them.
Check out these sites for further information :
http://www.scambusters.com
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/
Reply:This is definitely an outright scam. Just give the spam mark on the message and have it thrown in the garbage immediately. You'll never get anything out of this except financial ruin in the long run.
Reply:It is a total scam. Use your head. Why would Bill Gates hand out money? Check it out at www.snopes.com
Reply:i receives that exact same message and looked it up on the net but i realised that it is a scam.. i wonder if anyone actually called the guys number at the end of the email
Reply:all of these things are scams
Reply:That's Not Real That Is Spam
Reply:I think some people start these to get active email addresses. Everytime you forward one of these things it gives a spammer or scammer a chance to get a list of email addresses. For safety I put my own address into the To: line, then everybody elses into the bcc: line. This hides everybodys address except the one you sent it to.. Ever get an email with hundreds of lines of addresses? Snopes is very good and so is truthorfiction.com for answers. Both Free
How to knw if the email i recieve is scam?
how do i know it the email that i recieve is scam
How to knw if the email i recieve is scam?
If you receive an e-mail from a supposed tin-pot dictator or known criminal from some Third World country asking for your help in securing his money in return for a share of that ill-gotten wealth. Others pretend to ask for your pity (because they are sick or lost) and give them money.
Phishing and bogus e-mails: E-mails supposedly from legit companies (banks, card companies, ebay etc.) asking/requiring/informing you of a problem/promo and you must do some sort of procedure which often involves clicking on their link provided on the e-mail. The said link asks for your username/password or card or social security number. Always be sure the link is correct and not a spoof name.
Reply:Knowing the email would help...
Or the sender, or something.
Sometimes it's pretty obvious, when you get an email when someone from, oh say, Japan said that if you give him $250,000, then he'll be able to fly to America, start his business, and you will be the co-owner that will make a lot of money... yeah, it's pretty fake.
What kind of email are you talking about?
How to knw if the email i recieve is scam?
If you receive an e-mail from a supposed tin-pot dictator or known criminal from some Third World country asking for your help in securing his money in return for a share of that ill-gotten wealth. Others pretend to ask for your pity (because they are sick or lost) and give them money.
Phishing and bogus e-mails: E-mails supposedly from legit companies (banks, card companies, ebay etc.) asking/requiring/informing you of a problem/promo and you must do some sort of procedure which often involves clicking on their link provided on the e-mail. The said link asks for your username/password or card or social security number. Always be sure the link is correct and not a spoof name.
Reply:Knowing the email would help...
Or the sender, or something.
Sometimes it's pretty obvious, when you get an email when someone from, oh say, Japan said that if you give him $250,000, then he'll be able to fly to America, start his business, and you will be the co-owner that will make a lot of money... yeah, it's pretty fake.
What kind of email are you talking about?
Is this a new email scam??
Thanks for your response to my mail. The name of my deceased client was Mr. Anson (my last name). He died in the year 2002 from Cardiac Arrest, I work for Grant Trust International Bank Plc. Here in Nigeria West Africa.
He told me (mr. melvin) that I can get his funds becuase we share my last name and he requests for:
a,Your telephone number
b,Your complete names
c,Your mailing address
d,Your Occupation
what kind of scam is this? Of course i didnt give away my info. But is this a new universal scam? or is it just happening to me?
And actually, i responded: what kind of fken scam is this? and he responded like o thanks for response! gimme all ur info! ahahah looks like this are bots.... I dont kno what do you guys think?
tha funny part is that I am a minor i dont have a bank account LMAO
Is this a new email scam??
Do not go for any of that. I had a friend who fell for it one time, please dont. If you go and search for "cyber crime" and "nigeria scam", you will see this.
Reply:It's not new. But if you want some fun, give him the local police phone number instead of your own. Also a fake address (preferably a vacant lot so you won't victimize someone else), and a lot of other fake info. You MIGHT want to go ahead and use the email address he already has, just so you can keep track of the fun. But be aware that he'll sell it to other spammers, so you will get lots more junk if you do.
He told me (mr. melvin) that I can get his funds becuase we share my last name and he requests for:
a,Your telephone number
b,Your complete names
c,Your mailing address
d,Your Occupation
what kind of scam is this? Of course i didnt give away my info. But is this a new universal scam? or is it just happening to me?
And actually, i responded: what kind of fken scam is this? and he responded like o thanks for response! gimme all ur info! ahahah looks like this are bots.... I dont kno what do you guys think?
tha funny part is that I am a minor i dont have a bank account LMAO
Is this a new email scam??
Do not go for any of that. I had a friend who fell for it one time, please dont. If you go and search for "cyber crime" and "nigeria scam", you will see this.
Reply:It's not new. But if you want some fun, give him the local police phone number instead of your own. Also a fake address (preferably a vacant lot so you won't victimize someone else), and a lot of other fake info. You MIGHT want to go ahead and use the email address he already has, just so you can keep track of the fun. But be aware that he'll sell it to other spammers, so you will get lots more junk if you do.
Have You Seen This Email Scam?
I got the following letter in my email, anyone else get one??
I am Hugh Peter the only Son of Mr. Hugh Williams, my farther died when I was Ten years old and my only sister Elisa also died last year in Iraq during the American war in that country.
Two years before the death of my father, he sold his company and deposited the sum of $3Million in a vaulting company with my name as the beneficiary and the mandate on the deposit is 13 years; his lawyer Mr. Edward Brett witnessed it all.
Since the demise of my father the vaulting company has not been working with the terms on the agreement and this reason and many more made me to consider pulling the fund out of the vaulting company with the assistance of my late father鈥檚 lawyer and transfer it to would be investment partner who will receive the fund and have it invested into any profitable venture.
If you are interested in this partnership venture, please write back so as to introduce you to my late father鈥檚 lawyer for more details. hughpeter908@peoplepc.com
Have You Seen This Email Scam?
It is called the Nigerian 4-1-9 scam. It has been going on for many years now. I get about a dozen of them per month in my Yahoo! mail. According to FBI/IC3 website, just ignore and delete the e-mail. Don't even both responding to these people. I actually knew a guy that lost his life savings on one of these scams. Here is the link for more information.
Reply:I have received several dozen similar scam letters. It is a variation of the Nigerian scam. Best way to handle it is just delete it. If you answer they will clean out your bank account.
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Reply:DO NOT reply to these types of emails. Delete them. They are coming from foreign countries.
Reply:This is a variation of the Nigerian Scam http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri... which originated even before the Internet opened up.
If you'd rather watch, Keith Obermann did a broadcast on this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9WqhCiQ...
Reply:This is a typical Advance fee fraud scam. i.e. there's a lure of a large sum of money on the condition that you advance some money to release it.
Most of it comes out of Nigeria, and unfortunately many people fall for it
Reply:It's just another variation on the Nigerian Scam. Don't fall for it!
Dump it in your trash e-mail.
That scam has been around for years. It started in Nigeria and now has variations coming from the UK, Russia, Ireland, Canada, all over the world. When cons realize there are so many suckers, the cons in other parts of the world try and cash in.
Reply:This is a different flavor of the same old scam. Someone wants to send a complete stranger a zillion dollars. Of course there will be so many processing fees that the so called recipient of the money will go bankrupt. These people are crooks, usually operating from an Internet cafe in Nigeria.
Notice how (1) these spammers always use a free email account from yahoo, hotmail etc and (2) always indicate how much money they want to give you, a complete stranger.
The US, British, Canadian and other governments should put pressure on Nigeria to crack down hard on these crooks, before we send Nigeria foreign aid.
Reply:No, but its cute. What I do if I have the time is respond with total nonsence. But then you put your email address out there and get spammed.
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I am Hugh Peter the only Son of Mr. Hugh Williams, my farther died when I was Ten years old and my only sister Elisa also died last year in Iraq during the American war in that country.
Two years before the death of my father, he sold his company and deposited the sum of $3Million in a vaulting company with my name as the beneficiary and the mandate on the deposit is 13 years; his lawyer Mr. Edward Brett witnessed it all.
Since the demise of my father the vaulting company has not been working with the terms on the agreement and this reason and many more made me to consider pulling the fund out of the vaulting company with the assistance of my late father鈥檚 lawyer and transfer it to would be investment partner who will receive the fund and have it invested into any profitable venture.
If you are interested in this partnership venture, please write back so as to introduce you to my late father鈥檚 lawyer for more details. hughpeter908@peoplepc.com
Have You Seen This Email Scam?
It is called the Nigerian 4-1-9 scam. It has been going on for many years now. I get about a dozen of them per month in my Yahoo! mail. According to FBI/IC3 website, just ignore and delete the e-mail. Don't even both responding to these people. I actually knew a guy that lost his life savings on one of these scams. Here is the link for more information.
Reply:I have received several dozen similar scam letters. It is a variation of the Nigerian scam. Best way to handle it is just delete it. If you answer they will clean out your bank account.
_____________________________
KrazyKyngeKorny (Krazy, not stupid)
炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉炉
Reply:DO NOT reply to these types of emails. Delete them. They are coming from foreign countries.
Reply:This is a variation of the Nigerian Scam http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeri... which originated even before the Internet opened up.
If you'd rather watch, Keith Obermann did a broadcast on this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9WqhCiQ...
Reply:This is a typical Advance fee fraud scam. i.e. there's a lure of a large sum of money on the condition that you advance some money to release it.
Most of it comes out of Nigeria, and unfortunately many people fall for it
Reply:It's just another variation on the Nigerian Scam. Don't fall for it!
Dump it in your trash e-mail.
That scam has been around for years. It started in Nigeria and now has variations coming from the UK, Russia, Ireland, Canada, all over the world. When cons realize there are so many suckers, the cons in other parts of the world try and cash in.
Reply:This is a different flavor of the same old scam. Someone wants to send a complete stranger a zillion dollars. Of course there will be so many processing fees that the so called recipient of the money will go bankrupt. These people are crooks, usually operating from an Internet cafe in Nigeria.
Notice how (1) these spammers always use a free email account from yahoo, hotmail etc and (2) always indicate how much money they want to give you, a complete stranger.
The US, British, Canadian and other governments should put pressure on Nigeria to crack down hard on these crooks, before we send Nigeria foreign aid.
Reply:No, but its cute. What I do if I have the time is respond with total nonsence. But then you put your email address out there and get spammed.
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A Email Scam?
I got this scam in the my Email it came from a yahoo email account what should i do
I am crying for help I am Mrs. Rita Abed from Ivory Coast. I was married to Late Chief George Abed who was a contractor with the Government of Cote D'Ivoire before he died after few days in the hospital.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $4.500 Million Dollars with a Bank in Cote D鈥檒voire. Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank here in Cote DIvoire. My Doctor told me that it is very likely I will die within the next 3 months due to A Blood cancer {LUCAMIA}.I have decided to donate the money for charity to you since I do not have a child to inherit it and it鈥檚 better I do not die leaving the money here without it reaching to the poor and the lessprivileged ones in the society. As soon as I receive your reply I shall tell my bank to transfer the money to you.Informations Required from you are: Your Full Name./ Your Direct Tel %26amp; FaxN掳/Your Home %26amp; Office address
A Email Scam?
This is a scam, they get you to send your details, then they clear your account. Also ones that are from banks saying they are updating security, if it says you win the lottery.. and many more, never give your details, if you are unsure about something like a bank or ebay, type the link in the bar yourself, if a message doesnt come in when u sign in, the email is probably fake. Never click links from emails you dont know, and dont reply either, if u do they know your email address is a valid address and they will spam a lot more
Reply:You can report things at www.spamcop.net if you register for free, there are others, the best thing to do is mark it as spam/junk and yahoo will learn from it Report Abuse
Reply:Junk it.
Reply:Yep scam...and you'll notice the scams usually are from Africa or the UK.
today i got one,but the guy was selling stolen Credit card #'s..and bank of america login passwords..and paypal passwords...
So i guess they scam ppl and then sell the info for like $10 a password!
thats so messed up!
Reply:This screams SCAM!
Reply:I'm still not a web guru, but I can spot a scam a mile away! Report this ASAP. There is a website you can report this scam artist to, and I suggest you do this. I hope you haven't responded to this thief!!
Reply:im pretty sure it's a scam....and wth is lucamia? i thought it was lukemia....
I am crying for help I am Mrs. Rita Abed from Ivory Coast. I was married to Late Chief George Abed who was a contractor with the Government of Cote D'Ivoire before he died after few days in the hospital.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $4.500 Million Dollars with a Bank in Cote D鈥檒voire. Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank here in Cote DIvoire. My Doctor told me that it is very likely I will die within the next 3 months due to A Blood cancer {LUCAMIA}.I have decided to donate the money for charity to you since I do not have a child to inherit it and it鈥檚 better I do not die leaving the money here without it reaching to the poor and the lessprivileged ones in the society. As soon as I receive your reply I shall tell my bank to transfer the money to you.Informations Required from you are: Your Full Name./ Your Direct Tel %26amp; FaxN掳/Your Home %26amp; Office address
A Email Scam?
This is a scam, they get you to send your details, then they clear your account. Also ones that are from banks saying they are updating security, if it says you win the lottery.. and many more, never give your details, if you are unsure about something like a bank or ebay, type the link in the bar yourself, if a message doesnt come in when u sign in, the email is probably fake. Never click links from emails you dont know, and dont reply either, if u do they know your email address is a valid address and they will spam a lot more
Reply:You can report things at www.spamcop.net if you register for free, there are others, the best thing to do is mark it as spam/junk and yahoo will learn from it Report Abuse
Reply:Junk it.
Reply:Yep scam...and you'll notice the scams usually are from Africa or the UK.
today i got one,but the guy was selling stolen Credit card #'s..and bank of america login passwords..and paypal passwords...
So i guess they scam ppl and then sell the info for like $10 a password!
thats so messed up!
Reply:This screams SCAM!
Reply:I'm still not a web guru, but I can spot a scam a mile away! Report this ASAP. There is a website you can report this scam artist to, and I suggest you do this. I hope you haven't responded to this thief!!
Reply:im pretty sure it's a scam....and wth is lucamia? i thought it was lukemia....
How do I report a yahoo email customer doing a nigerian scam?
forward the email to abuse@yahoo.com
How do I report a yahoo email customer doing a nigerian scam?
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Reply:In Jan 2003 the contact was
419.fcd@usss.treas.gov
How do I report a yahoo email customer doing a nigerian scam?
-----------------In the USA call 1-408-349-3300--------------------------...
Reply:In Jan 2003 the contact was
419.fcd@usss.treas.gov
Is it scam? or real? email lottery - The camelot group?
I got a notivication email saying that my email is one of the international winner of a lump sum pay out United Kingdom National Lottery MONTH OF SEPTEMBER BONANZA.
They claim that they are The Camelot Group, operators of the United Kingdom National Lottery which approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
Is it real?
Is it scam? or real? email lottery - The camelot group?
You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
www.scambusters.org
www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org
www.scambusters-419.co.uk
www.truthorfiction.com
.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
Reply:Actually. .. this seems to be legit, I just researched upon all these sources and they seem credible
BTW, wanna share some of your winnings, I'm broke
Reply:scam
Reply:if you didnt buy a ticket how di you win ?
They claim that they are The Camelot Group, operators of the United Kingdom National Lottery which approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).
Is it real?
Is it scam? or real? email lottery - The camelot group?
You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information.
www.scambusters.org
www.hoaxbusters.ciac.org
www.scambusters-419.co.uk
www.truthorfiction.com
.Also If you go to the following link you will get some info on ID theft www.identity-theft.org.uk the iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
Reply:Actually. .. this seems to be legit, I just researched upon all these sources and they seem credible
BTW, wanna share some of your winnings, I'm broke
Reply:scam
Reply:if you didnt buy a ticket how di you win ?
I received an email from yahoo on-line games reporting that I won a million dollars. Is this a scam?
Sorry friend. If you did not buy a ticket remember this.You don't get anything for nothing, it's a scam do not answer do not give personal information.The following sites give more information. www.scambusters.org www.scambusters-419.co.uk The iinternet is safe enough if you are careful but please answer nothing that you are doubtful about.Good Luck and be careful.
I received an email from yahoo on-line games reporting that I won a million dollars. Is this a scam?
Well, it is from yahoo!
Reply:yes it is a scam!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:contact yahoo to see if it is from them at spoof@yahoo.com they will get back to you
Reply:Dear, I get about three of these of week. Mark them as "SPAM" and get rid of them. Sorry, hope I didn't disappoint you
Reply:Don't give them a ****. Nobody pays like that.
Reply:Yes, it is a scam!!! You need to read Yahoo's privacy policy. They never send those types of E-mails.
Reply:Yeah. You can get these kind of emails all over saying you won this amount of money.
Reply:No... it's from YAHOO... it MUST be legal... you just answer the message and tell them everything they want to know... you will be contacted by some guy from Nigeria who will be happy to help you get your money.
P.T. Barnum once said that "THERE IS A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE"... obviously... you qualified the minute you were born.
The only people who are STUPID enough to fall for these scams are AMERIKANS.
Reply:Where would people get this kind of money to just 'give away?'
Reply:Yes its a scam, if you won 1,000,000 you dont have to pay $100 up front. I am sure Yahoo Answers and Yahoo Email will personally take your case. Wait by your telephone all day today and you will get a call. If not today, wait tomorrow.
PS There is NO Yahoo online Lottery 2007 program.
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I received an email from yahoo on-line games reporting that I won a million dollars. Is this a scam?
Well, it is from yahoo!
Reply:yes it is a scam!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:contact yahoo to see if it is from them at spoof@yahoo.com they will get back to you
Reply:Dear, I get about three of these of week. Mark them as "SPAM" and get rid of them. Sorry, hope I didn't disappoint you
Reply:Don't give them a ****. Nobody pays like that.
Reply:Yes, it is a scam!!! You need to read Yahoo's privacy policy. They never send those types of E-mails.
Reply:Yeah. You can get these kind of emails all over saying you won this amount of money.
Reply:No... it's from YAHOO... it MUST be legal... you just answer the message and tell them everything they want to know... you will be contacted by some guy from Nigeria who will be happy to help you get your money.
P.T. Barnum once said that "THERE IS A SUCKER BORN EVERY MINUTE"... obviously... you qualified the minute you were born.
The only people who are STUPID enough to fall for these scams are AMERIKANS.
Reply:Where would people get this kind of money to just 'give away?'
Reply:Yes its a scam, if you won 1,000,000 you dont have to pay $100 up front. I am sure Yahoo Answers and Yahoo Email will personally take your case. Wait by your telephone all day today and you will get a call. If not today, wait tomorrow.
PS There is NO Yahoo online Lottery 2007 program.
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I have fallen into an Ebay email scam. Advice?
Yesterday afterschool I checked my email and recieved an email from Ebay saying my account was suspended. The day before that I was fine and decided to printout all my ebay invoices. So, I get this email and it says that I have invalid contact information. I found that impossible because I put in my address correctly. So, I clicked the link in the email and put in my username/password. Now that I think about it, I've come to the point where I've finally realized that I fell for this Ebay phishing scam.
I've tried to contact Ebay, but no reply?
What to do now? Is Amazon.com safer than Ebay?
Thanks.
I have fallen into an Ebay email scam. Advice?
forward the email to spoof@ebay.com and they will give you instructions on what to do
Reply:this is not eBay's fault, it's yours, of course, for falling for a phishing scam. eBay, or Amazon, or Half.com, NEVER contact you except by your full name. You should forward the email to spoof@ebay.com, and take immediate steps to protect your bank account, if you gave them that information. Then contact eBay and tell them you need to change your account and password. Go here and click on Change your account.
http://www.ebay.ph/helpIndex?page=helpRe...
Reply:1.Try changing your password - it may already have been changed but give it a try.
2. Contact eBay and inform them that your account has been hijacked.
I hope your bank account or credit card details are not available to the scammers? If they are, contact your bank and credit card company to tell them to block any eBay transactions.
Fortunately eBay will cover you against fraud but you MUST contact them about it.
Reply:E bay has resolved things rather easy for some friends keep searching till you find a phone number and talk to someone in their fraud division.
Send them exactly what you wrote here and if it involves one of you bank accounts contact the issuing bank.
If e bay still doesn't respond contact your local AG"S office and ask for the consumer fraud division.
Joe
Reply:what you need is to buy and install the new Norton 360 anti virus, anti phishing and anti anti with fraud monitoring it does wonders.
I've tried to contact Ebay, but no reply?
What to do now? Is Amazon.com safer than Ebay?
Thanks.
I have fallen into an Ebay email scam. Advice?
forward the email to spoof@ebay.com and they will give you instructions on what to do
Reply:this is not eBay's fault, it's yours, of course, for falling for a phishing scam. eBay, or Amazon, or Half.com, NEVER contact you except by your full name. You should forward the email to spoof@ebay.com, and take immediate steps to protect your bank account, if you gave them that information. Then contact eBay and tell them you need to change your account and password. Go here and click on Change your account.
http://www.ebay.ph/helpIndex?page=helpRe...
Reply:1.Try changing your password - it may already have been changed but give it a try.
2. Contact eBay and inform them that your account has been hijacked.
I hope your bank account or credit card details are not available to the scammers? If they are, contact your bank and credit card company to tell them to block any eBay transactions.
Fortunately eBay will cover you against fraud but you MUST contact them about it.
Reply:E bay has resolved things rather easy for some friends keep searching till you find a phone number and talk to someone in their fraud division.
Send them exactly what you wrote here and if it involves one of you bank accounts contact the issuing bank.
If e bay still doesn't respond contact your local AG"S office and ask for the consumer fraud division.
Joe
Reply:what you need is to buy and install the new Norton 360 anti virus, anti phishing and anti anti with fraud monitoring it does wonders.
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