Monday, October 12, 2009

I recieved a scam email saying I won 1,200,000 dollars, how do I report it?

I know its a scam because others like me have got it as an email and in the end they get nothing, and the scammer gets all their personal information.

I recieved a scam email saying I won 1,200,000 dollars, how do I report it?
spam@uce.gov forward the email there...a government agency that prosecutes the spammers...do your part to help!
Reply:Don't waste your time.
Reply:According to the anti-spam experts, we are seeing more spam mails now than ever before. And the spammers are more clever about defeating the spam filters. That's why more spam is making it to the Inbox instead of going straight to the Bulk folder. There are a few basic things we can all do to keep spam to a minimum...


1. those spam mails that go straight to Bulk should be left there (and emptied occasionally if you want). But they should never be opened.


2. those spam mails that land in your Inbox should be marked as Spam so that they are moved to Bulk and placed on the Blocked list (blocking that address so you don't receive any more mails from them).


3. any email that you are the least bit suspicious about should be deleted immediately. Don't let curiosity get the better of you. Simply by opening a spam email, you could be alerting the spammers that you have an active email address (they probably didn't know it before), to which they will most certainly send TONS of spam mail in the future.


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