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| Thread ID: 71526 | 2006-08-08 08:05:00 | Scams | rob_on_guitar (4196) | PC World Chat |
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| 477079 | 2006-08-08 08:05:00 | Hi guys, I have been recieving scam emails from a group called e-game from the netherlands. What can i do to get rid of them?? I have told them to leave me be and Im not intersted. I understand they ask for bank details and a payment (yea right) for postaging etc bank drafts. They say i have won a million and half euros. I wish, but they are getting annoying and starting to really p*** me off. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 477080 | 2006-08-08 08:35:00 | Rule #1: Never, ever reply to spam emails. You just confirmed you have a valid email address so expect the spam to pour in more. Just hit delete when they arrive. Check your ISP spam filtering options to make sure the option of spam removal is selected. If the problem gets a bit much, then consider using Mail Washer to preview your emails before downloading them. Failing that, consider changing email addresses. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 477081 | 2006-08-08 08:39:00 | Now that you have "told them", your email address has increased in value, and will most likely be sold at a premium to other scammers. It means someone is at the other end and has read it....hence the value. If it always comes from the same source, set up en email rule to delete it unread. But never, ever reply to a "419 scam" such as these are, they do monitor the responses unlike spammers. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 477082 | 2006-08-08 11:41:00 | Yea, my own fault I guess. At first it was weird because i just finished registering a game I had bought, I saw the e-game title and thought it was the corresponding email to confirm the game. Hence the e- game. But yea, the address have changed. I guess Ill just get a new account to be on the safe side. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 477083 | 2006-08-09 11:30:00 | Ignore them. It only usually only takes a few weeks for them to lose interest. Never reply to these emails. Use an email client with spam filtering capabilities if you get too many of these. As a preventative measure, don't post your email address online on publicly accessible pages. Guestbooks and bulletin boards are common target. | TGoddard (7263) | ||
| 477084 | 2006-08-10 07:32:00 | yup, it was too late to withdraw my mail when i initially replied. Only one reply but thats all it took. The lesson has been learnt. | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 477085 | 2006-08-10 22:07:00 | here is a new one which you may not have seen. It is from spysoftcentral, it comes as a message thanking you for purchasing their antispyware software and advises that $79.88 will be debitted to your visa card. And there is an attachment! surprise, surprise!! It also says " this is an automatically generated message do not reply to this message." Anyone else seen it?? |
theother1 (3573) | ||
| 477086 | 2006-08-10 22:35:00 | Haven't seen that one, but there's a similar effort for an i-Pod purchase at several hundred US dollars going around as well. It looks very authentic indeed, with proper email details, good spelling and nice european names etc. From memory that one gives to a link to cancel the debit on your credit card, "if the purchase details are not correct". Guess what the link is :D Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 477087 | 2006-08-11 04:51:00 | Theother1 Yeah - had the same yesterday and today - but I just deleted it. sarel |
sarel (2490) | ||
| 477088 | 2006-08-12 03:39:00 | Does anything happen to these people? I mean they are doing nothing but crap. If I knew how to track them down I would give a serious ass whippin'. |
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