i am a rich person today

@suehan1 (4344)
Australia
December 17, 2007 2:18am CST
today reading my e-mails i have won 2 lotteries,have about 3 inheritances and have been asked by an american soldier to look after $35 million dollars he found in iraqu.if i cashed in on all these scams i would be rich lol.does anyone know who to foward these scams too,what authorities or just delete them all
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11 responses
gmchun83
@gmchun83 (48)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 07
Each day,i receive about more than 10 email like this.I dont believe at all.But when it can a lot,it bring us problem.I have been go out overseas for one months when i back.My email is full with this kind of email.I spent one day to check my email.My solution is simple.I just setup my outlook express message rules to filter any email that contain milion dollar and delete it.Or you may k9 anti-spam software,it will block all the spam email.
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
17 Dec 07
thanks for that i will look into doing that with outlook express.it is a real problem when you have to sort through all those e-mails and it takes up so much of our time
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lixiaoru
@lixiaoru (5)
• China
18 Dec 07
I have ever risen to the bait many times ,the other day ,I was charged 30yuan mobile phone bill by a radio programme.If you can answer their questions .you will get a sum of money ,so I dialed them time and time again.but I couldn't reach them.After I put down the phone.the information desk tiped me that I had been charged 30yuan.
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lixiaoru
@lixiaoru (5)
• China
18 Dec 07
I have ever risen to the bait many times ,the other day ,I was charged 30yuan mobile phone bill by a radio programme.If you can answer their questions .you will get a sum of money ,so I dialed them time and time again.but I couldn't reach them.After I put down the phone.the information desk tiped me that I had been charged 30yuan.
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chunter
@chunter (1759)
• Singapore
17 Dec 07
I can't be bothered by these....I just set my email filter to auto delete them...So I don't even see these spam mails at all
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
17 Dec 07
i must see how you do this e-mail filter thing.i agree i can not be bothered ,usually delete them,and they just re-appear.thanks sue
laydee
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
18 Dec 07
Email filter don't really work all the time. They are now using my friends' email addresses or names too. Plus there are times that the system deletes personal mails as well.
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santuccie
@santuccie (3384)
• United States
18 Dec 07
Challenge-Response filters work all the time. Just make sure you whitelist yourself the addresses for any newsletters you might be getting (they won't bother to verify themselves).
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lilaclady
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
18 Dec 07
Well as from today you are my very best friend.....hahahahaha, yeh i get these things all the time, I just delete them I don't know how anyone could get caught by them these days....
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lilaclady
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
18 Dec 07
You have a nice Christmas too....I will wait for my very expensive present you have sent me... :)
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
18 Dec 07
love your wicked sense of humour.if i was that rich i think i would have lots of friends lol.i know i was once bitten by them,now i just get annoyed that they are so persisient.have a good christmas my new best friend.
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cefaz_21
@cefaz_21 (2596)
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
I actually laugh hard when I read this post..why? because I am also rich today, according to my e-mail I won a UK lottery..and some I got dome good free stuff like Ipod,macbook,free airline tickets and many other more.. Isn't it great..I wonder how many of us here are riuch today..:)
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
17 Dec 07
i know i have had free acoccomodation ,free airline tickets,free everything.so i suppose i can now give up work ,travel,play video games,buy a new house car etc lol.i think in reality i would spend about 30 minutes a day just deleting these e-mails
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sheilamaye
@sheilamaye (123)
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
scams are invading my inbox! just be careful next time and dont follow what they say...
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laydee
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
18 Dec 07
Ah yeah, I stopped believing them the moment I saw that a so-called multimillionaire used a yahoo free account to email me. *LOL* Plus, I also tried calling them up and the phone was inexistent. Plus most of these are computer-generated.
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
17 Dec 07
thanks for that.i have learnt from past experience and usually just delete them now.it is just so annoying that they just re-appear all the time.cheers sue
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aaslin
@aaslin (123)
• India
17 Dec 07
i too had alot of these scams a few months ago....i trusted the first one i got....then only i came to know all these are fraud...so now i know whats true and false about these email draws and internet lotteries.....ITS ALL GREAT INTERNET FRAUD OF SOME STUPIDS TRYING TO EARN IN AN UNDECENT MANNER
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
17 Dec 07
i agree they are just a bunch of no hopers trying to scam innocent people.thanks for your reply.i hope you did not get caught out with the first scam you said you replied too.cheers sue
ishqvishq
@ishqvishq (1021)
• India
17 Dec 07
these all mails are froud i got every day 4 or 5 mails and delete them bcs if you will send them your detail then they will ask you to pay some documents charges first , they will say after paying these charges they will debit yuor payemtn but they will not give you any thing or after that you could not find them any where.
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
17 Dec 07
yes i had one today asking me to send $150.0 us dollars to deliver my $800,000 .i thought the soldier one was a new scam
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subha12
@subha12 (18441)
• India
18 Dec 07
all these scams reach my mail box also. they get deposited in spam mails. i just delete them I don't know how these people get our mail ids. Nowadys they ahve incraesed in number too.
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
18 Dec 07
hi there .i know that they are definately increasing in numbers .that is so annoying as it takes so long too delete them all.i would love to know how they have gotten my e-mail address also.thanks for responding.cheers sue
santuccie
@santuccie (3384)
• United States
18 Dec 07
There are authorities you can forward these to, but I'd only suggest doing so with a "honeypot" e-mail address (a "trap" for spammers/phishers). The address is enforcement (at) sec (dot) gov I wrote a review on CNET back in April on abating spam, and it was one of my best-received reviews ever. Read it here: http://reviews.cnet.com/5420-3513_7-0.html?forumID=104&messageID=2409256&threadID=222541
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santuccie
@santuccie (3384)
• United States
18 Dec 07
You're very welcome. Glad I could be of help. Salute! -santuccie P.S.: Laughing at dumb jokes is still good for your health!!!
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
18 Dec 07
your review is great.i did not realise that suppling your e-mail address in forums etc could be easy targets for these spammers.i always wondered how these people got my e-mail address.thanks for that it was very helpful
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jimbelle
@jimbelle (485)
• Philippines
17 Dec 07
I have the same problem too. In my yahoo I report it as spam-but they keep on sending in different forms. Perhaps there are a thousands of them. I don't bother reading them anymore and just delete them. Its annoying sometimes.
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mrgeee
@mrgeee (51)
• Bulgaria
17 Dec 07
I use Gmail.com. It automatically filters the spam, but when I look at the spam folder, I see a bunch of scam emails you mention arriving every 2-3 minutes.
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suehan1
@suehan1 (4344)
• Australia
18 Dec 07
that is totaly amazing that they are coming in every 2-3 minutes.they are very clever,they must get a few people falling for their tricks,otherwise they probably would stop.thanks for your reply
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