can you TRUST A STRANGER? has MONEY gone to your head?  |
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1. Jennlk84 (2216) | 5 months ago | I don't give my email address out to just anyone, but what I will say is that I have a "junk" email that I use for all of the money making sites I'm a member of or any free samples I may send for, etc. Maybe that is the email address these people are sharing with each other? I could be wrong, but it's my only guess!
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Jennlk84 (2216) | 5 months ago | Yea, I hear ya. I'm really not sure what the point of giving it out in a discussion is. Why do you see people giving it out? I don't think I've ran into it very many times.
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| yisimiwang (85) | 5 months ago | yes,your guess is right,i am doing the same thing with you,but more than that,i have 6 email addresses, two of them are for making money online,one for be in contact with friends and family,two for working stuff,coz my work is about selling things all over the world,email is a must,the other one is right there for abuse,when i sign up websites i dont know, idont need,that is junk mail,so i got 6. and the junk email is the one i share to 'that people '.
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mysdianait (11476) | 5 months ago | Hi yisimiwang and welcome to myLot!
That's a great way of going about things but whatever you do, don't place any of those addresses in the discussions here as it would be a violation.
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| golf12 (5) | 5 months ago | I would not give an email address to a stranger unless you know what you are doing. But if a stranger keep sending you thru an email for all kinds of stuff. I suggest click on the unsubscribe tab. Then the strangers will stop sending you stuff that you don't want.
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2. Tina83 (210) | 5 months ago | It seems that mam you came after a longtime in mylot, yes I think we cannot give any stranger the email adress, in maximumcases its seen that they use to spam our mail box.Now recently my old mailbox is filled with some spam mails daily with some nigerian scam mails.Rcently I am afraid that password may be hacked as i got a mail from my mail adress -- very strange really.
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pratyushtamhankar (507) | 5 months ago | Hey the mails that we get from our own mail addresses aren't actually from our own ids. They are actually from some other ids but made so, so that they'll seem to be from our ids. So chill yaar...
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3. pratyushtamhankar (507) | 5 months ago | You know what, you have a very very important point here. God knows what these strangers are doing with our email addresses. I do not just type in my email address wherever I get a chance to. Although I've given it sometimes which, after reading your discussion, I'm regretting. But now there's no turning back. Hope everything goes well...
Thanks for the remainder buddy. Take care, happy mylotting...
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pratyushtamhankar (507) | 5 months ago | Nope, that wasn't me there... Well one should know that if someone asks so many addresses at one time, there has to be some foul play...
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pratyushtamhankar (507) | 5 months ago | week-end? Whats it got to do with the day the discussion is put up? i really don't know... Please enlighten me.....
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mysdianait (11476) | 5 months ago | At the week-end there are younger users on here because there is no school right? Those are the users who jump if someone says 'give me your addy for free money' and they should be made to be aware of what they could be letting themselves in for.
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pratyushtamhankar (507) | 5 months ago | OMG.. May God be by their side and may their computers hang as soon as they click on "Respond to this discussion"...
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4. zandi458 (5614) | 5 months ago | I was shocked to find that what ever discussions we post here are exposed to the outside world through google search. I don't usually give out my email address except to some trusted friends. This world is full of unscrupulous people who are out to create mischief on others. It is hard indeed to trust people regardless whether it is in the virtual world or in the real world. Looks like we should not trust anyone except ourselves to be on the safe side.
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zandi458 (5614) | 5 months ago | Thanks for the info. Honestly, I didn't know that it is against mylot ruling to post email addy here. I can't remember whether I have posted it in the past but am sure I have given to few through pm.
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mysdianait (11476) | 5 months ago | Through a PM will NOT appear in searches zandi. Your PMs are only visible to YOU when you are logged in. Once you logout even you cannot read them and certainly no-one else ever will.
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5. oudine2 (139) | 5 months ago | I can´t trust a stranger, but I can definetly trust Gmail! I really don´t care giving my email address because Gmail has such a great service that almost everything that is spam, goes to the spam folder. So I get tons of spam emails, but don´t even care to delete them, Gmail do it for me. There´s nothing else that could be dangerous about giving an email address appart from getting spam, so I don´t really think it´s that important to give it to a stranger.
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oudine2 (139) | 5 months ago | If you give your email you are not going to get viruses or be hacked, or whatever. You only have to be cautious when opening an email or downloading an attachment, that´s all. Of course if in the terms it says not to give your email, I won´t give it in public, but just because it´s a rule. Nothing could really happen (appart from the spam stuff) if you give someone your email.
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mysdianait (11476) | 5 months ago | 'You only have to be cautious when opening an email or downloading an attachment, that´s all'
Many myLotters have no computer knowledge whatsoever. They would be unaware that opening some mails could cause problems. If they so willingly gave out their address, I can also guess they would jump at a mail with the subject 'You Have Won $XXX' too - and THAT is why it should not be done in discussions!
The Terms here on myLot are made to cover every type of user, worldwide whether young or old, tech savvy or not, and many of the clauses are for OUR OWN BENEFIT!
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oudine2 (139) | 5 months ago | You are right with this. And the terms are OK, and I try to follow the terms always. However as I know which mail could be dangerous or not, personally, I don´t care to give my email (in a private message, so I do not break the rules). However, as you say, it may not be advisable to give emails to strangers.
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| jgbe4245 (46) | 5 months ago | There are many different things that could happen in your email besides getting spam. I work for an organization that deals daily with harassers and hackers that get your email address and then proceed to gain your personal information through that to use against you.
I also have a spam account but I don't trust just anyone to even that.
Did you know that there is a site online that you can go to and get the owner information of an email account just by putting the email address in it?
There are many things that people do that are wrong, but it does happen.
It is each person's choice what they do, I just don't...
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6. cannette1 (1409) | 5 months ago | a couple of my friends here have my personal email address and dj has phone number but no way would i just post the info for anyone to find. i get enough junk without having it come from here too.
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8. John4Christ (1027) | 5 months ago | Thanks for another eye-opener mysdianait,
I just bumped across a discussion few hours ago, where the person claimed that he had a site which pays you $0.75 instantly into your paypal account just for signing up ......and he asked us to give our e-mail ids to him......i have never heard of a free lunch in a 5 star luxury!!!!
I come across people who ask us to add as friends and then they would PM the details, somewhere i don't find it right either, why not upload the banner in your profile and ask them to sign up, if a person has to refuse your offer he would refuse it anyways.,......i have about 20-25 raw PTP hits in some of my ptc sites, but only 2 or 3 join, that's their wish, some just remove the referral ID......sending them personal e-mails or sending them PM's wont really work in your favor........
It is always advisable not to give out your e-mail ids to any one, and specially if you use it for your personal work........once a hacker gains access to it, its really difficult to get it back, most of the time you wont.......
The best way to be safe is by being alert!!!!

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pmbhuntress (699) | 5 months ago | Yeah and the same person was promoting that 2 weeks ago. I asked what the name of the program was and they still wouldnt say and almost demanded that I give them my email address when I denied them that, they in return wanted me to become there friend, so I was nice enough to allow them the friend request only to get once again the demand for my email address. they were off my friends list real fast. Its a scam of some sort.
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John4Christ (1027) | 5 months ago | Yes Diana,
I did see it and when i check it this morning i see that that discussion has made it to the hot discussions of the day........
Its total ignorance........and it really sad that people are not really aware of the consequences of the dark side of the cyber world!!!!
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9. krajibg (2434) | 5 months ago | No way, I( would never give my emial id nor my mob no. to a perfect strangers. I know the consequence of this.
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