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beware of "final warning update your account to avoid deactivation"in yahooemail

fearlessgara @fearlessgara (1113) • Philippines 1 Mar 13

I just received 2 email regarding this email from customer.dept@yahoo.com in my account which says in the subject "FINAL WARNING UPDATE YOUR ACCOUNT TO AVOID DEACTIVATION" in the message they said that they have detected a slight...

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Hackers stealing your identity- a conspiracy theory-can it be done?

bryanwmc @bryanwmc (1051) • Malaysia 22 Oct 12

Can this be done.? I posted the discussion "are people really that stupid " earlier and reading through the replies, a thought came to my mind. What if all this scam meassages about you inheriting millions or some african princess...

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Just got an offer for someone to buy my old apartment via email...WTF????

drknlvly6781 @drknlvly6781 (6246) • United States 8 Jan 12

Scammers seem to stop at nothing to deceive us good people out of out money, but this one definitely has to take not only the cake, but the plate, the napkins, the fork, and all! I just got an email from someone stating that...

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I got an email , sort of FRIEND invitation

adeena2000 @adeena2000 (845) • Philippines 8 Jul 11

I got this friendly message asking me to befriend her or him. With all the stories and personal background. What comes first to my mind was THE "scam". In the first place I am a girl and she was a girl but it seems to her that I...

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Google 11th anniversary Scam

angeljhing89 @angeljhing89 (51) • Philippines 13 Mar 11

I received an email last March 9,2011. The email came from Google 11th Anniversary Presentation Centre, Africa Branch Office. They said that my email address has been selected as one of the lucky winners in the second batch of...

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email SCAM using Western Union

angeljhing89 @angeljhing89 (51) • Philippines 10 Mar 11

I received an email saying that I am a beneficiary of $800,000.00 coming from the Republic of Benin. It was stated there that "We(Western Union Money Transfer) got a report that your name is on the list of those their fund was...

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Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony Email Scam

skysuccess @skysuccess (8857) • Singapore 11 Nov 10

I am unsure if any of you have had the honorable email invite BUT if you do....just don't be too quick or happy. Not going to spoil the fun, the email is actually another cyber attack, source unknown yet. The email reportedly...

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Verified By Visa Banking Incident Phishing Scam

skysuccess @skysuccess (8857) • Singapore 27 Jul 10

I hope that you will be aware of some emails that are circulating and purporting to be from Verified by Visa, claims that, due to multiple failed attempts to access the recipient's account, the account holder must confirm account...

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A warning email sent to me by anonymous... LET US ALL BE CAREFUL

lovelyn_medrano @lovelyn_medrano (3070) • Philippines 17 May 10

I just like to share this to you all. Somebody sent me an email -- a scam letter. She said she fell on it and doesn't want anybody to be a victim like her. I remember, Few months ago, late last year I received an email like...

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An old internet scam has hit my family--beware this scam!

dragon54u @dragon54u (31633) • United States 12 Dec 09

My sister and mother got an email from my cousin saying that she and her husband had been robbed in London, England and needed money. It was actually from her email account, someone had stolen it and changed the password so she...

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5 people

Stay away from emailmeform.com - it's a SCAM!

android @android (894) 11 May 09

They offer a free email form service. But in my experience, everything is okay at first, then they hit you with it. They accuse you (falsely) of using their service to phish (which I didn't). Not only that but they then display...

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Emailmeform.com is a scam, stay away!!!

android @android (894) 11 May 09

Do not use this free email form service. At first everything is fine, but then suddenly totally out of the blue they will accuse you of using their service for phishing, even though it isn't true. Not only that but they then...

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Phone Scam

cheenlly @cheenlly (3476) • Philippines 24 Feb 09

Hi fellow mylotters, I was responding to a discussion about telemarketers earlier which made me remind about a phone scam a year ago. The story is that, I got a phone call one day from someone i didn't know and to my surprised she...

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1 person

Wells Fargo Keeps Emailing Me to Activate My Account - Is this a Scam?

artambrosia @artambrosia (148) • United States 11 Oct 08

I never applied for an account with Wells Fargo, although they say I did. Now they keep sending me e-mails asking me to activate my account. I know there are lots of bad groups out there impersonating banks; is this the same...

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1 person

mail from stranger

samgrg @samgrg (52) • Hong Kong 12 Sep 08

Guys guys guys here is a new scam!!!. Some one sends you mail saying that he is a worker in a bank and he know a dormant account from where he claims that he can transfer money to your account. Here is the e-mail, it looks like...

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Another SCAM

agihcam @agihcam (1914) • Philippines 6 Jun 08

Hello everyone,I have received email just today with the following contents; ***Start of Message*** Attention Please, Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is...

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This is a new one.

Sillychick @Sillychick (3275) • United States 31 Mar 08

Finally, some creativity. I got an email saying it was from fedex, and there was a 'dilivery' waiting for me (it was spelled wrong) and instructions how to pick it up. Apparently, someone has sent me a bank draft for a huge...

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Scam emails about large sums of money

ebuckley @ebuckley (13) • Hong Kong 3 Feb 08

Have you ever received one of those emails? It is from a person that claims to be administering a Trust or Bank account of a recently deceased person holding some obscene amount of money (25 million USD) and needs your to help...

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email scams...will they ever stop?

arwd997 @arwd997 (25) • United States 19 Sep 07

Does this guy think I am really that dumb? Whatch out for these guys. Here is a nice email I just received. Profitable business For You! Dear Prospective Partner, I am Mr. Wong Shiu ki, an account officer with the...

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Help I keep getting SCAMMING emails!!!!

msjigga @msjigga (864) • United States 29 May 07

On Friday I received this email from a Arthur Johnson with business proposal in the subject line. I am almost positive that this is a scam, however my questions are How did this person get my email address and I just noticed my...

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2 people