Scam Emails

India
December 3, 2006 9:31am CST
I receive at least ten mails everyday telling me I have won millions of euros and dollars. Some mails request a donation of cash. All these mails really want you to reply to them. They collect personal information and use it is some sinister scam. How do you treat such mails?
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5 responses
• Janesville, Wisconsin
3 Dec 06
I report and block them all. Sometimes if it lists an actual bank. I will forward it to the bank... To report it as a scam, and they can take action from there. Also for people who keep getting those paypal scams forward them to spoof@paypal.com ... That is what I do... I'll do research and see if we can find out who to forward in reporting these two before blocking and deleting. - DNatureofDTrain
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@Bugsey (775)
• United States
14 Jul 08
Those are called Nigerian scams. I advise you to keep all those letters in your inbox and make a report to the FBI. Go to the FBI page online and get their email where you can report cyber frauds. There is a special FBI page for these Nigerian scams.
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
2 Jan 08
First I report them and next delete them. They take your money and you never hear from them again. Guess some people think this is the proper way to make a living. I'd never send any money to anyone online and won't join sites that require payment.
• Philippines
3 Apr 07
Ten emails a day is too many for me. I just recieved 2 to 3 times a month and as always I just delete them immediately. My time is precious and I value every seconds of it. I have no time from fooling around reading those funny emails. There's nothing good I can get from it so what's the use of saving it on my folder? If you want to stop recieving the same e-mails all over again I think you need to unsubscribe to their mailing list. If it is randomly sent to your e-mail address then you can block them to go directly to spam areas. I hope this may help you somehow.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
16 Aug 07
I delete anything that I dont know who its from..I dont enter online lottos etc...so they get deleted straight away, I too also recieve at least 10 a day..How stupid do they think we are...lol.