Donate SIGN UP

Dodgy Emails

Avatar Image
scoobydooby | 12:57 Sat 11th Aug 2007 | How it Works
9 Answers
I keep getting emails from different companies telling me 'a friend/neighbour/relative has sent me a greetings card - along with a link. I'm also receiving lots of emails from different people with no subject heading but they have attachments. I haven't opened or linked into any but a worm and two viruses were found on my computer. Anyone know anything about these emails?
Gravatar

Answers

1 to 9 of 9rss feed

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by scoobydooby. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.
The greetings card ones CAN be legit - but may not be. If you keep getting them you either have a friend with more money than sense or they are trojans/viruses.

Delete unread anything with an attachment from anyone you don't know. Even if you know them, be cautious.
I keet getting these as well (I1m on mail.com) and I think the greetings cards are genuine (although not from a genuine person) but I`m not interested so just delete. I also get a lot of the others which often open because I delete the one next to it in mailbox.

Perhaps dzug could tell us how to delete a message without opening it - I have seen it explained but forgotten.
i opened the first one i got - and got a virus....
I have been getting loads of spam e-mails saying that I have picture from a friend, relative, neighbour etc.

These all take you to a web a site AND YOU GET A VIRUS FROM THE SITE.

DO NOT VIST THESE SITES.

Just delete the e-mails.

Do NOT reply to the e-mails, just delete them.
I told my son that I had been receiving lots of emails saying I had received a greetings card from a classmate/friend/family member and the latest is from a worshipper!. he looked on The Register (a computer news info type site) and they said that these emails contained a virus ( I think he said a trojan) which only a couple of anti virus software programs could deal with. best play safe and don't open them.
Yeah, I get them too. I just delete them
If you do not recognise the sender, delete.
-- answer removed --
-- answer removed --

1 to 9 of 9rss feed

Do you know the answer?

Dodgy Emails

Answer Question >>