ChatterBank1 min ago
have i been scammed again
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sorry im back again!ive just had another email this one claiming to be from microsoft/aol apparently a sweepstake was held in London on the 20/12/07 and i am one of ten winners.Ive been swamped with these emails not in spambox this weekend I should be a multimillionaire now.what should i do with it.As ive said im new to the internet Why do these people do this. ps. thank you to all the people who answered my previous question.
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Any emails you get offering you large sums of money, or telling you you've won millions, or your long lost rellie in Oooboogooboo land has left you millions but send me your bank details should just be deleted.
Another email you may get is spoof ones from any number of different banks, building societies, eBay and paypal. These will usually contain a link within the body of the actual mail and you will be taken to a site that will ask you for details of your bank/ebay/paypal account including passwords etc. Delete these too. Banks etc will NEVER ask you for your details via email. If in doubt you can send ebay spoofs to [email protected].
If you want to check any details that you have been sent via email do not click on any links within those emails but go directly to your banking/eBay web site. Rarely these spoof mails can be telling the truth - For example, I had my ebay account hacked and I thought the email telling I had changed my password was a spoof. Sadly, it wasn't but I went via the ebay link in my favourites list to check and not via a link in the email because there was no link
You'll get to know which ones to dismiss immediately and which ones to check out
Another email you may get is spoof ones from any number of different banks, building societies, eBay and paypal. These will usually contain a link within the body of the actual mail and you will be taken to a site that will ask you for details of your bank/ebay/paypal account including passwords etc. Delete these too. Banks etc will NEVER ask you for your details via email. If in doubt you can send ebay spoofs to [email protected].
If you want to check any details that you have been sent via email do not click on any links within those emails but go directly to your banking/eBay web site. Rarely these spoof mails can be telling the truth - For example, I had my ebay account hacked and I thought the email telling I had changed my password was a spoof. Sadly, it wasn't but I went via the ebay link in my favourites list to check and not via a link in the email because there was no link
You'll get to know which ones to dismiss immediately and which ones to check out
That should be [email protected]
scarecrow, is your email address through your internet provide.
i.e [email protected]
[email protected] etc etc etc.
If it is then contact your service helpline (if it is free) and get a new address.
Use this address for all you important work and close friends and family.
For general use (like joining this etc) get a free yahoo address or something. You can easily do this. You then know that anything you receive in your yahoo box is crap and needn't be opened.
Also, don't tie your casual yahoo addtress in with your outlook (if you have it) Just have your one major address in there.
Good luck.
i.e [email protected]
[email protected] etc etc etc.
If it is then contact your service helpline (if it is free) and get a new address.
Use this address for all you important work and close friends and family.
For general use (like joining this etc) get a free yahoo address or something. You can easily do this. You then know that anything you receive in your yahoo box is crap and needn't be opened.
Also, don't tie your casual yahoo addtress in with your outlook (if you have it) Just have your one major address in there.
Good luck.
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