these African and other people informing me that I have won some strangers inheitance. It is ticking me off.At least 6 a week. Who do I report it too?Internattionaal scam. How many of you have gotteen this crap also?
2006-06-27 13:27:38 · 12 answers · asked by rose w 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I'm supposing you either have Hotmail or Yahoo Mail - both have great blockers. Putting them on "high" will get rid of the emails. After a few weeks, the emails may even stop being sent.
I didn't get those emails, but got other spam ones.
Best of luck.
2006-06-27 13:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by kjaymckinnon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got a million of them when I posted up an apt to rent on craigslist.org they mostly come out of Nigeria which is famous for 419- advanced fee fraud. These people didn't even read my ad they just sent out a generic letter and wait for some idiots to really show some interest. They mostly have gmail or yahoo accounts. I always send back a very insulting e-mail and they usually never write back. I just keep the same response saved and cut and paste whenever I get an e-mail like that.
2006-06-27 20:54:53 · answer #2 · answered by JenniferE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The longer you have your e-mail the more you are pron to SPAM. The only way to fight it is next time be careful with where you submit your e-mail to online & who you gave it to. It may not be your fault but the person who have knowledge to your e-mail may be infected with a malware that can detect the precence of your e-mail.. thus allowing them to send you ad e-mails. Sometimes the only way I can beat the spammers is getting another e-mail. I own a website & I changed my e-mail twice already in the last 6 years because of Spam. All you really have to do is to be very careful.
2006-06-27 20:58:16 · answer #3 · answered by kitakits.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on what email service you are using you should have the option to ignore or flag as spam the sender so anything sent from them will automatically be deleted or moved to your spam folder.
2006-06-27 20:29:51 · answer #4 · answered by amp_ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need some sort of spam blocker, check with whoever services your E-mail account or your ISP connector.They have the tools to make those spam mails disappear.
2006-06-27 20:31:46 · answer #5 · answered by johnb693 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've gotten none of it yet... Don't respond or open the e-mail. Just trash on sight. If you have a spam filter, you can just weed it out and put it in the trash automatically.
2006-06-27 20:29:10 · answer #6 · answered by zott820 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u better watch out. if they so kind 2 give free stuff why don't just send directly 2 every one home.
that anoying is spam . keep send them 2 ur junk box.
i got more than 10/day.
2006-06-27 20:37:28 · answer #7 · answered by sodan 3ll 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i got that too for a while i just put keywords on my blocked list and quit getting them and reporting them as spam helps a lot too
2006-06-27 20:30:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone has gotten your email address and will continue to bombard you with this spam. make sure to set you spam filters on medium or high and try blocking that address to prevent add'l emails.
2006-06-27 20:31:22 · answer #9 · answered by tbex2003 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are scamming you for money.
Check out: www.thescambaiters.com
or www.419eaters.com
if you want to help people fight back
2006-06-27 20:35:52 · answer #10 · answered by Mac Momma 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋