I receive several mails of that kind, requesting us to forward the mail to few people so that AOL or other will give money for that. Can someone tell is it true?
2006-07-13 20:12:21 · 23 answers · asked by pradeepktrbng 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
These are the brainstorms of emailing companies, who require to get new emails added to their list(for future scamming activities) so when you do respond to them,what you are doing is telling them" yes! this email is functional" and in return they favour you with an avalance of scam mails.i.e once you verify you email is in use, they add you to their list , and sell the list at exhorbitant rates to these advertising agencies who forwrad their mail to you (scam).
So it' not necessary for you to sign up in any programm for getting scammed , just a click of the buttton from within your account will set you rolling.
And sometimes they could be worms,viruses or torjans . so just dont open mail you dont have an idea who its sender is.
2006-07-13 21:07:20 · answer #1 · answered by really_confused 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋
VERY doubtful result. Most likely, that email has a "beacon" in it which tells the original sender what email addresses have been used during its forwarding over and over. This very much a robot that is used by email-address compilers.
You ought to delete and then run a virus scan of your PC to make sure that something new isn't there in residence and wanting to tap into your address list and sent THAT back to the compiler as well.
My rule is to NEVER trust unknown mail senders, particularly when the subject line is genetic or mysterious--such as "Hi!" or Your account [7]. Square brackets are usually a dead-giveaway of hidden HTML coding. And THAT can cause you all kinds of woes.
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2006-07-13 20:20:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
very genuine. both won't be able to be superb. even if, all the non-errant human being has to do is reveal one mistakes or contradiction as an instance they're superb. there are multiple examples of the position this has been executed, on an similar time so undemanding as a numerical disagreement. If one e book says 500, and yet another e book 5,000, then ergo it isn't one hundred% genuine and shown. even if, in this party, the inerrantist frequently strikes the goalposts and says they were proper "interior the originals". even if, considering no human being has the originals or recognize what they appear like, it somewhat is a moot aspect, at superb, and a sparkling refutation of their claims at worst.
2016-12-10 09:25:12 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...these are just mass email scams. AOL and Bill Gates are not giving away free money.
2006-07-13 20:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by Dale P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No Dont' worrry about the forwarded message but what kind of email id you have
2006-07-13 20:16:28 · answer #5 · answered by kartik 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, send them to the spam folder. They are never really and sometimes have viruses attatched to them that could crash your entire computer. Never a good idea.
2006-07-13 20:16:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Snopes.com has a whole section about e-mail hoaxes.
2006-07-13 20:15:55 · answer #7 · answered by x_chynadoll814_x 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Ignore any mails that aren't from someone you know.
2006-07-13 20:17:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is a scam. They also want your personal information. Does identity theft mean anything to you.
2006-07-13 20:17:13 · answer #9 · answered by aggie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey i just got one too. I just found it now. They're trying to say that a relative of mine just died and they want to give me his assets or something. Whatever you do, dont answer it. Its a con and they're trying to use you.
2006-07-13 20:17:38 · answer #10 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋