address? I never do that, but wonder why they want you to email them using the other address, not the one they IM'd u on. There's obviously some benefit to them, but I am missing it. Thanks
2006-08-20 01:12:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
There could be any number of scams going on. It may simply be to get a genuine e-mail address from you so that it can be sold to spam gangs who will then bombard you with spam e-mails. It could be to get you to marry someone (most likely from Russia or Eastern Europe) - the people behind such schemes make a fortune doing this. It could be an infamous 419 scam.
Whatever it is - don't reply. Same rule applies to all chat services, e-mails etc.
2006-08-20 01:20:22 · answer #1 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There isn't. Its a trick to track you. I got those one time and all I did was report them for spam. LOL. They do that to also install some software into your computer so that when you are just unknowingly browsing the internet, they recover data. All the Ad's these days are infected with some virus or whatever.
2006-08-20 08:19:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats what we call "SPAM or SPAMMERS"
Actually they are advertising for there sites which may be a sex related site most probably or any other like that, they will also give u a link to there site along with there IM
it is better that you don't waste yr time with that messages and block them using report as spam option in yahoo
2006-08-20 08:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by gaurav k 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i hae wondered about this too....... lets wait and see what people have to say
2006-08-20 08:19:24 · answer #4 · answered by shailendra 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do NOT reply to them!
2006-08-20 08:19:46 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋