I believe this to be a scam. My question is who do I report this email to?
2006-08-26 16:30:22 · 10 answers · asked by payingtaxesagain 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I get these all the time. I send them to these sites below.
www.spam@uce.gov
www.ic3.gov
both are government sites to stop Internet crime. I suggest everyone reports any emails they believe to be scams. It will make it easier to catch these slime balls.
2006-08-26 16:42:39 · answer #1 · answered by Boz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I received one from UK today; a change from the constant drivel out of South Africa and the Philippines. In the last two months alone I have turned down enough scams to make me worth, according to them, over a billion dollars.
I am really waiting for a good answer to your question. The only tip I have is to keep notes on even the bad address, bank and business style, etc. I see a pattern which indicates movement of my address to other scamers.
Based on when the scam started I have a pretty good idea what site my address was taken from. So you may not be a random target.
Keep good notes and take it real personal.
These scams obtained my address from some really righteous web sites.
They seem dumb but are sharp and use formal marketing skills. Your email may have come off a foreign computer but the scam can trace right back to the offices of any major Internet player.
2006-08-27 00:38:44 · answer #2 · answered by Tommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are financial scams. They seem to be coming more frequent then ever in the past month. Don't respond.
Or you can use your email options and check off "full header", and send the email as an inline email, back to abuse@yahoo.com if it came it via yahoo. Or abuse@hotmail.com
Without a "full header", the email can not be traced back to the sender.
The provider service will shut down their account. And they will advise you that they have taken the necesssary action to shut the account down.
I don't reside in the United States. Past experience with the FBI they don't do anything. If you have an "Interpol", connection they will for sure send the email to their "Interpol", agent in the country where the email originated and shut them down. I know for sure as I use them all the time.
2006-08-26 23:37:46 · answer #3 · answered by MINDDOCTOR 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get about fifteen emails a day like this, especially the ones saying all I have to do is participate in a brief survey. I think this is called phishing. When you read the fine print, you have to buy stuff to get the prize, but the surveys are endless loops. Yeah, its a scam.
The email should have a link at the bottom telling you where you can unsubscribe your name from their mailing list or databases.
Dont get sucked in, they are all out to screw you!
2006-08-26 23:38:07 · answer #4 · answered by hipichick777 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. I haven't a clue there are so many scams produced
in a day. Just delete it from your inbox and warn everyone in
your address book.
2006-08-26 23:32:45 · answer #5 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM -- dump it without opening it. Not worth it to report because it is usually from a forged address.
2006-08-26 23:34:12 · answer #6 · answered by sglmom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its a scam forward it to the US Secret Service they will investigate it and ask the Interpol to monitor and or close the web site in question
2006-08-26 23:35:47 · answer #7 · answered by aldo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you got this on yahoo report it as spam
2006-08-26 23:33:42 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just delete it
2006-08-26 23:34:49 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it may be spam.
2006-08-26 23:34:51 · answer #10 · answered by JayHawk 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋