The U.K"LOTTERY" said that i have won some quantity of money.They are requesting for some personal detail,how to aboid it,to denounce it.Also they are sending his own add,and her/his name and ao on.
Have I to cancel my contrate with Internet Company ,they are disturving me everyday and I am tired,really tired.I will close the internet service.
2006-09-08 07:22:12 · 7 answers · asked by bigpulg14 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
This is just your ordinary every day spam using a "phishing" tactic to try to get you to hand over personal details so they can steal your identity. Don't denounce it, just ignore it. If you send any kind of email back, they will just know that they have reached a live email address.
Most email programs will allow you to block specific senders, if it is the same sender every time. It is probably in the Options: Security tab, or you may be able to right-click the sender's ID and select "block this sender" or something like that.
If the spams are not all coming from the same email address, changing your email address will help, but only if you don't ever post your new email address to the internet anywhere (not even when you buy something online -- use your old spam-filled address for that).
Get a good anti-virus and anti-spyware program and keep it updated and turned on at all times.
Don't download free stuff (smileys, wallpapers, etc) from the internet -- most of it is cr@p you don't need anyway, and a lot of it contains malicious code in the serving webpage or the application itself that will try to harvest your email details so they can spam you again.
2006-09-08 07:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by Mustela Frenata 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The lottery doesn't contact you. Sounds like someone is trying to get money out of you. Just don't open the emails. Everyone gets Spam like this. It's part of modern life, I'm afraid.
2006-09-08 14:28:45 · answer #2 · answered by jamie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to close your acount. Mark it as spam so you wont get it and it is a SCAM.
2006-09-08 14:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
just mark it as spam and it won't come in ur inbox, nd stay away from such scams!
2006-09-11 05:53:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
email them back and tell them the only way you wil cooperate is if you meet them in person at their office
2006-09-08 14:35:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Write, wire, yell, scream, call, semaphore, horse, taxi, pickup truck, spread the word, but what ever you do, don't tattle!
2006-09-08 14:29:42 · answer #6 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yeah, i don't know. i've never been harrassed by an internet scam.
2006-09-08 14:28:21 · answer #7 · answered by practicalwizard 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋