When I replied to her the yahoo address was sent back undeliverable? Is there any way to find out she is ok. She could of been a scam, but I have no way of knowing.
2006-09-22 05:10:40 · 19 answers · asked by Bill P 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
I think you just got scammed. First off, if you have never had any prior email exchanges with her, ask yourself, why did she pick you to send an email to,, out of this vast world of internet users?
Email accounts don't usually disappear once they are established.
It's likely that because you have replied that there might have been some coding into the email to which a trojan or spyware could exist. You could possibly also have just confirmed that you have a working email account, to which your email address can be placed into a database for further spam solicition.
I would advise you to clear your URL caches under Internet History, delete all history and files, delete cookies, and run your spyware, and virus program if you have it. Thoroughtly maintain your PC and clean it.
The fact that you showed any concern is likely another tactic, however in poor taste, that people use to confirm email accounts, and hack our emails. Good luck to you.
2006-09-22 05:23:45 · answer #1 · answered by Manatee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rule of thumb is if someone contacts you that you don't know, it is most likely a scam or spam. If you try to reply and it comes back as undeliverable, there's no doubt it's a fake.
2006-09-22 05:20:23 · answer #2 · answered by loryntoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. By clicking on the link you could have downloaded an infection on your computer. The best senario is that it is only a phishing scam by spammers for you to confirm your email address by clicking on the link. They will now start send you much more spam.
2006-09-22 06:03:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you suspect its a scam, copy and paste parts of it into a search engine.
There are lots of sites that list all the scam emails, so you might come up with a match.
2006-09-22 05:15:33 · answer #4 · answered by shion_3072 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most likely it's a scam if you cant reply to the address. Hopefully that is all it was. If someone was in trouble, I'm sure they didn't have time to delete their e-mail address anyways.
2006-09-22 05:13:25 · answer #5 · answered by Huliganjetta 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If she need you account number it a scam
it not you might entertain yourself and see how far it take you until it get to personal like name phone # or address you might say town as long as the name doesn't come out. Now if she need medical or police just call you local police and tell of the situation and let them figure out who to call to help her...I got my 2 poit how about the other ten....
2006-09-22 05:22:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This crap is all SCAMS. There is no might have been. Good god, why the hell would someone in trouble email total strangers about it. Stop being gullible or disconnect the internet for your own protection.
I always wonder how Phishing ever works, then I read this?????
2006-09-22 05:14:43 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hello
dont fall for that scam there is a lot of it going on they say help we need your help then they talk to you and then come off with the old help line can you send money im sick and all that kinda crap dont be a fool dont part with your cash the next 1 who tells she there in trouble .tell them to go to the own place of help say you have no money at all then your see them soon move on to the next one its a scammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
lol@ denmarks
2006-09-22 05:16:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say it was a scam.
I had the same thing done to me about 3 moths ago now.
Just delete and discard it.
I am a female and I had a male do this to me.
I told my husband and he just said it was a scam.
So don't worry about it.
How did she get your address? did you give it to her?
Of all the people in the world why did she pick you?
2006-09-22 05:14:09 · answer #9 · answered by samleigh40@btinternet.com 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam
2006-09-22 05:12:08 · answer #10 · answered by Jen G 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋