It seems odd and I am not sure how to handle this particular situation. Please help me find the sender of this mail.
2007-02-18 21:18:03 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
"melissa pointer"
My mom and dad got scammed out of some money from someone not that long ago and to me it seems like maybe this could be a scam. This person is claiming to be a NUN and is using GODS name in vein, I wish I could put the whole e-mail on here, she has 3.5 million dollers that she wants to transfer to an account here in the U.S.she claims to be in the U.K. or in Europe,and wants it to go to charity in return you get 10% of 3.5mil????????????she wants a bank account# to deposit the money in.
2007-02-18 21:43:31 · update #1
it's spam and scam what the poor melisa got. i guess she decided to worn others but thats a spam too. i can't understand why people flood other's mailbox and think that it helps. i guess there also was a sentence like "send this to everyone you know" at the end of the email you got. don't do that or you want to spam as well.
2007-02-19 01:27:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you serious????? Get any email like that, just read the header and straight away click delete. Don't even open the email. Always remember NO-ONE IN THE WHOLE WORLD is going to give you a few million $$$$ for nothing. Just delete it and forget it. You click on ANY link in the email and chances are you just downloaded a keystroke virus which logs every keystroke you make and emails it back to them without you knowing (passwords, account numbers etc) any email you get and you have no idea where it comes from or a subject line that you don't understand then don't even open it ... just delete it and forget it. If it was important then the sender will get back to you.
2007-02-19 06:49:29 · answer #2 · answered by fire462 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whenever you get email there is always a traceable sender. Always look for an internet providers name this will be of great use to you for those people who try to send you tricky email thinking you cant find out where it really came from. Since the email that was sent to you said yahoo, you should print out that email and take it to your police department also contact yahoo and tell them about it and if it is fake those bad people trying to swindle some money out of you will wind up in prison instead.
2007-02-23 04:04:24 · answer #3 · answered by curious 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is called email spoofing, check the header but I think the mail header is manipulated as well
you might not have any option other than marking it as spam
2007-02-19 05:21:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just delete the email if you don`t know who it`s from delete it that`s the golden rule dude
2007-02-19 05:56:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't waste your time.
Highlight that mail and click on Spam.
2007-02-19 05:21:39 · answer #6 · answered by OscarOne 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All such emails with deals with Millions of dollars, and they come to you on surprise are spam emails. Please delete them or report as spam.
2007-02-19 05:56:43 · answer #7 · answered by Naresh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Report it to Yahoo (contact us)
2007-02-19 05:49:52 · answer #8 · answered by CLICKHEREx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what was the message then?????
2007-02-19 05:21:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋