How do they?
2007-04-26 18:11:56 · 11 answers · asked by Hair Goddess 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
They buy your information from 3rd parties. (ever sign up for a contest online?)
Email lists are very profitable.
2007-04-26 18:14:57 · answer #1 · answered by RiverGirl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They sale it on the Internet, do a Yahoo search (how scammers get my email address) you can get into YouTub look for the same thing in fact I'm going to do that right now, did you see dateline tonight? it was all about your question and I'm sure it will show up on YouTube very soon. and most definitely in Yahoo search, very good Question the people that do get scammed are often to embarrassed to report this type of crime, this type of scam prays on the poor and lonely and they know this, not only should you know what your kids are doing on the computer so should adults around you that could fall into this category.
2016-05-20 01:01:26 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chain letters. If you have ever been put on the mailing list of a chain letter, even the cutesy ones with funny jokes or interesting commentaries, chances are your email was listed by money scammers. They send out these chain mails and do one of two things, they either attached a tracer to see all the emails it eventually reaches, or through the wonders of the internet, the chain letter eventually reaches them again and they have hundreds of emails to choose from.
2007-04-26 18:16:25 · answer #3 · answered by Maverick Hunter 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are actually software programs that spam people by sending out automated mails to addresses. They don't have to do any work or research - the software does it for them. They can send out millions of these all over the world. No one really gives them your e-mail address.
2007-04-26 18:18:56 · answer #4 · answered by the phantom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably from any site you are suscribed to. yahoo, hotmail, gmail and all of them are public addresses so it´s most likely that someone can get a hold of the domain names and start mailing those addresses.
2007-04-26 18:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by Stephanie F 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same way the viagra people got your address
2007-04-26 18:15:17 · answer #6 · answered by Cookie Monster 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They send to every variation of names and letters on the planet and hope they hit a functioning mailbox.
2007-04-26 18:14:06 · answer #7 · answered by pepper 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The buy it from phishers. You might consider installing some anti phishing software.
2007-04-26 18:15:04 · answer #8 · answered by MT C 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hey cutie! they get it from guestbooks on websites, ebay, overstock, paypal, amazon, anywhere you register your name and make an account. the scam is called 419. Nigerians are ood at scamming. BE CAREFUL ON THE INTERNET
2007-04-26 18:15:32 · answer #9 · answered by 630 550 2687 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They can do an e-mail or people search online.
2007-04-26 18:17:11 · answer #10 · answered by Frogmama2007 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋