The email read something to the point that the Yahoo Awards Center has selected me as one of the six monthly monetary winners. Sadly, I gave them my mailing address, and all my phone numbers, including my id #.
2007-05-16 19:57:55 · 8 answers · asked by dd 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
oh! you poor thing! They have got you...
Change everthing you have.. they will use your ID to scam others, and you may land in jail!!!
Anyway, report it to authorities and be safe.
And in future try to track the email add on the site below: its really useful:-
emailtrackerpro.visualware.com
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2007-05-16 20:32:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was truly a foolish thing to do. All you can do now is cancel you telephone connection and get a new one (It would be hard to inform everyone about the change though, but you will learn from your mistake), create a new email and bulk mail all your contacts about it, and so on.
Best of luck!
2007-05-17 03:07:27 · answer #2 · answered by {flick} 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should probably change your phone numbers and id #. What is that exactly? Watch your credit card and bank statements for any odd activity. You might also want to run a check on your credit. You can do that for free.
2007-05-17 03:03:32 · answer #3 · answered by kmg 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
NEVER, EVER, EVER, CLICK ON LINKS IN EMAILS.
Microsoft is to blame for the 'rise of the email scams' - if their stupid email clients defaulted to 'text only' mode all the fake HTML coded links would be exposed (and, of course, impossible to 'click' on). Of course some morons would still type 'www.mybank.scum.ru' into their browsers thinking this was 'www.mybank.co.uk' ...)
Mind you, the same could be said for most viruses - if their stupid email clients refused to 'execute' attachments (instead of automatically doing so when you clicked on them) then there would be a lot less email spread viruses (of course some morons would still 'detach' the virus and click on it on their desktop).
Best would be to get a Mail Reader such as Thunderbird that either blocks all links or can be set to display 'Text Only' (i.e. throw away all the nasty HTML cr*p).
2007-05-17 03:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Delete your current ID and create a new one. Next time don't believe just everything the internet has to offer, especially when it comes to winnings.
2007-05-17 03:01:13 · answer #5 · answered by agent-X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should have researched it first, there is no such thing as a Yahoo Awards center. . .all you can do is move and change everything that you gave them. . .next time, don't be so gullible
2007-05-17 03:02:27 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I admire your guts for being willing to admit that you got scammed. Follow the advice of the others but I would also report this to the Police. They might not be able to get any of your money back but they could use your information to investigate the crooks who scammed you.
2007-05-17 03:06:10 · answer #7 · answered by Ellen J 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
you need to contact all the relevent companies NOW and get your pin #s and passwords changed ASAP.
2007-05-17 03:02:43 · answer #8 · answered by Emma-Lou 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋