I mean I got an this sort of thing every other week? How do they know you live in a different country?
Would anyone ever take them seriouly? Does that really work for them?
This is how they approach:
Subject: confidential
>Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2007 21:46:21 +1200 (NZST)
>
>Dr ERIC DAVID MBAH
>GABON CENTRAL AFRICA
>TEL: 00241 06206724
> FAX00241721957
>
> ATTN: managing director/
> Dear sir,
>
>Your contact was given to me by my friend who was my course mate who
>travels abroad. I asked for a reliable contact who will help me
>purchase goods overseas. He confirmed of your reliability and trust. That I
>should contact your company for business relationship, but my problems which I
>needed to disclose to you is unknown to him and should be kept top
>secret. I am the ADC of the president of Gabon . My president having
>been ruling the country for 34 years is handing the seat over to another
>civilian Government at the end of this remaining tenure as the
>president of Gabon .
...
2007-06-03 01:56:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
The famous 419 scam. I got one from Russia this morning. I think that they pull it out at random. Some of them buy the e mail addresses. I know I am sick to death of it.
2007-06-03 02:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by 2fine4u 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you have a program to get rid of spyware?
If not, you should. Spyware attaches itself to open Websites and spam, and it can monitor your business on the Net as well as find your address if you use it to reply to commercial mail.
Ask your friends to send you mail using blind copy--at least your personal mail will be private.
Ask your server for a new address, and start over, and get Adaware or other free spyware program and install it.
2007-06-03 06:47:50 · answer #2 · answered by henry d 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey,
They dont actualy have your email, that is they send emails to all emails they can imagine for example if theres a joeblogs50@hotmail then they would send a message to joeblogs 1 - 49.
Sometime they find your adress if you click on unsubscribe from this email, that one of a scammers tricks as they then know your email is real.
2007-06-05 03:40:06 · answer #3 · answered by ben_m_g 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I forgot to mention that some scammers find email addresses by looking at guestbooks on various sites and blogs.
2007-06-03 09:38:37 · answer #4 · answered by evamariehoople 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you've subscribed to anything via e-mail, then that company probably sold your e-mail address to another company who sold it to the scammer.
2007-06-03 07:25:54 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
signing up for things on the internet (including your email) && Fowarding. dont forward anymore. even if its to ur own friends.
2016-04-01 13:16:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋