ok well i've been..... sending e-mails to and from one of them and he just told me his phone number. should i give the number to the cops. lol cuz i dont wanna call it, if i do he might like be able to like trace it. what should i do with the phone number? by the way the number is 00226 78041735
2007-06-09 07:27:36 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Dateline NBC did a series on just this. The link is http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17697615/ They might be able to offer some help.
-MM
2007-06-09 07:33:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont believe that is a valid phone number. I dont think you should call the cops, but maybe there is a way you can alert your email provider so that they will block him. I would not reply to scammers though, because sometimes, just clicking on the email, will put a virus in your computer. So, your best bet is just to delete it!
2007-06-09 07:30:02 · answer #2 · answered by M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's a phone number? It looks like a credit card number. Sure, give it to the police.
BTW, if you reply 100 or more times to the scammer, it does something to their email and prevents them from sending scam
2007-06-09 07:29:34 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just rang the number and bought a Nigerian woman of him for 10 cents. She'll arrive Fed Ex on Monday. Now I have someone to do the dishes.
2007-06-09 07:32:42 · answer #4 · answered by Jim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I tried sending a few of their emails back to them, but I got a notice that they were undeliverable. Then someone on here told me to go under "tools" and block them. It took a long time, but I haven't gotten any in several days now. I surely would not call one of them if I were you. I think these are scams to steal your identity.
2007-06-09 07:31:21 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got one yesterday that really cracked me up. It was from someone purporting to be the brother of a Nigerian banker and trying to raise money to get him out of jail! I almost felt kind of guilty hitting the spam button...
2007-06-09 07:31:49 · answer #6 · answered by nightserf 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, I'd give it to the cops, but they probably won't do anything with it unless you have proof he's done something, or planning to do something, illegal. A gut feeling doesn't cut it with the law.
2007-06-09 07:30:51 · answer #7 · answered by Mel W 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if you know for sure that it is a scammer yes you should turn it in to the police. do you know where any payphones are? well try calling him on one of those. then he cant trace it back to you...
2007-06-09 07:30:50 · answer #8 · answered by Kayla Marie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, do you smoke pot too? sound like you are parinod. "maybe he can trace my call" if you are really concerned about that use a payphone, or hook up a blender to your phoneline and as soon as you hang up after calling turn on the blender, this will keep traces from being run.
2007-06-09 07:30:57 · answer #9 · answered by muhammad 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
call the cops and ask them what you should do. Do some research on other groups that hunt down these kok sukkers and call them
2007-06-09 07:32:21 · answer #10 · answered by Bryce R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋