My husband is currently on a deployment for 12 months in Cuba, about a month after he left I started to recieve emails in my email account from other countries asking for all kinds of information, and asking us to help them bring some money and all kinds of stuff. I find it kinda scary, I am unsure if there is anybody that I can contact to inform them of this. It may just be a coincidence that is started when he left it may not be. But I am unsure of what to do. Any help?
2007-06-21 06:20:27 · 15 answers · asked by sexylilmama_82 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Its a coincidence. Every body receives them now-a-days.The emails you are receiving are the world famous "Nigerian Scam." They all vary in the scenarios but the basic threads are that they are a lawyer representing the late so-and-so but they can't find his heirs but since your last name is the same they want you to pretend your the heir. Or they might tell you their father had several million dollars in some African bank and they need your help to get it out etc. Just delete them by hitting the spam button and never respond to them. In fact you can identify most of them without opening them just from the subject. Most of them use subjects like: "Dear (whatever your last name is)"; "Urgent Reply Required" ; "Strictly Confidential" There are people foolish enough to get involved in these schemes and lose thousands of dollars. These scammers are like the famous blind pig that if it searches long enough will eventually find an acorn. Again just delete them with the spam tab and never under any circumstances reply to one.
2007-06-21 06:47:18 · answer #1 · answered by cwomo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well first, if it was important either his Commander or First Sergeant would contact you directly. Second, you should report the emails to his First Sergeant or Commander anyways because there are scams going around. My husband is deployed as well and the first week or so he was gone his new First Sergeant sent out and email discussing this exact thing and thats what she said to do. No matter if it says they are from the Red Cross and your husband has been hurt or anythng else, DO NOT do anything except contact his First Sergeant. Red Cross ONLY contacts you if you initiate contact first. IE: You cant reach him and neither can his Command for some reason and you call the Red Cross to ask them to help i finding him to get word to him for some reason. Aalso, just check the emails off as spam so you dont receive them. Hope this helps. My prayers are with you and your husband that he gets home safely.
2007-06-21 06:36:33 · answer #2 · answered by HarmonyNY 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If these emails are asking for personal information, do NOT reply back. These are scams. You need to notify your husband's Chain of Command or First Sergeant about these emails immediately!
If information is needed, then whatever military service that needs this info (TriCare office or anything medical, the bank you are using, etc) will contact you directly by telephone or request a meeting with you. Emails are never sent out.
2007-06-21 06:45:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
I doubt it has anything to do with your husband. Lots of us here get very wacky e-mails. Examples / People claiming to be disposed royalty needing help to get money out of a secret bank account. / Companies needing secret foreign investors. / then there are the congratulation ones telling you you have just won the Yahoo or MSN lottery. These are all scams. These people are con artist... Just turn it in as spam and try not to worry. Have a nice day. :)
P.S. There is a category here called Yahoo Products. Click on that link then go to another link called Yahoo Mail. You can get more answers there.
2007-06-21 06:29:21 · answer #4 · answered by Michael N 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's more likely that it has to do with a place that you posted your email address.
Yahoo has a spam button. (Other services do as well.) You should report the emails as spam by pressing it when you recognize it. It automatically deletes it and filters these out in the future.
Don't give them any information nor respond to the emails.
2007-06-21 06:28:37 · answer #5 · answered by John T 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
scams every single one of 'em. they have very little to do with the timing of your spouse deploying, although the latest one out there does try to pass itself off as the Red Cross.
Word of advice: the ARC WILL NOT be the ones contacting you if your spouse is injured or worse. it will be the Chaplian, someboidy fromthe Command/rearDet and in many cases, the Ombudsman/key volunteer. in person. NOT over the phone or in an email.
2007-06-21 08:20:42 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I get those emails too. They have nothing to do with his deployment. I was deployed but it was years ago and didn't start receiving them until years later. If it gets really really bad you will probably need to change your email address. I'm close to that point.
Also, if you get MSNBC, they show reruns of Dateline where they went undercover to expose these scams. But don't be worried.
2007-06-21 06:25:15 · answer #7 · answered by KJ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you don't know the sender, delete it. There are tons of scams that prey on families such as yours. Talk to your ISP and see if there's any additional email filtering that you can get.
Do NOT respond to these emails (even to say 'remove me'), one of their ploys is to send out a lot of emails and any that they get back are valid emails... and then THAT list is sold to other scammers...
2007-06-21 06:27:10 · answer #8 · answered by words_smith_4u 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If he multi recipiented your email address on something, it could have put it out there for the world to see. Also, spam it, report it to your server.
2007-06-25 03:42:56 · answer #9 · answered by Janet B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe he has met some locals in the locations he has been deployed to and given them his email address to keep in touch with them so that when he returns home he can try to raise support and get supplies for them. it's the only connection I can make unless you're getting the classic african investment scam emails.
2007-06-21 06:29:32 · answer #10 · answered by sanjaya_blows 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋