and threatening me over money. Telling me I will be reported to microsoft which I know beter. But I've never purchased anything from ebay so how did they get my address.
They almost have to be hackers don't they?
My question is how do I get rid of them?
2007-07-02 03:37:14 · 6 answers · asked by ya-who 5 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Forward all of those emails to:
spoof@ebay.com
I get these as well and that's where I send them all. Do not change anything in the email, just hit forward.
2007-07-02 03:41:28 · answer #1 · answered by IRONFIST-X2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are basically 3 ways the scammers and the spammers get our e-mail addresses.
Once your email address is on a spammers list it is almost impossible to get it off. Right now, your e-mail address (along with millions of others) is on a CD being sold from the back rooms of software shops from Bangladesh to Botswanna and from Norway to the Netherlands.
Method #1--The spam-industry has programs that are continusously crawling the web looking for the "@" symbol which is a sure sign the the word before it and the domain name after it is an e-mail address! Therefore, one should never post there e-mail address on any sort of website or webpage including guestbooks, forums, or user profiles such as Yahoo's.
Method #2--The spam-industry uses programs that try sending e-mail to all known domain names. Example: a program might start trying to send out e-mails to everyone starting with aaaaa@INVALID.com and continue down to zzzzz@INVALID.com. Using a longer e-mail address will make this harder to do.
Method #3-- The spammers and scammers purchase e-mail addresses from disreputable websites that require you to enter your e-mail address. The biggest offenders are sites that claim they are giving away "this and that" for free often require that you enter your e mail address in a web form. Guess where that address ends up? Yup, it is sold to the spammers!
Good luck.
2007-07-02 11:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Click Full Headers, forward to:
spoof@ebay.com and phishing@cc.yahoo-inc.com. You can also go back to the original email click full headers and then SPAM.
2007-07-02 10:47:29 · answer #3 · answered by KAO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delete them as soon as they come in, or if they used the same address each time, block them from your emails. DO NOT reply to them.
2007-07-02 10:41:46 · answer #4 · answered by Joan H 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Report this to the FBI computer crimes division.
2007-07-02 10:39:51 · answer #5 · answered by Coach 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just Mark it as junk mail, & move on with your life!!!
2007-07-02 10:40:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋