Should I worry about this email scam?
#51
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: Texas
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Originally Posted by Lneal
Help!!
I just received an email with an address of an older gentleman who I have corresponded about family genealogy earlier this year.
I know it was not from him so I deleted it and I know it is a scam asking for money to bail him out in another country due to unfortunate circumstances. Okay, so I deleted the email. Now I am wondering if I should be concerned about identity theft since they used one of my personal contacts. What should I do any one know?
I just received an email with an address of an older gentleman who I have corresponded about family genealogy earlier this year.
I know it was not from him so I deleted it and I know it is a scam asking for money to bail him out in another country due to unfortunate circumstances. Okay, so I deleted the email. Now I am wondering if I should be concerned about identity theft since they used one of my personal contacts. What should I do any one know?
Many times if you right click on the unopened email, it will pull up a box; select "View Message Source," and you can pretty well see where it comes from. Sometimes it will end with "ru" (Russia) or "ch" (China). That's where a lot of this type of scam comes from.
It always amazes (and dismays) me to see how many people there are in the world who don't seem to have anything better to do than to hack into and/or destroy other people's computers. :(
#52
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Originally Posted by Lneal
So are you saying that this man has had his email hacked or has mine? I have a gmail account.
QuiltnNan How do I un delete the email?
QuiltnNan How do I un delete the email?
Then go into your Contacts list and add at the very top, as the first address, the address [email protected]. That will usually stop hackers from getting into your Contact list... they can't go past that nonsense address.
#53
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Last week I got a heart rending message from a long time friend. She had to go suddenly to another country to help a cousin and needed $1, 500 dollars to get the cousin back to the states for an operation to save her life!!! We met the next day at our Beta Sigma Phi meeting...she was astonished to learn she had left the country!
We both had AOL mail for personal letters.
We both had AOL mail for personal letters.
#54
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Originally Posted by Ramona Byrd
Last week I got a heart rending message from a long time friend. She had to go suddenly to another country to help a cousin and needed $1, 500 dollars to get the cousin back to the states for an operation to save her life!!! We met the next day at our Beta Sigma Phi meeting...she was astonished to learn she had left the country!
We both had AOL mail for personal letters.
We both had AOL mail for personal letters.
#55
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Location: currently central new jersey
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Originally Posted by Elise1
I had a hotmail e-mail account. It was hacked and spam was sent to all my contacts. It was a request to buy something and it was signed with my name. Several people asked me why I would send out such junk. I was very embarrassed!
I increased my security, changed my password and added my own e-mail address to my contacts. That way I would know if it happened again.
It did happen again. So I deleted all my contacts and opened up a new g-mail account. I know others who have had problems with hotmail.
Just my experience.
Elise
I increased my security, changed my password and added my own e-mail address to my contacts. That way I would know if it happened again.
It did happen again. So I deleted all my contacts and opened up a new g-mail account. I know others who have had problems with hotmail.
Just my experience.
Elise
#56
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Location: Rialto, CA
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That's a very common e-mail scam. Someone has hacked his mail and is using his acct. Do you have another way to contact him? If not, delete it and ignore it. I had e-mailed the minister many times so it was evident to me when someone got into his e-mail acct and the conversation made a bad turn. Don't participate.
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