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Does anyone know how those email scams work?
I don't know if you get those emails spam along the lines of some rich guy died and left a lot of money without a will or next of kin....blah blah blah....Would you like a share of the millions of dollars? if so, send me your name, address, phone number...etc.Obviously it's identity theft...probably from some guy in an internet cafe in Nigeria. My question is, how do they steal your identity with info you can get anywhere. Name, address, phone number can all be stolen from anywhere really if you think about it dropped mail, friends on Facebook, store clerks ask for your phone number, anywhere They don't ask for social security or credit card info, so what do these scammers do differently to get to your more sensitive info?

I'm getting loads of email scams?
I used to play a game called world of warcraft, and i keep getting fake emails from people saying my account has been closed, please click this link.... i was only getting a few so i could delete them, but yesterday i got about 50 emails Delivery Status Notification Failure From postmaster mail.hotmail.com Sent 20 December 2009 06 26 36 To my email 2 attachments Download all attachments 2.4 KB ATT00001 0.3 KB , World of ...mht 2.1 KB This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification. Delivery to the following recipients failed. 12131 hotmail.com Forwarded Message Attachment From donotreply blizzard.comTo 12131 hotmail.comSubject World of Warcraft Account ManagementDate Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14 29 28 0800 And then the message saying my account has being banned etc.Now if somone could tell me why this is happening and tell me how to block them from sending me emails, that would be great. ThanksMark one no i'm nottwo i only opened it to see what it was, i didn't open any links.And i dont know what you mean because i didnt even put a link in the question.

Where can I findout about latest email scams?
I Have People I dont know wanting to give me their money as they are dying. Vitto organization saying I have won a charity award and was chocen by email address. These are coming from the United Kingdom and Nigeria.

How do email scams work?
Every day I delete about 20 emails coming from as many countries. The senders all want to give me money. Some are widows of warlords, despots, presidents or ministers. Some are managers or banks wishing to divert funds from some dead account holder. Some claim that they traced my 'roots' and I was the lost descendent of a very rich person. So, all of them want to give me money. When I reply them to send a thousand dollars pounds as a starting point, they never reply The question is how do these scams work? Do they think us morons to be taken in? Leave alone that, what do the scamsters gain by getting our personal details like email, phone number etc..?

Who do you report email scams to?
I'd advertised for a room wanted on Craigslist and they sent me a convincing email asking me to house sit for them. I didn't 'get' the scam at first but now they want my name and address so they can send me a check to pay off their security company. I'm not sure what happens next or how they get their money from the scam but I just wondered who do I report it to?? If there is anyone? I have their IP address and know they are in Lagos, Nigeria. PS I didn't give them my address

Where do I report email scams?
I need a current place to report email scams. All that I have seen are at least year old..

Any way to report email scams?
I've never been hit up with scams before and have been using yahoo for almost 9 years. Now, I go check out my spam folder and I have 2 apparently popular scams sent to me because I googled them. I got the Western Union scam offering me 500,000 USD I knew right off hand that was a scam because I heard about the western union scams. I got one from " Patrick Chan" from a bank in Hong Kong offering 12.5 million and since I'd never heard of that one, I googled and yeah..no suprise it was a scam as well He seems to use a lot of different email accounts but they all have his name just various numbers after. Any way I can try to report these?I know how to use Google, but thanks. I am kind of looking for experienced answers from people who have went through this and did something about it.

These nigerian email scams....?
you know, where they say you have won the nigerian lottery, and all that load of rubbish...snopes.com crime fraud nigeria.asp why are all these crimes originating from Nigeria Africa?Do they have a born instinct to steal and take wrongfully?I'm just saying, that's all.typical african theives. just like pirates african muggers african.the list goes on. see a pattern?

Where do you report email scams, so that they'll actually get caught?
I replied to an ad about renting an apartment, and they claimed to be christian missionaries away to West Africa, who wish to rent their apartment for Charity purposes.I researched the name they gave, and I came across a website that had his name, as well as fake emails other people have received that were almost identicle to mine.He still replies to me when I write and ask him questions about it. Im basically playing along so he dont disappear, or realize I know hes a fake.......It makes me so angry, What should I do?Wheres the scam?? Hm...Maybe the part where I found an identicle email that I received, on a website that claims other people have receieved the SAME email, a few small details are changed. Its definitely not legitimate, I cheskced the apartment he had 'for rent' and it was a house with people living in it. He said he was in Africa, so....

What's the best way to protect my computer from email scams?
Received emails,three to be exact, stating woman dying from cancer, wanted to leave me part of inheritance. They even had an attorney's name from united kingdom,and followed up with a message suppossedly from the FBI.

Email scams?
my friend and i have been debating over where the majority of email scams come from, the type which says that i am mr so and so and i want to transfer 34.6 million dollars to your country. you know those types, where do they come from Nigeria, where i think they come from or the United States, where he thinks they come from.

If i get 'illegal' emails (scams, etc.) where do i forward them?
if someone gets emails that are asking for personal information, or some other types that are some sort of scam, is there any place for them to be forwarded to law enforcement to be traced and the bad guys caught?

Is there anyway to stop getting these stupid emails (scams)?
I have actually contacted Microsoft about one using Microsoft name, they were not interested. They stated they had enough information already.

Facebook email scam.?
I was a recipient of one of the facebook email scams going round recently. Im not normally an idiot but for some reason a opened it and now I am a little worried that if i access my internet banking i will be divulging my details to someone via a trojan called bredolab. I deleted the attachment just after the run stage and then conducted virus checks with malwarebytes and avg and they have come up clean only an adware cookie found and consequently quarantined I have also downloaded a program called rapport to help guard personal online details. I cant lose my internet banking as its important to me so are there any other things I can check for names of files etc. or is there any advice anyone can give me apart from dont be a div and open things you dont expect.would a system restore to a previous date help?