Scammer Targeting Me. Iam Not Surprised

Scott77

Here is a message I got today from a scammer. Please, what do you think? How did he got my email address? He/she didnot send it to me through JWN pm but to my private email address. Sigh. Please, has anyone recieved similar email messages lately?

Scott77

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On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Fredrick <[email protected]> wrote:

I need your permission to help receive funds totaling $18.2m left unclaimed by a late client whose surname matches yours. Indicate your interest by forwarding your name, Age, Cell/Tel and fax for more details.
Sincerely.
F. Corsa

sir82

Tell him you'll do it if he tells you the surname.

If he knows that they are the same, he must know yours, right?

Scott77

Sir82,

Will not that be risky to confirm my email address to him? I know in the past, OutLaw has had to deal with this kind of scammers with success. I donot want spamming my email account.

Scott77

TD

Have you ever seen the 419 eater website? A little sad, but humorous

misanthropic

A get all kinds of scam emails- just set your filters for your inbox and any spam can be kept out.

Scott77

@TD, not seen the 419 eater website. What is special about that?

@misanthropic , thank for advise. Hope it works but as you know, they keep changing names to appear legitimate. That can be frustrating you know.

Scott77

Incognito

Scott77

These types of messages usually get broadcast to hundreds, maybe thousands of email addresses at one time. I doubt that they're targetting you specifically. I often get similar emails and usually ignor and delete them.

I presently use 'Gmail' as my main email service. Although Gmail is very good at removing spam, there is an occasional one that slips through.

You're right to not confirm your email address as your address will probably be further targetted by additional spammers.

When I go to a questionable web site that I need to provide an email address to gain access or receive something, I usually give my hotmail address which is not my main address. My hotmail account gets numerous 'Spam' messages every day as a result.

Although there is a service to filter out spam for anyone running an email server http://www.mailroute.net this is not for individuals relying on their ISP or a web based email account.

TD

This type of scam is called the 419 scam. It's actually very old and predates the internet.

The website is one where people trick / cajole the scammer into sending them a picture of themselves and then they post it on the website as a trophy.

Scott77

	This type of scam is called the 419 scam. It's actually very old and predates the internet. The website is one where people trick / cajole the scammer into sending them a picture of themselves and then they post it on the website as a trophy.
	TD

@TD Kudos for sharing that information!!!!!

Incognito states, 'You're right to not confirm your email address as your address will probably be further targetted by additional spammers.'

True. That was the reason why I was afraid to respond back for fear of spamming. I think, those guys are fool. How on earth would they involve me into financial affairs without having know them before? I think that is human insanity.

Scott77

poppers

If you've got some time read through some of these and watch how the scammers themselves get scammed and strung along. Very funny stuff.

http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm

Scammer Targeting Me. Iam Not Surprised

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