How should I respond 2 a scam?

badboy

I have receiving letters from SWITZERLAND,different localities saying psychic ability 2 chose the right lottery numbers if I send money 2 a swiss address.

How should I respond?

DO SUCH PEOPLE THINK I AM A SUCKER?

flower

why respond? just click delete and move on with your life. ;)

Normally for most scams I get, I just block them and delete them. But the ones I get telling me that they're from some country like Zimbawe or Uganda and that their father/uncle/brother/supervisor has died and left all this money and how they want to share it with me, jes really irritates me so I always email them back with this message:

GET LOST YOU MAGGOT.......

badboy

These R 1S that came through the post with addressed envelopes.

flower

then its even easier, toss them in the circular file...:)

fader

Mary:

I wouldn't even respond to 419 scams like the one's you mentioned. Once you do they will just e-mail you more because they then realize they have a valid e-mail address. BTW, you would not believe the sheer number of idiots that fall for these things. I deal with 3-4 cases a week of American's who actually believe this crap!

fader

badboy

I wonder if I should respond,demanding that they please stop using mailing lists as they R unreliable.

Ghosthunter

I agree with fader. If you e-mail them back, you'll just get more and more stuff. I work in the H.R. department of my company and I have dealt with people in the office getting porn spam. Usually at the bottom of the e-mail, it will say something like "If you don't wish to receive this e-mail, please click here". Under no circumstances should you do that. As fader said, it just tells them you have a valid e-mail address. The best solution is to just ignore it and delete it.

Unfortunately, e-mail scams and unwanted spam are just a by-product of computer usage. Even companies (like ours) with sophisticated spam filters are still dealing with it. The hackers and con-artists always seem to find a way to get around it.

GH

badboy

Ghosthunter,THESE COME THROUGH THE POST!

Ghosthunter

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How should I respond 2 a scam?

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