What do you think I should do?
By @mayka123
@mayka123 (16605)
India
May 27, 2009 1:20am CST
For past two days I have been getting greetings from a site called sandbox from an unknown person. Only his email id is mentioned and I do not know anyone by that name. What do you think I should do? Just ignore the greetings? Or contact the sender and find out who he is? In the past 36 hours I have received five greetings.
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28 responses
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
27 May 09
In case if you have already opened the message and got that its not virus spams, I think you can send a mail and ask him. But if its a computer generated message you would not get any response. I would have found out about the person, the curious kind that I am!
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@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
27 May 09
Wow! He must be an admirer then! more reasons to find out..
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@cupid74 (11388)
• Pakistan
27 May 09
Hi Mayka
well if i would be you, i will be resading these greeting, Enjoying them and waited for the person to speak up, as i am not in Hurry. I wont be sending him mail to know as Who is He, Why he is sending greeting etc etc
Just treat as spasm mail till he speak up
Take care
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@Roseo8 (2947)
• India
27 May 09
Well mayka......Looks like the sender might have mixed up your email ID....I feel it is best to ignore the greetings and not to reply at all in any way..Then perhaps the person will stop sending you more greetings....It is best to try not to contact the person since he is a complete stranger to you.....In case somebody known to you is playing pranks with you,they will surely reveal their identity in due course of time.....So the best thing to do is wait and watch........
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@med889 (5941)
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27 May 09
If I were in your place then maybe I would have been more curious to know who the person is and I would send him a message just to ease my curiosity, but in the other hand one can just ignore such messages who are only a nuisance to find out. So are you more curious to know like me or prefer to ignore it?
@moondancer (7433)
• United States
27 May 09
I ignore all mail that I do not know the sender and some like that I send to spam. Never, ever open an email that you don't know who it's from. There are too many people out there lurking and trying to get all of the info in your computer as well as giving you viruses.
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@mayka123 (16605)
• India
27 May 09
At first I did not check the senders name and just opened the greeting to read the message. It was only after the second greeting came that I realized that this is from an unknown person. At present I am just ignoring the messages. But I am very eager to know where they are coming from.
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
27 May 09
Contact him/her to stop and contact the website, with the ID, that you are being spammed. Most sites do not like spammers and will drop them.
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@veejay19 (3589)
• India
27 May 09
I would strongly recommend that you not only ignore it but also delete it promptly as the email may contain a virus that could cause you trouble. It is better to be safe than sorry. I never open any mail that comes into my inbox which looks suspicious to me even if it is a greeting and from an unknown quarter.So don`t worry and don`t bother youself,mark it for the spam folder.
@mayka123 (16605)
• India
27 May 09
I opened the first email without checking the senders name. It was only after I read the message did I look at the senders email and realized that it was from an unknown person. Since then I received five greetings from the same person and that has made me suspicious. Just now am just ignoring the sender.
@tulipstrader (1467)
• India
27 May 09
since you do not know who is the sender, just ignore it. if it is someone you know, he will definitely send you a mail and reveal his identity. Never contact or reply to such mails.
You have the option to move this mail address into the spam filer and never allow it to come to your Inbox. many of these greetings links cannot be trusted anc could be misused for phishing information.
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@Jevendiran (778)
• India
28 May 09
I know that you are so curious to know who is that person. Just try. reply him. Send him some greetings. And gradually ask him his identity. He might be your old friend whom you might have forgotten. Just try. nothing wrong in that!
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@tashakau (131)
• Canada
2 Jun 09
I would just block these emails or just keep deleting, most likely it is junk mail. I think if someone is trying to contact you they will find another way. Alot of people do not realize that many of the emails we receive can be a virus and dangereuse for your computer. Personnaly, any emails that I receive that I do not know the sender I never open the email.
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@Valentine28 (121)
• United States
27 May 09
I would just ignore it and find some way to block it if possible. Someone could be trying to send you a virus or something. You'd be surprised how people with no life spend their time sending viruses to people's computers.
The curiosity of finding out who it is isn't worth the damage that could be caused to your computer.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
28 May 09
I think you can give it a try, I mean you can contact the sender once and can judge, who could be the sender, if any response comes. If you do not receive any response, it means somethine is wrong somewhere. May be some one who is your well wisher, may be sending you the greetings.
@whyaskq (7523)
• Singapore
30 May 09
What do you think you should do? Are your curious to know who the sender is? Do you feel obliged to return the greetings or do you feel that you should return a mail out of courtesy? For me, I would just ignore it. Who knows it could be just be a mass mail churned out automatically from some auto mailer. By replying to the mail, it indicates the email ID is valid and I am sure you will be in for more surprise.
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@youngloc (36)
• United States
28 May 09
I would screen people on sandbox the same way i do my phone. They show up no name or unknown caller i dont answer. Because if they really want to talk with you why keep your i.d. secret. I would write the sender and see if they respond back to what you whant to know.
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