Fake mails (like you have won a lottery)
By vikas_711
@vikas_711 (106)
India
June 3, 2010 11:26pm CST
You ref. no is this ..... you have won this much of money
send us you details.
After that they ask some money. Like lottery ticket money or shipping money.
What are these mails?
One of my friend had given away the money (deposit in a/c they referd). Nothing happened. He reported it. But all in vain.
2 people like this
7 responses
@qianyun6 (2067)
• China
4 Jun 10
So many things like this have been exposed in my country, and are being explosed in each second. It's foolish to trust an email or a SMS like that, especially when it let you to pay something first. Just take them nothing and delete them as soon as you see it!
Be careful everytime!
@kingsizewe (544)
• Bulgaria
4 Jun 10
Think, before open that kind of stuff! They can be really dangerous (or you can be, if you trust to them)
Think logical - do you have been part of some lottery, games or something?
Even, you have been, how the heck they have your email?
It's much easier to understand It is a lie, if you don't play.
I receive that kind of junk emails almost everyday and these thieves are becoming more smarter - My last "price" was from "Microsoft" with amount about $10 000 000 , ya ten millions xD.
I have received "hopeless emails" from "women fugitive" mostly from Africa, who has milions of dollars left from her father, but I must pay for attorney, before that, so he "can" help us xD
These kind of mails make me laugh, but there are people, who has never faced with them, there are kids, who easily can give details of their parents credit cards, which is more than enough for most experienced criminals, who search victims. Beware and don't give personal details to anyone on the internet!
@stealthy (8181)
• United States
4 Jun 10
They are scams in which people are trying to get your personal information or worse. You should never open them. You should never reply to them. They are also used to put viruses on your computer. Delete them immediately.
@srganesh (6340)
• India
4 Jun 10
Are you new to the field of internet?That is a scam and you might have read about it in various articles even.Well,there are people ready to cheat and they target greedy people who fail to think twice and wise.Be careful the next time to sort out such fake mails.Take it as a good joke.
@med889 (5941)
•
4 Jun 10
Everyday I receive such emails in my Inbox, I really get tired now deleting them everytime, now I don't even open them but delete them once I saw something like "you are the winner". They think they can get money like this when someone will give their credit cards numbers or as such.
@homeshoppers (6166)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
those are scam, theres too many of them out there though you will know from the email they use, coz the email looks fake. if they will ask you money then forget it and blocked that email.
@knicnax (2233)
• Philippines
4 Jun 10
There are a lot of these messages going around. they trick you into sending them money or activating a virus. Be careful about this. Don't be scammed. I personally have received a few claiming that I inherited a huge fortune from some rich guy who doesn't have descendants. They were asking for personal information.
If you encounter these, don' entertain these. It's a fraud. report it as spam.
Your friend wouldn't get anything from what he did. even the email service provider can't help your friend.
You should be wary of this things. best of luck! :)
