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stange spam emails wanting money

Tim M-U · 2010-06-01 07:23:54

I get upto 10-12 spam emails related to nearly the same subject. In the email they say such relitive has died and wants to invest it in another country, furthermore they want creditcard info, mailing address, phone number etc. Is anyone else getting these? Another thing i noticed is there easteuropean names i think from…

01-06-2010 7:23am

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Tim M-U

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I get upto 10-12 spam emails related to nearly the same subject. In the email they say such relitive has died and wants to invest it in another country, furthermore they want creditcard info, mailing address, phone number etc.
Is anyone else getting these? Another thing i noticed is there easteuropean names i think from different email address.
I have blocked em andreported em but from different email addresses so no resolved..

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#2 03-06-2010 9:20pm

ak27

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In all likelihood these are 419 based scams. It's not uncommon for them to use European names, or to use US or European phone numbers / addresses etc. In fact, I have a free US phone number from IPkall.

If you're concerned about these types of scams, you can visit http://www.scamwarners.com

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