Question:
What happens when I respond to scam emails?
2013-05-27 18:42:13 UTC
Ok because I was being stupid, I responded to one of these scam emails with my actual information, yes I know I'm a complete idiot but I must really not have been thinking, anyway I know not to respond if they send anything else but what happens? Do they just have my email and info? Could it be someone who will come to my house and kill me? (Hopefully not that extreme) but I really don't know what's going to happen next. I'm fully aware of the risk I ma have put myself in and I can honestly say I have no freaking idea why I did such an idiotic thing. Thanks in advance.
Four answers:
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2013-05-27 19:14:08 UTC
There are scam busting sites with online lists of the names scammers use, their fake job offers, their email addresses, stock copy/paste emails, paid-for-in-cash cell phone numbers, stolen pictures and fake websites they use. You could start your search and post/ask at such sites.



If you have responded to a scammer, you are on his 'potential sucker' list, he will try again to separate you from your cash. He will send you more emails from his other free email addresses using another of his fake names with all kinds of stories of great jobs, lottery winnings, millions in the bank and desperate, lonely, sexy singles. He will sell your email address to all his scamming buddies who will also send you dozens of fake emails all with the exact same goal, you sending them your cash via Western Union or moneygram.



Do you know how to check the header of a received email? If not, you could google for information. Being able to read the header to determine the geographic location an email originated from will help you weed out the most obvious scams and scammers. Then delete and block that scammer. Don't bother to tell him that you know he is a scammer, it isn't worth your effort. He has one job in life, convincing victims to send him their hard-earned cash.



Whenever suspicious or just plain curious, google everything, website addresses, names used, companies mentioned, phone numbers given, all email addresses, even partial sentences from the emails as you might be unpleasantly surprised at what you find already posted online. You can also post/ask here and every scam-warner-anti-fraud-busting site you can find before taking a chance and losing money to a scammer.
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2013-05-28 01:49:44 UTC
Credit scam is the first thing I would worry about. They might apply for credit cards in your name. You need to contact the credit agency and alert them
2013-05-29 15:06:28 UTC
everything can happens when you respond to scam emails. especially if you send personal data through that email. don't do that again.
Pavan Kumar
2013-05-28 01:59:32 UTC
Don't respond to such kind of mails. They surely ruin your economy.


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