Comments on: Top Three Tips for Spotting Online Scams

By: dimples158

dimples158 — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:44:18 +0000

Scammers Cupidlover, AKA Dave_scott45@yahoo.com and Mark_Terry002@yahoo.com are Nigerian scammers looking to give you a sad story…. using pics from Russian websites AND young boys as their “sons” to lure you into marriage or needing money to get to your state. They do their homework … know sites and street names of prominent locations in your town.. Cupidlover claimed to be the owner of WALGREEN’S

BEWARE.. notify date site and FBI IC3 …… date site is hesitant to remove their profile… letting them SCAM more women and men

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:39:48 +0000

Hi, I have been in the feild of computer programing, designing web sites and tech support for over 25 years. I have had so very many people ask me about emails that they have received just like the ones you speak about here. Many of them ignored my advice to ignore the mail, block the address, add it to email filters, report it as spam, and instead fall for the scam. But, the biggest question I get of late from people is this “how do I set up my filters on Yahoo mail?” Most people find it incredibly complicated and to put it mildly, for most of the users out there it is very complicated. Perhaps yahoo could devise a more user friendly version for the novice users to set up filters. But other than this, I mostly answer questions by giving them “common sense” answers. But I am glad to see it in print again, maybe now people will listen….OK they won’t until they get scammed that is. But here is my question, with all of the technology out there, the scammers have found a way to get in, why then can a way not be found to trace and catch them and get them out of the picture? For this matter, this is to all of you out there that come up with viruses, why!!!! Do you get some sort of thrill out of making the lives of people difficult? If you do you need to get a life, go outside, get off your fat butts and do something useful with your life. Don’t spend your day making it hard on the rest of the world just for your own jollies. All you are doing is making the manufacturers of anti virus software rich. But those of us that have to buy it do so because of you. Granted there are companies out there that actually hire people to write viruses so they can sell more software, but this is not only immoral for them but for you too, I hope you all burn in hell for it.

By: JoJo

JoJo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 03:36:03 +0000

In my inbox I used to keep getting these emails from those random people talking about inheriting large sums of money and then needed my help getting it. I just deleted them and I haven’t gotten another one in like a month. But I keep getting these emails with the title “prayers from a friend” or “fanbox wants to be your friend” or it might even make up a name saying “___ wants to add you”

I looked it up online and its some kind of scam but i have nooo idea how to get rid of it.. I used to get like 20 emails a day from them, but the numbers have gotten smaller… but it’s still pretty annoying

By: Sadi Synn

Sadi Synn — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:33:31 +0000

Weird. I find the Yahoo spam filter works too good, and I have to “not-spam” a few thing no ‘n’ again. Then again, you may be getting spams that are actually individually mailed letters as those are the only ones coming thru to my inbox.

By: DR.Muhammed Malik

DR.Muhammed Malik — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:05:30 +0000

I have received numerous scam mails such as these.Best way I found to handle this is to respond and mention that this solicitation has been reported to FBI.
Trust me you will never hear from them again.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:45:52 +0000

Yes, there is something you can do. First, complain to your mail provider (aol, hotmail, yahoo etc) that their spam filtering is not working properly. Second, do not fill out any online offers for a fee pc etc. Third, do not unsubscribe or reply to the spammer’s messages. That just lets them know they have a live email address that can be sold. Finally, if nothing else orks, change your email address.

Report to the authorities? Yes, a possibility. http://www.ftc.gov/spam/. Make sure that you include full headers with each spam report.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:36:17 +0000

The issue you have with a trojan is NOT with your isp. Think about it logically. If your isp was infested, it would be a major news story. Thousands of people would be screaming. Your pc is infected, probably the hosts file. If you do not know what the hosts file is and how to clean it, see a local repair shop. Then get yourself protected with a good antivirus/antimalware program and scan on a regular basis.

By: Lawrence D. Clepper

Lawrence D. Clepper — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 14:54:36 +0000

I also always click the Spam button. I don’t even open these messages. But, I continue to get these over and over and over again. Is there anything you can do to stop them, or report them to the authorities?

By: Pavel

Pavel — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:22:55 +0000

I always click the Spam button whenever I get any spam messages but I always keep getting them again and again and again and it is very annoying!
If you could enhance your spam protection greatly it would be nice.

By: pat

pat — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:09:57 +0000

Thanks! Now I know what to do and not to do. You see I have seen many of these now and then and I wasn’t sure I could trust them.