E-mail scams >_< - Page 9 - Never Forgotten: a Foster's Home Community

Howard · 08-09-2010, 04:09 PM

Whatever Sandra...

Hakusho · 12-28-2010, 03:14 PM

I recently got an email from an anonymous Yahoo email like this:

"Download Today!

Ringtones, Ringtones, Ringtones!

Get Ringtones Instantly!

Lady GaGa Ringtones!

They're Everyone's Favorites!

Get Them For FREE!

(link removed)"

I actually clicked on the link, and it had no sign to actually buy ringtones and tried to talk me into buying some service for $19.99/month. No thanks.

BTW I don't want any GaGa ringtones.

Cassini90125 · 08-08-2011, 11:56 AM

Got this today, not as an email, but as a note on dA:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mcccccc

Hello,
my name is nary, i am a single girl,
i just saw your profile and got interested
in you, please write in my email address
here on (deleted)
so i can tell you more about me and give you more photos
please am waiting for you in my email address

The user has nothing in her gallery, no faves, and couldn't even be bothered to upload an avatar. I'm guessing she's not an artist.

Lucky · 08-09-2011, 09:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cassini90125

Got this today, not as an email, but as a note on dA:

The user has nothing in her gallery, no faves, and couldn't even be bothered to upload an avatar. I'm guessing she's not an artist.

I've gotten reports from various users on my KaBlam! forum that they recieved that in a PM. Because the user didn't post anything on the site and hardly went on, I banned the user.

One of the admins who recieved it said that it looked like some prank a preteen girl and her friends would do during a slumber party (which would invlove Justin Bieber and Twilight)

Sparky · 08-11-2011, 11:40 AM

I don't know if this is a scam (though it could be) I just wanted to post it somewhere because it blew me away. I just got this email:

Quote:

Are you married or in a relationship and want to have an affair? Are you single but want to have an affair with someone who is married or in a relationship?

Join our Married People's Dating community right now and we GUARANTEE that you will have a sexual affair with a married woman or man! we GUARANTEE this!

Having an affair can be stressful because you never know if the other person involved is going to get attached to you. You just want the "sexual activity" and nothing else.

The BEST thing about our DISCREET dating community is that you will only meet up with people just like you that DO NOT want a commitment, just a sexual relationship.

Here is why you should join today if you want to have an affair with a married person, or if you're married and want to have an affair:

-You can check it out, see if you like it, and then begin contacting married people for secret intimate encounters.

-We GUARANTEE that you will have a sexual relationship with a married woman or man!

-Our dating community is 100 percent DISCREET, and you will not have to worry about someone getting attached to you!

There are thousands of unhappy married women and men in every city, but they DO NOT want to leave their spouse. They want to stay married, but they want to have an affair without ever being caught. Our dating community is PERFECT for these people. Are you one of them?

Sign up TODAY, and we GUARANTEE that you will have an affair

HOLY. COW.

Lucky · 08-11-2011, 06:24 PM

^ THAT is DISTURBING

Cassini90125 · 08-11-2011, 07:42 PM

Really makes you want to weep for humanity.

AcornBulb · 08-12-2011, 12:21 AM

People should learn that when it comes to the internet, you can be anyone. I see so many folks giving their personal details to everybody without even thinking of the risks.

Everybody is being fooled by those social communities. I mean Facebook looks okay. But you never know what's behind it.

Ccook50 · 08-15-2011, 11:11 AM

I want so bad to tell the e-mailers that I have an inheritance or windfall from somewhere I've never heard about that I was born in the afternoon, just not yesterday afternoon. But discretion (a.k.a. the "delete" button) is the better part of valor.

Hakusho · 09-03-2011, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sparky

I don't know if this is a scam (though it could be) I just wanted to post it somewhere because it blew me away. I just got this email:

HOLY. COW.

Well, that's...disturbing.

08-11-2011, 06:24 PM	#86
Lucky Settling In I'M PIERRE'S GIRLFRIEND! Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Third Street School Posts: 85	^ THAT is DISTURBING __________________ The cutest kid ever ---- http://www.youtube.com/user/kablamoi.../3/nLQ4tiMDm8U Check out my YT account!

08-11-2011, 07:42 PM	#87
Cassini90125 The Postmaster Love gives you courage that's stronger than anything! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Saturn Posts: 6,645	Really makes you want to weep for humanity. __________________ "Frankie! That weird kid is using a flower pot for a cup!" Sailor Moon. Best Anime EVER.

08-15-2011, 11:11 AM	#89
Ccook50 Foster's Legend Don't forget to turn left at Greenland Join Date: May 2007 Location: Cumming GA Posts: 510	I want so bad to tell the e-mailers that I have an inheritance or windfall from somewhere I've never heard about that I was born in the afternoon, just not yesterday afternoon. But discretion (a.k.a. the "delete" button) is the better part of valor. __________________ "God forgot to make stupidity painful." --Ivan Stang (Church of the SubGenius)

08-09-2010, 04:09 PM	#81
Howard Desert Rat I believe in Babo! Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: AZ desert Posts: 1,356	Whatever Sandra...

12-28-2010, 03:14 PM	#82
Hakusho Newly Abandoned Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 9	I recently got an email from an anonymous Yahoo email like this: "Download Today! Ringtones, Ringtones, Ringtones! Get Ringtones Instantly! Lady GaGa Ringtones! They're Everyone's Favorites! Get Them For FREE! (link removed)" I actually clicked on the link, and it had no sign to actually buy ringtones and tried to talk me into buying some service for $19.99/month. No thanks. BTW I don't want any GaGa ringtones.

08-12-2011, 12:21 AM	#88
AcornBulb Settling In Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Romania Posts: 58	People should learn that when it comes to the internet, you can be anyone. I see so many folks giving their personal details to everybody without even thinking of the risks. Everybody is being fooled by those social communities. I mean Facebook looks okay. But you never know what's behind it.