Guest StuCotts Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Not for the first time, I have an e-mail amid my spam that assures me I've won $1 million US, provided I supply certain personal information. It comes from an outfit in Bangkok calling itself variously Yahoo International Lottery or Yahoo Internet Lottery. Usually I delete and move on. But today I feel that this one should be forwarded: - to Yahoo for the use that's being made of their name, but I can't find an e-mail address for Yahoo, or - to some agency that pursues frauds of this kind, but I don't know what agency that would be. Any suggestions?[ Quote
AdamSmith Posted July 9, 2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Any suggestions?[ Delete and forget. Fraud is long; life is short. Not to be flip, but my bank told me just that after such a scammer went so far as to send me a check for $4500. It was supposed to be payment for a $900 vacation rental of an apartment I own; after I got the check in the excess amount, of course there followed his email request to rebate him the $3600 difference, as his "travel agent had made a mistake in the amount," etc. He (whoever he really was) sent the check via UPS, not USPS, to avoid federal mail-fraud liability. On my bank's advice, I shredded the check and wasted no more of my mortal span on it. Quote
Members JKane Posted July 9, 2009 Members Posted July 9, 2009 Or you could go all out. http://www.419eater.com/ I find some of the tales on there hilarious... Even if you don't have time/inclination to pursue, reading them may make you feel better. Quote
Members TampaYankee Posted July 9, 2009 Members Posted July 9, 2009 Not for the first time, I have an e-mail amid my spam that assures me I've won $1 million US, provided I supply certain personal information. It comes from an outfit in Bangkok calling itself variously Yahoo International Lottery or Yahoo Internet Lottery. Usually I delete and move on. But today I feel that this one should be forwarded:- to Yahoo for the use that's being made of their name, but I can't find an e-mail address for Yahoo, or - to some agency that pursues frauds of this kind, but I don't know what agency that would be. Any suggestions?[ You might try abuse@yahoo.com. The abuse@... seems to be a widely used generic address for complaint reporting. Quote
