Message Help Please

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  1. menziep, Jul 23, 2006

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    My MSN Hotmail Email was sent this message.

    BTW its subject title was : ASSISTANCE

    Questions

    1. Has anyone else had one?
    2. If yes then is it a scam?
    3. if not then why me?
    4. If it is a scam can i get his Email Provider to stop it (hes on Yahoo)


    Thanks,
    Menziep
     
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  2. EricNau, Jul 23, 2006

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    It's spam.

    It was written like a nice friendly letter to get past the spam filter.
     
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  3. Jaffa Cake, Jul 23, 2006

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    Yep – it'll be a scam. They'll be blanket emailing Hotmail addresses and the like, and yours just happened to be one of the ones the message got sent to.

    No doubt he'll be offering some scheme that'll involve making the pair of you very rich, but in order to get the wheels in motion you'll have to send him a large wad of cash for 'administration purposes' or something like that.

    Just delete it and don't fret.
     
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