Did you receive an unusual email? Did something strike you as being strange about the email? Well, there are some questions you can ask to answer your suspicions, and the questions are found below.
If you answer “yes” to one of these questions, you might have a scam email.
If you answer “yes” to two of these questions, you probably have a scam email.
If you answer “yes” to three or more of these questions, you DO have a scam email. And just think, you figured it out yourself (maybe with a little help).
1. Did you receive an email that just seems strange or unusual? Yes
2. Did you receive an email from someone you don’t know? Yes
3. Does the email address you merely as “Dear Friend”, “Dear sir/Ma’am”, or “Greetings”? Yes
4. DID YOU GET AN EMAIL THAT IS TYPED IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS? Yes
5. Did you get an email that is written in really bad English? Yes
6. Is the sender’s name odd or unusual? Yes
7. Did you receive an email that uses a free email server like “Yahoo” or “Hotmail”? Yes
8. Does the email ask you to respond to a different email address, maybe from another free email server? Yes
9. Did you receive an email with someone else’s name on it? Yes
10. Did you receive the same email from 2 different email addresses? Yes
11. Did you receive the same email several times on different days? Yes
12. Does the email contain an address that seems unusual or maybe even fake? Yes
13. Did you get an email that says you just won a lottery you didn’t buy a ticket for? Yes
14. Did you get an email that asks you for a lot of personal information, such as your address, phone number, fax number, age, sex, bank account, etc.? Yes
15. Did you get an email that doesn’t even mention the subject of money? Yes
16. If you sell things on the internet, did someone just offer you an extremely high price for something? Yes
17. If you sell things on the internet, did someone just offer you a ridiculously low price for something? Yes
18. Did you receive an email that offers you a great deal of money for only a little work? Yes
19. Did you receive an email from West Africa? Yes
20. Did you receive an email from Europe or North America? Yes
21. Did you receive an email from a widow, an orphan, a refugee, or a cancer victim that tries to play on your sympathies? Yes
22. Did you receive an email that might involve you in some kind of activity that might be illegal (money-laundering, etc)? Yes
23. Did you receive an email from a “banker” or “lawyer” asking to you to stand in as next of kin for someone you are not related to? Yes
24. Did you receive an email that asks you to contact someone else, such as a lawyer/barrister, banker, or business partner? Yes
25. Did you receive an email that asks you to keep the entire business secret from everyone? Yes
26. Did you receive en email that asks you to respond Urgently because of time problems? Yes
27. Did you get a document or a copy of a passport/ID card that looks wrong, or even fake? Yes
28. Did you receive an email that asks you to pay some money in advance to get a lot of money in the future? Yes
29. Did you get an email that asks or suggests that you should send money using “Western Union” or “Moneygram”? Yes
30. Did you receive an email with a phone number you are not sure about? Yes
31. Did you receive an email offering to help you recover money you have lost? Yes
32. If you received an email telling you that you won a lottery, did you find the same ticket number or winning numbers after doing a Google search on them? Yes
33. If you do a Google search on the sender’s name, do you find it associated with various internet scams? Yes
34. If you do a Google search on the sender’s email, do you find it associated with various internet scams? Yes
35. If you go to www.scamomatic.com and copy and paste the text of your email in the search, does it tell you the email is a scam? Yes
If you answer “yes” to one of these questions, you might have a scam email.
If you answer “yes” to two of these questions, you probably have a scam email.
If you answer “yes” to three or more of these questions, you DO have a scam email. And just think, you figured it out yourself (maybe with a little help).
1. Did you receive an email that just seems strange or unusual? Yes
2. Did you receive an email from someone you don’t know? Yes
3. Does the email address you merely as “Dear Friend”, “Dear sir/Ma’am”, or “Greetings”? Yes
4. DID YOU GET AN EMAIL THAT IS TYPED IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS? Yes
5. Did you get an email that is written in really bad English? Yes
6. Is the sender’s name odd or unusual? Yes
7. Did you receive an email that uses a free email server like “Yahoo” or “Hotmail”? Yes
8. Does the email ask you to respond to a different email address, maybe from another free email server? Yes
9. Did you receive an email with someone else’s name on it? Yes
10. Did you receive the same email from 2 different email addresses? Yes
11. Did you receive the same email several times on different days? Yes
12. Does the email contain an address that seems unusual or maybe even fake? Yes
13. Did you get an email that says you just won a lottery you didn’t buy a ticket for? Yes
14. Did you get an email that asks you for a lot of personal information, such as your address, phone number, fax number, age, sex, bank account, etc.? Yes
15. Did you get an email that doesn’t even mention the subject of money? Yes
16. If you sell things on the internet, did someone just offer you an extremely high price for something? Yes
17. If you sell things on the internet, did someone just offer you a ridiculously low price for something? Yes
18. Did you receive an email that offers you a great deal of money for only a little work? Yes
19. Did you receive an email from West Africa? Yes
20. Did you receive an email from Europe or North America? Yes
21. Did you receive an email from a widow, an orphan, a refugee, or a cancer victim that tries to play on your sympathies? Yes
22. Did you receive an email that might involve you in some kind of activity that might be illegal (money-laundering, etc)? Yes
23. Did you receive an email from a “banker” or “lawyer” asking to you to stand in as next of kin for someone you are not related to? Yes
24. Did you receive an email that asks you to contact someone else, such as a lawyer/barrister, banker, or business partner? Yes
25. Did you receive an email that asks you to keep the entire business secret from everyone? Yes
26. Did you receive en email that asks you to respond Urgently because of time problems? Yes
27. Did you get a document or a copy of a passport/ID card that looks wrong, or even fake? Yes
28. Did you receive an email that asks you to pay some money in advance to get a lot of money in the future? Yes
29. Did you get an email that asks or suggests that you should send money using “Western Union” or “Moneygram”? Yes
30. Did you receive an email with a phone number you are not sure about? Yes
31. Did you receive an email offering to help you recover money you have lost? Yes
32. If you received an email telling you that you won a lottery, did you find the same ticket number or winning numbers after doing a Google search on them? Yes
33. If you do a Google search on the sender’s name, do you find it associated with various internet scams? Yes
34. If you do a Google search on the sender’s email, do you find it associated with various internet scams? Yes
35. If you go to www.scamomatic.com and copy and paste the text of your email in the search, does it tell you the email is a scam? Yes
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