15 Dangerous E-Mails You Should Delete Immediately

some of the wording in your warnings is so bad they actually looked like scam messages...who's doing the editing for these?

Why didn't AOL mention the AOL billing scam? It looks very real, with AOL Logos, you click on an AOL address provided by the Email. Tells you your credit card not working and wants you to re-enter all your credit card info D.O.B. mothers maiden name, ect. within 24 hours. PS they've known about it for over three weeks now, told AOL help desk over the phone and thru IM sent it to AOL.

Watch for a scam that says the FBI is trying to get a hold of you. If you are not used to email scams and open this it looks official but first of all the FBI would come to you directly not contact you through email. The email goes as far as to put the picture of the head of the Washington office on the email letter even directs you to the FBI site. But if you look at the email who or what sent it it is an unofficial email address. Beware of this scam. Tells you that you have millions of dollars that was deposited in the Bank of America account in your name and to clear your name from illegal transfers call the FBI. First of all who the heck would be that stupid in the first place LOL.

Look at this one I got! No logo, no ID..nothing.



Dear:

We take great care to keep your personal information secure. As part of these ongoing efforts, we are notifying you that the computer you use for online bill payment may be infected with malicious software that puts the security of your computer's contents at risk. This letter will help you determine if your computer is actually infected and advise you how to fix the problem and protect yourself against future risk.

The malicious software affects some but not all customers who accessed online bill payment on Tuesday, December 2, 2008. For a limited period of time, some customers were redirected from the authentic bill payment service to another site that may have installed malicious software. Your computer may be infected if all of the following are true:


You attempted to access online bill payment between 12:30 a.m. and 10:10 a.m. Eastern time (GMT -5) on Tuesday, December 2, 2008, and
You were using a computer with the Windows operating system, and
You reached a blank screen rather than the usual bill payment screen when you attempted to navigate to online bill payment, and
After reaching the blank screen, your computer's virus protection program did not tell you via pop-up or other messaging that malicious software was detected and quarantined.

If all four of the conditions above are true, your computer may be infected. We have arranged with McAfee, the world's largest dedicated security technology company, to provide you with an assessment of your computer's hard drive and remove any malicious software. Please contact us at 877-800-4864 for further instructions. We will also offer you both advice and free services that can help you mitigate any risk you may face as a result of this incident or other everyday exposures you may encounter.

We value your business and your trust, and we apologize for any inconvenience this recent incident has caused.

Thank you.

I just got 2 scam emails - they must think we are too busy during the holiday season to check things out. I got the one with CNN and just deleted it. The next one was one telling me I had money and just email a fedex address and then send them $120. and
they would send my package. I kept that - also emailed it to one
of the "Report scam" sites. Also filled out a report to them. It's
sad to think even one person is fooled by these crooks.

I sell things on eBay and recently had a very upset customer ask me why I had written her asking her to wire transfer the money to Spain! Someone had made a very real looking email and included all the information about our transaction! I had another seller warn me about this before with high dollar amount transactions. Beware of paypal scams like this or emails asking youto provide your info to update your account!

If these people need to reach me, they can call. I don't give any info like that teh internets. :)