Scam emails.

[eff-exx]

So I've gotten a couple of emails that are trying to scam my money.

 

I do NOT know how it managed to find my email.

 

Anyway, I opened them and read it's contents, but I deleted it after that.

 

I didn't send any information back or anything, but does the act of just reading/opening the email put my computer/information at risk?

 

 

This is probably the n00best question of the year.

[Black Rose]

90% of all emails sent are spam. As long as you didn't open any attachments you should be safe. You're not the only person to get scam emails, look in the lounge for my "Egg Card has been suspended" thread ;)

 

As for getting your address, they use software to predict addresses and send out thousands and thousands to randomly created email addresses, of which some time they get a hit.

[eff-exx]

Oooh. :wacko:

Thanks for explaining.

 

I made this thread because I got freaked out. Hahaha. :|

[shipoffools]

I just delete them without opening them. If it says my name, and it doesn't come from a friend or someone official, I delete it.

[Jady]

Does your email website have a file where strange email are directly come into ?

Mine has it and I deleted them automatically. Even it's probably not a spam, if it's consedering as a spam, I just deleted it. :P

[Black Rose]

I just delete them without opening them. If it says my name, and it doesn't come from a friend or someone official, I delete it.

 

What when the friend gets their account hacked which sends spam to everybody on his/her address book?