First Timer Here - Think I just got a scam e-mail

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 18 Jan 2010 Posts: 1

Reads like it, spooky thing is the guy has an old address of mine (which I'm pretty sure that old address you can get on any of those peoplesearch sites and I haven't lived near that city for a few years so I'm not too concerned there). So...what should I do? Should I mess with him?

Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 5:47 am

Not if he has your real life details. In reality you probably could and would be fine, but better to be safe than sorry. Don't bait anyone who knows who you really are..

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 May 2007 Posts: 18313

Welcome Ironwolf. Very Happy

As Bait It Up said, don't bait the scammer since he has included your real information. We're happy to have you stick around and bait though, there is no shortage of scammers. Just because they're not writing to you (yet) doesn't mean you can't mess with them. Look in the scambaiting help forum for how to get started (set up an anonymous email account) and then go to the surplus forum and just write to some of the scammers there, pretending you received their wonderful email offers. There's a ton of helpful info here and feel free to ask questions, we're glad to help.

Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 3:54 am

Hi Ironwolf!

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