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I have just received a very weird email!

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ozma83
ozma83 Posts: 475 Forumite
in Praise, vent & warnings
It had only the word 'How' in the subject, and then 'Are you ok? Why the delays in the deal?' in the body of the message.

It came from an email address I don't know and never seen before, and wasn't signed etc.

Now, I've had my fair share of spam emails (though not really on my personal email address), but nothing like this before. It's kind of creepy?!

I have googled the email address it came from and it looks like it belongs to a professor of arabic studies in the US! Do you think it's just a case of that person's email address being hacked??
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  • Tiglath
    Tiglath Posts: 3,816 Forumite
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    I reckon so - if anyone 'bites' and responds, they'll probably attempt to turn it into a 419 scam.
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  • ozma83
    ozma83 Posts: 475 Forumite
    Is there anything I should do? Is my email address in any kind of risk?
    London Fashion Week tickets, Clinique Facial treatment set (I see it as a win :P) Mario Power Tennis Wii game, Aura by Swaroski perfume, Theatre Tickets to 'A woman alone' :T, £1000 with Kerrang's Scream4Cash, Links of London Wedding Themed Bracelet, Chipmunk O2 launch party tickets, Adidas All In gig tickets, Water For Elephants Double Bill tix
  • daveyjp
    daveyjp Posts: 13,521 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I have loads of these, simply delete.
  • StrongWork
    StrongWork Posts: 552 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary Combo Breaker
    Obvious spam is obvious.
  • Gilbert2
    Gilbert2 Posts: 566 Forumite
    Why would anybody be spooked by these? I get dozens a week.

    General rule of thumb, if I don't recognise who has sent an email I delete it.

    If it's important from someone I do know then I'm sure they'll get hold of me somehow.
  • maninthestreet
    maninthestreet Posts: 16,127 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    ozma83 wrote: »
    Is there anything I should do? Is my email address in any kind of risk?

    No, just delete the email and forget about it.
    "You were only supposed to blow the bl**dy doors off!!"
  • JethroUK
    JethroUK Posts: 1,959 Forumite
    ozma83 wrote: »
    It had only the word 'How' in the subject, and then 'Are you ok? Why the delays in the deal?' in the body of the message.

    It came from an email address I don't know and never seen before, and wasn't signed etc.

    Now, I've had my fair share of spam emails (though not really on my personal email address), but nothing like this before. It's kind of creepy?!

    I have googled the email address it came from and it looks like it belongs to a professor of arabic studies in the US! Do you think it's just a case of that person's email address being hacked??

    all new spam emails open by suggesting you that you have already started a conversation then you are more likely to reply

    looks like its working
    When will the "Edit" and "Quote" button get fixed on the mobile web interface?
  • ozma83
    ozma83 Posts: 475 Forumite
    How is it working? I've deleted it and I haven't replied to it.

    This is literally the first time I receive an email like this on my personal address and it doesn't end up in the spam folder, hence I was spooked.

    Thanks to whoever helped without assuming things or criticising.
    London Fashion Week tickets, Clinique Facial treatment set (I see it as a win :P) Mario Power Tennis Wii game, Aura by Swaroski perfume, Theatre Tickets to 'A woman alone' :T, £1000 with Kerrang's Scream4Cash, Links of London Wedding Themed Bracelet, Chipmunk O2 launch party tickets, Adidas All In gig tickets, Water For Elephants Double Bill tix
  • SailorSam
    SailorSam Posts: 22,754 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Things like that don't even get opened, and click the spam button so that you're provider will stop them in their tracks if they try again.
    Liverpool is one of the wonders of Britain,
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  • Lilyann
    Lilyann Posts: 63 Forumite
    You think that's creepy? I get ones telling me there are 'Beautiful Russian Women' wanting to meet me, ones about penis extensions and ones about pills to maintain my erection. And I'm a straight woman who has given birth to three children. Sometimes I feel like their trying to give me some kind of life makeover lol

    Don't feel targeted, I always assume its a random approach to scamming/marketing. :)
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