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What happens if you reply to emails like this (fake lottery win)?

morganb · 2008-01-15 11:01:10

I've started to receive spam emails like the one below. What actually happens to your details if you reply as the request? There are no banking details requested so do they simply steal your identity for passports, credit cards, etc?

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marleyboy Posts: 16,698 Forumite

6 December 2008 at 1:15AM

Yet not a guestbook

:A:dance:1+1+1=1:dance::A
"Marleyboy you are a legend!"
MarleyBoy "You are the Greatest"
Marleyboy You Are A Legend!
Marleyboy speaks sense
marleyboy (total legend)
Marleyboy - You are, indeed, a legend.

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