Anyone got advice ?

johnroberts07

I keep getting e-mails saying they are from the USA asking me to invest money or help them buying property !. I have no money and its worrying me that they are somehow going to get me in debt. I am on IB and DLA for clinical depression and schitzophrenia, and this isnt helping me. Thanks for listening to me, this is the e-mail i got today.
REPLY VIA:mrs_luisestrada@operamail.com


Dear Sir/Madam,

I request and seek for your assistance in securing and investing the sum of
$12Million United States Dollars deposited with a bank in Europe.By way of
summarized profile of myself, I am Dr. (Mrs) Luisa Estrada, a 64years old
lady and the wife of Mr. Joseph Ejercito Estrada(former head of state and
President of Philippines).

Please respond back if you are willing and capable of carrying out this
transaction. Upon your response, I will email to you the full details of
this transaction and how we are to proceed.

Thank you.

Dr. (Mrs) Luisa Estrada.

REPLY VIA:mrs_luisestrada@operamail.com

Gingernutmeg

They are spam, just don't open them and delete them. I get loads of these every week, although mine usually originate from Nigeria or China and either want me to invest in oil companies or want me to assist them getting boxes containing millions of pounds into the country.

They aren't picking on you directly, they send thousands of these emails out every day in the hope that one or two people will reply. Just ignore them, delete them and eventually they'll tail off. If you don't reply to them or send them any of your details, there's no way they can get you in debt.

17Dave

Hi John
Agree with OP - I also get at least 3 per week.
I generally ignore and delete any e-mails where I do not know the sender.

However, occasionally I read some of the spam for fun - now I am not a great speela - you can have a laugh at some of the speelin and some of the crazy "schemes" they suggest.

This is the only way to treat spam - delete or laugh - they cannot touch you unless you reply or open attachments.

Keep smiling - laughter really is the best medicine - my wife was diagnosed with depression last year - she has come out the other side (most days) - laughing regularly definitely helps.

johnroberts07

I have had one nearly every day this week i have been ignoring them and deleting them. i just get paranoid, thanks for reassuring me.

RadoJo

Don't worry about them - if you don't reply or open any links, they won't even know that your e-mail address is live, so there's no way they can harm your credit or get you into debt as long as you ignore them.

To help stop receiving them, see if your e-mail service has a spam filter that you can add their addresses to then these messages will go into a separate folder so you won't even have to look at them. Some also have a service where you can report them as spam - I know there is that option on my Hotmail, and I think most others have something similar.

Most importantly, don't let them worry you - I get thousands of these e-mails at work, and I just delete them and nothing has ever come of any of them!

johnroberts07

Thanks im feeling better now, dont need any more debt.

C_Ronaldo

RadoJo wrote: »

Don't worry about them - if you don't reply or open any links, they won't even know that your e-mail address is live, so there's no way they can harm your credit or get you into debt as long as you ignore them.

How does opening them harm your credit rating, ive stupidly opened a few years ago and my credit rating is fine and iv no debt

Gingernutmeg

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

How does opening them harm your credit rating, ive stupidly opened a few years ago and my credit rating is fine and iv no debt

Opening them won't harm your credit rating, but some of these emails can contain viruses that can do your computer a lot of damage, and can sometimes lead to your security being breached. Best thing to do is not to open any emails that aren't from a trusted source.

nealallen

johnroberts07 wrote: »

I keep getting e-mails saying they are from the USA asking me to invest money

Just delete them. If I had answered everyone one I have had over the years, I'd have more money than the US banks put together :rolleyes:

RadoJo

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

How does opening them harm your credit rating, ive stupidly opened a few years ago and my credit rating is fine and iv no debt

I was just responding to the OP's worry that he might somehow get into debt through these e-mails. As I said - there is no way of them even knowing your e-mail address is current let alone manage to get you in any financial trouble so long as you just ignore them.

Sunny2

As above, I get loads of these, I just add the addresses to junk mail and then delete them, don't want the cluttering up my inbox with all the other junk I have in there!