Have your been AMMYY.COM scammed

Hi all,

Have you had anyone from India ringing you saying they work for Microsoft and can fix all the bugs on your PC, either give them a pile of abuse or put the phone down, it's a scam world wide.

Tony

I put all telephone solicitors on hold--they rarely call back. Keep in mind that I've been on the Do Not Call List since it began, and I've updated it several times. When they get put on hold your name comes off the list pretty quick.

Another thing I've been doing lately, particularly with junk mail, is to send the entire package back to the sender in THEIR post-paid envelope. You would be amazed how fast your name comes off their mailing list.

Yeah, I'm gettin' crotchety in my old age!

Gary

Sending back the ads from other companies (especially competitors) in the post paid envelopes works wonders too.

Ian the Irascible

And how do you like this bunch of BS I received the other day.


Dear Account User

This Email is from Hotmail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Hotmail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestions due to the anonymous registration of Hotmail accounts so we are shutting down some Hotmail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted.
You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button, or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

* Username:
* Password:

* Date of Birth:
* Country Or Territory:


After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.
Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely,
The Windows Live Hotmail Team

mean people suck

Trust you did nothing!!!

Some old sods would fill it all in and send it!!!

Steve,

That was the guy who rang me last night Patel, I think he fell off his bike when I told him what
he could do!

Nice one Steve.

I got one yesterday telling me I won a million dollars in some Face Book thing. They wanted similar details.

Of course, I didn't reply.

A buddy asked me what I'd do if I ever won a million dollars.

I told him I'd keep on playing music till I ran out of money....


Ian

Not this old sod. A pox on all their houses.

Ian,

If I won a $1M, I would have a new brain fitted, off a donor, one that hasn't been used, can you think of one! Now be careful what you say!!!

I teach an Internet research class at the college where I work. I used one of those Nigerian scams to instruct my class as to what a scam is. According to this scam I won the English Publishing Clearing House Lottery. I replied to the scam and keep stringing them along for about 4 weeks. They finally asked for money on the third contact. I kept them on the hook for another week and then told them they were a part of my class. I sent an email to Scotland Yard telling them about it and where they wanted me to wire the money. It was very entertaining. I told the scammers how much I needed the money and included gramatical errors just to make them think I'm not very bright. It was great fun. Scotland Yard said that even though I was to wire the money to England the scammers were probably elsewhere.

Tom