is this scam or spam or not?

To both Boult and ITPjohn:

Of course since Boult know it but to ITPjohn ....that is spam!! False, hoax, not true at all!!! I have seen it before so many times with all different kind of abt cancer things..... with different words of course I deleted them all and have never fwd to anyone at all... since I learned from my good friend and have told me it was hoax all the time so finally I looked up in the site with different kind... u might find some of list below:

Snopes.com

AND

Umm ITPjohn... I need title from suject so I can check for u... if I may? But if u want to check it out at: Symantec

There are servals sites abt hoax...etc. U could check out at McAfree.com ....few others that may have lists for it for hoax.

I hope that helpss!
 
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I got the same thing, too. :roll: That sender has a helluva nerve for sending these out to deaf people. I know what this means and this just ticks me off.
 
Of Course...

Yes, it's :pissed: sccaaammm. look out for werid country and odd email address. but, keep up find one. try BBB's will tell truth. good luck.. :fingersx:
 
Boult said:
I got this via email today



I don't recall opting in a mailing list that is affiliated with the US Chamber of Commerce so weird isn't it?


Also the sender's email address indicated that he's from UK cuz he's using UK Yahoo.. dumb isn't it? LOL but why use hotmail or yahoo instead of real business email address when offering job..

I smell scam.. ugh it stink like expired milk! :-o
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i did have the same email also. when i read about US Chamber of Commerce, i dont remember that i made a mailing list there? this really fishy going on so i guess it is spam and scam both.
 
Here's another one I would like to share with you.. of course they are spam or scam but if you don't have them but read them for pleasure knowing that it is either spam or scam. but it's sometime funny. :)

Dear sir/madam,
Email address :zenithworldinc@yahoo.com
NEW GSM PHONES/PDA - UNBEATABLE PRICES WE ARE CERTIFIED WHOLESALERS OF
VARIOUS GSM MOBILE PHONES AT VERY AFFORDABLE PRICES ATTACH IS OUR VERY
CURRENT PRICE LIST OF GSM PHONES FOR YOURREFERENCE ALL PHONES/PDA ARE
BRAND NEW SIM FREE/OPEN LINES/UNLOCK.
We are sidekick phones wholesalers and we do sale in pieces to enhance
our sales. We deals on all kinds of Sidekick
this medium to reach interested buyers of sidekicks.Do kindly reply
back if you are interested. THE KINDS OF SIDEKICKS ARE LISTED
BELOW:
1996 Transfer Case: Sidekick 1996, and 1997 automatic....$140 usd
Sidekick Basic Kit.......................................$150 usd
Sidekick II T-Mobile Cell Phone with Color Screen........$150 usd
T-Mobile Sidekick 2 Danger Cell Phone....................$130 usd
T-Mobile Sidekick II TMO to Go Prepaid Phone.............$140 usd
Mobile Sidekick II...................................$120 usd
ProTop 2 Piece Hardtop Suzuki Vitara / Chevy Tracker.....$150 usd
Protop 2 Piece Hardtop for Sidekick / Tracker ...........$160 usd
Original Extended Carbox Package 1989-1998...............$140 usd
Original Extended Carbox Sidekick/Tracker 2 &............$130 usd
T-Mobile Sidekick 2 Danger Cell Phone....................$130 usd
SIDEKICK III for ....................$160 usd
AND MANY MORE OF
CHOICES.................................
WE PROVIDE A GOOD AND FAST SERVICES, OUR SHIPPMENT IS WITHIN
48HRS.contact us :zenithworldinc@yahoo.com
THANKS,
REGARDS,
MANAGEMENT.

Yahoo! Mail
Use Photomail to share photos without annoying attachments.
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Don't even think about trying to contact above about those products.. beware of ripoff eh? never know! I am just showing you what I got in the email eh.. Those prices shown above are little steep because I know many of us got SK2 for free after rebates last year or so. and some of us are able to get one for $99 or whatever after rebate. so this spammer wasted his time!

now this one below may be funny because of the ending when it is a email!

From: 'GOD LOVES DEAF SMILE' <shelly_brown@virgilio.it>
To:
Date: Tue Mar 14, 2006 09:02:48 PM MST
Subject: Hello Reply Deaf


I am Mrs. Shelly Brown from Netherlands,I am 58 years old,i am deaf and
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected my
brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it
is
quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me
that i may
not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer
stage has
gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a
motherless babies home
was married to my late husband for twenty years
without a child ,died in a
fatal motor accident Before his death we
were true Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold
all my inherited
belongings and deposited all the sum of $8.6million
dollars with a Security
Company.Presently, this money is still with
them and the management just
wrote me as the true owner to come forward
to receive the money for
keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of
authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf since I can not
come over because of my illness or
they get it confisticated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been
undergoing
treatment for cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my
ability to talk and
my doctors have told me that I have only a few
months to live.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested
to any organisation
ofyour choice and distributed each year among the
charity organization,the
poor and the motherless babies home where i
come from.I want you God
fearing, to also use this money to fund
churches, orphanages
and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in
peace because my time will
soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply
I shall give you the contact of the
Security Company.I will also issue
you a letter of authority that will prove
you as the new beneficiary of
my fund. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated
herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon.

Waiting for your reply

Yours
in Christ,

Bye SkSk

Mrs. Shelly Brown

'GOD LOVES DEAF SMILE'
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I am like why not donate those 6 mil to charity before you die but ahh it's scam and she wanted my money instead of that 6 mil to make arrangement and all :p ! of course I know it is scam actually a ripoff scheme. but it is too funny when you read to the end! "Bye SkSk" ??? LOL
 
I HATE SPAM... :fu2:
Just the other day, my brother in law got a spam in his cellphone while he and his gf were having dinner with us.. somebody wanted him to buy extra stuff for his cellphone. I get voice calls on my cellphones which I don't trust so I just redirect them to a voice answering machine that I will never check in with. :lol:
BTW I use my cellphone for SMS messaging.
 
It's a scam and a spam. I received the similar email but not like "Deaf and HOH" stuff. They didn't know whether I'm hearing-impaired or not. But similar of "Chamber of Commerce."

My advice as always, DON'T reply or click on the link. If you reply, it will send out to others as they might think your email address is valid. If you click on the link, it's the same thing but it can also bring up the virus into the servers or computers. I hate to say it, they're PAIN in the a$$. :( Some ppl are sooo creepy.
 
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