I recently advertised a car for sale and was contacted via email by a person using a "frankpappas1@yahoo.com" email address.  It turns out this person tried to swindle me out of my car. Who do I report this to at Yahoo....so that his email address is shut down and reported to the apropriate authorities?
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If you suspect fraud, you should report this\n\n1. the police \n2. report to yahoo. got the main page and follow the contact us. I think it is a waste of time, as Yahoo does nothing.\n3. if it is retail fraud then report it to the consumer association relevant for your country.\n\nNot knowing the full details, I suspect it is a Nigerian fraud scam. Happened to me, they tried to buy my car with a forged cheque, but I would not release the car until funds had cleared into my account. I got the bank to check if the cheque was genuine before i banked it and told them that I was suspicious of the people wanting to buy my car. I also reported it to the police, where I had to give a full statement.
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do you mean you think you have the wrong email, like, his is billybob222@yahoo.com, but he gave you johnny_523@yahoo.com? if he wrote it in a wrong format, then i can help you, but right now i am very confused. add some additional details and i will help YoU.
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My roommate got caught in the same scam. The girl told him she loved him and sh*t like that. Saying that she needed him to cash the money order, and send the money to her sister. He got screwed out of 120,000 bucks. He went to the police but there was nothing they could do. That was over two years ago and he's still paying back the bank. Really sad that people are still falling for the scam now...even sadder that the people are keeping up the scam. At least you're smart and know it was a scam. What the police told my ex roommate was that there's no way to tell who the person is, so the most you can do is report it to yahoo. They'll pull the account, but they'll only create another one and be back out doing it in ten mins.
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send me the specifics, please.\n\nsometimes the big email servers break down under traffic, or their spam filters malfunction.\n\nCraig\ncraig@craigslist.org
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someone told me it was ccooperatorinc@yahoo.com
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No, not unless they actually investigate the reports to see which ones are unfounded and which ones are legit. I've been reporting, I think one guy, who's been impersonating at least three or four people. How would Yahoo know anything about it unless someone tells them? With your way, even the person being impersonated would lose points for reporting it. Stuff like that shouldn't happen. If Yahoo investigated these reports, there wouldn't be a problem, so we wouldn't need a plan. The whole reason reporting gets out of hand is because the offenders know Yahoo isn't investigating reports, so they can get away with it.
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Oh, I have seen grammar like this before. I am going to take a stab in the dark and say I bet it originated out of someplace in Africa, but I won't mention any countries by name. It sounds like a scam all right. The last time I got a message like that, I said something like, "Please take me off your email list. If you contact me again, I will have to forward your information on to my friend, who is an agent in the FBI. He is doing a special project in tracking people who are involved in international fraud schemes, and he would be really interested in knowing more about you." Believe, me I never heard from the individual ever again.
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Why don't you report them @\n\nabuse@yahoo.com
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Tryin to get ideas?  The most real one I encountered was when some jackhole on AOL got a username like "AolService5" and said "your account has been reset...please provide your account credit card and expiration date to continue service"...I reported him.
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Well the question you need to ask if you get something like that is : "Who is it I know?" If they dont have the persons name some where in the email then i would say not to click on the link. If they dont have your number to call you yet they know that you know this person you should ask "Well how do they know this but cant call me?". So I would have to say that the email is a fake.
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You realize that someone could let your instructor/GTA know what you are doing via the email addresses you listed right? \n\nI would suggest you pull this down fast, edit it or report yourself for abuse!\n\nDoh!
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Well, it is supposed that Y! investigates first the violation, then gives the notice but I don't think that this much is accurate, see a few days ago I reported somebody that was advertising one of those win-free-money sites and obiously I let knew the asker that I was the one giving the report by just answering "Reported scammer!" the next day I got a violation notice stating that I wasn't giving any question or answer to the asker when this wasn't even a question!!! I try to contact Y! abuse reports via mail to know if they have erased that advertisement and didn't get any satisfactory reply at all.\nThe point is that you are not the only one suffering with reports, if you wanna act like a good participant and report any violation it might come to bite your back too, so what I think it's best is that you be very careful with what you're saying around here, adress people very gently don't get yourself involved into too controversial issues or topics and just answer what is necessary ("where do I find this?" "here's a link that might help you"), and finally if you post a report don't let know the person asking or answering with a violation to know by any means that you are responsible for that report.\nGood Luck dude!!!
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Report it to ebay first. I doubt Yahoo will do much since they are just an email site and what people choose to do with email is their own business.
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Trust your instinct.  This sounds like a scam.  You can right click on the name to delete _and block_ him.  If you just delete him, you won't see him, but he will see when you are on.  If you block him, he won't see when you are on.  Reporting him to yahoo/MSN or to the computer fraud squad of the Police may also be a good idea.
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alpestre@yahoo\n\nput a big heading, got lots of spam
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This scam has been going around for a while now. It eventually reaches the inboxes of thousands of email users.  When the money doesnt arrive, a lot of them will send an email to Charles S Bailey (genuine email address), probably causing his company's server to shutdown.  Another form of online vandalism!!!
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Somehow he knows you!  It is no coincidence that two other ladies from your church are getting these also.  All I can say is to "spam" the emails as they come in as to not have to open them, they will go into the junk-mail and you just delete them.  Try to contact yahoo although I must say is an act of Congress!  Ive tried because i knew this lady that would send me crap daily and i didn't want to tell her to stop sending me her "crap" so i spamed her but it didn't word and I emailed Yahoo.  After months of begging Yahoo, it finally stopped.  You will have to be  persistent as they think they have better things to arbitrate.  But I think you have a good case here.  Thanks for the email address, if i ever see it, ill will be none the wiser.