Can a scammer do anything with an email?

Scammers use email or text messages to trick you into giving them your personal information. They may try to steal your passwords, account numbers, or Social Security numbers. If they get that information, they could gain access to your email, bank, or other accounts.

How did a scammer get my email?

There are several common ways that spammers can get your email address: Crawling the web for the @ sign. Spammers and cybercriminals use sophisticated tools to scan the web and harvest email addresses. If you publicly post your email address online, a spammer will find it.

What can a hacker do with your email and phone number?

Once hackers gain control of a phone number, they can then access their online profiles – on Facebook, Twitter, Gmail and WhatsApp – which are all usually linked to the mobile number. All they need to do is ask the social media companies to send a temporary login code, via text message, to the victim’s phone.

What should I do if I receive an email from unknown senders?

Be suspicious of emails from unknown senders requesting personal information. Don’t open, respond to, download attachments or click on links from unknown emails. Emails that come in the form of a help desk support ticket, a message from your bank, or from someone soliciting money via a 419 scam are usually phishing scams.

How many people have been arrested for scamming in 2019?

In October 2019, the U.S. Department of Justice made a dramatic announcement. Extensive international coordination resulted in the arrests of 281 scamming suspects across four continents. A total of 167 in Nigeria, 74 in the United States, 18 in Turkey, and 15 in Ghana.

What is work-at-home shipping fraud?

What they do is send random emails and tell the victim that they can make good money by being a work-at-home shipping representative when in fact, it’s a reshipping fraud. To a certain degree, I understand and sympathize with your reaction, particularly if you have been victimized by these scammers in the past.

What should I do if I receive an email from another country?

Use extreme caution when receiving unsolicited communications from individuals from out of the country, generally emails from another country use poor grammar and spelling, indicating that the sender is not a native English speaker. Be suspicious of emails from unknown senders requesting personal information.