Comments on: Anyone receive an email from “Samsung Electronics co.” claiming you’ve won a TV and money? Suspicious? http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/ All About Shopping Mon, 21 May 2012 23:21:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: ~*Tweety Gurl*~ http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1727 ~*Tweety Gurl*~ Sun, 13 Apr 2008 19:36:55 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1727 I haven't heard of anything like this coming from Samsung Electronics, but ,from your description, it sounds like a phishing scam. A phishing scam is usually an email that claims to be coming from a trustworthy person or business asking for personal information. For example, I've gotten several emails that claim to be from different banks and I've even gotten some that claim to be from PayPal. These emails usually ask you to click on a link in the email and verify your account information. First of all, if you had actually won something why would they be asking you for your name, address, nationality, and phone number? Wouldn't they already have that information if you had entered the contest? Second, DO NOT REPLY TO THE MESSAGE and DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR. Third, if something sounds too good to be true then it probably is. When you get an email like this forward it to You can find more information about phishing scams at I hope this helps. I haven’t heard of anything like this coming from Samsung Electronics, but ,from your description, it sounds like a phishing scam. A phishing scam is usually an email that claims to be coming from a trustworthy person or business asking for personal information. For example, I’ve gotten several emails that claim to be from different banks and I’ve even gotten some that claim to be from PayPal. These emails usually ask you to click on a link in the email and verify your account information.

First of all, if you had actually won something why would they be asking you for your name, address, nationality, and phone number? Wouldn’t they already have that information if you had entered the contest?

Second, DO NOT REPLY TO THE MESSAGE and DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY OF THE INFORMATION THAT THEY ARE ASKING FOR.

Third, if something sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

When you get an email like this forward it to

You can find more information about phishing scams at

I hope this helps.

]]> By: Psycmixer http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1726 Psycmixer Fri, 11 Apr 2008 22:22:29 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1726 Report the mail to Yahoo.You do not need to call them. You have to send them the entire mail. I have given you a Link that will guide you through the process. It tells you you need the "Full Headers" to show the headers, when you open the mail look to the bottem of the page and look for " Full Headers" and click it then follow the instructions on the link. Report the mail to Yahoo.You do not need to call them. You have to send them the entire mail. I have given you a Link that will guide you through the process. It tells you you need the “Full Headers” to show the headers, when you open the mail look to the bottem of the page and look for ” Full Headers” and click it then follow the instructions on the link.

]]> By: MR. iaNLiVe http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1725 MR. iaNLiVe Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:21:39 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1725 JUST MARK IT AS SPAM. JUST MARK IT AS SPAM.

]]> By: Tha Notorious V.K.N http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1724 Tha Notorious V.K.N Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:38:10 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1724 Yes, i have heard about spammers sending viruses and stealing money from you bank acout through messages like the one you recieved. I'd say flag it down and wait until morning and call yahoo up about it. It's the best thing you can do in your situation. Yes, i have heard about spammers sending viruses and stealing money from you bank acout through messages like the one you recieved. I’d say flag it down and wait until morning and call yahoo up about it. It’s the best thing you can do in your situation.

]]> By: jitrfts http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1723 jitrfts Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:59:41 +0000 http://youthinside.org/2008/04/07/anyone-receive-an-email-from-samsung-electronics-co-claiming-youve-won-a-tv-and-money-suspicious/#comment-1723 If an e-mail claiming to be from Yahoo comes to you, ignore it cause there has been a lot of reports about people getting e-mails telling them that they won something. If an e-mail claiming to be from Yahoo comes to you, ignore it cause there has been a lot of reports about people getting e-mails telling them that they won something.

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