9) How do these scammers get our email addresses?
"From mailing lists or by harvesting them from the Internet in places such as guest books, websites, and many other online sources. Public records sometimes contain email addresses. If a person has ever signed up for anything online, or gave their email address, they could receive scam emails."
10) What can someone do if they get an email they believe to be a scam? Can they report them to anyone or is the best thing to do just to delete the email?
"Reporting the email will not do any good since a scam has not yet taken place. The best thing to do is to ignore and delete the email."
11) Is it dangerous for someone who gets a scammers email to try and "bait" the scammer?
"Yes, baiting scammers is a dangerous hobby. For someone that doesn't know how to properly bait a scammer, it can be very dangerous. Experienced baiters know how to keep out of danger."
Many, many thanks to Sheboppe for answering these questions. If you have ever been a victim of a scam, please visit www.scamwarners.com. If you want to hear some scammers getting tricked and "scam-baited", tune in to the online radio show called "Scam Busters" which is live every Sunday starting at 1:00 PM eastern time, but archives of the show can be downloaded for free any time.
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