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Readers Respond: Have You Ever Been Attacked by a Phishing Email or Online Scam?
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By Paul Gil, About.com

Have you ever received a phishing email? Were you suckered in, or did you catch it before you divulged your personal information? Tell us your story below! Tell us your story!

regarding phishing scam

Yes everytime I check my email, I always get these weird messages not sent to me but sent to someone else. The message would be sometimes about winning money from some company or something stupid. I always mark them as phishing scam because I don't even know these people. It's frustrating.
—Guest internetaddict

victim

Last summer I was conned into sending 50,000.00 to someone i didnt even know. but thought i new them. black man disquised as a white us army soldier.
—Guest debra warren

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