I have been receiving emails from a gmail email address, I tried doing reverse searches on it but not coming up anything. I have a feeling it may be the scammers posing as a police department. Is there anyway I can determine the owner of the email address or its validity?
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Jump to PostThe police email scam is well known. That's about all you need to know that it's the scam of note.
Example: https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/1b592gr/is_this_real/ r/Scams has many other scams of note.Worth noting:
- Do not track them down.
- Ignore, block and report as …
Jump to PostThere is no way of determining the owner of an email address, especially from a free service such as GMail. Anyone can sign up for a free gmail account and purport to be anyone. However, if you're getting emails from a scammer, forward them to abuse@gmail.com so that GMail can …
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rproffitt 2,572
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Puterwiz82
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Thank you for the information. I forwarded the emails, blocked the email and deleted them +0
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Puterwiz82
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Thank you. I tried searching online but no luck with results. I forwarded the emails and I’ll delete them. I have them in spam and blocked the email +0
Puterwiz82 17
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rproffitt
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I mark it as spam. And then I'm done. However some don't like any spam. Long discussions follow. +17
Puterwiz82 17
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rproffitt
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I recall same many times in r/Scams. Mark as spam, block, etc. Never reply or show signs you read their scam. +0
rproffitt 2,572
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Puterwiz82
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Yes I realized it included my Gmail address so I edited the screen shot. +0
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