they ask for copy of passport and other details such account details to pay money into! must be a scam! the message in the title says something about spam. is this put on by yahoo
2006-06-22 08:04:22 · 21 answers · asked by GARRY G 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
No, it's a scam. Don't give them any info or they will drain your bank account and use your credit. Forward the mail to scams@fraudwatchinternational.com Never open an email from someone you don't know.
2006-06-22 08:09:13 · answer #1 · answered by notyou311 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
YES!!! Its a scam and the email address they come from have been highjacked. The elderly are targeted and immigrants. Ignorance is noexeption to the law. Even if you unknowingly get duped into this you can and will be prosecuted under federal money laundering laws. If it sounds to good to be true it probably is. I get 10 to fifteen a day all at the same time and it seems they started after i opened my account with Yahoo
2006-06-22 17:17:38 · answer #2 · answered by springroofer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Ignore it and delete it immediately. The Spam addition to the subject is added by Yahoo because it's a known scam message.
2006-06-22 08:45:14 · answer #3 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is defo a scam. Don't reply or send any documents. I bet he says it's from someone who has deceased and he needs a next of kin( which is you). He will say that you don't need to send any money to him as he's accounted for that and all admin costs etc. Then when you are getting really keen he will say he needs money from you to cover your registration fees as you are a foreigner. Then he will say your cheque is waiting and he needs you to send him some money to cover insurance of the money etc.
If you pass this up, you will probably hear from him in a month or two, saying he is doing really well and to thank you for you effort he has given an accountant some money for you. Then they will ask for you to send him money to release your money etc. Bla Bla Bla.
Look at his email he sent you then look at the time it was sent, go to this site http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/... and look at roughly what country he is in.
Sometime they will say they are in Spain and the time on the Email says it's from Johannesburg.
Either way no-one gives someone they don't know free money. If you get any other emails promising this sort of thing Delete them immediately and don't open them. If you need any further help please visit my site. www.bakerinvestigations.co.uk
2006-06-25 03:13:09 · answer #4 · answered by 24/7 Close Protection Ltd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is a scam, it is what is most commonly know as "phishing," or the Nigerian letter scam.
People try and get your details in order to commit identity fraud, like getting loans in your name etc, then you are left picking up the pieces.
There are allot of these types of scams, emails claiming to be from charities etc.
Delete them.
2006-06-22 08:16:53 · answer #5 · answered by JennyPenny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I get those all the time. Always from a person in Africa with a tragic story to tell... SCAM. I hope there aren't too many people out there gullible enough to give these creeps any personal info...
BTW- did I tell you they are taking the word 'gullible' out of the dictionary?
2006-06-22 08:08:56 · answer #6 · answered by MissSubversive 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam.
2006-06-22 08:21:13 · answer #7 · answered by man_about_the_net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, it's spam and it's also a federal offense. No, it isn't put on by Yahoo, and you should report it to abuse@yahoo.com
Forward the entire message WITH headers (you have to copy and paste them into the message header).
2006-06-22 08:08:37 · answer #8 · answered by cyanne2ak 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know it is a scam if anyone asks for personal information over an email. NEVER NEVER give out any personal information via email.
Let me say this again - NEVER.
2006-06-22 08:10:48 · answer #9 · answered by ArtieGirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes-Many-It is a scam.
See how they work:
They will ask you for some little money like 5000 $ to do the transaction (official works) and you will pay it because you think you will get lots of dollars in your account.
After that they will disapear and you lost your money.
that's all.
Never and Never answer this kind of questions because if you answer one of them, rapidly they will send another one to persuade you it is a real deal and they are true.Also you will see different kinds of mails in different stories with one subject : WE WANT TO TRANSFER A BIG AMOUNT OF MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT>
2006-06-22 10:42:27 · answer #10 · answered by reza k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋