If you get what seems like endless spam emails from people saying you have won a lottery or that your relative has died in a car crash and has left you money or anything from anybody.viriglio then you are being targeted by the infamous yahoo yahoo boys of Nigeria. Don't fall for it. Don't answer them because then they just know the email addy is real. Look at this article for more info.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1215/p07s02-woaf.html
Then let me know your experience with these hoodlums.
2006-06-30 03:45:51 · 9 answers · asked by Stratman 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
I know its old. I just thought the information could be helpful to the uninformed. My bad.
2006-06-30 04:19:11 · update #1
I have gotten a few....
story is usually about a bank official that died, left no hiers etc etc.
I post on military.com....I guess the got my e mail from there and then conjured up story....
They were a small group of American military personnel and needed help getting an enormous sum of cash out of Iraq and that they would cut me in.........
I sent one of the them a pee we herman dance card.
My brother F's with them....
thanks for link...interesting
2006-06-30 03:54:51 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Advance Fee Fraud is not new! Based on my email I had an extended family of over 1000 people living in Nigeria. It seems they all have tragically died in car or plane accidents with each one leaving millions of dollars in the bank without the benefit of a will.
2006-06-30 10:55:46 · answer #2 · answered by Interested Dude 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe I have actually gotten several of these emails.....1 just today! Two of them were telling me that I had won some lottery...congratulations etc...well I don't enter lotteries, so I knew immediately that it was some kind of scam....I just deleted both of those letters. Another one said I could claim money that didn't belong to me, if I would just sign this letter saying I was someone else !!! That's FRAUD in my book....I deleted that one also!!
2006-06-30 11:10:19 · answer #3 · answered by dolfinclctr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ones I hate more than those are the ones that actually look like they were sent from a legitimate site. I get emails from a Paypal copycat every other day.
2006-06-30 11:00:14 · answer #4 · answered by Neerdowellian 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Nigerian Scams have been around longer than the internet. As a rule of thumb: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
2006-06-30 10:53:01 · answer #5 · answered by CKRT SQRL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow i was getting those mails and they sounded great!! thats when i knew they were fake plus i have no relatives in another country!!i got the lotto ones before too it tells me i won then if you fill out form it asks for a credit card number.why wouldthey need that?Stupid!!thanks for the info!!
2006-06-30 10:49:21 · answer #6 · answered by sweetpea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't ever had an experience with these guys, but thanks for the heads up. It's a really good idea to put this info up here.
2006-06-30 10:50:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes... all of the time... Do not respond to any of them...
2006-06-30 10:49:55 · answer #8 · answered by Jersey Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes. it's old.
2006-06-30 10:48:47 · answer #9 · answered by Ahmed S. Bhuiyan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋