I have received at least 60-70 of these e-mails this year asking for back account info so that my millions could be transfered into my account. Of course I always respond with something sarcastic,without my account info. So many different people are doing this. Does anyone have any info? Im really just curious as to if they really think we are gonna give them that kind of info.
2006-07-07 11:40:29 · 4 answers · asked by Sqrlll 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
well they're mainly targeting older people who havent gotten those e-mails before, and dont know any better. i like to give them info like bank name: first national bank of yo momma. bank number: 80085
2006-07-07 11:44:37 · answer #1 · answered by Mike-Q 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Think of it this way: if they send 1 million emails and only 1 in ten thousand people actually fall for it, and each person is scammed out of $1,000 , the scammer is now a millionaire. You would not believe the number of old people who still to this day will go to a bank and ask the teller to wire money out of the country so that they can claim foreign lottery winnings.
Replying back is a very bad thing to do as well since it alerts the scammer that your address is valid, and they probably will sell it to other scammers. Block the address from all of your email accounts and delete the message, reporting it as spam if you are able to.
2006-07-07 18:53:47 · answer #2 · answered by im.in.college.so.i.know.stuff 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used to receive similar e-mail at my workplace. A banker friend told me that these are definite scams and should be deleted immediately, and not even opened! The previous answer is a very good response.
Apparently the poor woman from Tennessee who shot her minister husband to death, fell victim to one of these schemes. One news report stated she had recently deposited some checks totaling $17,500 from some place in Canada and Nigeria.
The e-mails I received said they were the sole heir to the king of a country torn with war and strife, (mostly Nigeria) and they desperately need help to get the king's money safely out of the country. The scam is, they send a bogus check which they want you to deposit into your account and hold for them until they contact you to send it to them. They're hoping to get real money out of it, and YOU get caught while they are nowhere to be found. One of these e-mails I got had a stupid e-mail address of @handbags.com and I was supposed to believe it came from Nigeria.... Can you spell SCAM? I knew you could.
2006-07-07 19:35:05 · answer #3 · answered by Mylea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i get those too, omg, they r soo funny , its soo fake it makes me laugh,
w/e u do, do not reply with ur bank info n stuff.
2006-07-07 18:43:27 · answer #4 · answered by Kristofer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋