Has anyone here ever been tempted to respond to one of these get loads of money scam emails from Africa or know of anyone who has?
sensible answers only please... getting fed up with all these stupid "don't know " answers this is a sensible question no muppets please.. you know who you are
2006-07-13 14:29:02 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
I know they are cons and would never respond to one I'm not asking that I'm asking do YOU know if anyone has or not?
2006-07-13 14:35:07 · update #1
so did I say I had fallen for one of these scammers no... did I ask for your opinion? no... ALL I ASKED WAS DO YOU KNOW OF ANYONE OR DID YOU... I DON'T WANT YOUR OPINION OR ADVICE JUST ASNWER THE QUESTION... WOW YOU LOT MAKE IT SO MUCH LIKE HARD WORK.
2006-07-13 18:10:23 · update #2
Several years ago the Abbey National was brought to its knees by Nigerian Mortgage Scammers - it had to be bought out by a Spanish bank - it was actually insolvent - if I now wish to do a mortgage with a Nigerian or African sounding name - it will immediately decline it! It was only the Abbey's own greed which was its downfall as with any scam it must have a greedy recipient who puts money before common sense. Originally I worked in the legal profession and tried the first big case of African scam - "help us get our money out of Nigeria" - the two offenders were called Kaliq and Rahman - they were over the moon to get only six years imprisonment for 20 million in the bank. Hope this helps.
2006-07-16 08:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by MSMORTGAGE 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I haven't, but you should try reading "Yes Man" by Danny Wallace. There is a reasonably large part of the book that revolves around this, and it is pretty interesting.
I'd also suggest checking out http://www.whatsthebloodypoint.com/. It's a website that tries to catch the scammers at their own game. Both interesting and amusing.
2006-07-13 21:37:33 · answer #2 · answered by John K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, these things have never been THE LEAST BIT tempting to me. But they're SO INFAMOUS that whenever I get one of the well-known ones, I let my friends know. ("Hey guys, I finally got the one about the Nigerian prince who needs to use my bank account for a money transfer,..."
2006-07-13 21:35:02 · answer #3 · answered by Cyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please for god sake don't contact anyone one who get such thing, all 419 letters are from Nigeria, however they have setup another base in Amsterdam, due to the law there, they are free to do such things. First it starts with the emails then you get the phone calls at all hours at night. Once again anyone getting such faxes or emails, please throw them out. and when they call you, (don't know how they get the numbers) and if you having a bad day, please and truly feel free to let out your anger on them with all the abuse you can come up with and then HANG UP....
2006-07-13 22:19:01 · answer #4 · answered by Arun M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never tempted myself, but I understand that some people in desperate situations would want to believe so much that they would throw their better judgment to the wayside..
2006-07-13 21:40:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yep £20 for £1,000,000 sounds good to me but most ask for card details, so there's no point, you know its a con then!
2006-07-13 21:33:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i won a tv off them i had to travel to khambukstan to collect it and when i got back i found that it had water damage dont trust these guys although they gave me a refund after gettin my pin number to pay it in thanks
2006-07-13 21:36:18 · answer #7 · answered by silver scales 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Definatly not
2006-07-13 22:13:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋