2006-07-17 12:55:55 · 21 answers · asked by Ed M 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Apparently so. They had an article about it in the New Yorker a few months ago, and the sucker they profiled was a minister with a PhD.
2006-07-17 12:57:43 · answer #1 · answered by nkasoff 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
they tried on me too.i had never heard of it until then.e-mailed me. u r the sole heir to 1,521,million i e-m him back telling him i had never heard of the person that they were talking about.he wrote me back and said that they have tried to get in contact with closer family member..i really did not believe him, but he keep sending me proof that he was legit...i told him i was so broke..that's OK he said he would not take any $ it would be illegal for him to take any $ but i would have to meet a courier at the airport where he would have the $ BUT i had to pay the courier 1,000.00 for his pay.. what he did not know was that i had been talking to the local FBI...i was not suppose to tell the courier what was in the bag they said it would be to dangerous.. because i asked the lawyer and the bank pres of Nigeria ....why if i was getting the $ at the airport can't i just reach in the $ bag that is suppose to have 1,521,mil u.s. dollars in it and then give it to him..1,000.00. i never heard from him again the FBI man laughed and said he will tell all the other MARKS that call him to say that,,,they even sent me pics of a real bad car accident with the EMT caring out dead body's..telling me it was a family member because i had the same name..i feel that ther should be some kind of repercussion for these people moral: do not believe them i am so glad u submitted this Q sorry i ran on..sore subject!
2006-07-17 20:47:46 · answer #2 · answered by meemeemee40 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I am full blown Nigerian myself... and I absolutely hate those emails. But let me tell there are plenty of ppl who fall for them. It's stereotypical to say Nigerians are always looking for the next scam. But sometimes stereotypes are over 90% true.
2006-07-17 20:15:16 · answer #3 · answered by one_and_only 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes my elderly father keeps answering these emails he was scammed out of some money then I was able to stop the transfer of funds but he still responds wish i could lock all them up as they are destroying so many peoples lives.
2006-07-17 19:59:23 · answer #4 · answered by tia c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
is funny-i just recieved another notice today that i had won lottery-all they needed was some info and bank number-must be there are enough people in this world that fall for this kind of thing to make it worth their time but i dont see how anyone can be that foolish-keep the peace old hippie here
2006-07-17 19:59:11 · answer #5 · answered by bergice 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anyone looking for "something for nothing"
Recently had a private school principal do a fund raiser and he diverted funds to one of these schemes looking to multiply their cash...
The answer unfortunately is Yes.
I really liked the gal that turned it around on them...
2006-07-17 20:02:31 · answer #6 · answered by Steve D 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know a dumb a$$ who did
pen $3
Paper 2$
finding out you are now the butt of a federal investigation
Priceless
2006-07-17 19:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by Xae 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always reply with somebody else's info. and ask them to reply to that email address in the next email.
2006-07-17 19:59:35 · answer #8 · answered by Cheesie M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I asked a similar question on here, but I didn't get a good answer. SOMEONE must have done it, or they wouldn't keep sending them, right? It blows my mind.
2006-07-17 20:25:16 · answer #9 · answered by elizabeth_ashley44 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you mean it's not true? ahhhhhhh oh no--
actually--if you look really carefully---they say 8.5 million--but tyee type the numbers out as 85 million---
and
the person also says in another ione under their name--that i won a lottery--i find it funny--
dumb is what dumb does
2006-07-17 20:01:05 · answer #10 · answered by vayacondios 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋