if you have a positve, or negitive answer please let me know what you found out. If you don't know, please don't waste my time with bull. I am looking for people who have actually delt with tihs. 1000 people who have not delt, have told me it is a scam. I don't need any more of that. I have not been ask for money, but a bank account to transnfer money to. I would not give my personal bank info but i said i would open a special account for the transfer. How can it be a scam, if there is no money to scam?
2006-07-30 10:14:42 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Its a scam. I have recieved emails like this all the time.
There will come a time where they will "deposit" money into the account and then want you to send them money back right away. But the deposit will be a fraud, your money will be real...and you will have been taken.
Do a google search on "Nigeria Internet Fraud" You will see how its done.
Here's one of a zillion websites that describe the scam.
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/Business/nigerian.htm
Please do not do this....it will end up costing you money.
2006-07-30 10:21:22 · answer #1 · answered by Stephen B 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is a version of a 419 scam.
They ask you for your bank information but this is secondary.
They will give you a link to the "bank" The bank will be a professional website that they have made themselves.You will be able to login with a user name and password they will give you.
You will then be able to "view" your new account details....complete with $millions. You will be able to transfer the money into your account....but you will be denied access to your account before you complete the transaction until you pay some imaginary fees.
It is a scam...I deal with them every day.The least they will do to you is "flash"your bank account.The worst...is kill you
http://www.419legal.org/viewtopic.php?p=14&sid=a712172c67aa8be0636ccba5e01d6008
These are organised criminals..you are in over your dept if you trust them a little
2006-07-30 18:27:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I haven't been asked by Africans but by other people. I actually got the email from people saying the saw my resume on careerbuilder.
They say that they want to send money to your back account and you make like 10% or something like that. They want to send a check and you deposit it and they can get it. I guess wanting American dollars.
I also used to get that a lot when I had an AOL account.
Yeah, I 've gotten it before and just ignored it. Not for the fact that it might be a scam but like you said: no way in hell are you getting my bank account info.
2006-07-30 10:20:01 · answer #3 · answered by lala<3 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know exactly what the deal is with it, but a friend of mine got a letter from someone who claimed to have a lot of money to donate to a good cause... It is definitely fake and scam like, in any case, it is best to ignore it. If they ask for your bank account number, they are looking for a way to take the funds out of your account.
2006-07-30 10:19:07 · answer #4 · answered by surlygurl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do you open a bank account without giving the bank your personal information? This is a scam, and believe me, at some point money will be involved.
2006-07-30 10:18:41 · answer #5 · answered by SuzeY 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've heard that the scam works like this: They tell you that they've wired a bunch of money to your account, but then they tell you that you have to send money to them for "processing fees" or some such nonsense. Then their initial deposit turns out to be a fraud (or they just withdraw the money right back).
I had a friend who got sucked into a book publishing scam much like this. He wrote a novel and was told by this lady in the publishing business that a major firm had picked it up. She gave him 10 grand for starters, but he paid it all back to her and then some to cover "publishing fees."
I myself have been hit up to send Bibles to foreign countries, but I didn't do it because the missions minister at my church said that these requests are also scams -- first they ask for Bibles, then they ask for money.
Best just to leave stuff like that alone. It's a known scam, and no matter how lucky or smart you think you are, you're probably not going to be the one person who actually makes money off such a deal.
2006-07-30 10:22:50 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It IS a scam. They're waiting for the one doofus in a million who eventually WILL send the bank account numbers. You'll have a much greater chance of getting rich by buying a lottery ticket, with nothing to lose but one dollar.
2006-07-30 10:19:34 · answer #7 · answered by gtk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The truth is, to open an account you need to put some money in it. If they do it to 1000 people at a $100 for each started account, you do the math.
It's a scam.
2006-07-30 10:19:29 · answer #8 · answered by Jessica M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All scams are not about taking your *money*.
If you open a personal bank account and give somebody access to it, they can use it for criminal purposes (like money laundering), and you will be held responsible.
Don't do it.
2006-07-30 10:25:34 · answer #9 · answered by kako 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to put money into a bank account to open it. If they have signature abilities, they can take the money. If they send money to the account and remove it before the check clears (yes this can happen, its called "kiteing" a check", then you are responsible for replacing the money.
2006-07-30 10:19:26 · answer #10 · answered by mrscmmckim 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋