Here is a sample of one of these e-mails:
Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is
Brown Paul,/brown_paul00@myway.com/ ask him to
send you the total of $700.000.00 which i kept
for your compensation for all the past efforts
and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much.
so feel free and get in touched with my
secretary Brown Paul,and instruct him where to
send the amount to you.
2006-08-27 06:00:25 · 15 answers · asked by hal s 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
Search the web for 419 scam- this is a well documented scam that has been around for years.
As a rule everyone knows if it sounds too good to be true it usually is. Scammers have gotten slick over the years so when in doubt serach for Email scams and Hoaxes you will find plenty of sites devoted to listing the various scams and hoaxes that abound in email.
You will be better informed and wiser after reading up on these.
2006-08-27 06:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by Answerkeeper 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SCAM!!
Those things have been on the internet for years. It's ALWAYS a scam, hard to believe that they can still suck people in, but they do.
DO NOT send them anything. DO NOT even answer the email, just delete it.
2006-08-27 06:08:01 · answer #2 · answered by Chatty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
never truat any stuff of that nature, they are all scams, you ever make the mistake of giving out your account number, you are doomed. So delete all such mails as soon as you see them.
Nothing, but scumbags and S C A M M E R S!!!
Beware!
2006-08-27 06:05:46 · answer #3 · answered by CPR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Delete these messages. Better yet, report them to to the IP service they come from and have them delete the mail accounts (send it to abuse@provicer.com.) If you can get the reply to mail account deleted, then all the work they have put into scaming these people is wasted.
2006-08-27 09:02:51 · answer #4 · answered by Michael 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an advance fee scam, otherwise known as a Nigerian 419 scam.
2006-08-27 06:20:38 · answer #5 · answered by BoomChikkaBoom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something for nothing? Forget about it, it is a SCAM! Do not give anyone any information over the NET, they will steal your identity.
2006-08-27 06:05:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been getting several of these too. I just delete them. Sounds like a scam to me.
Jon
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2006-08-27 06:06:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a scam. They want all you bank account information. Give it to them and watch all your money go bye-bye.
2006-08-27 06:07:29 · answer #8 · answered by happydragon34 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. Eventually you will have to send them money... then you'll never see your money again.
2006-08-27 06:04:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are definitely scam. If I were you, I would just delete them.
2006-08-27 06:06:33 · answer #10 · answered by remittance head 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋