sOMEONE THAT i DO NOT KNOW WANTS TO GIVE ME $18.5 MILLION, BUT I AM NOT SURE HOW TO SAFELY HAVE IT TRANSFERREDTO THE US FROM THE UK WITHOUT HAVING TO PAY ANYTHING UP FRONT
2006-10-10 09:42:29 · 6 answers · asked by thesalleytrio 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Oh please ....
It's a scam. I get 10 of those e-mails a day.
Do a google search for Nigerian 419 scam.
2006-10-10 09:45:38 · answer #1 · answered by BoomChikkaBoom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
oh no!!! don't do it!!! under any circumstances!!! this is exactly like a pretty well known internet scam. they, usually "working" in "construction" or "import/export" business(es), from either nigeria or the uk, want you to be their "bookkeeper" for them, "paying" you about $350/month, to do nothing...except one little thing: you are to take their "certified" check to your bank, put it into your account, and then get your own cashier's check and send it back to them. and that's all, so they say. in your case, the amount is so high that it is unbelievable. what source did they say they got that much money from and why do they want to transfer it to YOU?
and so it goes...
surprise! your bank statement shows that the amount for the "certified" check he sent to you has come out of YOUR account! so you call your banker, and she explains to you that that "certified" check bounced!
i hope that a lot of people read this because these jerks send out SPAM emails all the time. they also want to chat with you, just wasting your time, on instant messengers. beware of things that sound too good to be true...because they are!
good luck, don't do it!
2006-10-10 10:49:30 · answer #2 · answered by Louiegirl_Chicago 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way! Are you the only person in the world who actually believes those crappy e-mails from Nigeria? It's a SCAM!
2006-10-10 09:56:15 · answer #3 · answered by Aelphie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, do NOT give someone you do not know your account number. Very very very important.
Second, go to your bank and give them that person's wire info and have them set up a way to get it to you through them where itll be alot easier and legally.
Good luck
2006-10-10 09:48:39 · answer #4 · answered by Nickname 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
puh-lease! i get those everyday! i even have got a folder called Swindlers Inc in my yahoo inbox for that! =P
dont fall for it.. people have LOST money in the casue!
2006-10-10 09:58:13 · answer #5 · answered by Shariq M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hahahahaha... what a joke! but then so many people fall for that scam every year - this tells you how deperate and/or gullible people are
2006-10-14 09:14:00 · answer #6 · answered by RIG 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋