I continue to receive emails from people in Sierra Leone who want my bank info. What is this about?

Question

These emails generally tell me that they are wealthy people who want to be able to transfer their fortunes out of the country and will pay me a huge amount if I will help me do that.
1. Who do you think writes these emails?
2 Why do I get hundreds of them from different people but mostly from somewhere in Africa?
3. Any idea of what I can do to rid myself of these nuisance emails?
4. Anyone else been receiving these?
5. These are just as troublesome as all of the ones I keep receiving for viagra or penis enlargement.....Gawd!!

Bic: Try answering my "real question" please. I do not open attachments from people I dont know. When opening Outlook Express, the messages open automatically whether I want them opened or not. I have no way of knowing how to filter these out.

Answer 1

1. Who do you think writes these emails?
Conmen

2 Why do I get hundreds of them from different people but mostly from somewhere in Africa?
Many African nations are still 3rd world, and their crime task units are understaffed and poorly trained. it's very hard for these criminals to be brought to justice since there's no real system of jurisprudence.

3. Any idea of what I can do to rid myself of these nuisance emails?
You can block each email address individually, or if your email client allows it, you can use "junk word filter" and find an uncommon word in each email and tell your email client to delete every incoming message with that word in it.

4. Anyone else been receiving these?
most people get some form of spam. the rule is, the more you signup for different services, the more online forms you fill out, the more websites your email appears in... the more spam you will recieve.

5. These are just as troublesome as all of the ones I keep receiving for viagra or penis enlargement.....Gawd!!

yes, yes they are.

Answer 2

SPAM - be sure to use the SPAM button in your email. There is no way to stop them, unless your Internet Service provider becomes aware of the problem.

I do some work at the U.N. YES, we get SPAM there too. We did call one of these companies to learn more... of course, we knew it was a scam. Basically, they guy complained that there is no work in his country, and that they are very poor. We insisted that they STOP. We have no idea how effective our request could be. There is no law enforcement jurisdiction.

In general, an old computer using dial-up can send out about 10 emails per minute. That would be 14,400 per day. If they find just ONE sucker for a few hundred bucks, they have made a day's pay... illegally, but made it. So it is best that we GET MAD and use the REPORT SPAM button. Let's see if we can help everyone else by reporting SPAM. If everyone did this, then the emails would not go through and not be profitable.

Good luck

Answer 3

Hi, I receive those emails everyday. Sometimes 2 or 3 a day. There a nuisance but all I can do is click the spam button. I use the yahoo email as a default. And clicking the spam button auto deletes them and I don't get em from that domain again but they change there domain all the time. On the news last night they said they increase during this time of the year. All you can do is get a spam blocker. Good Luck

Answer 4

I receive these emails also. I just check mark them and mark them as spam. They are usually scams. If it continues talk with your service provider and get their recommendation on how to handle it. I know that many are sent when you visit a website and it asks for you email address. I would recommend you setting up filters, checking your spam blocker or purchasing a program that will aid you in blocking the aggravating emails. I have even went as far as to set up an email to use only on websites that I am unsure about, that way I can determine if the website is a site that spams. I have included a couple of sites to help you.

Answer 5

There's nothing you can do except make sure that you never respond to them. Depending on your email provider, you should be able to report messages as spam which ought to prevent so many of them getting through.

As a general rule, don't post your email address online ever (like in forums for example) and be careful about which websites you give it to. If you are getting so many spam messages that you can't deal with them, the final option is to sign up for Gmail from google which is in my opinion the best email solution out there.

Answer 6

Its a total scam! dont send them anything. If you give them your bank info they can wipe you out. Individual or small groups of people write the emails. You must have signed up or visited a website that allowed your email to be on a scam list. Ive recieved one or two but i always put it in my spam filter and have never seen another again.

Answer 7

It's a rip-off. Never NEVER supply out ANY private knowledge to ANYONE who contacts you both by means of telephone, mail, or electronic mail. Legitimate firms do NOT have got to touch you to affirm your private account knowledge; they have already got it. If you don'y understand what this financial institution is, then what even makes you suppose you could have an account there? Answer: there is not any account and it is a rip-off. They are simply looking to get your account knowledge so they may be able to rob your account. If you wish to peer how that is performed, touch me by means of electronic mail and supply me your financial institution routing quantity and bank account quantity and I will exhibit you the way that is performed. Thank you very a lot.

Answer 8

Every time you get one of these, you can hit the spam button. There are many scams going on from Africa. I saw this on TV a couple of weeks ago. They are a group of swindlers who have successfully gone on line and established a relationship on line with someone and then manage to get money from them. The hundreds of different people are really the same ones using different names or different circumstances. Don't answer them.

Answer 9

I'm sure you already know not to do it.

I'm not sure why exactly you get them. Do you have Yahoo mail (I'm assuming you do)? If so, don't open any more emails, just select them and hit 'Spam'. This will block the address and report the email to Yahoo. This may help a little bit, but I don't know if it will completely solve the problem.

Good luck.

Answer 10

It's just another scam. They have a program which generates e-mails addresses using every conceivable combinations of letters to disburse to almost everyone. There is nothing we can do except what you are already doing. I have a program called SpamBully (one time license fee of $40 which learns what you want to receive and what you don't. I have virtually eliminated spam from my life. Good luck.
-MM