Has anyone gotten email from a man who identifies himself as Michael Stuart Mason or Michael Salisbury? He says he is from London, has a villa in Greece, has worked for British Airways and is retired from the Royal Air FOrce. He says he is 51. Can anyone give me information as to whether or not you've heard from or of him?
2006-10-31 08:32:36 · 18 answers · asked by privatewoman2 1 in Travel ➔ United Kingdom ➔ London
have a look at this website. it's about spammers, it might even have 'Michael Salisibury' on it! or you could always contact the man who runs the site he is an expert in recognising spammers - and he gets revenge on them, it's a great site!
2006-11-02 01:34:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been going through the questions on this site and so many people have been asking if anyone else has heard about this man or heard from him. The way I see it, it's a scam of some sort, just delete it and block the email address, you don't know what he is looking for, he may even be taking things off your computer since the email arrived, I suggest you scan your PC for viruses and spy ware.
2006-10-31 17:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by Chaz 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I get loads of those. Reply politely, strike up a little friendly banter over the next few days then try and get his address. Completely ignore his blag - it'll probably begin with something about transferring a large sum to your bank account - blank that completely. Start hinting that you're short of a few quid. Then up the frequency of your emails a bit. Perhaps 10 a day. Then ask for £15000. If he cares about you at all he'll send you the cash. He's obviously minted. See how long you can drag it on for. Might be a laugh. They don't usually reply after the 2nd or 3rd email though.
2006-10-31 16:55:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a scam. You sound like a curious person and one way that curious people get scammed is by giving them a telephone number to call for further details. People call the number out of curiosity to see if it's real and because they think they can't really get burnt by just making a phone call. The number is usually a premium rate number which you pay a very high rate to call (and the scammers get that money) so beware of calling any phone numbers they give you.
2006-11-01 12:54:42 · answer #4 · answered by mel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam
2006-10-31 16:45:36 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but just delete it and don't worry, it's probably a scam and may not be his real name anyway, I get spam all the time (especially since I switched to the new version of Yahoo email!) and I just delete it.
2006-10-31 16:40:22 · answer #6 · answered by Jude 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just think about it. If you were looking for old friends or relatives (or whatever reason he gave in his email), would you introduce yourself and tell them what assets you have? I doubt it.
What is he asking for?
2006-10-31 16:39:27 · answer #7 · answered by IC 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
lol ^^ ive never heard of him,have you tried searching his name on yahoo?if other people have had problems it might come up.
2006-10-31 16:37:13 · answer #8 · answered by emnie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you don't know him or you never heard of him, why would you even be curious? Please, this is obviously a scam.
2006-10-31 16:36:41 · answer #9 · answered by not2nite 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
i get them all the while,usually end up being from Nigeria.
2006-10-31 16:39:03 · answer #10 · answered by Alfred E. Newman 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋