Her husband was killed and she can't get the money out of the country, also I know this is a scam, and I'm just checking on who's paying attention to the rest of the post.Most people just respond to the title of the post.
2006-11-04 09:45:43 · 19 answers · asked by Icefire 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
It is a big scam, they want to know your name, address and other info, dont fall for it, I recieve this crap in my mailbox weekly and I tell them all to fu*k off!!!
2006-11-04 09:56:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you're not *too* surprised, that people skim headings w/o reading the full text. In a world full of lots of redundant info, it's a fairly effective strategy. Imagine somebody who looks carefully at each dollar bill they get to check for counterfeits, and who reads all the print on the parking meter even on a Sat. night, and who doesn't go on to the second part of a newspaper before finishing all of the first. They're not going to accomplish a whole lot, in a day.
And, you did deliberately choose a question which is obvious to most people, but not quite to all of them; answerers are well-spirited in helping others [and getting points] w/ a limited amount of time in their lives.
On the other hand, I'm sympathetic to your point that before *answering* a question in a public forum, you'd hope people would at least skim the details of the question.
2006-11-04 18:33:10 · answer #2 · answered by sirpimmon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it's a scam, when they send it to you they usually want you to send them a certain amout of money back, but what you find out later is that the check you recieve is HOT as fire crackers on the 4th of July.
2006-11-04 17:50:19 · answer #3 · answered by ms.sassycutenphat 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wanda's right; it's a scam.
By the way, there's an interesting site you should check out--
http://www.datingnmore.com/fraud/scam_email3.htm. Your "Nigerian widow" might be on there somewhere. It has all sorts of good information to prevent being victimized; I even caught a scammer using it once.
2006-11-04 17:50:58 · answer #4 · answered by nacmanpriscasellers 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm paying attention but frankly I think people are just so sick of reading the drivel posted by fools who think this and the "international lottery" or whatever are real.
2006-11-04 19:10:24 · answer #5 · answered by BoomChikkaBoom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is called "The Nigerian Scam". Every e-mail on the Internet has received a version, or another. Report it, or ignore it
2006-11-04 17:47:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
This is just a low tech scam. You should forward your e-mail to FBI have those idiots being arrested.
2006-11-04 17:55:51 · answer #7 · answered by HOMER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes send the money. who cares if its a scam.
2006-11-04 18:00:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry to hear that you're another victim of the Nigerian Spammers frauds that are out there. they're all phoney. i even replied back to one once, then he started calling my phone!
here's a link to a simple google search where you can read up on Nigerian spammers and fraudulant scams that they try to get you on. read up on a couple of them to learn more about how not to be a victim. information is power. hope this information helps.
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-39,GGLG:en&q=nigerian+scammers
2006-11-04 17:58:39 · answer #9 · answered by raymondsellers 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'll suggest u dont send any money to her or should i say him- guys are usually the one's who do this. i think they call it yahoo buisness.like you said it's a scam so why bother replying to it.
2006-11-04 18:03:32 · answer #10 · answered by debpatrick23 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋