WHATS THIS ALL ABOUT
2006-12-05 22:23:48 · 53 answers · asked by libby 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
i no its a scam but how do they get your address and shal i ask for a check lol
2006-12-05 22:26:52 · update #1
do people realy fall for this ? i havent recieved anything like this b4 she goes on about giving it to charity here in uk what aload of bull crap
2006-12-05 22:31:51 · update #2
They ask for your account number.
Then they don't deposit.. they withdraw.
2006-12-05 22:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by quay_grl 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am going to give you some advice. If they have your email address, they may have obtained other information about you from the Internet. Never publish any private information about yourself on the web. These Yahoo Profiles can be quite good sources of information for scam merchants and identity thieves. You should put your name and any other Identities you use into your browser and see what, if any sites, come up. Then change all the details so that you cannot be found.
This scam first started in 1975 and has been very lucrative for many Nigerians, but they feel justified because they prey upon greed. As all other respondents have told you, they want to get access to your bank account. If you send them your bank account number, someone claiming to be from your bank will phone you. The person will sound genuine because they will have your account number. and other details they have scabbed from the internet. Then they will ask for more details such as your date of birth and your mother's maiden name so that they can access your account and transfer money to their own.
I am sure you won't fall for this, but identity theft is a rising crime and one should never publish personal details anywhere. You know, right now, there are hundreds of hackers around the world trying to get into lists of credit card numbers held by companies. Only one needs to be successful to make a fast fortune. Remove all personal information from the Internet or you might become a target for other, less transparent scams.
2006-12-06 00:01:03 · answer #2 · answered by halifaxed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi Libby,
as you should expect, this is a scam. It is commonly known as Phishing. If you were to agree to help this person out, they would eventually tell you that they need your bank account details to lodge the money into. This is usually after some transfer of bogus documents and contracts to and fro...to give the impretion that this is legitimate.
But now that you have handed over your bank account details....well I guess you know what happens next.
Never..ever..ever even reply to these people or unsolicited emails, even if it is to say no.
2006-12-05 22:36:07 · answer #3 · answered by Brian M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Whatever you do DO NOT GIVE THEM YOUR BANK DETAILS !!
It's a scam, they just want your bank details. Take the letter to the police so that people that are more gullible & vulnerable than you do not get stung by this scam. Think about it, why would someone who doesn't know you from Adam want you to deposit all that money in to your account. Good for you for recognising it was a scam but there are people out there who are extremely gullible so do something for their sake's.
2006-12-05 22:32:21 · answer #4 · answered by EmmaB 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam
2006-12-05 22:25:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a heck of a lot of unclaimed money floating around Africa isn't there?
Also watch out for people E Mailing you about E Bay transactions. I had someone moaning at me that they didn't have the goods they'd paid for. As I hadn't used E bay, I assume that this was a phishing scam. So be careful!
2006-12-05 22:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by efes_haze 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
DON'T!!!! these are just ways to get money frm u!! once u accept their offer, they'll ask u for ur personal details, and ask u to deposit some money to start the process... and this would continue until u get a lil stern... and finally when u say u cannot deposit anymore, u'll never hear from them ever again!! and all the money u've so far paid is down the drain!!
2006-12-05 22:27:03 · answer #7 · answered by Chakri 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she's trying to get access to your account; and chances are she's not in Africa but somewhere right around the corner. The government of Canada frequently offers warnings about these types of scams which tend to originate with the Russian or Chinese mafias
ignore it and tell them to lose your email address
2006-12-05 22:32:18 · answer #8 · answered by soobee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had this before but from a man saying that a member of his family had died and that they had got money from the perspn that died and that they wanted to use my bank acount to put the money in there very strange I got those emails lots of times so sent back an sh*tey reply back and they soon stopped! Very big SCAM!
2006-12-05 22:40:46 · answer #9 · answered by Purple Fairy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh you bet it's a SCAM!!! And how DO they get your e mail address? I got one of them once myself. It's kind of spooky feeling...like turning around and finding a stranger standing in you house.
I saw a piece about this on one of the TV news magazines and there are some people who do fall for it. Really all you scammer's need to get a life---and a real JOB!!!
2006-12-05 22:37:46 · answer #10 · answered by valducci53 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work for a bank and you wont believe the amount of silly people in the world that fall for this scam ...
Just delete the message and if you meet a stupid person, tell them to delete it aswell.
2006-12-05 22:54:20 · answer #11 · answered by leerobo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋