inspite of not knowing me, the old lady wanted to give some of her money because of her good will, she sent me an email add of her atty.to get in touch with him and give him my personal info. but i'm really hesitant about it coz a lot of scams are spreading now in emails so i didn't gave my personal info to the atty. i just asked if it was for real.. what fo u think?
2006-12-16 18:56:37 · 17 answers · asked by neens 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
Definite SCAM!! Stay away. Delete email and forget about it. Any email from someone you dont know asking for you personal info is something to be concerned about. Just ignore it.
2006-12-16 19:00:10 · answer #1 · answered by diidy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not only is this a scam its a specific type refered to as a Nigerian 419 scam(related to the legal code in Nigeria where the scam originated) The link below has more info about the situation. As always, if something seems to good to be true it almost certainly is.
2006-12-17 03:05:43 · answer #2 · answered by Eaving OLarkin 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
she does get around, doesn't she. always wanting to give you her money because she has cancer, or eart problems,or going blind, or not wanting her greedy nephews to get it and all that. she sent me the same email, but it all come from the same biunch of nigerians. it's a variation of the nigerian scam which says if you help sos and so, who had your last name and died without any rellatives, move the money from this bank to that bank they'd split it with you. i've had "relatives who made fortunes in south africa" die and leaving several hundreed million that i could split if only i give them my bank account number, and name and address and phone number and everything else, that if i had been sent my share, i'd be worth over 250 million by now. yes, it is definitely a scam. label it spam and waiot for the other offers start coming and do them the same way. trash can them.
2006-12-17 03:07:12 · answer #3 · answered by de bossy one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I got 3 of those in one month. Identical wording in the letter, but a different signature. It's a scam. They're looking for banking info.
2006-12-20 17:55:09 · answer #4 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, definetly a scam...DO NOT give them any info, and do not ever cash a money order from anyone...not matter how authentic looking. Here is a cool site about a person who spends their time scamming the scammers... it's pretty funny what she does. http://www.bustedupcowgirl.com/scampage.html
2006-12-17 03:07:18 · answer #5 · answered by ♥austingirl♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's hard not to imagine that this is all a scam.Even those emails that ask me to forward to as many people as possible and some XXX company will contribute 5 cents are all scams in my perception.
2006-12-17 03:08:07 · answer #6 · answered by bevish 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't ever give out personal info over the internet to someone you don't know. That is the first rule of thumb!
2006-12-17 03:00:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Neens, I think the only scam iz u. The fact that you asked this tells us all you know the answer and are just interested in the "oh my god" replys you'll get.
2006-12-17 05:45:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes this is a scam. NEVER give your personal information to somebody on the internet. NEVER!
2006-12-17 02:58:54 · answer #9 · answered by yeshua_cxc 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can only pray that you did NOT give them you personal info bc it was probalby a scam.
2006-12-17 03:00:42 · answer #10 · answered by katiedid. 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋