Dear Friend, My name is Roger Myers & I live in the Congo. I have rencently discovered a gold mine in my province but i need to protect it. Which is why I've contacted you. I want you to give me your bank details & I will be able totake £2,000 from it to protect the mine. Of course if all goes well i'll transfer half the funds i get 4m the gold. You & me could be rich. Yours Faithfully Roger Myers.
2007-01-09 09:45:52 · 28 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
scam???? i have had 2 this week
dont touch it with a barge pole!!!!!!!!!!
2007-01-09 09:57:40 · answer #1 · answered by tink 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No you can't trust it...
Google, Yahoo, and other Search Engines produce some good results. Sometimes it's easier to type what you want in the search engine instead of in Answers.
Search under - internet scams
Use this website also:-
http://www.consumerdirect.gov.uk/goods-service/scams/fs_i01.shtml
Sites like this give you pretty much all the advice you need to help stop you being scammed and keep you update of the latest rip offs.
Tips for avoiding internet scams
Don't give your bank account numbers, credit card numbers or other personal information to anyone you don't know or haven't checked out.
Remember that people you speak to on the Internet are not always what they seem.
Make sure that an investment or business opportunity and the person or company promoting it are properly registered with the relevant authority or trade association.
Check out the company or individual's track record.
Take your time. While there may be time limits for special offers, high-pressure sales tactics are often signs of a scam.
Take independent professional (legal and/or financial) advice.
Don't expect to get rich quick, and invest only with those you know and trust.
Don't assume that your online computer service polices its investment bulletin boards.
Don't buy little-known shares strictly on the basis of online (or other) hype.
Don't judge reliability by how professional a website looks. It's relatively easy and costs very little to create, register, and promote a website.
Try not to accept unsolicited emails. They are often used by scam artists.
2007-01-09 18:03:02 · answer #2 · answered by bolton dave 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Always report these types of email to your service provider as spam. Most of these rip-offs will seem as if they are coming from someone in London or Nigeria. The television show, Sixty Minutes, has done several exposes on these rackets. Dead relatives, deposed rulers, gold or diamond mines -- you name it, they scam it.
Cyber cafes in Kenya are a boiler room for this type of operation. There can be 60 or 70 guys sitting there emailing their little fingers off on a given day, looking for that next stupid, greedy person. Old ladies as well as college professors have lost their entire life savings to these scammers.
The old adage, "If it sounds too good to be true..." will serve you well in determining whether these investment options are legitimate. Only believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.
2007-01-09 18:10:02 · answer #3 · answered by steven s 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must be a scam because I just gave £2000 to the real Roger Myers in Sudan.
2007-01-09 19:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by razorbite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is another version of a scam that has been going around for the last 4 or so years. Don't try to contact them. Make sure you don't give them any personal information about you. I know in the US, the FBI is investigating these emails. This is another classic example of which if something sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. They'll all get caught eventually.
2007-01-09 17:52:14 · answer #5 · answered by cajunrescuemedic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a full on scam,no way should you give your details out they could clear you out total and you dont have a leg to stand on because you gave him the details,was this a letter or e mail? if it was a e mail send a really cheeky reply,but dont do this if it was a letter as they have your address and could cause you a few problems due to you being cheeky to them,get them to fcuk hun.
2007-01-09 18:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by goodlassie666 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fact that you are questioning this should be an indicator that nothing comes free and be careful of what you ask for. This clearly is a scam and you should be very leary of it's contents. I wouldn't have even opened it, as it could have been a malious virus.
2007-01-09 17:56:27 · answer #7 · answered by kelliandjay 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nooooooooo
2007-01-09 17:56:49 · answer #8 · answered by djt2566 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Seems ok to me, a good honest name is Myers,and think about it, if this was in anyway dodgy would Roger only be asking for£2,000. why not 3 or even £4,000.If all goes well you`ll be singing bingo bango bongo I`m so happy in the Congo I don`t wanna go.
2007-01-09 17:54:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
With all the programmes on TV, and articles in the papers about how people are scammed and ripped off, is this really a necessary question?
I don't wish to imply that you are stupid but...
2007-01-09 17:55:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
no no please dont reply to that nonsense
"I want you to give me your bank details & I will be able totake £2,000 from it to protect the mine"
they want to take 2k pounds from u and if u are in america thats like 4k or so
also its a scam ive recieved numerous letters like that
2007-01-09 17:51:00 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋