Do you ever get this emails that say that they had a relative that died in a car accident in africa, and that he had like $20 million dollars and that since they can locate his immediate family they don't know what to do with the money and so the only way to get that money is if they give it to you, and therefore they want to make a wire transfer to a US bank... and you keep like $15 million and you give them $5 million.
Or some one saying that they are an attorney, and they have a client who died and was filthy rich and cannot alocate his money so they need your help to hold his money in a US bank so they want to trasfer it to your account and you can use the money how ever you want.
Have any body ever responded to this emails??
2007-02-16 05:42:07 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
They're not just spam - they're scams. They're known as Nigerian Scam emails or 419's. Check this link: http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/thespamreport/0,39025001,10002928,00.htm
Give them your bank details and they'll ask for an 'advance fee' from you or clear out your bank account. You'll certainly never see any money from them.
There was a case in the UK of a woman who got sacked because she believed it and wired some of her company's money to the scammers. It was on online new sites, and unfortunately I can't find a link to it just now.
2007-02-16 05:54:57 · answer #1 · answered by Yanni Depp 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have received those annoying e-mails and no I do not respond. What for? I know it's fake. Just delete it or report it as SPAM. :)
2007-02-16 13:49:48 · answer #2 · answered by mx3baby 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋