Have any of you ever fallen for penny stock scams, nigerian scams, etc.?

Question

If you have, how were you tricked into sending these dunces money?

Answer 1

No, I haven't. Read some of my previous answers to the folks who have asked about them.

Answer 2

I've never fallen for one and I'm always sort of amazed when someone does. I remember when I got my first Nigerian scam letter quite a few years ago. No one had ever even heard of them then. But it looked like a scam to me even before the word started getting around.

I mean, think about it. Some guy has money stashed in a Nigerian Bank that he wants to get out of the country and out of all the people in the whole wide world he managed to find YOUR email address and picked you to help him retrieve 20 mil???? Please.

It wasn't until much later that I heard that a lot of people were actually falling for it.

They're not dunces however. It's a multi-billion dollar industry in Nigeria. The dunces are the people that fall for it.

If you want to have some fun, go to the website below and read some this guys archives. He spends his days baiting the scammers and getting them to do all kinds of stupid stuff by making them believe he's falling for their scam. Some of it is hysterical.

Answer 3

I know of a couple of people that fell for a letter like the one below...And the banker being a kind person for the elderly just never did what they asked........That's a small town though.
This is what I do<<<<<<<<<<<<
I make a copy of the letter with a full header and send it to the addresses below.
The Federal is for everyone but my state is MO.
You send acopy to each and Cc. to the
sender................I promise you will never hear from them again.
Good Luck!
************************
[e-mail]
Consumer (MOGov)
[e-mail]
**********************************
FROM THE DESK OF MR MOHAMED YAYA
AUDITING DEPARTMENT
AFRICA DEVELOMENT BANK.
LOME TOGO.
TEL:[phone].

Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXX
I have a proposal for you - this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any
manner compel you to honour against your will.
I am 50, and work with a bank (one of the African leading banks in the
West
Coast). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8
years
which belong to a American national who is now late Mr.Raymond Beck
Mrs.Dorene Beck who died on Egypt Air Flight990
http://www.s-t.com/daily/11-99/11-02-99/d08ho174.htm.
When I discovered that there had been no deposits nor withdrawals from
this
account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system
investigation
and discovered that non of the family member nor relations of the late
person is aware of this account.
This is the story in a nutshell.
Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer this
funds.Thereafter, I had planned to destroy all related documents for
this
account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months I have
worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation.

The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated
interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$ 9.5 million US
dollars).
Now our questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission? If you can sponsor this transfer.

Consider this and get back at us as soon as possible.Finally, it is our
humble prayer that the information as contained herein be accorded the
necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves. I
Expect
your urgent response if you can handle this project. Call me at this
direct
line [phone] or email me via my private email account .

Respectfully yours,
Mohamed Yaya.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

check out http://scamsbeware.com - consumer resource center. all kinds of scam info there, there's also a forum where u can keep up to date on current and future scams. And if u have any questions just post it in the forum and somebody out there should help u. http://scamsbeware.com/forum Best of all it's FREE 2 join, just register at the top it'll be worth it for u to keep up 2 date on scams/fraud. Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Nope; somehow one of these idiots got my address a few years back, and sent me a HUGE check, expecting me to cash it and send the money to them, minus a "fee" for my trouble Needless to say, I did not cash the check (like I've got that kind of money lying around in my account...???), but called the company on whose bank it was drawn, and then turned the thing over to the FBI.