It starts off...
"Dearest in Christ,
This email will come to you as surprise but big favour from God because of your honesty and sincerity in life. My name is mrs. Rebecca Jones.
I Am dying a women who have decided to donate what i have to you/ church..
I decided to will/donate the sum of $15,500,000 ( Fifteen million Five hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord...
Contact my pastor (pastor Godson George) immediately with this specified email: revgodsongeorge@yahoo.com and tell him that i have willed ($15,500,000.00 usd )"
I certainly hope no one is falling for this out there...
Sadly, they use the name of God in these attempts at swindling.
So BEWARE! delete these as soon as you get them, and certainly DO NOT CLICK ON ANY OF THE LINKS.
2007-03-12 10:13:25 · 9 answers · asked by GeneL 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Community Service
@Skyhawk and Tapestry6
Yes, Nigeria is a big player in these scam emails. They pretty much all have the same theme as the one I posted...
"I'm dying...
I have $15million that I want to share with you..
Please contact my lawyer (link)"
@faith.hopelove
That program was on just the other day...
it was an expose' on the Nigerians doing this...
I think it was Dateline NBC or one of those..
Hopefully the word is getting out to the gullible and too trusting out there not to fall for anything like this.
thanks all.
2007-03-12 14:30:34 · update #1
I get all kinds of scam emails that try to lure people in by promising them something for nothing. Like the saying goes, if it sounds too good to be true it usually is. I saw something on tv that showed a group of men in Nigeria that spend all day everyday online trying to lure people into these scams. I was shocked to see that they actually do get responses to these emails and people actually give them their bank account information!!
When you get an email from someone you dont know its always a good idea to immediately delete it, dont even open it.
2007-03-12 10:35:35 · answer #1 · answered by faith.hopelove 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have received a hundred of these with different wordings. Also there are emails that ask you to confirm your paypal account. These are just so they can get your password. I received emails pretending to be ebay. They will say that there is unusual activity on your account so confirm the acount. Never type your numbers at a link sent by an email.
Yes, I have gotten emails telling me that I have won English lotto or Norwegian Lotto and so on.
2007-03-12 10:44:35 · answer #2 · answered by observer 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dont open. Delete immediately.
Mrs. Jones doesn't exist except at the end of someone's fingers on a computer keyboard.
Winning the UK, Australian Lottery is also a SCAM as well as "Your account is Locked at eBay, Smith and Weston and AT&T.
Listen to the local news.
2007-03-12 12:47:17 · answer #3 · answered by Robert W 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I have as well. Aren't they just a bunch of low lives that send those messages?!! I went to an identity theft seminar (free and weren't trying to sell identity theft insurance :) and the retired detective said to just delete them from one's email. He also said that one can't claim lotto money from another country such as those that claim that you won a jackpot from overseas. Just a major scam! Those people are just despicable!! Thanks for the thoughtful alert!!
2007-03-12 11:51:51 · answer #4 · answered by jannsody 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Thank you. I wouldn't but we should all know anyway.
I got this odd letter though, that siad that based on scripture, I was being "lent" this prayer handkerchief (a questionnaire) so taht I could have them pray for me and my problems.
And get my phone number and address and name all put together.
I don't even go for that, you know.
2007-03-12 10:17:10 · answer #5 · answered by starryeyed 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nope,its prolly from Nigeria they all seem to be coming from there lately. foreigners do the babblefish translation to English and it never sounds normal ;-)
2007-03-12 10:23:06 · answer #6 · answered by Tapestry6 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The ones I get are either from the "International lottery" (I always win 2nd prize.)
Or from a Nigerian Lawyer who had a client die with no next-of-kin, and he wants to split his estate with me.
2007-03-12 10:17:52 · answer #7 · answered by Skyhawk 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got one in the actual mail the other day....I think it said that god told them to send me this application for a credit card.
*snort*
2007-03-12 10:18:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don't open any of those emails, or the ones telling me i hit the lotto that i never even entered.
2007-03-12 10:22:36 · answer #9 · answered by native 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋