detiails french born us citizen made inital contact with him in november off tagged.com beware please if someone else has encountered him I need to know and if not beware but it is important for me to know if anyone else has. He scammed me big time.
2007-03-15 23:04:20 · 4 answers · asked by fertumolt1 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Other - Africa & Middle East
No I haven't encountered him, but anyone who asks for confidential money transferring services or approaches you asking for a business relationship is always, repeat ALWAYS out to scam you. Enclosed in this answer is the web address for the U.S. Secret Service, which handles reports like yours. Unfortunately, you won't see your money again. Also, remember this scheme's dynamic applies to the lottery scams which are similar to the Nigerian scam you fell for (they come in all variations):
There is no Overseas Lottery International, YAHOO & MSN Lotteries, Yahoo online dept., UK (United Kingdom) Lottery, Netherlands Lottery, British Lottery, Thunderball Online Lottery in the UK, Australian Lottery, Spanish Lottery, Yahoo Lottery Microsoft Lottery (emmulating from the UK or anywhere else) or any other form of lottery you can win without buying a ticket. While some people might only copy and paste such email to their answer with a brief take on it, I will go into detail because I'm tired of this trash, as several of my friends have lost their a$$es to this scam. This is about as far away from legitimate as anything can get, whether it be a contest, promotion, or whatever.
There exists a certain form of immoral degenerate that trolls the internet searching for suckers who believe that they have gotten very lucky and won a lottery which they have never entered. They will probably entice you to send an advance fee to claim your non-existant winnings and if you do send this money, you can kiss it goodbye. The money will likely be en-route to Nigeria, a cesspool of fraud that has been the center of these types of fraud over the last few decades.
The best thing to do is to delete such emails immediately and to never reply to them. If you even reply, you risk having your email inbox flooded. If you call these people, expect to be harrassed over the phone at all hours of the night! In some cases, people who travel to claim their winnings in Nigeria are taken hostage, and in worse-case scenarios are killed when whoever is paying ransom payments exhausts their money supply. If anything online sounds to good to be true it always is buddy.
By the way, I have kind of become an anti-scam activists due to the fact that I have many friends who have had their identities and life savings stolen from them via these methods.
This is simply advance fee fraud (a prevalent type of fraud which continously asks for money to cover unforseen expenses) and is intended to drain your bank account, promising money that simply does not exist. Hopefully, this answers your question.
If you have any more questions, do a yahoo search on lottery scams, nigeria 419 scams, internet fraud, or advance fee fraud. You can also read more about this at www.secretservice.gov and www.419eater.com!
If you have lost money you should report it to the U.S. Secret Service at www.secretservice.gov
Now you know the basics of Advance Fee Fraud, a multi-million dollar industry that costs honest people their life savings everyday. Be happy you weren't duped by this scam!
I hope this is helpful, because I could sure use a best answer! I would appreciate it!
2007-03-19 19:23:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of scams operating out of Nigeria and other African countries including Liberia, Zimbabwe and Cote D'Ivoire. They come in all shapes and sizes but in all cases the objective is to con people out of money or steal their identities.
There's a website with lots of information and where you can report scams... http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
2007-03-16 20:33:42 · answer #2 · answered by Trevor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do not know this person but i believe i am being scammed also from someone in nigeria. i dont know if its the same person but would like to find out
2007-03-16 07:24:31 · answer #3 · answered by sandy r 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whenever they approach you by email or phone or fax(not so popular anymore) don't give them any info at all!
Nothing,nothing and nothing again tell them to f... off and stuff it up their ar...
They use different names and may be from entirely different places.They tap into phonelines and hope someone will be foolish enough to give them info or worse monies.
2007-03-19 10:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by Michael V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋