Have you got this email before?

Question

I have received a few. What should I do and what could happen if I reply?

FROM MR ROY ZULU
Johannesburg South Africa
E-Mail:[[e-mail]]
E-Mail:[[e-mail]]
Tel: [phone]
Dear: Sir/Madam,

My name is MR. ROY ZULU, the eldest son of LATE MR. ALOYSIUS ZULU, from REPUBIC OF ZIMBABWE. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, I got it from the South African Information Network Online (SAINO)/South Africa Trade Centre. And it is coming to you with good intention. During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President, ROBERT MUGABE to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers.


My father was one of the great and best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president's political ideology, the president's supporters invaded my father's farm burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became sick and died after five days. And after his death, I with my younger brother decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to South Africa. BUT, before he died he wrote his will, Quote, "MY BELOVEED SON, I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF ($26,000,000). MILLION U.S DOLLARS, WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG SOUTH-AFRICA IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY YOU SHOULD SOLICIT FOR RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER TO ASSIST YOU TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE. I DEPOSITED THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME AND YOU CAN CLAIM IT ALONE WITH THE DEPOSIT CODE. YOUR MOTHER HAS ALL THE DOCUMENTS. TAKE GOOD CARE OF YOUR MOTHER AND BROTHER." Unquote.

From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money as much, I will be very grateful if you can assist us. I with my younger brother are now living in South-Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the financial law of SOUTH-AFRICA does not allow ASYLUM SEEKERS certain financial rights to such huge amount of money .In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South-Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of South-Africa for investment purposes. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total fund, while 10% will be set aside for local and international expenses and 70% will be kept for me and my family.

Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. Looking forward to your urgent reply .For detailed information, please contact me on my e-mail address [[e-mail]]
E-Mail:[[e-mail]]


All the best,
Mr. Roy Zule.
(For the family)

NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

I know its scam and all, i just woundered if anything would happen if i replied and how many people get this email.

Answer 1

its fake, and spam .

Answer 2

Wow! I never get that e-mail. If u don't want those e-mail messages turn on the anti spam. I have recieve a mail to donate cents to a child. And I know who send the mail. If u know who send the mail, do not delete it. If u do not know who send the mail, just don't open it maybe it is a virus!!!

Answer 3

hello rikki, dont reply these kind of mails and just delete it. u will loose nothing. if u reply with what they have asked, they will issue u a certificate first that u won a lottery and after that, they will ask u some money to give u the money they mentioned. these kind of things happening in large volumes. dont reply, u will get cheated by them.

Answer 4

One word for you: SCAM! stay away from it delete the email and do not respond. I get those types of emails all the time. Dr. Phil even did a show about them. Avoid them like the plague. Best of luck to you and yours, James

Answer 5

Don't reply. They want your bank account number and personal information so they can take all the money from your account. You will probably get several of these emails per day, different names but the same story.

Answer 6

This is the (in)famous Nigerian 419 scam. Read the scary stories on the Internet about the people who got sucked in to this.

Answer 7

I'm not sure if I've gotten this exact e-mail, but I've gotten ones like it before. I always block the sender, it's just spam. I wouldn't waste my time replying to it.

Answer 8

Its a SCAM.

Nothing would happen if you reply.

What these scammers want are bank accounts. They will suck dry any unfortunate fellow who falls for it.

Answer 9

Yes. I get those a lot. Delete it.

Answer 10

its a spam don not open it can contain trojans or viruses that may harm your computer.