who has millions of dollars he can't get out of the country without the aid of a foreign bank account. He has asked for my bank details to enable the transfer and will give my 20% for my troubles. This sounds above board doesn't it?
2007-05-15 02:02:22 · 52 answers · asked by Girugamesh 4 in Business & Finance ➔ Corporations
Eight months on here and you still ask THAT ! ! !
2007-05-15 02:22:52 · answer #1 · answered by coxon the box 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you aware of the "Nigerian Scam?" I am surprised the man would even admit that he was from Nigeria because they have a terrible reputation for identity theft. Since I got Yahoo! Messenger I have been instant and text messaged by several people mostly from England to cash checks for them. If it sounds to good to be true, it always is. By no means should you give this idiot your bank account information. I certainly hope you are not falling prey to this lowlife.
2007-05-15 02:23:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You've been targeted by one of the most common scams on the Internet. And, believe it or not, some people fall for it. Good job in asking for more info! I once had some fun with them and emailed back. We sent 3-4 emails back and forth before they realized that I was stringing them along.
2007-05-16 02:18:55 · answer #3 · answered by jdkilp 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely Bona fide. These generous Nigerian business men spend there days trying to give money away. Remember generosity is their business and they are the best in the world at it. I've had to stop giving out my personal details because there is now too much money in my account and the bank are sick of counting it. Tally ho!
2007-05-15 02:07:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Once he gets your bank account info, he'll add to his millions by taking all of yours. I get tons of e-mails like this with all kinds on sob stories (someone died in my family, I can only move the money out of his account by using a foreign bank, blah, blah, blah). Don't fall for it!
If you get an e-mail from a bank/PayPal/eBay asking to verify your information, don't do it. You'll get sent to a fake web site that will collect your personal info and clean you out. I've heard from many banks where I don't have accounts. They want to verify my info. I'd like to know my bank balance in those banks!!!
2007-05-15 02:15:24 · answer #5 · answered by salsera 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are called 419 but they are too late for advance fee fraud.they used to earn much in 1990s when knowledge of internet wasn´t like the present time.
what you should do is just ignore them or mark them as spam.they are the worst losers if they try such a baby thing nowadays.
2007-05-15 02:17:09 · answer #6 · answered by noway 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scam- will ask you for a sum of money just before transfer to cover some sort of expense and that will be the last time you hear from him save your money.
2007-05-15 02:07:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will even bet he is related to the Sudanese Princess whose father was murdered and needs my bank account to transfer millions into.
And since you believe that, I have a prime piece of land located in the swamp to sell you.
2007-05-15 02:05:54 · answer #8 · answered by Gem 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
defiantly a scam spam it! I get emails from other country's saying a relative passed away that has the same last name is me and I hay be on the will or something like that to contact them so they can transfer the funds immediately
2007-05-15 02:06:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's called a Nigerian scam, you can look it up on wikipedia.com. It's also called a 419 scam due to the area code or country code.
If you want to help, you should forward that email to FTC.gov.
2007-05-15 02:06:08 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Its a big scam..dont reply..and dont give any details of bank accounts etc.
2007-05-15 02:11:08 · answer #11 · answered by jcraze1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋