Attention: Sir/Madam,
PROPOSAL FOR A HIGHLY PROFITABLE AND CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION.
My name is Dr.Frank Williams, the Director in charge of Auditing nad Accounting of
the Banco International Bank. I am writing in respect of a foreign
customer of our bank with account number 14-255-114 whose name is Late Mr. Mr.
Morris Thompson,, an American by Citizen who perished in a plane crash of Alaska
Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and
only daughter.
You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site which I got during my
investigation; http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
Since the demise of this our customer,I personally have watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come
to claim his funds of US$15.5M (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) which has been with our bank for a very long time. On this note,
I decided to seek for
2007-06-05 02:37:50 · 7 answers · asked by Tom S 7 in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
I've read reports of people that fall for these scams.They are people that are out to make an easy dollar,and they get in such a such a dither,that someone is going to give them money.These people tell you that what they are doing is basically stealing and they want you to help. Then, they prey on the person foolish enough to respond.Because they are agreeing to commit fraud,chances are very slim that they will turn in these crooks
2007-06-05 03:25:51 · answer #1 · answered by Rhea B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is basically a different version of the classic "Nigerian" email scam. You get a formal sounding email from an unknown person with frozen assets. He asks for your help by using your bank account for a wire transfer.
What really happens is once they get your bank account info, they take all your money and disappear. They may even get access to your SSN and credit cards as well...and that spells disaster.
This scam has been around about as long as the internet...don't fall for it!!
2007-06-05 02:47:39 · answer #2 · answered by saintsantiago 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, yes. If nobody had ever fallen for the classic "Nigerian Scam", they wouldn't continue to pump out that sort of spam.
As P.T. Barnum once said, "There's a sucker born every minute, and two to take him!"
Amazing how few people still follow the old dictum, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is." And a hefty dose of greed kicks in, too.
2007-06-05 02:47:03 · answer #3 · answered by Dave_Stark 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are almost certain, you are almost smart enough not to get scammed. Really if you can't figure this out and won't look it up, then you are exactly the type of person the scammers thrive on.
2016-05-17 07:28:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds between believable and unbelievable. Its really hard to tell but then again it does look unbelievable. Not sure. Its hard to tell.
2007-06-05 15:25:00 · answer #5 · answered by ESCAPE THE FATE FREAK! 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as sad as it may sounds, a lot of desparate people have fallen for these types of scams.
2007-06-05 02:49:13 · answer #6 · answered by karma 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lots of people have:
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2007-06-05 02:45:18 · answer #7 · answered by marcusmyrealbox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋