2007-07-19 07:07:30 · 45 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Personal Finance
Yes.
DONT give them your bank details
2007-07-19 07:09:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I work at a bank and I have seen a few people with this situation. Do not cash/deposit any checks or send any money via western union, once the transaction is sent through western union it is very hard to recover money. Also the checks you get end up bouncing and then it is your responsibilty to pay the bank back the money they gave you. If I were you I would ignore it. You are better off.
2007-07-23 12:38:53 · answer #2 · answered by *~*fizzy*~* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it someone you know? Do you know what the money is for? I would be very careful, they could be using you to launder money or something. If it's a friend, then you don't have as much to worry about perhaps they just want the money to exchange better or something, but other than that i'd be very leary. You have to ask yourself, how well do i know these people? And if you dont like the answer, you should go to the authorities for advice on what to do next. Because at this point if it's not really afriend, they could be potentially dangerous.
2007-07-26 00:59:49 · answer #3 · answered by gowdymail 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes dont send the cash 2 Nigeria tell the police
Nigeria has a lot of drugs
2007-07-19 07:11:26 · answer #4 · answered by now_girl_04 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Are you serious?! You have described the infamous "Nigerian Scam" or the "419 scam" from the - number referring to the penal code.
It has gone by other names and has apparently been around for a long time and went by other names before the current Nigerian incarnation of it.
Here's a link for an example of a typical one that I found by typing it into the search engine.
http://www.quatloos.com/scams/nigerian.htm
My "boss" at my work made a joke one day when I put one of these letters on his desk and told me he had sent all the bank codes from our finance department (in excess of £36,000,000 budget) of where we work and was this the wrong thing to do? I laughed everytime I thought about it!
2007-07-19 07:11:46 · answer #5 · answered by KD 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
These days, seems like anything involving Nigeria is a scam.
2007-07-21 11:55:22 · answer #6 · answered by amaya7 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
OH MY GOD-This is the biggest scam going!!
DO NOT do it-I cant believe you fell for it-i dont mean to be funny but i just assumed everyone knew.
Please just stop this ASAP!!
Im always getting e mails telling me some sob story and sending money through us to Nigeria-just stop it now its a HUGE con!!
2007-07-19 07:12:18 · answer #7 · answered by melanie c 1 · 4⤊ 0⤋
http://www.419eater.com/
ofcourse its a scam.. either its a fake email pretending to be western union...
or what they do is transfer money to your account, then take it back out... say here.. pay my m8 fred £2800 out of your money.. and keep the £200 as a thank you.. when you go back to the other company , although it shows £3000 intially... soon after that £3000 has vanished.
never ship anything to nigeria either on ebay.. if they say its for their daughters birthday etc and it won't get there on time.
a fool and their money are soon parted....
2007-07-19 07:17:33 · answer #8 · answered by junglejungle 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You sure are Hun, don't be fooled by it and don't give out any personal banking details. If you already have, I would contact your bank and advise them what has happened, see if they can help you. Good luck and if you get emails in the future that sound too good to be true, they probably are a scam so be careful.
2007-07-19 07:18:40 · answer #9 · answered by ANDREA A 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-07-19 08:02:10 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the cheques being sent from the U.S. are probably forged and you will lose out if they are. In addition, you are committing the offence of money laundering and are liable to arrest, however unwitting this may be. Don't touch it with a barge pole, it's rotten to the core.
2007-07-19 08:05:55 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋