it said i had a large some of money (8,000,000 pounds) in the Standard Bank International uk thing is i've never been out of the country and i live in america and i checked to see if the bank was real and it was but then again some one could have just put it on there soo is it reall and is it a lot of money?
2007-11-24 02:39:00 · 13 answers · asked by Dustin D 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Its most likely a scam to get your personal information to steal your identity. Its called phishing. If you have any doubts, call the bank. Don't put your information on line or give it to the place you call. Just ask them if they would legitimately send you an email about this. How would they get your email address but not your mailing address?
2007-11-24 02:44:50 · answer #1 · answered by BekindtoAnimals22 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Let me guess. Either it said you won lottery of some sort or some guy is claiming that a long lost uncle died and he needs your help "liquidating" the money, or, the biggest one, some guy in Nigeria wants assistance of some kind. .... Anything that sounds far fetched usually is. IF you went along with it, you would have gotten a check that in many cases even the bank would initially believe is real. Once deposited, the check would bounce and you would be left with nada, which of course is what you started out with anyway so.... and in the mean time they would now have your back account information and whatever else you were required to give them in order to get the check. ID theft. It's a scam, plain and simple.
2007-11-24 10:49:16 · answer #2 · answered by Lev8mysoul 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As you have mentioned, the bank is real. So, just try and get the bank's number and check the mentioned account. In my opinion, it is a scam. I would suggest you to check the account and then if it still seems true, believe me it's not your account. As you have said, u have never been to UK, so it's plain and simple. IT's a SCAM (PHISHING).
2007-11-24 10:58:28 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a scam. I get 2 - 3 of these a month. Delete it.
2007-11-24 10:45:20 · answer #4 · answered by jd4640 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's more likely a scam.
Forward such email to the FTC i.e. Federal Trade Commission [spam@uce.gov]
Used to receive such emails (and would just delete them) until I start to immediately forward the emails to Yahoo--Security [account-security@cc.yahoo-inc.com] and the FTC.
2007-11-24 10:54:01 · answer #5 · answered by AILENE 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's scam. They use the names of real banks to lure you into falling for it.
2007-11-24 10:47:16 · answer #6 · answered by ninth_lady 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Its a scam. Delete it asap.
2007-11-24 10:41:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
definitely a scam, delete the person when you can
2007-11-24 10:48:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is a Phishing email. Don't fall for it.
2007-11-24 10:46:06 · answer #9 · answered by Parth 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Scam, scam, scam, scam, scam. And, in case you didn't get that, SCAM.
2007-11-24 10:42:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anne Arkey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋