Ok here it goes. I got this e-mail from a lady (which yes i'm on the internet for child providers) that got my info and says that She wants to give me 11.8 million pounds. from a bank called. PACIFIC TRUST inc. LONDON. She is incapacited now and WANT ME to handle the funds.
Now here is the kicker.
She wants me to donate 90% of it to charity particularly abused women and children. A lawyer had typed a contract that I would have to donate this money and not keep but 7% of it. They sent me the contract and I only needed to sign it. No other info
Does this sound familair to anyone?
2007-11-24 07:07:38 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
As long as the contract gives you no financial obligations, you never pay any money yourself (no fees, etc.) and they don't have your credit card number and the like, then it would be a very ineffective scam.
2007-11-24 07:13:05 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have the original email, you might want to forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov. They keep a database of deceptive email to help with investigations.
Normally, what happens is that you start getting notes saying that this or that fee has to be paid, and because the principal is locked up somehow, they need you to front the money. It's not much compared to the 800,000 you are expecting to wind up with. Actually, you'll lose everything they get you to pay.
People have committed suicide or forged checks and gone to jail pursuing these schemes.
Oh, and if you actually travel to try to collect, they've got even more ways to soak you. One of the features of the Nigeria versions was that they got you to go there, promising to take care of all the visa arrangements. When you get there, the government hits you with a fine for arriving with no visa (thereby getting a cut which explains why they are happy to let these schemes continue).
Don't sign, don't send money.
2007-11-24 07:25:15 · answer #2 · answered by Samwise 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is a twist on a familiar scam. You will actually end up depositing a worthless check in your account and may end up paying a fee for it. You will lose money as well if you send any off to the "charity", because there is no 11.8 million dollars in any London Bank.
2007-11-24 07:15:05 · answer #3 · answered by fangtaiyang 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yet another scam. Don't sign your name to ANYTHING your own personal lawyer hasn't reviewed and okayed.
If someone really wanted to give you money, she'd have sent you and all the charities for abused women and children a check, not a contract.
2007-11-24 07:17:44 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it called the Nigerian scam. There was a pretty good little documentary on the news about it a few months back. They will soon ask you for money to buy into the system saying that you have to pay off something to get all the money. I.e intrest payments for something. But in realitly they actually take your money in the end.
2007-11-24 07:17:24 · answer #5 · answered by Hello? 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just a variation of a scam. Trash all the correspondence and leave it alone. You will lose money if you try to do anything with this.
2007-11-24 07:12:19 · answer #6 · answered by Dan H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
She's a poor, crippled woman who never met you in her life and she wants to give you a sh**load of money.... and you are wondering if this is a scam???
Don't reply to this person... put her on a block list and trash all other correspondence from her... or him... or them... since, you don't know "her" either.
2007-11-24 07:36:39 · answer #7 · answered by scruffycat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I wouldn't be involved in it. Sounds like a scam.
2007-11-24 07:20:06 · answer #8 · answered by Brittae 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋