Having sinned and being somewhat of a non-believer, will I go to hell if I take this dying lady up on her offer?
This urgent message arriving in my inbox this morning.
It's not a scam but I am a little bit surprised that she contacted you as well. I thought that I was the sole benefactor in this case . In any case, she must have come upon some more money or something.
I have already wired 50,000 CHF to her account (some kind of banking formality?) and I am awaiting the transfer of a few million to my account. Don't tell anyone, but I am going to take a small cut of this prior to forwarding it on to the charities .
you mean those letters are not real? and all the gorgeous young models who instatnyl fall in love over internet in middle age balding men, but who are really poor and need some money, they are not real either?
A scam - perish the thought! You are obviously (another) one of the chosen people. Don't forget to provide all your banking details to Mrs J, and while you are at it why not include passwords and pin numbers so that things could be speeded up a bit .
if you guys want my 'authoritative' and 'professional' verfication for all these claims, I now provide a service for a small cost, you can wire it to me via western union
sometimes I think i should have been born in Nigeria
I smell Nigerian mafia all over that email!
Don't be fooled by it - it's Reader's Digest's new marketing strategy
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I also got this mail I asked for an initial $10000 cheque to cover for my administrative costs (opening bank account, contacting lawyer) but haven't received anything yet. But I am running to the mailbox hopeful every day !
You guys don't honestly reply to some of these emails... do you?
I think it could even be dangerous right? WIth identity theft and everything...
**hugs Richdog**
Unless my fun / sarcasm meter is broken, indeed, they do not.
Actually, yes.
Some scam mail not only is looking for folks who are trusting enough to give them information / money they want directly, sometimes they lead you to a "website" to infest your computer with viruses so they can steal yet more information.
I'm so naive . Seriously I know someone who did, playing a smart@ss and well, he did get into trouble...long stoy but the guy was just an idiot.
Well, I ain't gonna miss out on my gold bar... it means I'll be able to help
them when they're abroad and have their wallet/purse/passport/etc all
stolen, and I need to wire money urgently to them
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Click the photo to a lovely site dedicated to scamming the scammers. Hilarious.
[](http://forum.419eater.com)
And then there's this classic:
Beaten to it - I was just going to post the 419eater link...
My gran used to politely reply to scammers every time telling them thanks for the offer but she was not interested. I imagine she's not the only person in the world who does.
I think this email I received today might be legit
"Kindly respond ASAP -
I am Wong Chin, i work in a bank in HongKong. I want to consumate a
legitimate transaction of Thirty-Eight
million Five Hundred and Ninety One Thousand Five Hundred and Ninety Five
United State Dollars.
Please email me on [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) for final update.
Regards
Wong Chin."
I think the specificity of that sum makes it sound a looooot more real