Phoney E-Nail

[R. Richard]

I received the following e-mail:

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I am Mrs. Mahmud Please contact my lawyer
Email:barr_ramli

I talked with a couple of hackers and they tell me it's another Nigerian 491 thing. If you get the same e-mail, I would advise you not to make the contact. I furnish more info when I get same.

 

[oggbashan]

I received the following e-mail:

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I am Mrs. Mahmud Please contact my lawyer
Email:barr_ramli

I talked with a couple of hackers and they tell me it's another Nigerian 491 thing. If you get the same e-mail, I would advise you not to make the contact. I furnish more info when I get same.

Only one?

I must be popular. I get about twenty of those a day. My email account dumps them all in the Spam folder.

Og

 

[TxRad]

Only one?

I must be popular. I get about twenty of those a day. My email account dumps them all in the Spam folder.

Og

The same here. I never see most of them unless I'm checking for something that ain't supposed to be in the spam locker.

 

[Stella_Omega]

You might enjoy this website;
http://www.scamorama.com/

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Probably TXRAD looking for a live sweetheart.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Yep, I get them everyday...the name changes but they all say the same thing and they get dumped into the spam folder which I check regularly as it seems the spaminator has a habit of dumping things that I want in there too.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

You might enjoy this website;
http://www.scamorama.com/

I got those FBI ones...I had to laugh. Why would the FBI want my name and address...they already know all that. Plus the FBI would never send you and email, they would be pounding on your door instead.

It's just sad that people fall for these...those who just don't have a clue I feel sorry for, those who are just greedy...not so much. Those who are desperate enough to talk themselves into it...again, not so much.

 

[bronzeage]

Only one?

I must be popular. I get about twenty of those a day. My email account dumps them all in the Spam folder.

Og

I answer all of them. I figure, sooner or later, one of them really will be a Nigerian Minister of Finance who needs a US bank account to park some money in over the weekend.

These scams go way back before the days of the internet and email. Nigerian scammers used to send international mail to names and addresses in the phones book. I worked in a GM dealership. One day a hand written letter arrived from Nigeria. It started, "Dear Mr. Oldsmobile,"

 

[R. Richard]

I answer all of them. I figure, sooner or later, one of them really will be a Nigerian Minister of Finance who needs a US bank account to park some money in over the weekend.

These scams go way back before the days of the internet and email. Nigerian scammers used to send international mail to names and addresses in the phones book. I worked in a GM dealership. One day a hand written letter arrived from Nigeria. It started, "Dear Mr. Oldsmobile,"

The original scam was called 'The Spanish Prisoner.' A wealthy man was being held in a Spanish jail and a little money would set him free and then he would pay lotsa money.

The problem with answering one of the scam letters is that you tend to get a lot more scam letters. It then becomes a chore to sort though them.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

They must work on someone. Otherwise they would have quit sending this nonsense years ago.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

My old granny was pretty slick. Here in FL geezers are victimized all the time by con-artists. So she hears chatter on her roof and goes outside to investigate.

Three guys are on her roof. They say her roof needs replacing and to go get them $5000 to do the work. She knocks their ladder down and calls 911.

 

[R. Richard]

They must work on someone. Otherwise they would have quit sending this nonsense years ago.

The e-mails rarely work. On the other hand, they cost nothing to send. Thus, the scammers somehow obtain e-mail addresses and send scam messages to them by the thousands. All it takes is one sucker to keep a scammer in Africa fed for months, even years.