Jean in Newcastle Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 My dh just got an e-mail from a unknown Nigerian woman. She is a widow who was left millions by her late husband. But now she has discovered that she is dying - of prostate cancer. She wants my dh to send her all his banking information so she can make him her beneficiary. . . So should he send it?:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylou Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Hope she can get some reconstruction done after the surgery :001_smile: ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Why doesn't he meet her and tell her he wants to run away with her! She just needs to provide him with her banking info so he knows she's not one of those scammers...lolol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 She's dying? Of prostate cancer? Hmmm.... why does that strike me as odd? :giggle: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Wow...prostate cancer. Who knew? He should write back with this: My banking account number is 3526.... WAIT a minute! Women don't have a prostate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Only if the FBI is involved. The last scam letter I received was was followed by an email stating it was from the FBI and that it was ok, they checked things out and I should go ahead and send the $$. This was legit. :lol: Yep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dtb1999 Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 :lol: And :lol: even more at the FBI email! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 My husband likes to string them along and waste their time...scam baiting, it's called. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeannie in NJ Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I keep hearing from a lawyer in the UK that a billionaire died and left me all his billions. Only problem is that no where do they ever mention my name lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 I had a call once from a gentlemen with an thick indian accent. It went something like "This is United States Government, we need your bank account for additional refund discovered for your taxes".....my response, "keep it" and hung up. Geesh are there actually people that fall for this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melabella Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Sadly, I was at the post office last week and there was an elderly lady who was sending a check off to one of these scam artists. The tellers had spend 20 minutes trying to convince her not to do it. It was one of those "What would you do?" situations. I couldn't leave without trying to talk her out of it. Thankfully, I was successful!:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
specialmama Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Geesh are there actually people that fall for this? Unfortunately, yes. An elderly mother of a friend of mine was scammed out of her entire life savings. She was told it was an investment that would bring her a return three-fold... and she fell for it. She lost every penny of her $68,000 savings. Very sad when people get conned like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 Well, *I* just won 750,000.00 GBP! Here's the text of the official email: You have just been awarded,the sum of 750,000.00 GBP in the Siemens Award 2009, Anniversary Bonanza. held on March. For Claims email your infomation to this office immediately. Names:............ Address:.............. Country:................ Age:.......... Sex:.............. Phone/cellphone........ regard Mrs. Rose Wood Co-ordinator cant wait to. Tell my husband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paz Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 My brother's business was target to a scam like this. Someone was reproducing checks with a business very close to his business' name and having people send $$ in to them. They would then send them a check for a certain amount. It was suppose to be the 1st installment. Many people called to us to see if it was true (I think many of them were already scammed). We even had a lawyer call us to sue because her client was unable to cash the check. Duh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrina Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I get these types of emails at least 3x a week. I got one once of the same nature (you know, all the typos and weird sentence structure?) that threatened my life. It said they had been following me, knew where I had been, what I was doing and that they were going to kill me. Never got another one like it, but it was freaky and weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lovedtodeath Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I got an email saying that the Nigerian government was very sorry that they had determined that I was involved in a scam. If I send my banking information they will gladly return the $335,000 that I paid them. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastian (a lady) Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 My dh just got an e-mail from a unknown Nigerian woman. She is a widow who was left millions by her late husband. But now she has discovered that she is dying - of prostate cancer. She wants my dh to send her all his banking information so she can make him her beneficiary. . . So should he send it?:D I love to teach my kids money stuff using our junk mail. I want to make them resistant consumers. We once spent an afternoon reading texts of a bunch of Nigerian scams that we found through Google. The first few were easy and they saw through them right away. But they got progressively more challenging and by the end they were having trouble spotting the warning signs. The saddest one was targeting charities. There was a variant aimed at small churches that offered to support their missions activities. I can really see how a church trying to fund an outreach program or a small charity would think that they'd gotten a great opportunity to advance their projects with a scam like that. I suppose that given the almost free nature of email, you don't need to con very many people to make it worth the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I'm forwarding the partial text I got from an email from my brother. He and his family are actually MOVING to Nigeria in a week - so I think I'll actually be receiving legitimate emails from the country! He has a great sense of humor, eh? Greetings from Abuja. As some of you know, the Prewitt clan have been considering another move overseas and found our new home this past week: Nigeria! I am not writing to solicit your bank account details. We nevertheless appreciate legitimate help. More below. [edited . . . ] On to business. This is an email from Nigeria after all. We would like your help in renting our house . . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 My husband likes to string them along and waste their time...scam baiting, it's called. I can't help doing this sometimes. It just makes me laugh. The other day I replied to one with this line, "Will you marry me?" He writes back, "If it is the Lord's will for us to be together, then some day it shall come to pass." Then blah blah about a check and stuff. Cracked me up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joannqn Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I can't help doing this sometimes. It just makes me laugh. The other day I replied to one with this line, "Will you marry me?" He writes back, "If it is the Lord's will for us to be together, then some day it shall come to pass." Then blah blah about a check and stuff. Cracked me up. My husband strung one along for a few weeks once, sending bogus files that were supposedly scans of documents that were requested, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 On a different, but similar note- a meat truck guy rang my doorbell today! I'm so glad that it was discussed so much here because it made it so easy for me to just say NO THANKS and shut the door. Yeah right, his truck broke down.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 I'm forwarding the partial text I got from an email from my brother. He and his family are actually MOVING to Nigeria in a week - so I think I'll actually be receiving legitimate emails from the country! He has a great sense of humor, eh? Greetings from Abuja. As some of you know, the Prewitt clan have been considering another move overseas and found our new home this past week: Nigeria! I am not writing to solicit your bank account details. We nevertheless appreciate legitimate help. More below. [edited . . . ] On to business. This is an email from Nigeria after all. We would like your help in renting our house . . . . Very funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 On a different, but similar note- a meat truck guy rang my doorbell today! I'm so glad that it was discussed so much here because it made it so easy for me to just say NO THANKS and shut the door. Yeah right, his truck broke down.... Something similar happened to me this week as well. His last customer of the day went away for a couple weeks and didn't cancel her order. He now has to unload this meat at a reduced price. Whatever. I don't have a freezer to accomodate it anyway so saying no was very easy. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooley Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 On a different, but similar note- a meat truck guy rang my doorbell today! I'm so glad that it was discussed so much here because it made it so easy for me to just say NO THANKS and shut the door. Yeah right, his truck broke down.... Thats a scam? The meat guy at our door? My husband spend several hundred dollars for many boxes of meat..... do tell, I feel stupid, though I never trust those guys, my dh obviously does... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katemary63 Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Thats a scam? The meat guy at our door? My husband spend several hundred dollars for many boxes of meat..... do tell, I feel stupid, though I never trust those guys, my dh obviously does... I was confused too...is that a scam? I did have a meat truck guy come to my door and start telling me about his beef. I stared at him like, are you STUPID? And then said, "Ahhhh....excuse me but.....I LIVE ON A BEEF CATTLE FARM. MY FREEZER IS FULL THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" Our house is surrounded my our cattle! What a dummy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 In my younger days, if I got calls from people trying to sell me magazines or newspapers, I would say, "I can't read.". :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blessedfamily Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) I was confused too...is that a scam? I did have a meat truck guy come to my door and start telling me about his beef. I stared at him like, are you STUPID? And then said, "Ahhhh....excuse me but.....I LIVE ON A BEEF CATTLE FARM. MY FREEZER IS FULL THANK YOU VERY MUCH!" Our house is surrounded my our cattle! What a dummy. :lol: I can't print the thought that came to mind when I read this because it's just tacky. Suffice it to say it involved the meat salesman and "cow pie". Edited March 29, 2009 by Blessedfamily Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Sadly, I was at the post office last week and there was an elderly lady who was sending a check off to one of these scam artists. The tellers had spend 20 minutes trying to convince her not to do it. It was one of those "What would you do?" situations. I couldn't leave without trying to talk her out of it. Thankfully, I was successful!:) That is so nice of you! :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 I get these types of emails at least 3x a week. I got one once of the same nature (you know, all the typos and weird sentence structure?) that threatened my life. It said they had been following me, knew where I had been, what I was doing and that they were going to kill me. Never got another one like it, but it was freaky and weird. Yikes! That is scary. Did you call the police? I think I would have...though I don't even know if local police could help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 The FBI will help. They have a computer crimes division. Not sure how much they can do if someone is out of the country, but that is not acceptable behavior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macrina Posted March 29, 2009 Share Posted March 29, 2009 Yikes! That is scary. Did you call the police? I think I would have...though I don't even know if local police could help. \ No, it was obviously just junk mail, I am sure a gazillion people got the same thing. Someone with too much time on their hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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