Alert! Need Help, possible Scam Artist

e-mail | 10.`18.02

[meandog]

I HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO IT...I am just curious about its origin. Anybody know?

[dirtboy]

Gee, I don't know, meandog, it could be legit...

Just kidding. This is one of the most notorious e-mail scams going.

[Alberta's Child]

This is the oldest scam on the books -- I'm surprised it's still making the rounds.

I'm not surprised, however, whenever I hear that there are a lot of people on this planet who are dumb enough to fall for these things.

[Skywalk]

Nigeria makes a large portion of its money from these SCAMS.


Do not respond or do anything. It's a BIG TIME SCAM. Nigerians specialize in that(not all, just these scams are run by them)

[E. Pluribus Unum]

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=nigeria+scam&btnG=Google+Search

[pabianice]

Congratulations. You are the last person in the United States to receive this scam letter.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

These messages are from Nigeria. Hundreds go out everyday.

[EggsAckley]

Total scam. I get one or two of these a month. First time I've seen a woman's name, though.

[Catspaw]

Yeah, it's the standard Nigerian scam. They used to do it by mail. Now they e-mail the crap. You can count on your bank accounts being cleaned out if you respond to them.

[Spiff]

Geez! Who hasn't received this email spam dozens of times? Delete it.

[Chemist_Geek]

Forward that e-mail, with all headers intact, to the Secret Service. Their e-mail address for that is "419.fcd@usss.treas.gov". This is an example of "Section 419 Fraud," a scam run out of some central African countries.

[Redbob]

POSSIBLE scam?

It IS from Nigeria, all right, and this cr*p has been flooding the U.S. for months now.

Send her a polite note - or do like me and tell her exactly what you think of "her."

[Alberta's Child]

I'm also willing to bet that the name "Chike Egobia" translates to "go f#ck myself" in Swahili or some such language.

[rdb3]

From the desk of:-
MRS GRACE ITA
C/O Barrister Chike Egobia
Lagos Nigeria

SCAM!

This is an old one.

[rface]

where should I send my bank account numbers to?

[mhking]

"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...

[DoughtyOne]

I've recieved a number of these myself, although I've never fully understood what they are trying to accomplish. Are they trying to tap bank accounts? I would hope most people are smart enough to never give personal banking information out.

[A Vast RightWing Conspirator]

And... YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WON A KOOL 1,000,000,000.00 - do you want to know for sure? Well... just give me a couple of days so that I could set my 900 number. Then you dial that number and... it will tell you the absolute truth.

[ArrogantBustard]

Excellent advice. I was about to suggest sending it to the FBI, apparently the SS handles this junk. That or just delete and ignore it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

http://www.mgb-home.de/english/Nigeria-scam-letters.html