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Ok someone explain how this works to me. I got an email in my yahoo account that says a guy wants to deposit 8,261,210.00 in my bank account. He says that he is an executor of a bank in africa and the person that this money belongs to died in a plane crash. According to him there is no next of kin on this account and he is going to put me as the next of kin I assume he would want me to split it with him. the email also says if you are not interested delete this email and keep it top secret. Believe me I am not going to do it but I thought someone here could tell me how this scam would actually go down. Tell me what you think.
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You get sucked into remitting various fees for this official document or that (always something different) necessary to complete the transaction. Another part of the scam involves getting you to send them your bank routing number and account number. They will most likely tell you they are going to make a small transfer to verify the account (and they generally will do it) and verification is completed by you e-mailing them with the amount of the transfer. Once they have you milked dry from the fees angle, they will disappear and may even withdraw other monies from your bank account which you gave them information on. At that point they can either withdraw electronicaly, or do what is called a demand draft, neither of which requires your OK for the bank to process.
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I might be wrong, and I stand to be corrected, but I believe this SCAM works under the principle of them needing your routing number and account number for your bank. Once you give them this information, they wipe your account out and being overseas they can't be prosecuted and your just out of luck.
I'm glad you aren't going to fall for this old scam. It's been around forever. My suggestion is since it came to your yahoo email, mark it as spam and yahoo will review it. It's by no means top secret.....
Just remember if it's to good to be true then it probably isn't!
I'm glad you aren't going to fall for this old scam. It's been around forever. My suggestion is since it came to your yahoo email, mark it as spam and yahoo will review it. It's by no means top secret.....
Just remember if it's to good to be true then it probably isn't!
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Don't cancel it, just postpone it! Your ship may still come in, just run the other way if it's carrying Nigerian registration!
Of course, I've been waiting for my ship to come in but it's been delayed...heck, I think it sank! -TD
Of course, I've been waiting for my ship to come in but it's been delayed...heck, I think it sank! -TD
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I get those all the time, I reply, threatening to turn them into the FBI and (the one that gets them) the Department of Homeland Security. If that doesn't scare off a third world scam artist, nothing will.
Then I mark it as scam and happily wait for the next one.
Then I mark it as scam and happily wait for the next one.
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Go to the letters archive of this site and do a little reading, (careful, it's addicting!).
http://www.419eater.com/
This is a big time hobby, (not the scamming, being scambait), with forums and everything. The guy that started 419eater supposedly has scammed money out of the scammers. Not much, but it does give some insight on how these guys operate
http://www.419eater.com/
This is a big time hobby, (not the scamming, being scambait), with forums and everything. The guy that started 419eater supposedly has scammed money out of the scammers. Not much, but it does give some insight on how these guys operate
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Originally Posted by RomerB2
So which is it.. are you blind or deaf? 
(warped sence of humor)
(warped sence of humor)
TV is on, but volume is off.
Stereo is on though.
My sense of humor is even more warped.
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Now you're like my grandma.. she always has the TV on mute, and her tape going off of the stereo through headphones, and guess what she listens to.. a guy reading a book. Let's not forget she does this while keying data entries that have been scanned and put on a network (Citrix), and then shown through a program in which she types it from her computer. I think she's to caught up in the future.