New Spam alert

**Karen** · 07-11-2010, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by momcat

Right now I'm not sure if I should contact our local police, UPS security, or ignore it and let it go. I have no intention of responding to this.

Please everyone, be very careful and don't fall for these scams!

Just let that one go. I have gotten that one, and ones like it for UPS, USPS, Fedex - even DSL - for years. And sometimes I get them telling me the info is in the attachment - which is most likely a virus, trojan horse, or some other bit of nastiness - I'll never know as I delete them.

**momcat** · 07-11-2010, 09:51 PM

Originally Posted by Karen

Just let that one go. I have gotten that one, and ones like it for UPS, USPS, Fedex - even DSL - for years. And sometimes I get them telling me the info is in the attachment - which is most likely a virus, trojan horse, or some other bit of nastiness - I'll never know as I delete them.

Thanks, Karen. I got one like this at work once and told my supervisor. He reported it to our security and it hasn't happened since. Our computer at home is a different story and I honestly didn't know what to do. This one gets the delete button.

**captain** · 07-11-2010, 10:10 PM

Thanks Karen,
I think you got one from the same long time PT'er I did .....

I hope they figure it out and get their emails back.

**Laura's Babies** · 07-12-2010, 09:17 PM

BINGO! I just got this one, found it in my spam folder and thought you might enjoy it..

Good Day Sir/madam,

Compliments. With due respect, this mail may be a surprise to you because you did not give me the permission to do so and neither do you know me but before I tell you about myself I want you to please forgive me for sending this mail without your permission.

I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it is the wish of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will bless and reward you abundantly. I need an honest and a trust worthy person like you to entrust this huge transfer project with.

My name is Mr.Mensah Delata,a Ghanaian national and a manager of a financial institution here in Nigeria. I got your contact through a reliable source called database through Nigeria chambers of commerce.(Introduction):I am married with four kids here in Nigeria. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of $15,000.000.00 U.S Dollars.

(Source of Fund):
This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during the 2009 financial year. I have already submitted annual report for that year to
my head office here in Nigeria as I have watched with keen interest as they will never know of this excess. I have since, placed this amount of $15,000.000.00 U.S Dollars on an Escrow Coded account without a beneficiary (Anonymous) to avoid trace. As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on my behalf.

I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 70% would be for me as I will use my office to make sure that all is done cordially. I also do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this as I am one of the managers here which makes things easy. It’s going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund so that the fund can be transferred to your account. If you accept this offer,
I will appreciate your timely response to me.

This will not be too difficult, counting on the fact that I will be on hand to guarantee the funds are released to you, using my official position. This can be done with your cooperation in a few working days.

Haven said this, I know you will be curious to know how this will work, but before we swing into action, I will like to ask you this question:

Can I really trust you? By entrusting this funds into your custody?

Sorry I have to ask this question because my whole life depends on this money and I have served this bank close to 15years before such trust could be granted to me. For us to proceed into this, I want you to reconfirm the following information below so that i can proceed:

1. Full name:
2. Your full contact address:
3. Your private telephone and fax number:
4. Age, sex and occupation:

At your request, I will provide further information. It is of paramount importance that you do not contact me via the bank mailing system or switchboard telephones about this project as all official lines are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our total Quality Management Policy. I will therefore be inclined to feign ignorance if this happens.

This is why and only reason why I contacted you. Kindly contact me back via email: [email protected] for a brief discussion on how to proceed.

WITH REGARD
Mr.Mensah Delata

**moosmom** · 07-13-2010, 08:14 AM

ANY email from Nigeria, the UK, or anywhere I don't recognize...GONE!!! I never even open them.

**Karen** · 01-15-2011, 06:38 PM

A friend almost fell for the "traveling in London" email the other day, so I wanted to bump this up for people. An especially if you have older friends or parents who do not use their email as much, tell them about this, just in case.

**momcat** · 01-15-2011, 07:59 PM

Thanks for the heads up, Karen. A few months ago I got a phone call saying we won a trip to Florida. At one point the caller asked for my credit card number to secure our trip which I refused to give. After the call, I checked out the travel agency that called. It was definitely a scam with many many complaints. If something sounds too good to be true, it probably is. I hope you won't mind if I take this opportunity to remind everyone to check these offers and supposed winnings out before giving them any personal information.