Adebayo Peters/personal Accountant Apapa Bank Branch Of Standard Finance Plc. offered me 40% of 35 million of deceased-mr. gabriel webb of sheil development coperation asking me to pose as next to kin Lagos nigeria
i recieved a e-mail from mr adebayo peters asking me to play next of kin to the deceased man of mr. gabriel webb because he has been unsuccessful in locating any one next of kin and i have the same last name. the man does not know who i am or if i was even a cop. he claims he was a personal accountant of mr. gabriel webb and that he died in a plane crash jan. 2001 and his wife and two children were with him on the plane. i became a little suspicious when i recieved this e-mailbut did respond to him asking several questions. he has assured me this is legal and that he would present all evidence to this matter as it could benifit me very well. he gave me his phone number and asked me to call him but i then turned around and asked him to contact me because of the time difference.i did ask him what i would benifit out of this and he offered me 40% of the 35 million.and he got 60%.he claims that the reason he is doing this is because the goverment officials were going to take the money for their owm personal intrests.i would like some feed back regarding this e-mail i recieved because i am concerned.mr. peters also made a statement that how was i to know i wasn not related to this man.
Tracy
Phoenix, Arizona
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Rita
Privet,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Some things to think about...
#4Consumer Comment
Sat, November 05, 2005
Gullible...
>i became a little suspicious when i recieved this e-mailbut did respond to him asking several questions.
First off, you were only a little suspicious and second, you opened a e-mail and responded to it. A e-mail that may or may not be a password stealer. By your responding, you may have delivered that con person your password and or delivered him an "open back door" to your computer.
It is possible that the sender of that e-mail now has your password and other info (home address, etc.), and if you do on-line buying or banking... May the good Lord help you.
Gullible...
>then turned around and asked him to contact me because of the time difference.
Someone that isn't gullible wouldn't have taken the step of corresponding. By your doing so, you put one foot into the fire. You put your computer at risk, as well as your livelihood and well being and for what?
We teach kids about stranger danger and the same should apply on-line. Remember the old line... Hey little girl, want some candy? Turn that around to easy cash in this instance.
Now you are left with no way of knowing how much info you may have supplied unknowingly because you didn't walk away from the start. I'd say that's gullible.
>YOU CAN BE EMBARRESSED FOR ME ALL YOU WANT CAUSE I KNOW I DID THE RIGHT THING.
And would that be getting your "cap key" in working order? Really though, I do give you credit for seeing those red flags but walking right by them to look for more was no more wiser than swimming after a shark with a fish in your mouth. It might turn around and bite you.
Tracy
Phoenix,Arizona,
U.S.A.
JUST WANT TO CLEAR A FEW THINGS UP
#4Consumer Comment
Sat, November 05, 2005
RITA, AS FOR YOUR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THE SCAM I ONLY FOLLOWED UP BY E-MAIL. I NEVER GAVE HIM ANY OTHER INFO AS FAR AS MY ACCOUNT NUMBER OR ANYTHING.
AND GULLABLE WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT. I WASN'T GULLABLE I WAS SUSPICIOUS THE MINUTE I READ THE E-MAIL AND THE MAN NOT KNOWING WHO I AM OR WAS. SO YOU CAN BE EMBARRESSED FOR ME ALL YOU WANT CAUSE I KNOW I DID THE RIGHT THING.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR THIS MAN WAS GONNA TAKE THE HOLE THING AND AS SOON AS HE HEARD I WAS GOING TO REPORT IT HE BACKED OFF.AND I HAVEN'T HEARD A THING FROM THE SCANDILIOUS CREEP!
Rita
Privet,Michigan,
U.S.A.
Oooh Boooooooy!
#4Consumer Comment
Sat, November 05, 2005
Have you just come out from under a rock? Do a google search... www.google.com
Type in the name...Adebayo Peters.
I can't believe you were gullible enough to let this scam contact you again let alone give a scam chain letter a second thought.
I bet I've gotten this same letter a dozen times along with many others like it. I'v never been crazy enough to contact the sender. Their goal is to gain excess to your bank account and then rob you for all you're worth.
Do yourself a favor and delete e-mail if you don't recognize the sender's name.
Dang, I'm embarrassed for you.