Tom
Houston,#2Consumer Comment
Mon, May 02, 2005
I get 5 to 10 of these emails a week from Bank Employees to Embassy Personnel to a Princess. They are all scams. They are all scams. Don't forget, they are all scams. If you do contact them they will want your bank account number. And then they will need some money for lawyers or a bribe of some official. Then they will need more money for taxes, bribes, etc. They will keep in contact with you as long as you keep sending money. And don't forget, it is a scam. They send out 1,000s of these each day. I have different email addresses and I get the same request on each email.
Pamela
Tallahassee,#3Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 02, 2005
This is a classic e-mail scam to try to trap people into giving out their financial information. DO NOT REPLY TO THE E-MAIL. Your e-mail address has been picked up from some source, maybe sold to a list service. My best advice is to not open the e-mail and delete it. Replying will let them know that it is a valid address. My office e-mail (for a national non-profit organization) has received several similar e-mails over the last few months. We have also received notices from banks with which we do not even do business. These are just trying to get your personal information to clean out your account. These should be forwarded to the bank that is used in the scam (i.e. SunTrust). Most banks have a special e-mail for this, such as [email protected]. Go to the appropriate websites for details and DO NOT CLICK ON LINKS in these e-mails. Good luck and stay alert to these scams!
Shane
Willcox,#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 02, 2005
This scam as been around as long as the 1980's. It is a total rip off meant to drain your bank account by providing them with your account numbers so they can do this so called "private transaction". The FTC (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm) has an entire section devoted to this scam. Just delete it and ignore it.