Internet Email Scams – What They Look Like
Here is some real nonsense I get in my email. Nigerian Scams! “Andy, I’ll give your 3 million dollars if you help me transfer 15 million dollars to another country”. Do they think that I’m really that stupid?? I haven’t gotten one of these emails for years. Then when I started up this blog, I’ve been getting about one a week. I guess these guys must think that all people that blog are greedy morons. Well, come to think of it, maybe they’re not that far off.
I know that there are a lot of people out there that are, how should I say…. Stupid, and or live in a cave and fall for these Nigerian and Canadian email scams. I recieved one today and thought that it wouldn’t be a bad idea to share it with everyone.
Should you receive any emails from someone, that you do not know, that needs you, especially if you live in a trailer park like myself, to help them transfer millions of dollars, please….., for the sake of humanity, just delete it. Do not send them your hard earned retirement money from 7-11, because you will never see that money again.
Now that you are aware of these scams, if you do get one in your email, don’t go running down to your local police department with your printed email in hand, because they don’t care. Well, it’s not that they don’t care, they just don’t handle that. If you so desire you can file a report you can do so with the Internet Crime Complaint Center (iC3). (Link Provided Below)
There is also an excellent website, worth bookmarking, called Snoopes.Com – Urban Legends Reference Page. (Link is provided below) If you ever come across anything suspicious in your email, go to Snoops.Com website and odds are they will have it listed there.
Below is the actual email:
Assistance Needed,
I seek your assistance on a business transaction that will be of mutual
benefits.
Please, read below the details of this transaction and what is required of
you to get this transaction started:
Mr. Gregory John Kenzig was my client for over a decade. He died in a auto
accident
in June 2007. He had a deposit in the sum of US$15M with a finance firm in
the Netherlands.
I, as the attorney to late Mr. Gregory John Kenzig is the only person that
knows a
bout the investment I did on his behalf in a Finance house in Netherlands.
I have contacted you so I can present you to the finance firm as the
beneficiary of the US$15M.
If you are interested in carrying out this viable transaction with me,
you are to email me your full name, address, telephone and fax number;
I will prepare, sign and email you a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for
you to sign and email or fax a copy back to me. The MOU as an agreement will
state the sharing ratio. It will also state that none of the proceeds will
be used for any illegal activity.
After we both sign the MOU, I will then obtain the letter of administration
from the probate office thereby making you the bona fide beneficiary of
the funds.
I will forward to the Finance Company where the funds are deposited, the
letter
of administration and a covering letter from my firm, stating I was
instructed
by the late Gregory John Kenzig to transfer the title to the US$15M to you.
The Finance company will then contact you to let you know the funds have been
approved for transfer into your account. The finance company will invite you
to come over to their office to sign the funds release documents.
When the funds are transferred into your nominated account, I will then
travel to meet with you to share the proceeds. I will take 80% and you
will take 20%.
I will exhort you to treat this transaction with the dedication
it deserves. The need for absolute confidentiality in this transaction
cannot be over emphasized.
I have perfected the modalities for the transfer and I assure
you it will be 100% hitch free as long as you follow my instruction.
Thank you and God bless.
Kindly send email to me with my private email address
Email: richardvernon@aol.nl
Yours sincerely
Mr.Richard Vernon
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