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Email Scam Through Personal Message

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1-out-of-133 Newbie
1-out-of-133
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Hi,

I hope this is the correct way to do this. I just received the following personal message:

Dearest One,

Good day and God bless, I am (deleted) from Sierra-Leone. I am writing you from Rep of Cote 'Ivoire where I have been taking refuge after the brutal war and murder of my parents by the rebels during the renewed fighting in our country. Because of the war my late Father sold his shipping company and took me to Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$10, 500, 000.00 in his foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire Please, I got your profile from this site and due to the current political situation in Cote d'Ivoire now I am seeking for your assistance to transfer this Money and also relocate to your country to further my studies and I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for your assistance and input.

I am 21years, so I cannot be able to handle this alone due to my mentor. Kindly contact me through my private email address (deleted) for more details.

Best Regards

(deleted)

I'm assuming this is one of those you send me $1000 and I'll send you a million dollars scams.

So my question is:

Can I forward this email to anyone so if this is just a scam, the user name can't do this to other members?

Again, I hope this is the correct way to do this.

Thanks a lot,

Viola

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RiceGuy Collaborator
RiceGuy
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I'd probably send it on to Scott (admin). Not that anyone here would fall for it though :lol:

jerseyangel Proficient
jerseyangel
Posted

Viola,

Definately a scam. You can forward the PM to Scott (admin), or me and it'll be taken care of.

Thanks.

home-based-mom Contributor
home-based-mom
Posted

This is your classic "Nigerian Scam" shifted to the Ivory Coast. I guess that until every person on the planet has acquired internet experience, there will always be newbies as potential targets/victims.

Apparently these people have resorted to spamming forums as few e-mail providers are porous enough to let this stuff through anymore. :angry::ph34r:

cruelshoes Enthusiast
cruelshoes
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Nobody loves me - I never get any PM's. :lol:

I new somebody that fell for that one once. He was a smart man (or so I thought), but he ended up losing several thousand dollars.

Darn210 Enthusiast
Darn210
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Nobody loves me - I never get any PM's. :lol:

Colleen, just sent you a PM . . . :lol::lol::lol: . . . and wondering how many more you'll get.

cruelshoes Enthusiast
cruelshoes
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Colleen, just sent you a PM . . . :lol::lol::lol:

Somebody finally loves me!!!! No Janet, I refuse to join in on your nigerian scam. And I don't want any cheap prescriptions or to know how to invest in offshore real estate either. Sheesh - you sillyville members are incorrigible. :lol:

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Green12 Enthusiast
Green12
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They are just sending it to random members? How come more of us aren't getting this pm?

Not that I want it.....but it just seems strange one random member got it.

AndreaB Contributor
AndreaB
Posted

I think I had gotten something like this, but had deleted it.

I also had another new member pm me repeatedly to email them and I refused as pm's are private enough.

1-out-of-133 Newbie
1-out-of-133
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Thanks for the answers everyone! I think they probably emailed me because I don't post very often. <_<

home-based-mom Contributor
home-based-mom
Posted
Nobody loves me - I never get any PM's. :lol:

I new somebody that fell for that one once. He was a smart man (or so I thought), but he ended up losing several thousand dollars.

I have heard of a couple of gullible older ladies who actually lost their lives when they went over there!!! :o I think they found out a bit too much and needed to be "silenced." :(

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