Jul 20, 2015
they or whomever it is has tried to call me twice at home and have sent that email to me too. I've been getting a variety of emails from different names all which say they came from or are in Nigeria (as an Australian 33yo Mum, I've never known any Nigerian, nor have I visited any overseas countries near Nigeria, bar one short trip to New Zealand when I was 9yo then another to 4 states in the USA as a 12yo child). I can say that even as a child I never met anyone like what is suggested in these emails.
Some request a 'small' fee for Places like Western Union etc but the payee name (whomever gets your cash if you're silly enough to fall for it), is always an unfamiliar, unrecognisable foreign name which is actually the scammer hoping you'll fall for their 'tricks' and make a quick buck out of you and steal your personal information for future scam targeting and possible identity theft.
RECOMMENDATION: Delete and BLOCK EVERY SINGLE ONE THAT ARRIVES IN YOUR INBOX so any Further mail from each and every email address claiming you have excess funds waiting to be paid to you and asking for personal details to be disclosed, including copies of ID etc as well as claiming 'transfer of funds' or pre-funded 'ATM CARD' Fees for you to receive a large sum of cash SHOULD BE DISREGARDED, TRASHED AND NEVER REPLIED TO.
Nothing comes for FREE. Especially NOT cash, and especially NOT excessive sums of cash from a dead stranger, seriously people, come on! For sure it'd be awesome if that kind of thing happened to any of us simpletons, but in reality, we all know that it does not. So, protect yourself by Deleting any and ALL SUSPICIOUS EMAILS REQUESTING YOUR PERSONAL INFO AND COPIES OF ID AND FEE PAYMENTS TO RECEIVE LUMP SUM CASH AMOUNTS.
Thanks and good luck everyone :) Aj xx