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If you received an email from a stranger and asking you for a deal that cost USD22million and you'll get 40% if you will pretend a kin of a family who died in a plane crash and 60% for him as the mastermind, will you get it? deal or no deal? why?

By sacredheart Asked Jan 22 2007 6:19AM
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by Firebrand on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:53 am Permalink

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NO Deal I would not even bother replying to it . If the guy meant it he is a dishonest chancer and other than that he is a con artist. If I said yes I would be the one on the losing end of everything
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by Gideon on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:45 am Permalink

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DO NOT reply to the email. It's a scam. It's just another in the long line of Internet and mail scams, usually out of Nigeria, but sometimes the UK and Canada as well.

What will happen is this: You agree and the scammer says he'll route the money through your account (or the account of someone you know). In order to do that, of course, he'll need certain financial information, such as a routing and account number, maybe even your social security number. Before you know it, the scammer hasn't put any money in to your account but rather wiped it out.

There are variances on the scam. You might be sent a cashier's check, which clears the bank initially and then comes back counterfeit...after you've sent the cash equivalent in a money order from your own account.

If you never played a foreign lottery, you can't win one. If you've never had an account with a certain bank and are asked to provide further information, a scammer is looking to steal from you. If a complete stranger blindly e-mails you promising you millions, it's a scam. If it looks to good to be true, it quite certainly is, now more than ever.
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Avatar bida4ver Feb, 07 2007 at 06:29 PM
yeah i always received numerous email from that,,what i did? i replied dont fool me jerk lolz
Avatar sacredheart Feb, 08 2007 at 03:09 AM
heh! survival of the fittest now adays.. O.o
Avatar Ellie Mae Nov, 11 2009 at 01:27 AM
Several years ago a prominent businessman was offered a similar 'deal'. He responded to emails and
international phone calls. He exchanged money. Then he involved others in this scam, on the
promise of making thousands of dollars. Eventually, he went to prison. This was for a scam he did not originate, but was caught up participating in. The people contacting you are criminals and may
never be caught if they are working out of another country. But, they will criminalize you. Please, please do not respond to them in any way. A word to the wise.

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by RC loves ice cream on Jun 29, 2009 at 3:15 am Permalink

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Don't even reply. They will tell you that they need some cash to pay taxes or to pay off a delivery guy or something. You will lose tons of cash and you can't do anything about it because if you pretended to be that next-of-kin, you'll be guilty of fraud.
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by nevets - badgicide on Jan 22, 2007 at 6:46 am Permalink

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No deal because it is a scam.
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