what should i do??

@aissha (2036)
India
July 24, 2007 3:10am CST
i just recieved weirdest mail of my life it says they have 5 million $ which is not theirs and they want to transfer it to my account and 40% will be mine ,the actual owner of the money is dead for last 7 yrs or something and in order to get money i have to pose as the business associate of the dead man and he will provide the documents . he needs the money for the treatment of his wife who is suffering from liver cancer. i am certainly not going for it but it is tempting hihihi just imagine if i get the money probably i have to do nothing in my life again ,and in case i take the money and get caught then gain i'll have to do nothing in my life as govt. will take care of me in jail heheheheheh ,what u say??
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10 responses
• India
24 Jul 07
Another set of scam.NEVER REPLY..i get these sort of messages too..
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@aissha (2036)
• India
25 Jul 07
no ankit not falling for it now and i have deleted it.
@wilynn (751)
• Singapore
25 Jul 07
Don't bother about such mails. If you have time, rather make some legal money on the net. Check out my blog... http://www.girlish-gers.blogspot.com... maybe that can help you... its just gathering pennies in the hope of making dollars. I'm getting somewhere and its improving... really trusting in those scam mails really I'm not sure...
@aissha (2036)
• India
25 Jul 07
nope i just deleted it and i'll visit ur blogspot.
@feralwoman (2199)
• Australia
24 Jul 07
Hi Aissha - Lucky you! I get heaps of these weird emails every day. Yesterday I got one from the UK lottery saying I had won 7million pounds. I also get emails from the US and Africa quite frequently too! Best to ignore and delete these, as you probably already know, they are scams! Tempting though it is! lol ;)
@aissha (2036)
• India
24 Jul 07
hi feralwoman ,thnx for response i have to ignore it now no one advised me to go for it ,but u know what i have saved it hehehehehehe ,i don't know why ,just felt good ,
@mkirby624 (1598)
• United States
24 Jul 07
I get those emails all the time. too bad in the process of "transferring the money" to your account, they wipe out all of the money you have in there. I once got a phone call from this foreign sounding guy saying that I had been awarded a scholarship that would cover all of my college expenses, etc, etc, and all he needed was my checking account number so he could deposit the scholarship. I probed him a bit, asking why he could just mail me a check instead, and he kept bouncing around the questions saying that it was easier and quicker for ME to just have it put in my account. I told him I'd pass on that scholarship. He continued on trying to convince me and I eventually hung up on him. It's sad that a lot of college students (and adults, for that matter) will fall for those scams.
@aissha (2036)
• India
25 Jul 07
okkk they can be soo daring that they call u also ? okk now i'll be extra cautious ,if someone asks for my account i'll say i don't have any,hehehehe
@Musicial (471)
24 Jul 07
This has scam writen all over it, do not respond cos you will probably just end up in something illegal and you'll be the person to come off in losses. if you didn't enter a competition or at least know the person who is sending you the email, then it's certainly a scam. Tempting as it may be, ignore it.
@Calais (10893)
• Australia
24 Jul 07
Delete it straight away, dont be so silly as to respond to this, its a massive scam dont get caught...If you have received this then there are many more to come, just delete them all straight away dont even bother opening it or reading it.
@aissha (2036)
• India
25 Jul 07
yepp deleted it straight away.
• United States
24 Jul 07
dont respond to it, just delete it. it is a SCAM..hundreds of thousands of those get email everyday. and unfortunately some ppl DO fall for it, dont be one of them.
@aissha (2036)
• India
24 Jul 07
i'll not respnd it but can i not delete it? just to remind me that someoneoffered me money ,hehehege.lol
@subathra (3519)
• India
24 Jul 07
This type of mail is most common for people using yahoo mail.most mails like this which i have got is said to be from Nigeria..i just delete those mails as i know its scam but some people take some actions like replying to such mails to find out whether they are real to proceed further.. But since you are aware you have took it in a humorous way and i really enjoyed your comments..tnks for making me smile at this moment..
@aissha (2036)
• India
24 Jul 07
hehehe just imagine subathra if i report this to cyber crime dept and they catch this fellow u know what i may not get money or may be some prize money and probably my 15 sec of fame on some news channel ,hheehehehehehe what an idea ,but u know what i have recieved tghis mail from burkina faso ,yeah this is a name of a country which continent not sure .thnx for response.
1 Aug 07
It is a SCAM.It is SPAM email.I get these emails everyday.They jus want 2 get ur personal info like credit card numbers so they can RUIN YOU and take YOU on a RIDE 4 evrything YOU got!!!Hope that was helpful.
@mats9863 (11)
• Italy
5 Oct 07
Oh aissha, I know what you mean. I get the same your experience from a Nigerian young lady by a complicated life(she lives in a refugee camp). She wanted me tranfer her big money in Italy, where I live. The problem is that your country tax the outcome money as they were yours. However you 'll receive some emails from an African Bank and you have to decide fastly if accept or deny the transfer. I gave her a little sum of money and than I ignored her next emails. Plz do the same...I want you avoid troubles.