Help I keep getting SCAMMING emails!!!!
By msjigga
@msjigga (864)
United States
May 29, 2007 2:36am CST
On Friday I received this email from a Arthur Johnson with business proposal in the subject line. I am almost positive that this is a scam, however my questions are How did this person get my email address and I just noticed my email address is not listed in the To section so How was this person able to person send me an email if my email address was not listed in the To section. Has anyone ever received this email? How was this person able to email without my email address being listed? How do these scammers get email addresses? Please share your experiences. Thank
Original Message
From: Arthur Johnson arthurjohnson1@upmail.us
To: arthur_johnson3@upmail.us
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 4:28 PM
Subject: Business proposal
MR.ARTHUR JOHNSON,
HEAD OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT,
OCEANIC INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC,
OZUMBA MBADIWE AVENUE,
VICTORIA-ISLAND,
NIGERIA.
EMAIL:ARTHURJOHNSON_HOD@YAHOO.CO.UK
SUBJECT: BENEFICIARY SUM OF US$16,850,450.68MILLION
I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR COOPERATION TO
PRESENT YOU TO MY BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO MR RICHARD PETERSON, A
FOREIGN CONTRACTOR WITH NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COOPERATION (NNPC): SO
THAT
THE SUM OF US$16,850,450.68MILLION WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE
BENEFICIARY.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, I AM THE HEAD OF INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT WITH
OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC,
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC, MANDATED ME
TO LOOK FOR ANY KNOWN RELATION OF MR RICHARD
PETERSON FOR PAYMENT OF HIS ESTATE/FUNDS HE LEFT BEHIND WITH OUR
BANK,SINCE, AFTER HIS DEATH 5/1/03,HOWEVER ALL MY EFFORTS TRACES ABORTIVE,
THAT
IS THE MAIN REASON I AM WRITING YOU THIS TO ASK FOR YOUR COOPEARATION
FOR US TO CLAIM THIS MONEY, SINCE HE WAS A CITIZEN/NATIONALITY OF YOUR
COUNTRY AND YOU
ARE OF THE SAME COUNTRY.
I ONLY HAVE TO APPROVE YOU, THIS FUND WILL BE PAY TO YOU AS THE
BENEFICIARY WE ARE TO SHARE THIS MONEY BETWEEN OURSELVES ( YOU AND I)
IF YOU ARE REALY INTERESTED IN THIS OFFER YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME THROUGH
THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:ARTHURJOHNSON_HOD@YAHOO.CO.UK
FOR DETAIL OF THIS TRANSACTION AND
PROCEDURE.
PLS DO FORWARD ME YOUR
FULL NAME,
ADDRESS,
PHONE NUMBER, YOUR
COMPANY NAME OR OCCUPATION THESE INFO ARE VITAL TO THE SUCCESS OF THIS
TRANSACTION.
NOTE THAT THIS IS RISK FREE BUSINESS,
THIS TRANSACTION WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY THERE IS INTEREST FROM YOU.
SINCERELY YOURS,
MR.ARTHUR JOHNSON
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6 responses
@irishmist (3814)
• United States
1 Jun 07
E Mails like these are a joke. I get them all the time. They can be very annoying. Sometimes when I'm in a bad mood, I write them back a nasty letter and tell them what scamming jokers they are. All in caps with lots of !!@@##**!! involved haha. It makes me feel better when I'm having a bad day, to take it out on some stranger nit-wit person who thinks they will get any money out of me lol.
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@disvachic (10117)
• United States
29 May 07
I get those emails all the time.I send it right to spam.Dont fall for that mess its a scam.
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
31 May 07
I just can't believe you're shocked by that. Nowadays, your information isn't safe anymore. Wherever you have any e-mail account, they probably sell your information to alot of spammers. That is to expected alot because that is how people make money by spamming.
@3r7sweetie (937)
• Philippines
29 May 07
I am also receiving this kind of mails. In fact, I could no longer count how many scam mails offering business partnership went into my inbox. I never believed in them. I just delete the scam mails.
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@easy888 (10405)
• Australia
16 Jun 07
Hello,msjigga,i have not received this email before but i have received other scams emails,few days ago,i got an email which told me i have won 500 dollars from yahoo mail,i was a bit skeptical about it as i was asked to give them my paypal address and name,i though it should be a scam or it would not ask for my personal details.
I am not sure how those scammers get our email addess though.
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