received an email today...

Sure this is a scam, don't fall for it. I am so curious who was the email addressed to, your full legal name or your email address user name?

Looks like a scamn for sure. All I suggest you to do is delete them from your inbox and since you have opened them, you might considering changing the passwords of your online accounts with sensitive information as soon as possible. I have heard of situations when some person's account was compromised just by opening the mail. Hoping that you have already done that. bourne

Definitely a scam. I have received the same type of email promising that i'd be receiving huge amount of cash. But obviously this is too good to be true. And yes, I knew this one's a scam. Never let yourself be tricked to some kind of scam like this. It's not worth it, better learn to earn in a slow and legitimate way. Rather than having a huge amount big time. For all you know, it might cost you your life. RegardS!

I have received a couple of emails like this and since they referred to weapons I printed them and mailed them to my local court house with a note explaining why I sent it and twice I have received a letter back saying thank you. It is a scam and you should not open any attachments in these emails- viruses are bad with those types of emails. Good luck to you. PS: You may want to go ahead and block that address adn do it each time you get one.

This is definitely a scam. I get a bunch of e-mail messages with this kind of message. Some guy choosing me or some kind of bank sending me money for some reason and all I have to do is send some money to a certain bank account. Whatever you do, don't send the money. It's all one big scam. I immediately mark mail like this as spam.

it is common and they changes their names everyday with claiming to be from diff countries but mainly from africa. they would claimed to be army general, politicians,or bankers etc and would want u to help them claim a sum of $ but before doing so, u have to give them your $. no one in the right mind would fall for such trick. once, i replied them saying that i would help to open a bank account that they asked for to faciliate the huge transfer of the hidden cash. I told them them that i would need them to send me some $ to open an acount which i would gladly assist them. i did not hear from the initial receipient but another idiont emailed me again with an email with similar content. so what i did nowadays is to cut and paste a similar letter and sent it back. i do not know what effects if will have but i would like to imagine the idiot receiving the emails thinkning that someone have fallen for their trick by replying. btw, i have a lot of time so i can afford to play their games..hopefully, they do not send virus to me. haha

As others have already said, yes, this is a scam called 'phishing'. They're hoping to get your banking information in order to steal all you have. The ones like this are so common that they've been given a name, the "Nigeria Scam". They also come from other countries as well, or say they do. If you open up the full header in your email program, you can see that these emails are bounced around all over the world before they get to you in the hopes that they won't be caught. I used to write back to these guys telling them that I've notified all the proper authorities so they would be looking for them to put them in prison! I never got an email from THAT person again. Of course, I've gotten dozens of others since I stopped writing back, but I always report them as spam or as a phishing scheme.

yeah! today i got many emails.most of them were notifications.but one was you could say an original email which i got from one of my friends informing me about a catholic retreat.

You shouldnt just shout... you should run!! Have heard of the "from January, you have to pay for the use of email if you dont send this to a certain ammount of persons"? I have gotten this mail 59 times now -yes, I counted- and I cant understand why they do this, do they get paid or something everytime I send the mail?? Well, internet is a really hard thing to predict, but I would recommend you not to do what that message says... just common sense Happy MyLotting and have a nice day! Xp

Absolutely fate email you got~~I had been stuffed into my e-box with several of these kinda emails,the contents are somewhat similar to yours.Besides you mentioned,I was requested my contact details,like address,phone,fax,sth like that.~~.If next time you get that emails,just search the key word in the captioned of email by goooooooogel or other search engine.Good luck~

Hi Aniakim. I don't think I got that one but I have gotten plenty of ones that are about the same thing. Definatly scam. They always say something about you are going to get money blah blah blah blah. lol. What's bad is some people actually believe this stuff.

That is definitely a scam. I have never received one of those e-mails from that particular person, but I have received several other similiar e-mails from different people. I actually responded by telling them to go psss up a rope & enver contact me again. They ultimately just want you to give them your personal & banking information so they fan figure out how to rob you.

It's a common scam e-mail. Just the names, money, and reasons change. Although Nigeria seems to be a common place of origin.

Without a doubt in my mind, this is a scam. I have received dozens of these same emails asking you to inherit the "wealth". I'm guessing I'm lucky getting to be the 1 out of a million 12 times haha. =]

Aniakim, Just to let you know, I have received such mail before and plenty more. Be patient and soon you will find much more creative ones coming your way. I have some amazing news of some past Presidents, diplomatic aides, oil company CEO and even lottery prizes from Microsoft and Yahoo. It would be best for you to ignore them completely and do not even reply them. Venturing further here is just looking for endless frustrations and irritations. Just move on and don't bother. Till today I am just wondering why the proper authorities are not arresting these problems.