Do you think this is legitimate?

@TheHorse (218931)
Walnut Creek, California
June 19, 2021 10:33pm CST
I am safe at home. I went swimming when I got home from the bluegrass jam up in the foothills, and wound up as an adult supporting a 4-year-old's birthday party. When I checked my email, I found the following in my SPAM folder. But I like money, and am interested. --- Good day, Congratulations your money is currently now with our correspondent bank Bank of America NA, Charlotte, North Carolina to be credited to your account which will hit your Bank account in couple of hours. Am so happy for you as your suffering has come to an end all you need is to comply with them I know as a Wire transfer between Bank of America and your own bank will not cost much, once more congratulation. Am currently in USA to supervise the conclusion of your transfer. Best regards, Alex IBEH Director, Foreign Reserve Escrow Account Officer Central Bank of Nigeria --- The only thing that makes me suspicious is the fact that I have not been suffering over the past day or two. I was drinking wine and Scotch and playing music with my friends. Should I send them my bank information and see what happens?
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24 responses
@noni1959 (10095)
• United States
20 Jun 21
You might want to check the brand and year of Scotch your drinking.
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
He has genes that make him genetically prone to get high with just a few drops of anything...including water.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
Heh. If it says "Scotch," I drink it. Glenlivet is my favorite.
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@LadyDuck (471493)
• Switzerland
20 Jun 21
Give them the bank information of one of your enemies... if you have one.
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@LadyDuck (471493)
• Switzerland
20 Jun 21
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
Aha! Good idea.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jun 21
@LadyDuck I aspire to be as evil as @Vandana7.
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
20 Jun 21
Dude! This is as legit as it gets! Grats as you are the next multi-millionaire!
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
20 Jun 21
@TheHorse the way good ole' Donald is trying to court votes to get back to the White House, that is likely to happen. Just tell him how you want to style the plates.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
Whee! Maybe Donald Trump will make a personalized license plate for me at his next residence!
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
20 Jun 21
Oh, yes, please send them all your banking information! I'd love to hear all about your great luck after you receive whatever is coming to you! Edit to add: I started looking in my Spam folder to see if I'm getting this kind of crap, too. I haven't seen anything like this or the emails from the President... I believe you get them because you open crap like this so they keep targeting you.
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
I also wondered how he gets them, whereas we don't.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
20 Jun 21
@TheHorse The feature is called a "read receipt" and yes, anyone can enable it on emails they send to you. All you have to do is open the email and the sender is notified.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
You think reading an email leads to continued emails? I'm not sure. Of course I don't clink on links.
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@wolfgirl569 (106452)
• Marion, Ohio
20 Jun 21
That is the only thing? I think you need to sober up some more
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
You think that is possible with Pony? How naive can you get Eva.
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@wolfgirl569 (106452)
• Marion, Ohio
21 Jun 21
@vandana7 We need to hope he can
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@sallypup (61172)
• Centralia, Washington
20 Jun 21
Maybe you will also win the lottery and share it with me, please?
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@BarBaraPrz (47343)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
20 Jun 21
@TheHorse Haven't bought any tickets in the last 5 months, have you?
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
What a pleasant thought..
@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
I promise to send you 50% of all winnings I earn from all lottery tickets I have bought in the last five months. Am I a nice MyLotter or what?
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@Blondie2222 (28611)
• United States
20 Jun 21
Even the way they wrote it doesn't sound professional at all, so definitely spam. I would not give them my information!
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
Heh. You need not worry.
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@prinzcy (32305)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 21
He didn't even mentioned how much. Should've stated that in the email. How to be interested then.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
Maybe it's "up to $50,000,000.00."
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
Bull's eye...that was to evade these spam catching software. Sigh.
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
20 Jun 21
Such messages are very common here. Better not to test the fire.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
I just ignore.
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@msdivkar (23359)
• India
20 Jun 21
@TheHorse That is the right thing to do I think.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
@msdivkar I wonder if most "victims" are elders or people for whom the message is not in their native language.
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@Jlyn10 (11965)
• Malaysia
20 Jun 21
Hey, wake up, buddy! Are you still in your dreams? Time to wake up!
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
He should start sending reverse spam. I am a broke, my girlfriends cheated me. I need monies. Open a new account and send its details to spammers. Invariably some guy there will feel sorry and send him a few dollars.
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@Jlyn10 (11965)
• Malaysia
21 Jun 21
@vandana7 Yes, that should do the trick.
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@xander6464 (44250)
• Wapello, Iowa
21 Jun 21
I don't know why but they don't include the most important part in these letters anymore. You have to make 25 copies of the letter and send them to all your friends or bad things happen.
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
Ah..... I remember that one....
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
22 Jun 21
@xander6464 Don't give them ideas...
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@xander6464 (44250)
• Wapello, Iowa
21 Jun 21
@vandana7 I wonder if they'll ever come back.
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@rakski (123463)
• Philippines
20 Jun 21
Maybe you should send it back.
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• Nigeria
21 Jun 21
Hmm, that's the kind of trick scammers do use to defraud innocent persons. They just want to get your bank details. From there on l, they'll get your personal banking information to defraud you. So be careful when sending your financial details.
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@Shiva49 (26689)
• Singapore
20 Jun 21
"Will not cost much" is rather vague. Someone told me " I am not born today" to be deceived by such. That they are around for years means "fools rush in where angels fear to tread".
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
Fools are fearless? Evil Grin.
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
@Shiva49 At least they show us the direction we shouldn't be taking. LOL
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@Shiva49 (26689)
• Singapore
21 Jun 21
@vandana7 They have nothing to lose but only to gain to become a bigger fool!
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
20 Jun 21
my oh my what wonders lie when we open our spam folders! Money just freely flowing from the great tree of cashola. PT Barum once said there is one born every minute (a Sucker in particular). this one is pretty benign though overall.
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
20 Jun 21
Mr. Barnum was right. But I'm still convinced I'm soon to be richer than Donald Trump.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
20 Jun 21
@TheHorse based on all the legal costs mounting there may be seven year olds richer than Donald Trump soon.
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@kareng (59287)
• United States
20 Jun 21
Maybe the Horse is smokin a bit with the drinking?? I have been getting similar messages on Messenger!! Crazy People!!
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
21 Jun 21
Ask them which money they are talking about? Is it your ancestors who left for you ? Or it's a lucky draw you won or what?
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
The word ancestors is caught on by spam catching software. As is figure more than thousands. So they are avoiding a few words. Art of drafting ..
@RasmaSandra (79929)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jun 21
I should think not, What a scam and set up, I wonder how it benefits them beside scamming people out of their money, Delete that and move on,
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@RasmaSandra (79929)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
21 Jun 21
@TheHorse that is true and the other thing that always comes to my mind is if only it were so easy to get some unexpected money, SIGH
@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jun 21
Heh. I find the scam emails amusing. But it's sad that some people fall for them.
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
20 Jun 21
hahaha, give them some infos that is not you, see what will happen
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
Somebody else's account will get hacked.
@LindaOHio (178869)
• United States
20 Jun 21
lololol You made me laugh. Sure go ahead and send your bank info to the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. That screams NOOOOO! How do you get so much of this stuff?
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@vandana7 (100300)
• India
21 Jun 21
He hopes to see some beauty who will steal his heart and purse, but he only finds interest in his purse.
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@cool83 (4467)
• Sri Lanka
21 Jun 21
This is really a scam , don`t send details or money they requesting
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@TheHorse (218931)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Jun 21
I would not.