Am I the only one.... ( Archived) (27)

Because they only want our money that we don't have!

I said 2 in the past 24 hours....i've had many more. One actually sent voided money orders for large amounts of money. I'm not and idiot, so therefore called the money order company. I'm not paranoid either, but when a person's profile is good english and when they email you they can hardly put 2 english words together....there is a problem. When they want to give you a job overseas or is trying to get money from you.........THIS is a scam.

I'm just getting tired of 4 out of 5 emails being these low life people!

The first one I had was 4 years ago from a princess and a Swiss bank account . They are quite imaginative and funny aren't day

Yes...it is funny when you catch them in the act and throw a monkey wrench into their plans!! I got a big kick out of that one.

Maybe I am out of the loop I guess. I had not heard of Nigeria hitting up America for money on an individual basis.

Some places I know have people who are looking for their ticket out of their own country, but unsure of that here.

If someone smells like a scammer here, report them and I am sure you will not have to hear from them further.

Hey hun......

I have had many trying it on for a ticket out of their country, but I won't play. I can't afford it either!

These "Nigerian a**hole" (apt name for them) aren't just lone individuals trying to play on your affections to get you to pay for a plane ticket to the States; it's a well-organized operation.

From Snopes.com, about Nigerian (and similar) scams:

"The Nigerian scam is hugely successful. According to a 1997 newspaper article:

"We have confirmed losses just in the United States of over $100 million in the last 15 months," said Special Agent James Caldwell, of the Secret Service financial crimes division. "And that's just the ones we know of. We figure a lot of people don't report them."

Do a google search. There is a lot of information out there. They need to be stopped and we can do our part by reporting them everytime they contact us via email and IM. People do fall victim to such scams, because they're easily sucked in by the promise of an eventual fortune, and unfortunately, they're either too stupid to realize it's a scam, or they're blinded by greed.

i haven't gotten any scams on here yet. i get them in my yahoo all the time though, mostly saying i won the UK lottery. i'm not in the UK how could i win the lottery.

I think there is something lost in translation. They were saying "you are the lottery"!!

Thanks Sheila....I will check into that. Anything to get these scums to go away.