Newest Scam ? - "Poor Old Widow"

[Mark]

Here's another version of the African/Nigerian Scam i just Got ....




"

Dearly Beloved In Christ,

Calvary greetings in the name of our Lord
Jesus Christ, I am former Mrs.judith Fullman, now Mrs.Flora
Fullman, a widow to Late John Fullman.

I am 70 years old. I am now a new Christian convert, from long time
cancer of the breast,From all indications, my condition is serious and
is quite obvious that I may not live more than six months, because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very severe state and my doctor has told
me this. My late husband was killed during the Gulf war, and during
the period of our marriage we had a son who was also killed in cold
blood during the Gulf war. My late husband was very wealthy and after
his death, I inherited all his business and wealth. As my doctor told
me that I may not live for more than six months, I am so scared about
this.

So, I now decided to divide part of the inherited wealth, by
contributing to the development of evangelism in the world. This
mission, which will no doubt be tasking had made me to recently
relocate to Nigeria, Africa where I live presently. I selected you
after browsing the Internet for this purpose and prayed over it. I am
willing to donate the sum of US$8,000,000.00 (Eight Million USD) to you
for the development of evangelism and also as aids for the less
privileged around you.

Please note that this fund is lying with a Security Company and my
family Lawyer will file an immediate application for the transfer of
the money in your name. Please, do not reply me if you have the
intention of using this fund for personal use. Lastly, I want you and
your church to keep praying for me regarding my health because I have
come to find out since my spiritual birth recently that wealth
acquisition without Jesus Christ in one's life is vanity upon vanity.
If you have to die says the Lord, keep fit and I will give you the
crown of life. May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of
God, and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you now and
forever more.

I await your urgent reply.

Yours in Christ. Flora Fullman (Mrs.)

32, Obafemi Awolowo Crescent, Victoria Garden City (V.G.C) Victoria
Island, Lagos, Nigeria.


"



Now using Religion - Geeeez ........

 

[TWM]

reply

it might be true, doubt it, but hey, who knows

 

[The Equivocate]

Of course it's not true :lol:

 

[Raf]

Heh, first time I see something like this going around.

 

[identity_00]

I have seen a lot of variations of this.
Was posted on the FBI website telling people about this scam.

 

[Mr. Websites]

:bah:
I wonder what the point to this is, though. I mean, if you do reply to the following email, will they ask you for your credit card number and such to make the transfer? I'm guessing the whole scam is for credit card numbers.

 

[The Equivocate]

I thought the other forms of the scam letter were to get you to reply so they know your account is active so they can send you spam email.

Or a bank acct number?

 

[Mr. Websites]

Damn, that's a waste of time. They could be investing the same amount of time elsewhere for better earnings. If the scam is for credit card numbers, I doubt they'll linger on the streets for much longer. Someday, one of us should respond and find the motive to these emails.

 

[The Equivocate]

I think if you respond, they know your email is active and they can send you spam. Try it out and let us know

 

[vanesaa]

Originally posted by Mr. Websites
Damn, that's a waste of time. They could be investing the same amount of time elsewhere for better earnings.

100% agree :tu:

Moreover, are there any people today, so stupid, to believe to such "stories"?

 

[rabid_nerd]

LOL.. What they do is they want your bank account (checking/savings) information to wire you the money, in which case they do you the favor of doing the exact opposite...

 

[Anthony]

Jesus doesn't like email scams, I would assume.

 

[CoolGuy]

:D funny Anthony

I would just delete it but I'm curious so i might of respond this one tme.

 

[netPH]

Originally posted by TSC
I think if you respond, they know your email is active and they can send you spam. Try it out and let us know

If you respond to, this might be the outcome http://spl.haxial.net/nigerian-fraud/ :lol:

 

[identity_00]

Yep.. they empy our account for you.

 

[Omar]

I've seen these 411 scams before... but I'm curious about one thing....

How is it possible for someone to empty your bank account just by knowing the account number (and any other relevant info in order to transfer money *to* the account) .... surely you need to "authorise" any transfers "out" of your account at your bank?

I ask because a lot of domainers also accept bank transfers as a payment method.... surely they would not be doing this if it is such a security risk?

- Omar

 

[vanesaa]

That's because the "other relevant info" which usually includes a copy of your id and your signature can work fine with them... They pretend they are your legal representatives who have been authorized by you to conduct bank transfers.
This is the common way to cheat. However if someone knows only your bank account can do nothing with it.
Go visit the link posted by Nethp and you will certainly get an idea of how the whole scam works...

 

[Mark]

Actually - If they were to get your routing number and your account number - it's all over but the fighting and crying -

They are supposed to confirm - but I've paid payments before and requested money this way many times ......

 

[Omar]

Ah, thanks for the info.

- Omar

 

[DJ-Sound]

I used to get 1-20 of these a day, I don't know why people bother to write them.... I wouldn't open any email with a strange subject line if I were you.......

 

[The Equivocate]

Originally posted by DJ-Sound
I used to get 1-20 of these a day, I don't know why people bother to write them.... I wouldn't open any email with a strange subject line if I were you.......

If they send this email to 10,000 people and just one of them falls for it, it's already worth their trouble.