Internet Fraud

It seems most come from Africa in general and Nigeria in particular. I've talked to 2 different people on Yahoo who were scammed on automobiles. This one is pretty standard now, I think. From : Mrs Serena Jones Ivory Coast, West Africa 00225 06 44 37 82. serenajones121@yahoo.ca Dearest With due respect and humility I write you this letter which I believe you would be of great assistance to me and my children. I am Mrs Serena Jones, the wife of the late Dr David E. Jones Jr of blessed memory. Prior to my husband assassination by the rebel forces loyal to Corporal Foday Sankoh of the revolutionary United Front (RUF), he was the Director General National Gold and Diamond Mining Corporation of Sierra-Leone. Few days before my husband was assassinated, he instructed me and my children (George and Henry) to move out of Sierra-Leone and also to go in his underground strong room where the documents of money he has deposited in a finance company in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire in one trunk box as family valuables and treasures with the name of my first son Mr George as the beneficiary. The amount is US$15.500.000 (Fifteen Million five hundred thousand united states dollars). We managed to escape to Abidjan the Republic of Cote cote d'Ivoire through the help of my husband friend who is a trawler. As our travelling document was seized. I am now looking for a trustworthy and God fearing person who will handle this money for rapid profit for the future of my two fatherless children. For your information, the finance company did not know the real content of the box and we do not wish them to know until the money is transferred to your account. As it was deposited as family valuables and treasures. Meanwhile, I want to leave Cote d'Ivoire entirely for investment of this money in your country and mostly for the future of my children. I want you to please assist us to claim the box from the finance company and to deposit the money in your account as to order the bank to transfer the money to your account in your country. As our foreign partner. We have it in mind to reward you with a certain percentage for your assistance. As soon as we hear from you. Do not hesitate to call my son George on this line Tel:(00225 06 44 37 82..) immediately you receive this letter to enable us proceed in earnest towards retrieving the box and transferring of the money into your account. Finally please ensure that no one else knows about this money as it is only myself my son, yourself and the Rev. pastor of the church where we worship knows about this money. May God bless you as you assist me. PLEASE REPLY ME WITH THIS PRIVATE EMAIL serenajones121@yahoo.ca Yours sincerely, Mrs SERENA JONES. 00225 06 44 37 82..

yes internet scam just for the first six months of 2006 it cost about 250000 dollars in american citizens. from this we are able to see that even that the internet has change many things in the world the last 10 years some people that are out there and are using it in daily basis they lack of 'internet education' and they continue to fall victims to scammers just use the word scam or scammer at yahoo or google and u will find much about this

These types of Scams are definitely on the increase. I get between 4 to 6 of these "Phishing" letters a day , telling me that I have won a lottery that I have not entered or I am a long the lost relative of a deceased Millionaire or because I am such a trustworthy person I am being offered to "represent" a company. All I have to do is give them my bank account numbers and passwords and they will deposit money in my account. WOW! The bottom line is; if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. If a so called bank asks you to "confirm" your account numbers, passwords, SSI or SIN "for security reasons", its a scam. Your bank would never email you, they would phone you directly if there is a problem with your account. I recently had a phishing email from someone who claimed to be from my bank. The email was pretty convincing but I recognized it as a Phishing attempt and reported it to my ISP provider. NEVER GIVE OUT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBERS, PASSWORDS OR SSI/SIN TO ANYONE, ESPECIALLY WHILE ON THE NET.

Yes, they are called phishing scams (kinda like fishing). These scams appear like a legitimate e-mails, but they are not. Remeber that youshould never give away your SSN, EVER. And if you are entering the home address and Name, make sure its a legitimate site. By the way if the guy had bunch of milions, he wouldn't give it to you. Would you give away your money? Anyways, yes. These scams are increasing, because its soe easy to make one and the send it out massevely. So be on the look out. Good Luck