Cyber Criminals Make Move to Social Networking Sites

I got a similar email just the other day, only it was from Nigeria. I just got rid of it.

And to think, these things sound sooooo fake too and its unfortunate that some ppl fall for it

Frank, if it's to good to be true... it probably is.

Yes, this is one of the oldest scams on the market. Whenever these hit my mail box I simply hit the Scam button and move on. Sicne doin that, I don't get as many as I used to. In fact I might get one every 3, 4 or 6 months now. By all means you do the same. Otherwise your mail box will be full of them. Be sblessed and safe.

This is definately a fraudulent email. You need to send it to your internet company and report it. I know through AOL it's just spam@aol.com. and through yahoo it's spam@yahoo.com.

I receive emails like this all the time in my inbox. They all basically say the same thing but from different people and they change the wording a little.

Please do not give anyone information over the internet, phone, or email unless you have contacted the person/company yourself. also, NEVER send money to anyone. NEVER give out personal information they ask for such as Name, Address, Phone Number, or anything else. This information can be used to ruin your credit while the criminals are having fun with spending as much as they can.

I know ebay can be a scam also (not always but sometimes). I was looking at purchasing a vehicle and after Many emails to this person, I finally reported them to ebay. I guess someone had stolen this person's identity and was using their name and information. They were taking money from people and then never heard from again.

They refused to let us see the vehicle. Basically saying that they can ship it to use for a fee. The listing was only a few hours away so we figured just to go check it out to see if it was worth the "cheap" price they were asking. This person wanted us to send half the money through PayPal (which is not always covered as paypal states) and then enough to cover shipping.

Well after many harrassing emails about us delaying our decision because he would not let us see the vehicle, I reported him and then ebay reported them to the police.

Remember, if you don't know who emails are from, don't open or click on them. Better off to delete them. Also, never click on links in emails sent from online sources such as Ebay, PayPal, etc. because there are fraudulent emails out there and if you click on the link, it will look alot like the real site - except once you enter your information, you've been scammed and don't know it until it's too late.

Always type the site you want to go to right in your web browser.

I've seen some great advice about avoiding fraud emails / contacts.

Hope everyone has a wonderful day!

This is a money laundering scam. There are several similar e-mails of this sort. Just delete them.

I get different versions of this one all of the time. It's a total scam. I just get sick of them and delete them.

I don't feel sorry for the people that get taken for these scams! They are completely obvious that they are scams. If you fall for these types of scams, then you deserve to get taken for everything you have.

Yep, that's a scam email I get one like it almost every day! The safest bet is if it's not from someone you know, just delete it! And anything that has something about a foreign country and money in it is most definitely a scam. Don't fall for it :)

One very easy way to avoid getting scammed. EARN your money. You should not take free money from your family, much less strangers. Whatever happened to HONOR? Greed is not honor.

My dad recieved something exactly like this in the mail from an "attorney" and it was very professional. So it isn't just e-mails, some of them are going to old fashioned way as well... Don't worry, we shredded it immediately.

Walt it very well could turn out that way !!!!!!
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