This has been going around for years, it's basically common sense really. Anything on the internet should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Originally posted by Zanzibar
This has been going around for years, it's basically common sense really. Anything on the internet should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 13:46:09 +0000

I just received this in my email this afternoon, so it's still very active.

Googled the lottery immediately and found out what it was toot sweet, but there's always somebody tempted to hit that 'contact' link.

Just making sure no-one in our membership gets taken in, Zanzibar.

I know you were! I sounded a bit scathing in my last post didn't I? Didn't mean to!

There are many more going around as well, the credit card ones, especially fake eBay ones.

I've got a lot of e-mails about winning some lottery, I think that one was in the Netherlands.

Anyway, I actually do have $50 million dollars, but sadly I can't deposit it in a U.S. bank, so if you'd kindly give me all your bank details, I'll deposit it in yours!

Heh...really, if you are dumb enough to fall for one of these scams, then you don't deserve the money you lost in the first place...especially if it is some person/award/bank in "Nigeria", "South Africa", or any country half way around the world where of course you can't get to, and of course the people there don't want anything to do with you, other than trying to take the money of the "dumb americans."

Even better, you can hit them back by sounding dumb and acting interested in the deal, wasting their scamming time, or possibly getting money from them if you can play it right...or when they send you some nice little picture of their family in Africa, respond with a bid on the "women" instead of the money. ala blues brothers "how much for the women. the little girl, how much for the little girl?"

You probably won't get anymore e-mails this way..