what do you think about those email from people who wanted help to transfer their big amount of money by banks

just trying to get money out of ya . don't fall for it.

This SCAM has been around for many years now. It has been investigated by all federal law enforcement agencies. Little can be done because by the time the crooks are traced they have move to a new location and have new Email addresses, etc. . This type of SCAM relies on peoples greed! IT looks good to the greedy to invest a few hundred dollars and get much more in yeald. They do not even care if it is (supposidly) illegal monies syphoned off by them- instead of going to the poor of that country. Most of these creeps claim they are in are from Kenya. My last two way conversation was with a chick who was supposed to be in banking in Seattle Washington. Upon questioning, she didn't even know the names of the main intersections or the names of any opf the Seattle newspapers. Save your $$$! Crooks will always be with us.

This is called a 419 scam after the section of the Nigerian legal code making it illegal. The internet is nothing new to Nigerian scammers. They have been handwriting, later typing, then faxing and now emailing similar scam mail since AT LEAST the 1890's. The only twist here is that it is someone pretending to be Zimbabwean rather than Nigerian. The basic scam idea is that he can cause the "security company" to transfer the huge pile of money into an account in a stable banking system. But... sadly, he has no such account and no access to open one. But... if only YOU, who do, would agree to receive his money for him, he could have it transferred and would ecstatically pay you a VERY handsome fee for doing so. However, you get strung along, maybe for months if really gullible. First, the "security company" requires a fee. It must come from the transfer account: your account. He has nothing, but if you would just pay the fee, he will give you an even larger fee than he would have before. Please good sir or ma'am! Then he must worry that you will just keep it all. Well, he must risk it. But he would like to transfer it out quickly once it is in your account. (LOL, to where? After all, if he had an account to transfer it quickly out to, why does he need you? Well, yes good sir or ma'am, but he is not as stringent as the "security company" and does not mind transferring it into a risky bank in (where was it? oh yeah...) Thailand. Yes, you could do the transfer, but he knows how to do it and would really feel best not bothering you toooo much. If you could just give him your on-line user name and password, he'll handle that part of it. You are now out the fee (sometimes a really gullible person pays a WHOPPING fee). A minute or two after giving the user name/password out, you are out all your account's money as well. Sometimes more fees and, well, yes good sir or ma'am, one must sadly acknowledge they are really bribes, maybe a few more are needed before the transfer. If you never give out the user name/password, they write checks for varying amounts drawn on the account whose information you provide. By the time you realize something like that has happened, the accounts they were deposited to have been emptied and you find the genial bank you are used to is a VERY different and beastly animal when they can't just claw the money back out of the system, one that is different enough they tell you to pursue the money from the criminal, in court, and not to bother them further. Of course, it could be your school janitor who sent the email. It need not be a real Zimbabwean. In a general sense, to be ready to recognize other scams in life, note the "button pushing" the author does in the "story" part of the email. The best example is "My father was accused of assisting the White farmers" which shows just what a wonderful man his poppy was. He was helping whites and was murdered for it! What higher calling could a man, especially a black man, have had? Button, button, who's pushing the button? Always be careful to begin with and then more so as a story you are being told begins to hit closer and closer to home. But just as some criminals must be let go to uphold legal principles that protect law-abiding citizens from abuse by a government, the world's email system must be open enough that scum like this can try to rip us off in order for us all to have easy and free (in the sense of open, not in the sense of it somehow not costing anything!) access to the world via email.

This is one of the most common scams in the world now!

I thought everyone knew about it.

I think you will find it listed on Scam web sites under many names now, but the most common is the Nigerian scam.

I heard recently of one middle aged couple in the UK who KNEW about the Nigerian scam but were convinced that their man was utterly genuine. They ended up losing over £100,000 to the scammers before they recognised that just because he was a "nice young man" did not mean he was not also a scammer.

The scam by the way, is that, at the very last minute, they need some foreign currency to bribe officials in order to move the money out.

They are absolutely nothing but scams. They are set up in countries where the US govt. cannot do anything legally against these pirates ! If you put one cent towards any of these schemes then you are an idiot ! They have been touted by every internet Carrier on the planet as nothing but a scourge and nothing but thieves and bandits using false bank fronts and national seals to make them look legitimate ! More fools are made from these foolish deals than any other internet scheme !

This is definitely a scam. There was an article recently about a man who fell for it, and lost somewhere close to a million dollars. He actually went to Nigeria to deal with these people!

Remember the old adage: if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.

This is a scam, usually from africa/ nigeria, there are many variations,one I saw recently, was offering 20% of 200million USD.I know a guy who lost evey cent he had,cash and houses and is now renting.

If you go along with it you will be a victim, in company with others, who saw the dollars, but not the sense.

Not real, it is a scam. I have gotten several of those. I got my first one around the time of 9-11 and it sort of freaked me out, so I forwarded it to the FBI and they sent me the info on what kind of scam it was...

Just delete it.

I think you should follow their instructions.

Then email me and let me know how you get along.

Sounds like a really good deal, and if you have to ask if it's true then you are ideal to take up the deal!

It's a scam. You'll lose your money. Your bank account will be drained. You may be charged with money laundering. If the scammer is connected to terror organizations, you may be charged with aiding terrorism.

They are scams. Remember, if something is too good to be true, it probably isn't.

When in doubt, check out www.snopes.com. They work to research and validate a lot of things you see onthe net