I won $1,500,000!!!

Richard from SE AZ · Oct 17, 2010

Got a call today. Guy on the line said that I had won $1,500,000. They would pay all taxes and send me what was left. It was quite a story about how and why I had won this money.All I had to do was send then 1% of the $1,500,000 for processing fees. I told him to send me the money and I would send them 10%. He hung up.Be careful. Call was from a Jamaican area code.

Roy in UK · Oct 18, 2010

This happened to a old lady here in England. She knew straight away it was a scam but she let them talk awhile to make them think she had fallen for it. When they mentioned an ..ahem..."Administration fee" she said "Oh that's not a problem, you can deduct it from my winnings " "
They hung up....

agpilot · Oct 18, 2010

Hi Richard SE AZ: I got an Email about 2 weeks ago from a friend in which he said he was being held by police some place in Asia. He said he needed $2,000 real quick to get out of the mess he was in... etc etc.. Bunch of "Bull." Fake Email designed to get $$$. I had assumed he wasn't too careful with his security when using his computer but how did they know how to make it sound like him? Slick buggers. I was even a little concerned about deleting that email? I've been ripped off by local people ( and even family members) and now I am reminded to be real careful with this Wonderful World Wide Web. All part of having to deal with human beings, I guess. ag.

52 M37 · Oct 18, 2010

Maybe you insulted them when you offered to give them 10%???? LOL

Eric SEI · Oct 18, 2010

I got an eMail a while ago from a relative from Oklahoma that I had never heard of before he showed at my Dad's funeral in Indiana. He was truly from my Mom's side, totally legit.

Anyway, I got an eMail from him one day claiming that he was in England and due to a theft needed to borrow some money so he could get home. I just automatically decided it was a scam using stolen personal data since he had a lot of relatives who actually knew him who he would contact instead of me.

Anonymous-0 · Oct 19, 2010

You are an extremely lucky fellow , not often you win that much without a ticket.

Inno · Oct 19, 2010

That's nothing, I win the UK lottery every couple of weeks. My email address must be very popular and I must be very trustworthy because folks are constantly wanting me to help them move large sums of money from other countries into my bank account. I tell 'em I'm too busy working on my tractor to bother. :lol:

dbernie · Oct 19, 2010

My mom is pretty old.
She knew what was going on when she received the call.
I don't know exactly what she said to play with them,
but she counted 95 (unanswered) calls in one day from them.
She finally picked up and told them off.

No more calls from them.
She's a pretty stubborn ol woman, pretty spunky at her age still.

greygoat · Oct 19, 2010

I get e-mail at least once a week from an
executive at the "bank of China", in Hong Kong.
He wants me to accept some "funds" to help
settle an estate of a millionare who passed
away with no heirs ! Of course there's a "finders
Fee" !

I won $1,500,000!!!

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