The problem with Pac is that he wants to win the lottery so bad that he is willing to believe anything at this point. He is the perfect type of prey for these scammers, they love these types. At least he was smart enough to ask about it here, there are never any stupid questions. You don't win millions through random emails, most are also generated by bots for phishing purposes only. Then you will start receiving more junk mail at the very least.
Oh yeah here is one I got today. I will be giving him all my personal information, and my checking account info immediately! Finally I will be able to start my own enterprise YAY!!
FROM: CHEUNG PUI
(cpui_hk03@yahoo.com.hk)
Dear Friend,
Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr. Cheung Pui director of
operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have a obscured business
suggestion for you.
I honestly apologize and hope I do not cause you much embarrassment by
contacting you through this means for a transaction of this
magnitude,but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this
medium,sorry my English is not very good.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Major Fadi Baseem who was
with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit
for 18 calendar months, with a value of Twenty Four millions Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity
several Notice was sent to him, even during the war early this year. Again
after the war another notification was sent and still no response came
from him. We later find out that the Major and his family had been
killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home.
After further investigation it was also discovered that Major Fadi
Baseem did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including
the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last
time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in
my bank. So, Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to
claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the to the laws of my
ountry at the expiration 3 years the funds will revert to the ownership
of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that you will
be able to receive his funds.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we
shall come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will
prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to
Major Fadi Baseem , all that is required from you at this stage is for
you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney
can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the
attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the
necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the
funds to an account that will be provided by you.
There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going adopt a
legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary
documents.
Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in allmatters
concerning this issue.Once the funds have beentransferred to your
nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for
you . Should you be interested please send me your full names and current
residential address and I will prefer you to reach me on the email
address below
(cpui_hk03@yahoo.com.hk)
And finally after that i shall provide you with more details of this
operation.
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Mr. Cheung Pui"
I said only 30%??? You greedy #%#$%. 50% at least or no deal.
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Check out this site for ways to play with them, and become educated on the subject.
"So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will be helping to keep the scammers away from real potential victims and screwing around with the minds of deserving thieves."
"You cannot win a contest you haven't entered! Anyone who ever claims you have is certainly lying and probably trying to rob you. No matter how persuasive his pitch, just stick to that one fact. You haven't entered this contest, so you could not have won it.
Oh, and make it a habit to always copy the most prominent phrase in an e-mail such as this one, paste it into Google's search field, and add "scam" to the string. If it comes back with a bunch of hits for sites warning you of the danger, you have your answer." Robert (another forum)
I also almost fell for the russian scam girl http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=russuan+detective&fr=yfp-t-501&toggle=1&cop=mss&ei=UTF-8
Until after a few emails I could tell that she(?) was not actually answering my questions, or engaging in normal chat, and her responses seemed "scripted," in which I found out there were—when I went to the forum and seen that hundreds of others were getting the same EXACT email, and all the same and some different Russian model pics being used. Something felt wrong, and I was skeptical from the start; and turns out my first instinct was right. Do you need anymore info?
If so, I am afraid you will need to find out the hard way.