MONEY SCAM ON BCO! BEWARE!

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Anonymous
Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
edited June 2014 in Life After Breast Cancer

I just got this in a PRIVATE MESSAGE on BCO. 

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Sent: An hour ago
From: rita78
To: AlwaysHope
Subject: Hello Dear, Hello Dear,   After having gone through your profile, i prayed and decided to confide in you for this simple and sincere business bearing in mind that one has to take some risks at times to survives trial times.
I am Miss,Rita Patrick 19yrs of age, from Sierraleone. The only dauther to the late Dr Douglas Patrick who establish his cocoa and coffee in Dakar , Senegail.
I escaped from our country at the heat of the civil war after loosing my mother and two of my elder brothers in the war. As a result of the political instability in my country, my father established his cocoa and coffee export business in Dakar, Senegail. He went back to Sierraleone for the sales of his property, and was shot and killed by the rebel troupes fighting to take over the government of the country. The death of my father has now made me an orphan and thereby exposing me to danger.
Before his unfortunate death. My late father told me that he deposited  the above mentioned Amount in a consignment with a FINANCE & SECURITY  the sum of $8.7m. million u.s dollars with a security company here in Dakar Senegail a result of the present insecurity of lives and property in this country, I wish to request that you assist me transfer this money in your country since i am still under age.
Again to assist me with a letter of invitation that will make me get a visa to your country for residence in order for me to continue my education and to invest the fund in a valuable business venture. I am willing to give you 25% while 5% has been earmarked for expenses. I shall attach to you by email all the legal documents that is backing this my consignments making it 100% risk and free, when next i hear from you.
If this is acceptable to you. Please, you can contact me with this avaluable email address
( rita_patrick71@yahoo.com   ( rita_patrick71@yahoo.com
Thanks nad remain bless.
Best regards,
Miss.Rita Patrick . 

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  • janet11
    janet11 Member Posts: 262
    edited October 2007

    Gad, a Nigerian scam email here?  They're everywhere (*sigh*) !!!!!

    Janet 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    It was in my 'inbox' here this morning.  I'm befuddled that they are using the pm system of all things.  I guess they thought it would keep it under the radar from the board administrators.

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited October 2007

    Hi Always,

    Anybody can search the internet and find your screen name doing a Google, which will open up your public information page on this website.  I did a google of my screen name and sure enough there was the link to the public information page here on BCO.  Maybe those bloodsuckers were doing a search on the internet with specific words, who knows.  That's why I took my picture avatar off this site. It's one thing to have my postings available for anyone on the internet to read, it's another to have my picture out there. 

    Just a thought.  I may be way off base.  Or they could just be preying on the suffering of others.

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    The thing is ....I don't have any information in my profile here.  :)

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  • Bren-2007
    Bren-2007 Member Posts: 6,241
    edited October 2007

    I deleted all my personal info too!  Maybe they are starting with the "A"s and are working their way down the list.  They should be to the "B"s soon.  :)

    Love,

    BinVA

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2007

    I got a scam in my email the other day.  They are active again!

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  • roseg
    roseg Member Posts: 3,133
    edited October 2007

    I got like 5 of them!

    Really pisses me off because I like to get PMs and thought, oh my! 5 messages.

    It's hard to believe anybody would think anyone would be dumb enough to respond to that. 

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited May 2008

    Surprisingly, people must fall for this or they would give up and try something else.  That is why I wanted to make sure everyone here knew it was going on and it was a scam.

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  • Ka-Loni
    Ka-Loni Member Posts: 431
    edited October 2007

    Hi, These people have enough nerve. I can not believe they go to these great lengths, like breastcancer sites to scam. I get these email scams all the time in my emails. Just delete them! Ladies, don't fall for their scam. I almost did.

    God Bless,

    KaloniWink

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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Member Posts: 1,376
    edited October 2007

    I have a BIG heart, but I'm NOT stupid YET!

    This just makes me angry!

    Shirley

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  • ginger2345
    ginger2345 Member Posts: 517
    edited October 2007

    Well, I just googled my screen name and found lots of company, like "Meet ginger 2345 (adventrous @AmericanSingles.com)" I did NOT click on it!!

    And apparently a lot of gingers are registered there.

    I note that the entries have the first line of posts included --I feel like a bunch of xs and Os are in order!

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  • celia088
    celia088 Member Posts: 2,570
    edited October 2007

    I forward my SPAM mail (the Nigerian schemes) to:  spam@uce.gov

    I  read about this on "Dear Abby" a while ago.  Here is the Federal Trade Commission website that you can read about this:

    http://www.ftc.gov/spam 

    They pursue legal action on these spammers. 

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