How would you know if a email is a scam?a woman sent me an email saying she sent me money through a courier?

here is her message:



Greetings To You My Dear Friend!!!



I have been waiting for you to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $800,000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since that time.



Then I went and deposited the Draft with COURIER SERVICE, West Africa,I travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till end . What you have to do now is to contact the COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.



For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.



The only money you will send to the COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft direct to your postal Address in your country is ($210 USD) Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $210 US Dollars.



I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow:



Name Of Courier: FEDEX COURIER COMPANY.

Email Address: fed_representativeoffice@yahoo.com

Phone;+234 802 239 4674



Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address() and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.



Below is their payment information which you will use in sending them the Security Keeping Fee.



Name of sender:

Address of sender:

Names Of receiver: Mr.Richard Tunde

Address of receiver:123 kudirat abiola way Portharcourt Nigeria.

Amount to be sent: $210usd

M.T.C.N:????

Text Question: with God?

Answer: all things are possible



Let me repeat again, try to contact them and also send them the fees as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay. You should also let me know through email as soon as you receive your Draft.



Yours Faithfully,

Mrs Alice Jane.

漏 2009How would you know if a email is a scam?a woman sent me an email saying she sent me money through a courier?
Well, of course it is a scam!

First of all, why in the world would a complete stranger want to send you a check for reasons unknown to you, that you are certainly not expecting.

Second, disregarding that fact, any legitimate business that would send you anything, will never ask you to pay a charge or fee of any kind.

There are many other reasons that this screams fake, but FYI, any mention of Nigeria it the biggest tip-off of all for a scam! Now, back to you, why are you opening mail from people you do not know? Opening spam mail alerts the sender that your address is a valid one and they send you loads and loads more.

When an E-mail offer sounds too good to be true, then it is definitely not true.

It is a scam to get your personal information and/or money.

Do not respond to it.

Report it, forward it to the FTC at spam@uce.gov and to the abuse desk of the sender's ISP.

For yahoo, report them here: http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/mail/ya鈥?/a>

Choose Fraud as the reason for the violation you're reporting on.

Also, if the E-mail appears to be impersonating a bank or other company or organization, forward the message to the actual organization.

And for your E-mail safety, remember:

Do not ever open E-mail from people you do not know; and unless you are absolutely sure who it is from then treat them as spam.

Never, ever give out your personal information to anyone, for any reason, whether by E-mail, snail mail, phone call, or at your front door.

And do not ever send money, checks or money orders to; or cash checks, money orders for any one - ever.
LOL! Typical Nigerian scam, I can't believe people still fall for this. You send them 210$ they send you nothing, easy money for them.How would you know if a email is a scam?a woman sent me an email saying she sent me money through a courier?
Anything that asks you to send money is a scam. Do not do it.
Just think about it: why would anyone send you $800,000 but make it subject to your paying $210 in fees to get it? It makes no sense.



The turn-of-the-last-century con man known as "The Yellow Kid" once remarked that every single person he ever conned was looking to get something for nothing or to cheat someone else.How would you know if a email is a scam?a woman sent me an email saying she sent me money through a courier?
So you opened an email that says" Greetings to you my Dear Friend?" Do you know this person? Did you ask her to send you email? Do you always open junk that comes from people you don't know? That's the definition of spam: email from people you don't know."



Duuh. Let me correspond with you since you seem to be a believer in this. I have some riverfront property in the Little Sahara in western Oklahoma for sale that you might be interested in. LOL
Right ground rules, guide lines call it what you will.



If you don't know person don't trust!



If they ask for money don't trust!



If they ask for "Any!" details don't trust!



If it seems too good to be true, eg. You have won or there is this great free gift or deal for you. "Don't!" trust, especially if the offer or prize is something you haven't had to do anything for to start with.