Venditoris: Beware of Scams

Can you imagine receiving an email like the one below? Some person whom I do not know sends an unaddressed email to tell me his friend will send me a “Cashier Bank Draft” in the amount of
“TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS”, just out of the blue!

Maybe he’s Santa Claus.

Maybe he is trying to scam some dumb, deliriously naive person to answer him if only to help him with his spelling.

My best bet for the $2,500.000.00Us Dollars is Santa! I’m hanging up my stocking right now, just in case.
(If you don’t play, you never win - just like a lottery)

But I am not responding to such an email! I’m dumping it right after I post it here for the rest of the world to see and appreciate for what it most likely is: Another variant on a Nigerian spam email Letter!

Santa already knows my address and whether I’ve been naughty or nice.

Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008
From: “williams24 james”
Subject: Gooday My Dear Friend,

Gooday My Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to let you know about my success in getting those fund transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Greece. I didn’t forget your past efforts to assist me in transferring those funds.

Now contact my secretary Mr. Walter Davis with his email address : (sec_walterdavisdeptoffic@hotmail.fr ), then ask him to send you the total sum (TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS) $2,500.000.00Us Dollars Cashier Bank Draft which I raised for your compensation. So feel free to get in touched with him and make sure you privided your personal information listed below to him including your telephone and fax number where they will send the cashier bank draft to.

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS.
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER.
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE.
5.A COPY OF YOUR INT’L PASSPORT
6.YOUR MARRITAL STATUS
7.COUNTRY/CITY/ZIP CODE.
8.YOUR OCCUPATION

Let me know immediately you receive it for us to share the joy together. I’m very busy here with the investment projects which I am having at hand, finally, I left instruction to the secretary on your behalf, so feel free to get in touch with him.

Best regards,
Barr James Williams