anybody else get this scam message from "hubpages member??"

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   elisabethkcmoposted 13 years ago

   Hope we all know this is bogus, I reported it to the HubPages abuse center:
   
   Rita Dominic, (ritadominic15@yahoo.com) rita4u on HubPages
   has sent you this message.
   (email address not verified)
   
   From Rita Dominic,
   
   AV 332 rue 1269
   
   Barré Treichville
   
   Cote D Ivoire Abidjan,
   
   P.O.Box 19950
   
   
   
   Dear beloved one,
   
   I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise but in brief introduction I am Sister Rita Dominic From Monrovia
   
   Republique of Liberia, presentely I am in neighbouring Country Abidjan Cote D Ivory West African where my late father
   
   deposited the money for ownworld transfer,
   
   I'm contacting you to assist me transfer my inheritage fund wish my late father deposited before his death, My father
   
   was formally the director of the Liberian Gold Mining Cooperation, and because of his position the ruling party poison
   
   my late father in collaborating with my uncle,
   
   But before the death of my father in private hospital, He told me about a sum of ($2,500.000.00 Million united state
   
   dollars, which he deposited with my name as the only child in a neighbouring country called Cote d’Ivoire. Presently I
   
   have arrived to Cote d’Ivoire Abidjan. This is why I have decided to contact you seeking your assistance to help me
   
   transfer out my money to your care for and investment purpose and to continues my education as my late father
   
   instructed me, after which I will come over to Live with you, and continue my living and education there in your country.
   
   please i am a motherless child i lost my mother when she was giveing birth to me,
   
   Dear for your urgent assistnce on this transfer i am willing to offer you 15% of the total fund, for you time and effort on
   
   this transaction, Please I will like you to send to me your following personal and contact information’s as in: this will
   
   aneble me to introduce you to the Bank as the Bank told me that i will prensent to them my late father foriegn partner
   
   wish will be provided by me, contact me ritadominic@cantv.net
   
   1. Your full Name.
   
   2. Your private phone and fax number
   
   3) your age and your occupation
   
   4) Addressed
   
   From Rita Dominic

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      rhamsonposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      Go ahead and answer it and see how many telemarketer calls you get.  That would be the least of your worries if you fall for this one.
      
      I really love the way she validates herself as a Sister of some order then wants you to conspire with her to get some money.

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      lorlie6posted 13 years agoin reply to this

      I just saw her on another forum...her name was mentioned, and quoted.

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   LOT2DOposted 13 years ago

   Not received such, but thanks for the info.

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   Crazdwriterposted 13 years ago

   Haven't recieved that but yea that is total SPAM
   There is also a spammer in the forums like this is some sort of dating website. *gag*

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   rebekahELLEposted 13 years ago

   hmm, no I did not see this, just the recent streaker spamming the forums now with her email, etc.... it's a crazy world.

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      Crazdwriterposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      streaker good one rebekah good one!

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         rebekahELLEposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         she must have been desperate!!!!!

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            Crazdwriterposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            Yep definitely so sad that ppl get that way where they are throwing themselves at others... poor kid

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   blue dogposted 13 years ago

   come on, elisabeth. 
   
   two and half mil?  quite tempting.
   
   perhaps a hub??

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      elisabethkcmoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

      plus she wants to come live with me, now how could I pass that up??  you're right, it does sound like a hub, hmm...

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         blue dogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

         multi-million dollar roommates...
         
         it gets more tempting by the minute!

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            Crazdwriterposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            You contact her then blue dog and long time no talk dude!

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               blue dogposted 13 years agoin reply to this

               yes, been a while.  hope you're recovering from recent events.  i can see by your new avatar that you honor the memories....

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            elisabethkcmoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

            took your suggestion and wrote a short hub about this, blue dog, thanks for the idea!

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   RedElfposted 13 years ago

   Haven't received this one for a while but this one and several like it have made the rounds several times in the past 10 years or so - guess there's a new crop every so often.
   
   I, and at least one other hubber I know of though, have received several emails purporting to be from young women in an Ethiopian or some other) refugee camp looking for "friendship, a long term relationship" and someone to help free them from durance vile.
   
   At first I thought it was a rather sad mistake, and that I had been targeted because I posted a comment to one of Mark Knowles hubs - sincere apologies, Mark! It had nothing to do with your site, LOL - but having received several with very similar wording, I now believe it's a scam to wring money from people who they hope are gullible enough to want to help "free" these young women.
   
   Be very afraid - there's another scam born every minute

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   relacheposted 13 years ago

   When you get emails from someone at HubPages via the contact form, there's a link at the bottom for reporting spam.  This is exactly the sort of email that deserves that click.

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   Crazdwriterposted 13 years ago

   Thanks blue dog, I don't think I will completely recover from the events until my Papa actually passes on instead of staying on earth and suffering.

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   elisabethkcmoposted 13 years ago

   so far, I'm the only one who got this particular message, looked up her user name, she has no pic, hubs or fans

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    Lisa HWposted 13 years ago

    The "motherless child" thing is a "nice touch".  I can't say I've see that one before. 

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       elisabethkcmoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       that's true, and her multi-millionare father was killed by poisoning, in a conspiracy with her uncle and the ruling party

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    Gabriella D'Antonposted 13 years ago

    This is the oldest SCAM on the internet and similar ones are always coming from Africa, especially Nigeria
    
    Reporting them is usless since a "friend of a friend" will start a new one

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    habeeposted 13 years ago

    Gee, I dunno, guys. Seems legit to me.  LOL!!!!!!!!!

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    Ultimate Hubberposted 13 years ago

    A friend of mine received almost the same email about 5 years back. Beware, they might make an attempt to transfer some cash from your bank account to their's by getting PIN and passwords using such personal info and in case you would have fallen for this and have sent this info, I am sure there would have been another mail from this particular sender asking for more personal info regarding your bank accounts.

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    bloodnlatexposted 13 years ago

    So are you telling me that I shouldn't have quit my job because I'm not getting my money?
    
    Are you telling me that I was scammed AGAIN?

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    habeeposted 13 years ago

    Go to ebolamonkeyman.com to read some hilarious stories about how these guys scam the scammers. One of the best ones is about Father William U. Touchme.

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       elisabethkcmoposted 13 years agoin reply to this

       thanks, Habee, I'll do that!

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    fishtiger58posted 13 years ago

    Omg, this looks just like my junk mail box.

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    shinujohn2008posted 13 years ago

    I get many types of such letters

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    Dale Mazurekposted 13 years ago

    We here all see it as a scam but unfortunately many people see it as legit.
    
    A couple month back I was watching one of those shows  hmmm 20-20 or something like that.
    
    In the year 2008 alone Americans and Canadians were scammed out of billions of dollars with these kinds of scams alone.
    
    I personally know someone who fell for it and had spent 700 dollars before I could intervene and tell them they were doomed and would never seee their money.  They had to send 700 for so called processing fees.
    
    The state of our economy is why things have got so bad.  People are desperate and they see something that seems too good to be true.
    
    They are mostly called Nigerian scams because that is where they originated because even up till today in Nigeria you cant get charged for such a scam.

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    wrenfrost56posted 13 years ago

    It's so sad that people fall for these scams, I get questionable mail through the post all the time, it's depressing.

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