Today I feel like I'm in a movie. I was checking my e-mail this morning and in my junk mail I finally got one of those "someone very rich in Africa died, has no next of kin, and I want you to help me secure an account to get his 9.8 million dollars US" e-mails.
At first, I felt a little like James bond. It sounds like something right out of the movie. Then, it was funny. The sender claims to be a banker and the Bank of Africa. Finally, it was hilarious because I realized that some idiots actually respond back to this kind of letter despite the many red flags. The red flags in this letter include, but are not limited to:
- terrible grammatical errors
- misspellings
- someone is asking you to do something illegal
- this someone just e-mailed you out of the blue (duh, if you are going to do something illegal, you want people you can trust - not some random person you e-mailed - anyone who watches TV knows that!)
- the amount of money is "$9.8M (9 million 8 hundred US dollars)" and that, my friends is a direct quote - If I plan on committing a crime with someone, it sure as hell isn't going to be with someone who doesn't know how much $9.8M really is.
It really is incredible what some people will do to swindle others. It's more incredible that some people fall for it!
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