I got an email from a guy is S.Africa who needs to send me 10 MILLION$$! However,he requires 10k$ up front..?

Question

...for administration purposes.

Now, he is from the oil sector, and that industry does have that kind of money.

Question is...would I be 'covering all my bases' if I sent only half the money to begin with?

Answer 1

More fool you if you send a penny

Answer 2

Scam.  Don't touch it.  Now, if he really has all this money, don't you think he can afford to pay competent staff to get his cash abroad?  Or use the banking system?  (I'm sure they have one is S.Africa too)Why would he choose you, someone he doesn't know at all??  This guy isn't for real.

Answer 3

You sound like a financial wizard. Send him the money then send me another 10k and i,ll send you the holy grail by return of post.

Answer 4

419 Scams, still?  Haven't they caught on yet?

Well, that is why we have sites like 419 Eater ( http://www.419eater.com/ ) and many others, devoted to the baiting of these scam artists and making them do crazy things for our money!  Some are just hilarious, as shown in the link in "source"

Too good!  

Answer 5

it's a scam if I answered all this kind of mail Iwould be a billionaire as I get an average of2-3 of these a week, most of them telling me that my family has been wiped out in plane crashes and that I'm the sole beneficiary

Answer 6

you've got to be kidding me you seriously can't be thinking about giving someone that amount of money or even half that has DODGY written all over it

Answer 7

Bwahahahaha.  If you send him even $10, that is the LAST you will ever hear from this guy.  Wake up, friend.  NO ONE sends you $10 million without some sort of valid reason.  You are being scammed.

Answer 8

This is called 'advance fee loan fraud'.  He is not sending you any money.  He is relying on your greed for the $10k so he makes a nice profit.

If you send money to this loser, you're an idiot.  Seriously, you won't get a cent.  I get those kind of emails all the time. Just hit the delete button.  There is no money in it for you.

Don't send your address or any contact details.  Seriously, if you were getting a cheque in the mail, you would ask for that fee to be taken out of the total amount.  That's what happens when you get a loan from a bank.

Best wishes

Answer 9

It is a well known scam - don't respond but give it to the police.

Answer 10

don't do it if you never met him personally like he can be a con artist

Answer 11

SCAM SCAM SCAM!

That f**ker is trying to steal $10,000!

Answer 12

SEND HIM NOTHING!

This is one of the oldest scams around.  Never EVER buy into one of these, they are total bunk!  I get them all the time and have read many articles about them.  You wanta lose $10,000 real quick?  Send it to him and wait for your millions.

Be VERY careful about any offer that wants you to pay something up front to get something cool.  They are 99.99% scams.

Answer 13

This is a very widely known scam and one that the Nigerian Government (where it mostly originates from) are trying to stamp out.

If you send ANY money at all you will lose it and no one will give you an iota of sympathy for being so gullible as to fall for one of the oldest and most widely known scams on the net!

Answer 14

You can report him for fraud. they run a scam in internet cafe's.

Answer 15

Don't do it, it's a ruse to get your bank details and rob you blind. It's called phishing. Delete the e-mail and forget about it.  

Answer 16

DON'T SEND ANY MONEY!!!!

Its all a load of Bull Crapp! They send millions of these emails out daily from all different angles of approach. Wait a month and you'll get more emails like it.

Answer 17

Look up the Nigerian or 419 scam. It is als know as advance fee fraud.

http://www.419eater.com will expain it all to you

Answer 18

Fraud...

Answer 19

Just but these types of emails in the trash they are a scam!

Answer 20

A fool and his money are soon parted!

You have been warned.

Answer 21

It's a con don't part with any money, report it to your IT server before deleting it. But don't send any money, these people have made millions off the back of suckers who never see any money.

Answer 22

Please dont iz a scam.

Answer 23

Try covering all your bases by ignoring the email & marking it as spam - unless you can afford to throw that much money away - in which case let me send you my bank details!!!!

Answer 24

Turn his e-mail into the police for illegal fraud !i

Answer 25

This is a scam DON'T send a penny.

Answer 26

Now, why would a stranger 'need' to send you $10 million? And why would said stranger need $10,000 in order to send you the $10 million that you never asked for anyway?  

You are being conned, money doesn't come for nothing!

Answer 27

You are cursed, my friend. They got your email from somewhere on the internet and now you will receive 2 or 3 or more similar emails everyday. They will never leave you alone.  I've been receiving them for more then 2 years. I just 'spam'  them and don't even read them.

Just ignore them and learn to live with them.... or change email address.

Answer 28

do you not see that this is a scam dude how about you give me the 10k and I'll send you 20 million.....idiot