weird Email

[WaveAction]

i got this email just nowDear, My name is Mani Willy, First I must solicit for your confidence and approval considering the fact that we don't know each other before,I got your email from Generation Vibe Discussion Forums. I am the son of late Chief Dwilliams, who was a politician and hail from Gagnoa Village of Cote d'Ivoire, my parents was attacked by the R D R rebel on their way to Daloa village in Cote d'Ivoire and sustained injuries and died three day later. Before his death, he revealed to me that he deposited with a prime Bank in Cote D'Ivoire the sum of Ten Million Seven hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$10.7M). I am writing to inform you of my desire to invest, and continue my Education in your country.Presently I am staying in Abidjan till my inheritance has been transferred to any foreign account which I as the next of kin shall provide.Therefore I want you to help me transfer and invest this money in your country, because my father told me that it is dangerous to invest in Africa due to the market instabilities coupled with economic and political situation in Africa.I urge you to make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on my behalf in your country. I have agreed that 20% of the total amount will be for your effort and another 10% to cover all the expenses that may incure during the business transaction, Last, I urge you to keep this transaction strictly confidential as no one knows my where about. Please as you show your willingness, send me your full name, home address , Tel/Fax number and a copy of your picture or passport to build a mutal relationship between us. Thanks. Mani Willy. anyone else get an email like this??

[MisterBill]

Me too. Someone obviously hacked the site. Wonderful.OK I just realized there is a user list here and the default is to show the email addresses. I just went to user options and set it not to be displayed but it's probably too late.

[WaveAction]

yea i just did the same aswell...ahwell..if i get another just check it as junk mail and i'll be fine

[Sputnik]

I never display my email address on websites and if I do, its always a "crap" email address that I don't care about anyway. Anyone who needs to contact me through Genvibe can do so with an IM.

[BlueCrush]

It would be nice if there was a security measure that no one can see your e-mail address except GV members if you have it set to display in your profile.

[jsimon63]

I recieved the same e-mail today (3-24-07). Would these people have to be a memeber to get my e-mail address? BEWARE one and all These are scams!!!

[WaveAction]

i dont think youd have to be a member..and besides..it takes 5 minutes to make a forum name and ur a member right off the bat..so it's easy to get emails off this website..i suggest that everyone hides their emails..if someone needs to email u or talk to you..pm them and go from there

[Kari]

I have received no such e-mail, likely because my e-mail is not displayed in my profile. What I would say happened is a spambot got your e-mail addresses out of your profiles...if it had been sent through the board software to all members (i.e. a "hacking"), I would have gotten it as well. Since I didn't, I am inclined to say it was a spambot...just another reason to create a second e-mail acct for "sign up" purposes only.And...just in case there was any doubt...it's a scam, don't respond.

[NSimkins]

Quote, originally posted by MisterBill »Me too. Someone obviously hacked the site. Wonderful.No one "hacked" the site. The member list is publicly accessible by anyone and if you did not hide your e-mail address initially, it is displayed for all to see. This is by far not abnormal.There are web site "crawlers" that automatically go out and scour the web for forums and other web sites and follow links to harvest e-mail addresses.With this type of e-mail scam in particular, I would hope no one would fall for this as it is so obviously a scam.I could enable the option to automatically hide e-mail addresses in Profiles by default when new members sign up. That way they would have to un-hide it on their own. Unfortunately I cannot do this to existing accounts. If you're protective of your e-mail account, please feel free to go into your Profile and make the change. I'd welcome feedback if this change to new member sign-ups is good or not.

[BlueCrush]

I think it is a great idea, Nick. That way new members are automatically protected and like you stated they can make it visible if they choose to.

[breezd]

I got it too... I'm hiding my email address and gonna switch my email address on here to my other email...

[ragingfish]

nick -- i think that's a good idea. WTG! existing members, click HERE to access your user options and hide your email address from view. It's the third option from the bottom.

[Mavrik]

I gotta wonder... does anyone actually fall for that crap?

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »I gotta wonder... does anyone actually fall for that crap?i'd bet money on it some shmuck somewhere has before!!!

[NSimkins]

Quote, originally posted by BlueCrush »I think it is a great idea, Nick. That way new members are automatically protected and like you stated they can make it visible if they choose to. This has been done.

[AKLGT]

Quote, originally posted by Mavrik »I gotta wonder... does anyone actually fall for that crap?yes. unfortunately, people do all the time. not really sure how they can, but some people actually think it's for real. how do i know? because I've had to deal with some of my customers (when I was working in Merchant Services) that would get some sort of email and want them to send some $3000 or something of merchandise in exchange for a credit card transaction. I had one customer who was all set to send out their "order" when her husband insisted she call me to just "check" and see what I thought. I told her I would personally go over to her house, block her in her driveway to prevent her from being scammed! This was only one customer. I had several others who didn't call first and were therefore scammed out of several thousands of dollars.

[ehoff121]

Quote, originally posted by MisterBill »Me too. Someone obviously hacked the site. Wonderful.OK I just realized there is a user list here and the default is to show the email addresses. I just went to user options and set it not to be displayed but it's probably too late.Wish I had thought about that earlier. I got one too...

[ragingfish]

Quote, originally posted by ehoff121 »Wish I had thought about that earlier. I got one too...change your settings now...it's never too late to hide your address ward off future spambots from harvesting your info!!!

[VforVIBE]

This is my favorite part:Quote, originally posted by RedFire2K »Last, I urge you to keep this transaction strictly confidential as no one knows my where about. Please as you show your willingness, send me your full name, home address , Tel/Fax number and a copy of your picture or passport to build a mutal relationship between us. AH-DUH!!!!

[WaveAction]

lol that part freaked me out abit

[mspalmer]

i'd bet money on it some shmuck somewhere has before!!! [/QUOTE]We have a government official who embezzled over 25% of his counties yearly budget on this scam. He thought he could get the money from the Nigeria and replace what he had taken and no one would be none the wiser. this was after he sent $72,000 of his own money with no results. I'm curious to see how they kept stringing him along to get more money.I would be incredibly irritated if I live in that county. I'm somewhat irritated that someone from my state would fall for such an obvious scam.Mikehttp://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs...80305

[808 Vibes]

SCAM..I didn't get one; I don't have my email listed either. But I know a SCAM when I see one