Hello – Brian here. Admin of the site.
If I have sent you to this page, it’s because this page was written for you.
You are asking if an email or SMS text message you have received is real – if you are really going to receive lots of money.
Sadly, no, it is not real. To date I’ve received probably 25,000 of these scams and none of them have been real.
I used to joke with people from a certain country and say that we do not answer questions from your country now because everyone who posts a comment asks if the email or text message they have received is real. They are not, of course.
What is going on is that this is a type of fraud… a scam called Advance-Fee Fraud. It is called that because people are ‘offered’ lots of money – usually millions of dollars – in exchange for a small fee in advance. They NEVER receive the money they have been promised.
And just for your information – in the three years that I have been running this website I have talked to NO ONE that won the big money. Don’t you think that I would have talked to someone that won the big prize by now?
So – if you have received a text message supposedly from Microsoft (or from anyone else) telling you that you have won millions of dollars, it is not real. It is just some people that want to rip you off and take your money.
And if you have received an email message telling you that you have won millions of dollars, again, it is not real. It is just some people that want to rip you off and take your money.
And here are the facts of life – not everyone has your best interests in mind when they contact you. Some people want to do everything in their power to rip you off and take your money.
For more information – How to Identify and Avoid E-Mail Scams and the advance-fee article at Wikipedia.
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Ntombi // Nov 28, 2011 at 3:54 am
wsternunion_ghana@live.co.uk is this email for real because someone said he has refunded the money that i paid because i was told that i have a parcel in UN offices in Ghana and i was told to send money for the storage and if i dont send it i will go to jail and i have to send it. so i was given an mtcn that my money have refunded so the bank say that mtcn is wrong. so i was told to send an email to the email i posted to check whats goin on but i did nt.
Gordon Halpin
// Dec 20, 2011 at 5:11 am
Sirs Have received an award from Nigeria because crooked Ecobank employees offered me a loan and paid money to them.
Have a document issued and stamped by The Ministry of Justice. Federal Arbritation Court, Igbosere Lagos dated 13 09 2010 confiming the ruling by the court of the award but the ministry is asking for a payment of $2000 to tranfer the money to my Bank in Spain in the sum of Euros 885000 can you check this is authentic
Brian
// Dec 20, 2011 at 5:26 am
Anything remotely like this is a scam – just delete it.
Tracy
// Dec 20, 2011 at 8:28 am
I have just recieved the following email:
fromKarl Fayers R&J Consulting international@robertnjack.com
reply-tointernational@robertnjack.com
dateTue, Dec 20, 2011 at 1:36 PM
subjectYour job application is successful
Important mainly because of the people in the conversation.
hide details 1:36 PM (50 minutes ago)
Hello,
I would love to inform you that your CV has been reviewed and approved.
You can now apply further completing our online application process.
Apply further at our website:
http://www.robertnjack.com/apply/index.html
The online application process consists of :
1. ID verification
2 Agreement significance and phone interview
3 Banking details confirmation
When you are sending your ID scan copy, please provide your main and secondary (optional) phone number as well, so we may reach you over the phone. One of our managers will contact you to double-check information we have received.
Sincerely,
Karl Fayers,
Robert & Jack Consulting
Is this a real offer?
Brian
// Dec 20, 2011 at 9:39 am
Anything remotely like that (or these) is a scam.
Tracy // Dec 20, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Thanks Brian,
I’m sure there are many more gullible people out there in Gumtree land!
John McCullough
// Dec 22, 2011 at 12:23 pm
I keep on getting emails stating that I won a BMW, and cash! I get many more emails, (especially from Benin)that I know are scams, but this is the first time that I’ve received anything from BMW! Do you know anything about this scam or not? please respond
Brian
// Dec 22, 2011 at 1:16 pm
It’s just a scam – delete it and get on with the rest of your life.
Bob Piec
// Jan 18, 2012 at 7:13 am
Is the United Nations Scan Victims Rehabilitation Program a scam itself and does George Lukas work there?
Hamsa
// Apr 10, 2012 at 3:56 pm
Hi all
ROBEN & JACK consulting is a 100% SCAM. http://www.robenjack.com
They will give you online tasks and money transfers but when your probationary period ends they wont pay your salary.
I have been cheated by them.
When i said i had lodged a complaint, they had shut down the website and flewed away..
100% FRAUDULENT.
If you check with the address 1700 PRESTON ROAD, TEXAS, USA it shows a bridge over a railway track.
the company is operated from Australia.
BEWARE OF THESE
Clarita
// Apr 24, 2012 at 9:34 pm
Hi to all:
The following email came to my junk folder4 Xs, I already blocked the sender, the subject was “your inheritance”:
Attention,
We wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of Ђ8,300,000.00 EUR (Eight Million Three Hundred Thousand Euros) in the intent of the deceased (name now withheld since this is our second letter to you)
We contacted you because you bear the surname identity and therefore can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance since there is no written will. Our legal services aim to provide our private clients with a complete service. We are happy to prepare Wills, set-up and administer Trusts, carry out the Administration Of Estates and prepare and administer Powers Of Attorney.
All the papers will be processed in your acceptance. In your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance, your current telephone and fax numbers and a forwarding address to enable us file necessary documents at our High Court probate division for the release of this sum of money in your favor.
Yours faithfully,
Harris J. Robert.
rharrisj@yahoo.cn
TAKE NOTE PLEASE; SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS rharrisj@yahoo.cn
I wonder how stupid they think one is?
I got some stuff from “England” with such a broken English it was a bit funny…claiming it was an “English gentleman”…
Take care
Clarita