Do not act quickly pitying others

Should be careful with the numbers we have should b e careful with the email ids ,should be careful with everything if not we shall fall in to trouble definetly.Money is such a thing which we shold be careful with.Should have some proofs and trusted things so that we can move forward and help.

I know of another person who had a similar experience. But fortunately she had the other persons phone number and immediately contacted him on phone to ask him where and how to send the money. Then she realized that it was all a scam and someone was trying to cheat her.

Personally this type of SCAM is becoming way too common and still too many people are falling for it, or their are places sending checks to people and telling them to cash them and then send them the remaining balance Western Union to only end up having no money. Good thing you did your homework and did not send them any money. People like this need to be Stopped and wished somehow they could.

I've been receiving a lot of mails that seem to be from individuals, some of whom are not known to me. Other mails are the type that I dont expect my friends to send. I presume their IDs are hacked. Likewise, I expect mine is also hacked. I dont give to people I dont know.

Oh dear, I'm so sorry you had lost money to this scam, this is awful! :-( I personally don't engage into financial relationships as money get through to people's heads, it's really sad.

Few questions: Is your friend currently in a country closed to Malaysia? Is he really poor or cannot afford it? What kind of illness?

Online scam come in so many different variety, asking for donation in order to rush his relative to far away land for treatment on diseases is not uncommon, it mainly prey on unsuspecting individual sense of compassion. These scammer usually use others hacked account for the financial transaction to prevent leaving any trail that can lead to them, even if you happen to find out the real owner of the email, it probably is belong to other people that account was stolen but haven't realize it. These scammers like to use Western Union or Money Gram for their wire transfer due to ease of cashing out in their country. Some of them can even make use of other hacked bank account to buy online and pay you in advance with their stolen online bank account, you receive certain amount pay from stolen account, while they receive the goods in their native country. You just have to be extremely careful for any online solicitation for help fund, or business proposal and purchases, they are really very slick in their fraudulent online activity, my friend!~

Yes i do have experienced few experiences like this even i got a letter stating that you are selected for the following post for that you have to send --- amount to following account no ....... after the interview is completed we will be sending your money back...... this is the main matter in that mail.As i was searching for the job i thought it might be true so i called up one of my friend who is already working i that company, then i came to know all the matter in the mail was fake.So my dear friends don't believe any messages related money and be safe.

Oh I receive a lot of emails like this. Mostly ones that would say that he/she had a bank account with money amounting to gazilion dollars and that he is ill and has no other family members to give it to so he would just give it to me etc etc and then would ask for my personal details such as home address, phone number and bank account. I mean, who would fall for such an obvious plot? Good thing they all go to the Spam folder now so I don't have to worry about having to read it, I just delete it immediately. Good thing that you were able to verify the email and were not able to send money. Those bozos really have no other things to do in life but victimize people.

hiya ravisivan! yeah...there are so many scams going around on the internet now days...and i too have been the recipient of such emails before. most of the time, if any of them get pass my Spam filter, i'll just mark it as Spam and let it be. but once in a while i do like to check out my Spam box and read a couple of those emails....just to know what sort of low-handed strategy that those scammers could come up with. usually they are quite funny you know.. there was one where it told me that i've just inherited the Royal throne of some obscure African nation... now how awesome would that be if it were true? just imagine...King Mario!

That is a scam. So is getting a fully loaded atm card. Any email you get asking for your help or dear beneficiary is a scam. Delete them immeidiatly!

I received several emails such as winning in a raffle draw, helping a sick child, etc. but I just ignored these. And thanks for your discussion the more that I will ignore this kind of email.

Hi ravisivan at least your curiosity for confirmation saved you from falling to the trap of scammers.It has been happening all the time where people with evil motives are taking advantage of others to simply get money from unsuspecting individuals.

Thanks for sharing this with us, Ravi. This could have happened to any of us and I'm glad you didn't get scammed at all. Good thinking on your part or you'd been duped out of a $1000 out of your pocket. I haven't encountered this before but had an email or two in the past stating I had won lottery and in order for me to claim the money that I have 'won', I would need to send an amount of money for processing fees, which of course, I didn't. I just skipped the whole thing.