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Originally Posted by kingcap72
I've never gotten the Nigerian e-mail. All the ones I get come from a 'lawyer' in the U.K. telling me that I'm related to some wealthy person that just died and that I just have to send money to begin the process of getting my inheritance. Hitting the delete button is such an easy thing.
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That is a Nigerian letter. They rarely say 'Hey I'm in Nigeria!", usually they claim to be a solicitor in London or some other legitimate sounding major city/country. It's only when you run a header tool on the actual email that you discover where in the world the actual solicitation is coming from.
Also, every national tragedy in the US brings out a crop of scammers claiming to be from a legit charity such as the Red Cross asking for large donations for the victims of the tragedy. Be very careful who and how you donate.