Virus from Sklansky?

I received and email from Dsklansky@aol.com which said something like, This is a new Website. I expect you will like it. It had a download attached. I didn't open it. I already deleted it, but I doubt it was sent by Oz.

Brett,


I had a very similar email but not from David. There seems to be more junk and suspicious email now than ever. Does anyone fall for the Nigerian investment scams?


Regards,


Rick

what, like this one?


this is a scam?!


dang - and i thought my financial worries were over:


>From: "ceaser ceaser"

> >Reply-To: "ceaser ceaser"

> >Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL

> >Date: 6 Jul 2002 07:23:29 -0000

> >MIME-Version: 1.0

> >Received: from webmail27.rediffmail.com ([203.199.83.37]) by mc1-f16.law16.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.0.2195.4905); Sat, 6 Jul 2002 00:23:26 -0700

> >Received: (qmail 16590 invoked by uid 510); 6 Jul 2002 07:23:29 -0000

> >Received: from unknown (217.146.9.140) by rediffmail.com via HTTP; 06 Jul 2002 07:23:29 -0000

> >Message-ID:

> >Return-Path: ceaserdavid3@rediffmail.com

> >X-OriginalArrivalTime: 06 Jul 2002 07:23:27.0132 (UTC) FILETIME=[055025C0:01C224BE]

> >


> >MR. Ceaser David.

> >3/5 RIDER HAGGARD

> >CLOSE, JO, BORG

> >SOUTH AFRICA.

> >Tel: 874 - 762864167

> >Fax: 874 - 762864168

> >

> >

> > (URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL)

> >

> > (RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 126,000,000.00 USD}

> > ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS

> >

> >Dear sir,

> >

> >We want to transfer to overseas account

> >($ 126,000,000.00 USD) one hundred and twenty six

> >million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in

> >Africa, I want to ask you to quietly look for a

> >reliable and honest person who will be capable and

> >fit to provide either an existing bank account or to

> >set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this

> >money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this

> >money, as long as you will remain honest to me till

> >the end of this important business trusting in you

> >and believing in God that you will never let me down

> >either now or in future.

> >

> >I am Mr.Ceaser David,the Auditor General of one of the

> >prime banks here South Africa, during the course of

> >our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an

> >account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993

> >nobody has operated on this account again, after going

> >through some old files in the records I discovered

> >that the owner of the account died without a [heir]

> >hence the money is floating and if I do not remit

> >this money out urgently it will be forfeited for

> >nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Allan

> >P.Seaman, a foreigner, and an industrialist, and he

> >died, since 1993. and no other person knows about

> >this account or any thing concerning it, the account

> >has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved

> >to me as well that Allan P. Seaman until his death

> >was the manager Of Diamond Safari [pty]. SA.

> >

> >We will start the first phase of the transfer with

> >twenty six

> >million [$26,000,000 USD] upon successful transaction

> >without any disappointment from your side, we shall

> >re-apply for the payment of the remaining Balance

> >amount to your account.

> >

> >The amount involved is (USD 126 M ) One hundred and

> >Twenty six million United States Dollars only. I want

> >to first transfer $26,000,000.00 [Twenty six million

> >United States Dollar] from this money into a safe

> >foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I

> >don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you

> >as a foreigner because this money can not be approved

> >to a local person here, without valid international

> >foreign passport, but can only be approved to any

> >foreigner with valid international passport or

> >drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is

> >in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr.

> >Allan P. Seaman is a foreigner too,and the money can

> >only be approved into a foreign a/c.

> >

> >However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind

> >us together. I got your contact address from the

> >Girl who operates my computer, I am revealing this to

> >you with believe in God that you will never let me

> >down

> >in this business, you are the first and the only

> >person that I am contacting for this business, so

> >please reply urgently so that I will inform you the

> >next step to take urgently. Send also your private

> >telephone and fax number including the full details of

> >the account to be used for the deposit.

> >

> >I want us to meet face to face to build confidence

> >and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us

> >together before transferring the money to any

> >account of your choice where the fund will be safe.

> >Before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing

> >and investments.

> >

> >I need your full co-operation to make this work

> >fine, Because the management is ready to approve

> >this payment to any foreigner who has correct

> >information of this account, which I will give to you,

> >upon your positive response and once I am convinced

> >that you are capable and will meet up with

> >instruction of a key bank official who is deeply

> >involved with me in this business. I need your strong

> >assurance that you will never, never let me down.

> >

> >With my influence and the position of the bank

> >official we can transfer this money to any foreigner's

> >reliable account which you can provide with assurance

> >that this money will be intact pending our physical

> >arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official

> >will destroy all documents of transaction immediately

> >we receive this money leaving no trace to any place

> >and to build confidence you can come immediately to

> >discuss with me face to face after which I will make

> >this remittance in your presence and three of us

> >will fly to your country at least two days ahead of

> >the

> >money going into the account. I will apply for annual

> >leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you

> >are ready to act and receive this fund in your

> >account. I will use my position and influence to

> >obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of

> >this money to your account with appropriate clearance

> >from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange

> >departments.

> >

> >At the conclusion of this business, you will be given

> >35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while

> >5% will be for expenses both parties might have

> >incurred during the process of transferring.

> >

> >I look forward to your earliest reply through my

> >email address.

> >

> >Yours truly,

> >

> >MR Ceaser David .

> >

> >

If your email reader shows you the headers, it's not to hard to find the person sending out the emails. You can email each successive address notifying them of this issue. Usually when a few people start complaining they will usually take an action and sometimes cancel the users account.


Here is a link to the netabuse faq, sometimes they will help:


Mike

well


ok


thank you


i'll treat that like all your other advice and send him $1000 to fool him into thinking i trust him


bit like betting on AKs after a crap flop i guess

Rick,

I got an email like that one, and responded that I would be more than willing to go into business with that fellow. I also stated that, since I was homeless, using public access computers and jobless, that I'd need him to forward me $20K to establish a residence, purchase business attire, purchase a computer and for other incidentals. Unfortunately, I haven't heard back from him yet.

methinks you protesteth to mucheth

And how could he protest any less, short of not answering at all?