i think somebody's trying to deceive me?

[I-I!GI-I V0lt@G3]

ok, there's this girl on facebook who is from africa. she sent me a message that said she wanted to get to know me. she left her email address. i emailed her. in her reply, she said her parents were kiled in a civil war and she's living in a refuge camp in a neighbor country. she said she wanted to find the man of her life! the man god has preserved for her. i replied, "you're a million miles away from me. why don't you look for him around where you live?" then she said her dad had a bank account in europe that had 7.5 million dollars. she said her dad had introduced her to the bankas the next kin, sth like that, meaning the money is hers now. but she saidshe can't access it because of some crazy law that doesn't let refugees have money, meaning they don't have the right to own money, sth like that. she said she wanted to transfer the money to my account and fly over to my country and meet with me. she told me to call her and tell her my Full name, Home address, Mobile phone number, Nationality, Age and Occupation.
is she trying to fool me and rob me or something? i've seen cases like this happen.
yeah, it looks like her letters are pre-written. i mean her letters are ready. she doesn't answer me based on the things i say in my emails. she just sends me a letter she's written before, maybe written for thousands of guys like me. lol.

[A]

Are you joking? because clearly anyone with even the slightest bit of common sense can see this is a scam. Delete her immediately and let others know she's a scam artist.

[mightygoose]

Absolutely DO NOT give out any details WHATSOEVER. These are very common scams. Think about it--why would she transfer that amount of money into the account of a person she's never met who loves in another country?? Keep yourself safe and protected and DELETE, DELETE, DELETE!

[Noah]

I don't know what she's trying to do. But I've received many like that and didn't respond. But don't ever give information about you to strangers.

[Jo]

So how is that rock you've been living under?

"Is she trying to fool me or rob me or something?"

Ya think?

I had to laugh at the notion that refugees aren't allowed to have money - but apparently they are allowed to have laptops or whatever is being used to send emails. Or phones to receive phone calls. And the fact that she has enough money to fly halfway across the world. Ever checked on flight prices for that? Probably around $1000 to $2000. So this refugee is carrying around that kind of cash to pay for it? A true refugee would have had that taken away long ago.

Ever seen pictures of "refugees"? They rarely have enough food, shelter and clean water. Much less a laptop, mobile phone and the electricity to run such devices.

And if she can't access this so-called money - how on earth would she get to it to transfer it? Have to have access to money to do anything with the money.

Again, I have to chuckle at the idea of a true refugee having access to a device - that needs electricity to charge up - sending emails. Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?

You say you've "seen cases like this happen". I doubt you have seen anything. But I'll bet you've read about it - heard about it. So just why do you even entertain the notion that this is not like all the scams you've heard about. That you would be somehow different and would actually receive 7 million dollars in your account?

This whole thing has more holes than swiss cheese.

Of course, it's a scam. Of course, it's not true.

[HJW]

That is one of the oldest scam around. More than likely a big guy.

[sophieb]

yeah, it's a scam. Others have fallen for it and gotten themselves in jail from getting involved. Ignore her, forget her.