How should I take this MFP message?

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  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
    That is just really wierd.

    makes you wonder about some of the threads tho, asking what type of car you drive, where ate you from, What's your real name or when's your birthday. These I regard as personal questions unless you've become good friends with someone. I would never post those kind of answers in public message boards. Maybe I'm too cautious. Think about it tho. Scammers etc only need a few personal details.

    Creepy...made me more wary now.
    I'm not overly paranoid but I think the same thing about those threads; pet's name, origin of your username, car, etc. If I was a scammer I could post forums like that all the time just to harvest the answers and I'll betcha that I could get something useful out of them.
  • Resalyn
    Resalyn Posts: 528 Member
    I wonder if they are related to the Nigerian prince I sent my account numbers to last month. Expecting a big payoff any day now. :happy:

    Hey, wait a minute - something's not right - cuz he said I'm the only living relative, what gives?
  • sco8462
    sco8462 Posts: 34
    I wonder if they are related to the Nigerian prince I sent my account numbers to last month. Expecting a big payoff any day now. :happy:

    Wait. You're getting a big payoff? They promised me I was the only one. Dang. I think I might have been had.
  • KareninCanada
    KareninCanada Posts: 962 Member
    If he included an email address, you can post it and the message here: http://thescambuster.co.uk/Submit Scam Email.htm
  • amehime
    amehime Posts: 49 Member
    agreed. i would report to myfitnesspal so they know it's going on. it's probably against the terms of service or something, and detracting from the usefulness of the site.
  • zeikiya989
    zeikiya989 Posts: 80
    So he wants you to be his mother? CREEPY!!! You did the right thing.
  • zebraspots2069
    zebraspots2069 Posts: 213 Member
    oh yes....scam spam....i'd report him ..... its happened to me and a friend in the past....execpt this guy said his son was in hospital and the doctors refused to operate until he paid them $500.00...........RIGHT
  • katya73
    katya73 Posts: 464
    Dodgy as ... It's a scam for sure ..
  • shanlynt
    shanlynt Posts: 718 Member
    spam/creep
  • erxkeel
    erxkeel Posts: 553 Member
    da phuck?
  • picassoadagio
    picassoadagio Posts: 407 Member
    creepy
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    YOU FOUND MY SON!????! :noway:
  • milaxx
    milaxx Posts: 1,122 Member
    block it
  • scapez
    scapez Posts: 2,018 Member
    I lost the love of my mom during the year 1994 as a result of a war that was caused through a sale over a guinea fowl.
    Ah, the Great 1994 Guinea Fowl War...so many unnecessary deaths. So tragic.
  • Bentley2718
    Bentley2718 Posts: 1,689 Member
    Scam. *Yawn* I'm pretty sure I've gotten that one a couple of times over the years, usually to my yahoo email.
  • MaximalLife
    MaximalLife Posts: 2,447 Member
    I have to admit I was a bit creeped out when I recieved this message on MFP. I don't quite know how to take it, should I be flattered or offended? I have blocked this person as this is not the type of message I would expect from this site. I have removed the name of the sender. Opinions?

    So here it is:

    " Hello Madam I am with much pleasure to send you this email. By the way I will for ever stand by to say sorry if you don't expect any email from you. How are you doing with your beloved famioly? I hope Insha Allah you shall for ever Blah Blah Blah....:yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn: :yawn:
    Just hand over your banking info as well as your SS# and just see what happens.
    He could be the one!:love:
  • hiker282
    hiker282 Posts: 983 Member
    I would have stopped reading at Allah (nothing personal, just that's usually what these e-mails are) and deleted it as spam. Don't respond, just delete it.
  • Debbe2
    Debbe2 Posts: 2,071 Member
    Would agree to make certain that it's reported on MFP. I would be creeped out too.
  • aprilshowers262
    aprilshowers262 Posts: 96 Member
    Yeah, I get these in my hotmail all the time. Broken english "girls" asking me to be their friends and/or do them and/or marry them.
  • mallorybriann
    mallorybriann Posts: 1,380 Member
    Poor spelling/language/grammar and out of the country= 's da-lete!
  • jcstanton
    jcstanton Posts: 1,849 Member
    Just give me your routing number and checking account number and I will make sure no one tries to rip you off.

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    helpful. :smile:


    :huh: Baaahahahaha!!!! :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    Well, I didn't real all the responses, but willing to bet if you responded, the next step would be to ask for money... its some kind of scam trying to play on your sympathies as a mother....I hope you reported it.
  • jbescherer
    jbescherer Posts: 24 Member
    Creepy!
  • miss_missa07
    miss_missa07 Posts: 170
    Soooo is he selling shakeology? How much does he want?

    Haha! This one made me laugh.. I get facebook friended often by skakeology 'sales associates'..

    Someone I went to high school with is not a shakeology sales associate...she always tries to sell me it. :noway:
  • treetop57
    treetop57 Posts: 1,578 Member
    I lost the love of my mom during the year 1994 as a result of a war that was caused through a sale over a guinea fowl.
    Ah, the Great 1994 Guinea Fowl War...so many unnecessary deaths. So tragic.

    I'd never heard of it either, but apparently it really was a war and really did have many unnecessary deaths.

    "The last major [Ghanaian civil] conflict, the so-called "Guinea Fowl War" of 1994, was much larger than that of 1981. It is popularly referred to as the "Guinea Fowl War" because of reports that the conflict began in a market with a fight between a Konkomba and Nanumba man over the price of a guinea fowl. This dispute precipitated violence that quickly engulfed seven northern districts, six ethnic groups and resulted in an estimated 15,000 deaths (van der Linde and Naylor 1999:27). Naturally, the roots of the dispute between these groups run deeper than a marketplace altercation. "

    http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/gi_0199-696747/The-past-and-present-in.html
  • ThereWillBeBeautyfrompain
    ThereWillBeBeautyfrompain Posts: 37 Member
    This is a SCAM, not only do you need to block this person, but you need to report this to the moderator. I would also recommend that you remove the photo of you and your child, for safety right now. I am not trying to alarm you --but suggest you be extremely cautious. This is creepy in every sense of the word!!

    this and i would make a new account tooo just in case i know u blocked him but nothing stops him from making an new account and putting it in a new name
  • becoming_a_new_me
    becoming_a_new_me Posts: 1,860 Member
    Poor guy just needs a mommy!! Why ya gotta be dissin the guy who lost his mommy? :tongue: :laugh:
  • KJLIII
    KJLIII Posts: 225 Member
    No, I think you should be flattered. And tell him you would LOVE to be his mommy - he just needs to send you at least $300 per week in cash or money orders. Give him a P.O. Box number to send it to, and voila! ! You have a little supplementary income for the time it takes to send your nice "mommy" emails out ! ! :laugh:
  • caretheaton
    caretheaton Posts: 90 Member
    One of my MFP friends posted a couple of days ago that she received a similar email. Definitely a scam. I would report it.
  • DeenieWeenie
    DeenieWeenie Posts: 149 Member
    No, I think you should be flattered. And tell him you would LOVE to be his mommy - he just needs to send you at least $300 per week in cash or money orders. Give him a P.O. Box number to send it to, and voila! ! You have a little supplementary income for the time it takes to send your nice "mommy" emails with ! ! :laugh:


    :heart: it! LOL :laugh:
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