Legit or not legit...that is the question

[red321]

At first I'm thinking...oh look...another Nigerian scam...but then I realized...hold on...IT'S PERSONALIZED...and it wasn't an email...but an actual honest to god personalized typed letter....and from Canada to boot! So it's gotta be real...woohooo...I always knew great uncle HYLTON would come through!

Edited March 15, 2018 by red321

[Adam]

I've been getting the IRS scam phone calls recently. I don't have the time to call them back unfortunately. 

[red321]

Dude...this is not a scam....they sent a letter...FROM CANADA!

 

 

(yeah, i'm getting calls left and right lately, the damn local number spoofing credit card savings offer...setup HIYA to route all non contact calls straight to voicemail)

[Blarg]

Cool, interstate mail fraud. Call the FBI, there has to be more than your finger prints on this paper. 

[gotbeer]

It's good that TD Bank uses gmail.  It's legit.

[mrwicked]

"This is an opportunity of a lifetime and people achieve it every day."

[Tank]

didn't uncle hylton come to a couple of aw.com functions back in the day? couldn't sworn he and i played on the same softball team.

[Keener]

You'd better hurry red, the 10 year dormancy is coming on quick.

Good lookin out, jean.

[Brandon]

reminds me of a thread i started here many years ago that was similar. i got a scam/spam email but instead of just deleting it, i posted it here and we all collectively came up with responses and there was full blown dialogue and you could tell the person on the other end thought they got one.

pretty hilarious responding with, "this sounds great! where do i start? i'm an oil man and was looking at other investing opportunities..."

i think it was dude abides or itp that came up with the oil man line. it was great. 

[mrwicked]

lol "im an oil man" works in every context. 

just remind folks of your son "ayche dubya" and you're all set.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

The passage that convinces me that this is legitimate is "Since he is from the same country and you both share the same last name, it's easy for you to become his official next of kin."

Reminds me of an e-mail that I got a while back telling me that I needed to drop into a bank in Burkina Faso to claim my millions, because the bank staff had been instructed to "give it to the first foreigner who asks for it."