In the last 12 hours i have rec'd two e-mails i believe are a scam.should i get a new account.one is below.

Attention:

My name is Mr. Zinfy Lucas Mbeki I am South
African man by birth an resident in Spain.

I am a sale and account manager in a financial
consultancy firm here Madrid. My Company is
mandated to source for reliable investors in the
World over to invest available funds in
profitable business ventures.

This is why I am making this urgent contact with
you and your associates, some prominent
individuals in Marbella the Andalusia region of
Spain made these funds available to my firm
and the available fund is in US dollars
amounting to millions, because of the heat they
are now facing from the law for the unauthorized
sales of states properties, the city mayor and
deputy mayor amid allegations of money
laundering is now under house arrest, for
property development offences, including
building on land protected from development,
manipulation of public tenders, and the
acceptance of bribes as well as schemes to alter
the price of municipal services.

In this sleaze scandal, which hit the southern
Spanish resort city Marbella in spring 2006,and
they know their chances of not going to jail is
slim they have asked my firm to act swiftly on
their behalf in other for them not to lose out
completely and save something for their family
members.

Depending on your experience and proposal
you will forward to us, we will determine a
suitable amount to remit to you to kick off the
business you intend to invest in. You will
manage this business without interference for a
period of three years, after which, the profit on
investment will be shared after taxation.

The investment areas are not limited and may
include new businesses or injection of funds into
an existing firm that, of course, is profit
oriented, bearing in mind that you are not
authorized to invest in public Companies or
Government agencies.

You can incorporate a firm fully owned by you
based on the laws of your Country or invest this
money in a private Company as a shareholder.
You can equally trade stock or export and
import goods as may be profitable. Fresh funds
may also be invested to enlarge the business if
the prospects are good.

All these are without any liability to you as this
is a risk that the fund owners are ready to take,
you will be required to make urgent contact with
us to finalize arrangements on how to move the
agreed funds into a fresh account you will open
with the bank where I have lodged the funds
and sign related documents that will authorize
you to manage this money on our behalf. A
draft agreement will be forwarded to you to
enable us fine-tune all gray areas and ensure a
smooth take off.

Please, reply to this mail and I will forward more
information to you all we need is to ascertain
your credibility, resourcefulness and experience.

I earnestly await your response.

Regards,

Mr. Zinfy Lucas Mbeki
Kindly reply to: lucasmbeki97@yahoo.com.hk
Telephone: +34- 696-738-500

i receive a lot of spam everyday.just not like this.i have never had someone claim that i had won money and they needed info or the one like this.that's why i was asking if i should change my e-mail.

You can just ignore it by hitting the Spam button. Never reply on it. Else you can report it to Yahoo for further action.



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BIG SCAM DON'T FALL FOR IT

only 2? your lucky, i get about 50 spams a day just delete them and mark them as spam , never reply to them

Its a scam, but just report it as spam. If you changed your e-mail account for this type of mail, you would be constantly changing.

you dont need a new account, just ignore these idiots, dont even read them, just delete them asap.

Yes it's a scam.
No you don't need to get a new account. As long as you don't respond and give them personal information then it is as harmless as spam.

scam. this reminds me of a scene in a movie called "true Lies" where jamie lee curtis's character was approched by some horney wierdo to scam her into sleeping with her. telling her that he's a spy and needed her help "it's for the good of the country" he told to her in order for her to sleep with him. great movie, funny too. if i were you i'd spam it. i get scam mails to with titles like "urgent" or "Hi" and so on. if i dont know the name that came with the mail i spam it.

There is no need to get a new account. They get people's email addresses from wherever they possibly can. If you get a new account, they will get your new address. Just mark it as spam and delete it. If you don't give them any info they can't cause any harm =)

i would tell the guy to get a grasp on the english language or have an english major proofread his letter before pretending to be sophisticated