If you don't know the person from a bar of soap, and they contacted you via email promising you a cut of the money, then yes, I would say it's a scam.

yes. this is the one common tactic in email scams these days: asking you to wire transfer money.

It is a scam. Once you get one of these emails, you'll be getting them all the time.

Why would a stranger send you a check? THINK! He knows that his check won't clear for as much as a few weeks. He is telling you to take some of the proceeds for yourself and send him the rest. You will take "his" share and send it to him with your own money but in a short time his check will bounce and you'll be stuck for the amount you sent him. THINK!

Honestly! HUH!

In a word YES!

Use the check to open a new account and wait ten days for the check to clear. Then use your best judgment as to how to handle the money. I suspect the check will bounce.

Send them the following e mail: Sir, as a show of good faith and honesty in this matter it should be no problem for you to please send me via western union $500(US). Upon my receipt of the cash, we will proceed with the remainder of our transaction and upon completion, I will refund to you , $550(the original $500 + a 10% remittance) for your time and trouble....Thank You.

Run as far away as you can from this. Delete any email with this info. It's a scam

yes

i cant believe your asking that. when in doubt, if it sounds to good to be true, thats because it probably is.

"DAH"

this is an old one. I don't think you would be able to cash a check this day anyway. Not even if it is from the some bank...

DON'T LISTEN TO ANYBODY....DON'T DO IT AT ALLLLL! dO NOT RESPOND, SO NOT SEND ANY INFO. PRETEND YOU NEVER GOT THE EMAIL.

Was your long lost uncle a personal friend of General Umbanutu, also? LOL!

Hell's yeah it's a scam!!!

Here's an answer to the scammers: http://www.vancat.com/video_trailers/nigerian_connection/The_Nigerian_Connection.mov

Yes it is a scam. It is called a Nigerian Letter or a 419 scam. In either case, report it (in USA) to your nearest FBI office. Read the information in this site: http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm UK recipients should follow the advice below: http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm If you are not in UK or USA, google 419 scam for your country, and follow the advice given for reporting the scams. Do not reply to the scammers.

Of course it is.

very likely...

Yes and I received the same email some time back and forwarded to the authorities.

yes it is.

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Yes, especially if you get this informatino by email. Do you have any idea how many times I have won millions of dollars by email? If I really had, I would be soooo retired. Think about it. If you don't know them, why would they be contacting you? Don't get conned!

it sure is from what I have seen. If you accept a check like this, make sure it clears all aspects of the banking business before you send money. I actually would not get involved at all. Too many ways to scam you on this.

yes, i saw this program on msnbc about those scammers

uh...........YEAH. You deposit the check, send the money to Africa, and then you are stuck paying for the bad check you deposited into your account!

Absolutely, but it doesn't have to be a foreign country. It happens here in the US too.

Of course its a scam.Wiring the money will give some one your bank account number, then they drain it.

Oh yes, that is certainly a scam to separate you from your money.

This sounds like the Nigerian scam. Please note I don't mean to disparage every Nigerian. Most except for the terrorist group Boka Harum are good.

yes ..its a fake cheque id say..if the person is only an online friend ignor it and have no more contact with the so called friend ..even tell the police

Once THEY get your bank account number, that will be all she wrote for you.

Yes.

a known scam

I know someone this happened to. She ended up having her bank account seized until she repaid the money she was scammed out of. To make things worse, she borrowed money from me to help pay it back - and then screwed me out of the money I loaned her. I live by the philosophy that you can never have so many friends that you can afford to lose one - but in this case, it turned out to be one that I couldn't afford to keep.

yes

a known scam

If the email is a stranger than he or she is lying to you. Its a scam.

It's a scam.

I know someone this happened to. I would have felt sorry for her ordinarily, but she took me and a friend for $100, and so I felt she had it coming. Not only did she lose some of her own money (the amount she was instructed to send), but when the check she deposited was processed, it turned out to be stolen. Consequently, she had to pay restitution on the full amount of the check and she came very close to being arrested for money laundering. Karma was hungry that day...🤣

This sounds to me like the notorious Nigerian scam, Please note I am certain most Nigerians are good , honest people.

a known scam

UPS and FED EX have warned against sending anything to East Africa.