SCAM WARNING - SARA HOPPITT

They usually attempt to draw naive people in by saying we need £££ for "legal" (or similar) expenses to set this up. People are then foolish and greedy enough to think well if I send £££ I will still be getting the big sum mentioned. Then the "expenses" somehow increase because the victim has been hooked.

This is the essence of the scam - the few hundred pounds or dollars that the scammers are able to extract befome the victim realises they are being led down the garden path.

I wounder what happens when people reply well take the £££ for expenses out of my share!

Dinah, I agree it was obviously a scam , but thankyou for the warning. I agree with you that there will be people who would be taken in by this - not many but no harm in giving people the heads up.

It’s bit of an obvious one Dinah
I don’t think age automatically makes you unable to see through this one 😂

welbeck

surely you could tell from the first line that it was a scam; i wouldn't have clicked to read the rest.

Clicking on it doesn't hurt. It's when one responds that is a problem. And I did bin immediately. I put the warning up because some people, maybe older than me, may be taken in!

Thank you, Dinahmo.

nanna8
How nice of him to remember you!

MRGUDER

Might ask her to donate my bit to the Captain Tom Moore's Charity. I heard they need the money for a new spa. [Grin]

Nice one, caused a chuckle! 😆😆

No ,I wouldn’t click but then sometimes they are so clever you think they are someone you once knew. I actually got a genuine one from a long lost uncle leaving me some money and I almost zonked it but his name was vaguely familiar, luckily.

surely you could tell from the first line that it was a scam; i wouldn't have clicked to read the rest.

Tell her to Hoppit.

Might ask her to donate my bit to the Captain Tom Moore's Charity. I heard they need the money for a new spa. [Grin]

ha ha ha. 'appears to be a scam' what? It definitely is a scam or spam as an email! bin it.

Does she need you to send your banking details? 😀