Legal Question in Banking Law in California
out of country banking
i am wondering about e-mails i received from other countrys asking me to help get money out of dead peoples accounts. what are the laws reguarding this? how risky is it? What are the laws of are country reguarding this? could you please let me know.
3 Answers from Attorneys
Re: out of country banking
This is one of most common scams on the Internet, often called the Nigerian Bank Scam. Do a Yahoo or Google search for more information. Somtimes they try to get personal information from you to facilitate indentity theft. Sometime they will ask you for money for "processing" fees. Don't send them money and don't give them any personal information. Your best bet is delete the email and/or forward a copy of the abuse/fraud department of the ISP where the email was sent.
Re: out of country banking
Don't reply to such emails. They are scams. You can find a host of information about these types of scams on the Internet; go to any major search engine. Delete the email or forward to the service provider from where it came.
Re: out of country banking
This is a scam. Anything that looks too good to be true is a scam. Anything where you get something for nothing is a scam. Anything involving your bank account, cashiers checks, or Western Union is a scam. Thanks for asking beforehand, we get lots of emails from foolish victims for whom it is too late for us to be of any help.
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