What are Email Nigerian Scams?
There are literally over a dozen types of email Nigerian scams. But, two of the most notorious email Nigerian scams include Nigerian royalty in distress or rich Nigerian bankers seeking to smuggle cash. You can rest assured that any email that you receive offering you $1,000,000+ in exchange for use of your bank account is, in some form or another, an email Nigerian scam.
An email Nigerian scam is characterized by urging you to “act now” or the possibility for earning the riches is gone. If you do receive an email Nigerian scam in your inbox, don’t feel special; the scum behind the email Nigerian scams send the same Nigerian fraud emails to every email address they can find. Many of you seasoned email users will know that this is nothing but an email Nigerian scam spam. But, unfortunately those new to email usage (e.g. elderly and young teens) may naively fall for the email Nigerian scam.
How to Handle Nigerian Fraud Emails
The scammers credited for the email Nigerian scam want you to answer to their email Nigerian scam! Nigerian fraud email senders don’t care whether you’re angry or completely gullible. They have a rebuttal for just about any reaction recipients of their Nigerian fraud emails have. It may be difficult to ignore the Nigerian fraud emails, but the safest option is to say nil. If you do, the email Nigerian scam operators will try to persuade you to give up sensitive information, such as your bank account number, SS number and Driver’s license. And, trust me when I say that these email Nigerian scam artists are persuasive. You can help put a stop to email Nigerian scam artists! Report your Nigerian fraud emails to the FBI. The FBI collects firsthand Nigerian fraud emails in an attempt to put email Nigerian scam artist behind bars!
