email scam

Here is an email I received today. I am sure it's a scam!


Gooday Friend?
From: CHARLENE SULLIVAN ([email protected])
Medium risk You may not know this sender.Mark as safe|Mark as unsafe
Sent: November 29, 2008 3:21:21 PM
To:

Good Day,

Kindly accept my apology for contacting you via this medium. Although,
we haven?t met before. Nevertheless, I have every reason to believe that you are a highly respected and trustworthy personality. I got your contact through your country's chambers of commerce and Industry. Although, I don't know you personally but I believe God has made this contact possible and also hope you will not disappoint me for trusting you.

I am Mr Vadim A.Petrov I have a business proposal that has to do with the transfer of funds and I cannot state the exact amounts and full details due to security reasons.contact me via e-mail: [email protected] for more infomation. Yours Sincerely,Vadim A.Petrov

Hey, welcome to the forum.

This is definitely an opening email to a scam. Well done of spotting it.

A google search of his email address only comes up with a scammer database and searching his name leads me to a very similar, but slightly longer script. See HERE.

Hi. Thank you. I did reply to one one time, so I think that's why I keep getting so many scams in my email. Hopefully all my posts will be helpful to someone.

Good chance they will be

If you ckick to be notified of any replies to the post when posting or editing, you may get a notification one day from somebody you have helped, that's the feeling that keeps us coming back

Thank you

Sadly, this is a good example of what can happen if you send your ID or personal information to a scammer, or even if they just like the sound of your name! - and there's absolutely nothing you can do to stop them using it. I have been in contact with the real Mr Petrov for some time, and unless there is another Vadim A Petrov, none of these email addresses belong to the real person bearing that name.