Is it against the law to sine an Affidavit that you know to be untrue?
I keep getting e-mails saying you have the same second name as me late clinet and he/she left millions of dollors in a bank account. All you have to do is sine an affadavid and we can split the money 45 55? I know it sounds like a scam, Has anyone else got any of these, and followed them true??
please let me know thanks....
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It's certainly a scam. Leaving that aside, yes, to sign an affidavit knowing the contents to be untrue is an offence of perjury (for which you could, if convicted, serve a term of imprisonment). In addition to that, where someone invites you to join in such an operation in relation to a genuine estate, you could be charged with conspiracy to defraud. Leave well alone.
Scam scam scam.
yes..its rubbish - delete the email!!
sounds good, give them all your bank account details ASAP!
illegal and a scam
This is probably the most common scam online.
See, they HOPE ignorant people like you will sign it. They'll wind up taking all your money, just watch.
Rule of thumb: If it SEEMS too good to be true, IT IS!!
sine? I hope you mean sign.
Why would you sign something you knew to be untrue?
If you're gullible enough to sign such a document then you probably deserve the negative effects.
we all get them
Consider this...why would a person from a foreign country take the time to e-mail you with a proposition of money? It's a scam, because there would be a lot you'd have to do for that person, and you probably wouldn't even get the money. By the way, an affidavit swear that something is true, so if sign something untrue, you're lying.
a) It is a scam - no doubt about it.
b) If you sign an Affidavit that you know to be untrue you could be charged with perjury.
Scam, try messing with them and get them to send you email's of pictures of them with hand crafted things as proof of who they are, indicating that you will pay when this is done, then report them to the police.
Why not scam them back you will be surprised how desperate they are to get free cash. Just don't demand money from them because you are then committing a crime.
Hi, I get these all the time, very often from third world countries from people asking for my bank details so that they can deposit funds appropriated against the laws of their country...or from the estate of their dead husband, wife, son, father or whoever..sometimes as much as $20m. I treat them as spam and now Yahoo recognises most of them and sends them to bulk. You know if something sounds too good to be true then it more than likely is a false promise. Send it to spam, otherwise you could regret it.
No its not, but signing it may get you in hot water.
yes its a scam and yes you would be breaking the law by signing such an avadavit... and also leaving yourself wide open to lose LOADS of money!
Why do you clowns have to even ask the question? It is no wonder that these scams are successful as the Greedy Gene seems to override common sense. My spam detector picks out about 15 or so of these a week. Bin em or do like I do and send a very insulting email back. It has no effect on the scammers but it allows me to vent my spleen at em.
It would be an offence (technically) of attempting to obtain property(money) by deception.
Perjury is only committed when you tell lies on oath in a court of law.
You should report the matter to local police (who wont be interested and possibly will not know what to do) but they should in turn report to the relavant dept. at Scotland Yard.
yes, it's illegal and if you do sign you won't see any of the money, think it's a nigerian based scam.
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