Is taking the email addresses off nairaland the solution?

no biggy-in the first place, most of their emails go to the junk and eventually emptied without you reading the content. in the case where it goes directly into your inbox, then delete it. you can't be scammed by merely reading it except you take any step further which could make you gullible and that's why it's believed by scammers that only the greedy ones fall easy prey. i receive scam emails too, and i make sure they end up in the recycle bin.

some of the fools result to sendin u instant messages, then say they love u after chattin for 15mins. ^{scammers out there dont waste ur money in the cafe tryin to trick me am} _{smarter than ur fore fathers put together}

olanajim:

Is taking the email addresses off nairaland the solution?

Maybe not entirely, but at least, it's a start.

Just out of curiosity - why have your email on your profile anyway?
Is it in the hope you'll develop a relationship with someone through it?

I'm not criticizing, merely curious.

this one na serious issue ooo!

iice:

Sometimes yes.

Ah, Ms Iice, I guessed that was mostly why.

i dont have my email in my profile nor my pic but i got the shit

so how did the idiot get my email? is he/she working with NL?

so what do they want? collect ma money?
how? like someone said, im smarter than thier generations put together. No be ma money den go collect

I GOT THAT MAIL TOO, FROM ONE MARY OR MERCY AGURMA, THAT'S TERRIBLE, I AINT BUYING THIS. PEOPLE ARE GOING CRAZY, NOW HOW WILL A TRUE HOMMIE AND A PURE NAIJA BOBO FALL FOR THAT KINNA STUFF

Mercy Tatari Mina Saleeby and now Zuaca Acfze I tink am just going to reply them and have fun with these babes and see how long it will take them to realise that thier just wasting thier Cybernet Time

Thats why i had to yank off my email addy from my profile i dont want no bloodclot son of babylon bugging me

bloodclot son of babylon
@ A-40 men that's deep, u on fire hommie

Na another fun for the scammers.

one e-mailed me saying she is in a camp where she can e-mail but
does not have access to a mobile phone.
you know what, she has nice pictures but clains to be out of cash.

hey wats up,mercy tatari should get useful,no short letters,are you a scammer?

[size=13pt]I got that sh1t too but I can't fall for such. I've gotten it before when I wasn't even a nairaland member[/size]

Beware!they are still on the prowl!! looking for who to devour

scammers una never tire?pls get a life

I got the same mail from mercytatari. I knew instantly it was a scammer. The key to detecting such scams are:- one, if it sounds so patronising, and usually they have an address outside Naija usually Senegal/Ivory Coast/Liberia.
The simple test is to ask for her phone number. You will never get a number rather they will ask you to call a Bank Manager who is in custody of the late father's funds running into millions of dollars. Where did the father get such funds in the first place.
Greed is the tool for scams. Why should a mercy tatari pick me (a complete stranger) from far away Nigeria to receive money for her? We all know how they frisk most Nigerians at the entry ports of so many countries, so why me? why a Nigerian?
With these caution notes, its difficult for any scammer to slam me. Same for the lottery scams. Me wey no play lottery, how I go come win lottery of Euros 5.0 million? Its simply out of tune with logic, so my fellow Landers, be guided.