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head-in-the-clouds
Joined: 14 Oct 2008
Location: London for now
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 Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:06 am Post subject: African email scams |
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Dear Friend
I know this message must have come to you as a surprise package. In brief my name is Mrs.Nadia Guei the wife of the former president of Ivory Coast General Robert Guei. My husband is dead during the political problem of Coted'Ivore I was sent to exile by the combined military force team from the West African sub-region (Ecomog) with some Ivorian Militries right now I am not comfortable any more in Togo. I was sick and hospitalized since last year. Please you can view the website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2269238.stm
I am contacting you for an urgent assistance, i know that you don't know me before but when i got your contact, i prayed over it and my spirit told me to go ahead to contact you and i know that you will not disappoint me, since i have pray and get clear confirmation in my dream that you will never disappoint me.
Please this is what i need from you.
My husband deposited the sum of Fifty Million five hundred thousand dollars ($50.500.000.00 ) in one security company here in Togo before his died and he advised me to move this fund to a foreign country for an investment for the benefit of the family.Before i was sick last year,i was trying to move this fund out through a good friend of my late husband, along the line he wanted to sit on the fund personally because he think that the fund have move to Holland. I decided to stop the transfer until i recover from my health.
Now i want to know if you are capable to assist me to receive this fund into your account for joint investment. I will like to assured you that you have noting to worry about because all the arrangement have concluded already, all i need from you is your confirmation that you are ready to work with me and follow my instruction's and promise me that you will not think of running away with this fund immediately it re-transfer into your account.
Ones i confirm your readiness to assist me i will only give you the contact of the company in Holland so that they will make the transfer direct into your bank account with out any delay. Because of my present health condition i can not travel a long distance that is why i need your urgent attention. I shall wait to hear from you so that i will give you more information. Do not forget to send me your full contact address,phone and fax number.
God bless you for your understanding.
Mrs Nadia Guei...
E-mail- [email protected]
I figure some people may actually fall for these jokers, otherwise they wouldnt bother sending them. Its a complete joke[/b] |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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Bibbitybop
Joined: 22 Feb 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:50 am Post subject: |
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What happened with the ones this summer about the European family that needed an English teacher in Africa?
Anyone get a good bait on them?
Also, OP: 419eater.com |
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Horangi Munshin
Joined: 06 Apr 2003
Location: Busan
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| Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:38 pm Post subject: |
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I asked and got a picture of an all blond family, (they were supposedly from Sweden). A sample contract with a clause saying his family must be fluent in a year too.  |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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I got a letter from the honorable Kofo Ahmadu, writing from Sierra Leone, promising to transfer 10.5 million dollars to my account.
Counting mine, there were 70 addressees listed on that message.
Usually when I receive such messages, I write back telling the person to go to ㅐㅌㄴㄴ, but this time I wrote back asking if he was going to transfer 435 million dollars to 70 accounts.
He must have misinterpreted my response as a sign of interest, because this time, he wrote back saying:
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Dear Friend,
Greetings,
I must thank you first for your response . Please be contacting me through this my private box for security reasons.
The time frame is the best time to do the transaction because after the long years of absence, the bank has decided to transfer the fund to the treasury if unclaimed at the end of the fiscal year which will elapse before the middle of next month, 2011 that is why everything has to be done speedily if you wish that we make a success in this transaction..
The owner of the said fund was a gold merchant from Germany and he got the money from the proceeds he made while he was mining in Sierra Leone before the war broke out there. I will give you further information about him later. My concern is for you to keep absolute secret. I have given you the details of the transaction hereunder to enable you know whether you can run the transaction with me.
Sorry that I did not respond immediately as you expected because I was putting things in order before getting back to you and also I was praying over the transaction because I do not want to get in to any wrong hand.
I do not know you before but your carefulness in responding to my mail interested me that is why I decided to give you all the details to know whether you can make the transaction with me. You do not need to worry on how to be the next of kin because it is what will be used in filling the application that matters. You can either be a next of kin or partner or anything depending on what I decide. No one is aware of this fund and again the deceased has no one coming again for the fund hence there will be legal documents before the final transfer of the fund into your account.
I want you to know that if you are serious towards this transaction, we are going to make a success.
You have to know whether you have the capacity to receive this money when transferred to your account but my concern is for you to maintain absolute confidentiality.
The percentage is subject to review depending on your committment to help me with full devotion. I am also ready to do charity works with part of the fund after we have succeeded.
Be sure that you have no risks to fear about.
The guarantee is that I am working in the same bank and will also serve as an insider on your behalf.
I am sure also that no one is coming later to ask you whether you are the real next of kin or not because I studied every thing before contacting you and moreover, I cannot involve myself to danger in the same bank where I am working.
I see this as an opportunity for me to be great and I want you also to be honest with me after the fund has been transferred to your account.
I want you to know that you were not the person I had in mind before sending out my message but another person that bears similar name like yours who was formerly living in my country but I couldn't get his email address when I searched for it and in place I got yours from public sector information book. Don�t be afraid because I am here to give you all the guidelines required.
I want you to tell me more about yourself also.
I have some questions for you.
1. Are you married and of what age are you?
2. What do you wish we can invest on when I will come to your country?
3. Are you ready to assist me honestly ?
4. Are there things you want to ask me?
5. I need you to tell me whether you are capable of receiving this amount or not when transferred.
For me, I am married with three kids and has worked in this same bank for years.
I will give you the updates when I hear from you.
Below is my personal data Feel free to ask me any question you need to know concerning this transaction
Below is my complete information:
(1) NAME: Mr.Kofo Ahmadu
(2) AGE: 48
(3) PLACE OF BIRTH: Ouagadougou .
(4) HEIGHT: 1.75
(5) WEIGHT: 84 kg , Not Permanent.
(6) SEX: Male.
(7) QUALIFICATION: M.B.A in Economics
(8) OCCUPATION: Banker.
(9) WORKING EXPERIENCE :( T.I.C) Insurance Banjul Gambia & Presently In (Boa) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso.
(10) MARITAL STATUS: Married With 3 Children.
Waiting for your mail and call as urgency implies. Also i am waiting for your response before sending you the application which is the first step of the claim.
Mr.Kofo Ahmadu
+226 75444302 |
I think I see what's up his sleeve this time: He is asking for personal information in order to narrow it down to those who have confidence in him.
I always wondered what a second message from one of those crooks was like.
Now I know.
I'm going to write back.
Then I'll see what the third message is like.
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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Just so I don't lose the information I'm sending back to him, I'll post it here:
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1. Are you married and of what age are you?
I am 27 years old and single.
2. What do you wish we can invest on when I will come to your country?
A singles bar of my own.
3. Are you ready to assist me honestly ?
Absolutely.
4. Are there things you want to ask me?
Yes: what kind of fees will I have to pay for this transaction?
5. I need you to tell me whether you are capable of receiving this amount or not when transferred.
Absolutely.
(1) NAME: Sam Sneed
(2) AGE: 27
(3) PLACE OF BIRTH: Anderson, South Carolina.
(4) HEIGHT: 6 feet
(5) WEIGHT: 180 pounds
(6) SEX: Male.
(7) QUALIFICATION: high school diploma
(8) OCCUPATION: male stripper
(9) WORKING EXPERIENCE : 5 years of working in a bar under someone else, and hating it.
(10) MARITAL STATUS: single |
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northway
Joined: 05 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 12:17 am Post subject: |
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| Whatever will we do when scammers find the BCC button... |
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West Coast Tatterdemalion
Joined: 31 Aug 2010
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:47 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah, 419eater is a great site, funny as hell. Last year I had a ton of free time(due to student exams) and I played a lot of those scammers. Kept them tied up with answering my e-mails and giving them fake documents(via photoshop). One of the things you can do when you want to kill time at your job. |
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RMNC
Joined: 21 Jul 2010
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:25 am Post subject: |
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Also, OP: 419eater.com |
I just want to say READ THIS SITE. Its one of the few sites I've ever seen that regularly has me in tears from laughing so hard. Highlights include getting the Nigerian scanners to hand-write an entire copy of the first Harry Potter book and ship it to the scam-baiter and a hilarious tale involving a Wallace and Gromit carved wooden sculpture that magically shrinks in size. |
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hogwonguy1979
Joined: 22 Dec 2003
Location: the racoon den
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| Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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A long time ago I got an email that started something like this:
Dear Friend
My name Dong We Hee brother of late Korean president Park Chung Hee...
nearly hurt myself from laughing so hard
what I dont get is how do people still fall for these scams? I mean its all over the net and the mainstream media about these folks and yet people still send them money. |
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cj1976
Joined: 26 Oct 2005
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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hogwonguy1979, did that guy want to deposit money in a bank "in your country"?
He would be shocked to find out where your country is! |
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tomato
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
Location: I get so little foreign language experience, I must be in Koreatown, Los Angeles.
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| Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2011 2:44 pm Post subject: |
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So far I haven't heard from the Hon. Mr. Ahmadu.
I guess he's not interested in investing in a bar where I will be the star of my own show.
And I had my hopes up so high! |
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sadguy
Joined: 13 Feb 2011
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darkjedidave
Joined: 19 Aug 2009
Location: Shanghai/Seoul
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| Posted: Wed May 11, 2011 3:31 pm Post subject: |
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I laughed the first time I saw a commercial on CNN for Bank of Nigeria. Who would bank there with all the money scams??  |
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