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Tugboat
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Joined: Mar 28, 2006
Posts: 4,231
Location: Beside the pie warmer.
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 Posted: Wed 15/Oct/08 4:03pm Post subject: The Good Ole Nigerian 419 Scam... |
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I just had a laugh at this email that appeared in my junk folder. I really thought that the Nigerian scammers had lifted their game a bit over the last few years, but obviously not.
| Some Nigerian out to make a buck wrote: |
OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.
SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND FBI.
THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF
YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER.
Mrs.Husdon Jennifer ON HER EMAIL ADDRESS:
atm822_enquiry12[at]live.com
phone:+234 55467956
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD.3MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER
BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
KINDEST REGARDS,
MR. DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.
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Anyone who gets burned by something like this is a fool that even Mr T couldn't pity.
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thorg
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Joined: May 20, 2004
Posts: 13,613
Location: looking out at Makara
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| Posted: Wed 15/Oct/08 4:08pm Post subject: |
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 But he is so serious?
you can tell by the way its all in caps lock.
you cant lie in caps lock.
besides, he is only trying to get you your inheritance, why dont you send him all your money?
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ThingOne
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Joined: Mar 05, 2007
Posts: 2,336
Location: 172.20.0.151
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| Posted: Wed 15/Oct/08 4:12pm Post subject: |
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Dear Mr Scammer..
I sentence you to live in Nigeria for the rest of your life..
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rachelr
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Posts: 3,083
Location: Christchurch
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| Posted: Wed 15/Oct/08 4:29pm Post subject: |
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"This American Life" recently had a piece on people who set out to trap the spammers and make them think they've managed to scam someone.
It was quite funny, especially the account of a spammer who (apparently) got stranded in a town where they'd sent him to pick up the money - it was in the middle of a war zone where he was of the wrong tribal group so not a good experience for him. It took ages for him to work out that he was actually being scammed.
He was quite outraged at being ripped off which was quite possibly the funniest bit 
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