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Given the chance to help a wealthy Nigerian
After years of hearing about this email scam I finally got it sent to me. For those who aren't familiar with this scam here it is.
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We used to get snail mail versions of these in my office years ago. We'd get about three or four a year. Now I get three or four a month via email.
Playing on people's greed is such an easy way to scam. |
I've had several of these. I must be lucky or something. You might enjoy this site. This guys messes with the scammers and some of it gets pretty funny.
Ebola Monkey Man |
I was a juror in a trial that featured a variation of this scam. You'd be surprised how many people fall for it.
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We'd get that one via e-mail and fax... my favorite one is the e-mail that your friends send around saying that Applebee's is tracking the message (so don't clean up the e-mail, just forward it as is!), and if you send it to X number of people, you'll get a gift certificate via e-mail to eat at Applebee's. I went to Applebee's website when I got this the first time, because I didn't know how they were going to track it (unless someone sent it to them), and they had a pop-up saying that this was a hoax.
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I had someone try to "buy" my classified ad item by sending me a check for several thousand dollars over the amount agreed to sell. I was then to send the difference back via western union.
he fedexed the check to me and i never cashed it. he was going to call the FBI on me. I just stated that I was not going to send any funds until after the check cleared. he never contacted me again. greed makes people do dumb things. |
Cynthetiq - a case JUST LIKE THAT was on the People's Court last week. The step-mother was suing her step-son because he had signed a check over to her that was acquired via the same situation, and she had cashed it for him with her bank account. The step-son lost, but they were both found to be stupid to have fallen for that scheme in the first place. If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck....
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I wish somebody would come up with a good way to get spammers. At one point, the state I lived in had a special task force and told people to send the info there. I did for a while, then they stopped responding after they had a big bust.
I think the most amazing scam on the internet isn't really a scam. If you put together a decent website (ie: Ebola Monkey), pretty women will send pictures of them naked holding up your URL on a sign. |
Some of the fishing scams are funny because of their poor efforts at fearmongering. They go something like this:
"URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED - Paypal Account Fraudulent Activity Please use the link below to access your Paypal account to investigate potential misuse of your account." Clicking on the link creates a window that is a spot-on replica of the actual page, but the information is, of course, sent to a third party who then uses it to actually hijack your account. Delicious irony, no? |
I was scammed last year. I nearly lost 1500 dollars. I was buying an SLR Digital Camera and they wanted me to send the money via Wester Union and it was all done through an 'escrow' set up, but the next day I was just getting a little uneasy about all of it and did a research on that specific escrow site and it came up as being fradulent, so I called up Western Union and cancelled the transaction. Never got an e-mail back from the person.
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I got an interesting variation on the Nigerian spam today: it was a letter from some "Reverend" who was interested in starting a church for foreigners in the US. Kind of weird because it had my first and last name in the letter itself, so that's why I took a look at it... and saw that everything was misspelled, including the word "internate" (internet). They wanted me to reply and say that I would donate funds to help establish this "church" (which also got mispelled as "churd" at one point). I deleted it very quickly, but got a very good laugh out of it in the meantime. I guess they are appealing to... spiritual greed??
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I just recently got my first 409 (isn't that what they are called?) emails. I've received about 4 in the past month...I usually look at them for fun and then delete.
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close medusa, it'a a 419 scam...there is also movement to scam the scammers, their website is 419 Eater check out the letters archive, as well as the trophy room
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most or all con games depend on the mark thinking he's going to get something for nothing or make out better in the end. |
I'm going to be a kabillionaire. This was in my work inbox this morning. I can't wait to resign and start my new job. Check item number 4 in the notes. That's weekly folks, WEEKLY. I should only need to work a couple of weeks I figure.
PUBLIC OFFER You are to cantact the o.p.e.c director if you are interested via email Director's name:Dr Riggs Centos Email:centos_riggs@yahoo.com Gooday to you where ever you are now in the world globe.Greetings to you from the organisation of petroleum exporting countriesO.P.E.C) USA. This Message was Automatically sent to you to see if you are interested in the feild of Petroleum and Oil Marketing Industries. Due to the arise and need of Oil Companies in the World,The Organisaton of Petroleum Exporting CountriesO.P.E.C) in Conjuction with Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation(N.N.P.C) has decided to offer this life time opportuinity to (40) individuals who are well trusted and honest that can controlan oil and Petroleum company in his/her country so as to be one of opec baranches world wide. THINGS TO NOTE: This business involves billions of money,so please if are not ready and honest enough to do this job with all seriousness this message is not for you,but if you are ready to do this bisness contact the director via his mail for your full registration. Director's name:Dr Riggs Centos Email: centos_riggs@yahoo.com REGISTRATION FORM Full Names.............................................. Marital status............................ Home&office address............................... Country\state............................................. Gender............................... Passport\i.d card........................................... Account number....................................... Educational background................................................... Fill the form below and sent it to the Director,telling him you are interested. Director's name:Dr Riggs Centos Email: centos_riggs@yahoo.com NOTE: 1,You are going to be the cordinator of your branch. 2,You are o employ your workers 3,You are to look for a land condusive for the company building so we can send you money to build it. 4,Your salary is $2,000,000(two-million dollars) weekly. 5,Your document will be sent to you through the courier sevices. Contact the director for your full registration and kindly follow his rules to avoid disqualification. ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS |
While it's be nice to make 2 million dollars a week, I think i'd have to pass on that one - it's really too much effort stuffing all that money in the mattress... :D
I've been around the internet way too long... my favorite email is not one of scamming, but of trying to be helpful... The Good Times virus was going to be such a malicious virus and you had to forward the email to all your friends to warn them of impending doom... |
But geez... I'd only have to work for one or two weeks and I'd be set for life!!!
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but ya know, it doesn't specify 2 million us or canadian dollars.. it could be 2 million vietnamese dong, which is only worth about 125 us dollars...
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you mean this is a scam? NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!- my retirement.....oh no.
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To be honest I can't say that I like any of them. I have one friend (I guess you could call her a friend) who forwards chain mail like she's desperate for the good luck/love/money that they promise. I get so many every day that I'm just to the point of disgusted whenever I see one and I rarely read them.
As for the Nigerian scam bunk... I don't know why they like me but I get at least one of those a week on average. It's nauseating, especially when I think that they would not continue this if people weren't still falling for it. I can't help but think that sadly the people falling for it probably are the ones who are too stupid to earn much and so they're using money that they need or money they got through welfare to pay these scammers. What's worse - My Dad is just getting to know the internet and he forwards practically EVERYTHING to me. At least I can monitor them receiving any nigerian scam things so they don't get sucked in. I have one junk mail box that gets over 1000 messages every couple days in the bulk mail box. I just dump it all without looking at any of it. |
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Sometimes the subject lines are clever enough that I'd consider clicking on it; however, when I get 15 emails with the same title back to back, they blow it.
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I just thought the irony would be killer. |
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http://www.scamorama.com/ Plenty of email transcripts from different people -- a lot of them Brits, but not all -- who have a great deal of fun twitting the con men and stringing them along, using names like "Mikhail Strogonoff," "Beldar Conehead," "Captain James T. Kirk," and more. And the scammers just don't get it. Pretty funny. (Add: some of the money-transfer scammers are approaching people through chatrooms or IMs, and they have transcripts of some of those encounters, too.) |
Some of the phising mail are pretty well done, I've recieved a few of the PayPal variety that looked really good. However, there's been a few phishing "attacks" aimed at my bank from (probably) SE Asia, and their Swedish is beyond terrible. You think you've seen some crappy English in phishing mail, but compared to how they butcher Swedish it's nothing.
And people STILL fall for it! I'm ashamed of my countrymen. :P |
Here's a great new song about Spam: follow the link to listen along.
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oooh I have a new favorite- oh this poor woman -she's been thru so much..
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my best friend's cousin's family fell for this scam. the cousin didn't fall for it and even warned his family (stepdad and mom) that it was a scam, but
the family QUIT THEIR JOBS when they got the fake "10 million dollar check" in the mail. they went to deposit the check at their bank and the bank desposed of the fraudelent check and they left jobless and moneyless. ugh. |
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I got this one today, and I'm considering responding just to mess with them. It's actually fairly well written and may or may not be Nigerian, but it's pretty clearly a scam, especially if you know anything about FOREX. The idea that you can't lose money should be sign enough to stay away.
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I've been getting these lately
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xcxwdl ulqpngqhxa ddnvrgqk caqcglpf ksnqtn" strikes me as the best one ever. If I was single I'd give it a shot. |
I have a bunch of russian babes that seem very interested in getting to know me-- and that think I'm cute... pity i zero interest in women... are men really that hard up ( no pun intended) that they'd actually respond to Spam IM???
or is it the same mindset that you can get something for nothing that an iordinary guy can get a babe lusting after him... :) |
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That gal asked for 125 dongs, and I had 120 of my buddies already lined up:( |
Please please stop sending me spam offering to sell me Hoodia. I don't even know what Hoodia is (and I'm not going to look it up), but every time I see the word Hoodia my brain translates it into Hoodsie, and now I want Hoodsie cups. Again.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/3...undaelg6yj.jpg Yum, Hoodsies. |
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