Who would fall fo this?

[Guest skrubber]

Good day,

 

I am Barrister Andrew Singh. I have emailed you earlier on without any response from you.On my first email I mentioned about my late client whose relatives I cannot get in touch with. But both of you have the same last name so it will be very easy to front you as his official next of kin.

 

I am compelled to do this because I would not want the finance house to push my clients funds into their treasury as unclaimed inheritance. If you are interested you do let me know so that I can give you Comprehensive details on what we are to do.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Andrew Singh.

Attorney at Law

[leigh.bess.toad]

You would be amazed. I must have won the British sweepstakes dozens of times. I've had hundreds of relative die overseas leaving me huge fortunes. I could rival Bill Gates if there were any truth to that crap.

 

But PT Barnum was as right then as now. Just think what he could do with today's technology. Frightening!!

[Guest greatness]

It is always useful to keep some of them active, they do something that no one has ever thought of before. That's how some of the defense system is built.

[+ deej]

That's actually better written than most I've seen, but it has been ages since I've seen one.

[Guy Fawkes]

From Victoria Lukas

Rue de Gabon ABIDJAN 01.

COTE D'IVORIE, West Africa.

 

 

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE TO GO INTO

RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

 

Dearest one,

 

Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with

you,after going through your profile and I prayed over it and selected your name

among other names due to the nature of my proposal,which requires a reputable

and trustworthy person. Someone who will be kind and sincere to me.

 

l am Miss Victoria Lukas, the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Johnpaul Lukas.

My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of

Ivory Coast, he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their

business meeting. My mother died on the 22th may 1991 and my father took me so

special because l am motherless.

 

Before the death of my father on 10th December 2007 in a private hospital in

Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside,when I sat down to listen to him,

he started crying, why? (1) He complained that I am too young to be managing my

life with no one to take care of me,that my uncles are evil too.(2)That I have

not finished my university education as he planned for me, he revealed to me

that he has a sum of US$27.500.000.(TWENTY SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND

UNITED STATES DOLLARS) left in a foreign account in europ, that he used my name

as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds.

 

He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned

by his business associates , that l should seek for a GOD fearing foreign

partner in a country of my choice where l will transfer this money and use it

for proper investment purpose ,that I must finish my university education by the

help of a business partner abroad,that he or she should help me obtain a

resident permit in his or her country. He also gave a standing instruction to

the bank that the deposit can be transferred outside the country according to my

wishes,My father also,told me that the money was deposited as family valuables

to avoid attracting attention to the deposit.

 

I left for south africa when my uncles almost kill me,i left every other

properties behind and run for the safty of my life,and all the necessary

documentation regarding this funds are still intact with me ready to make

amendments if you are ready to co operate with me.

 

I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no more. l am

honorable seeking your assistance in the following ways.

 

(1) To serve as my guardian in your country while I will depend on your expert

advise since l am a girl of 23 years.

 

(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further

my university education and to secure a residential permit for me in your

country.

 

Moreover , l am willing to offer you 40% of the total sum as compensation for

your assistance in the transfer of this deposit to your country. Furthermore,

you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that this

project would be concluded within seven days you signify interest to assist me

by contacting the bank.

 

Hoping to hearing from you soon. May God bless you as you extend your helping

hand to the needy.Please reply me through my private email address

([email protected])

 

I ask that if you find no interest in this project you should discard this

mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no

appeal to you,delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.If interested

forward information below to me.

 

1.FULL NAMES: 2.RESIDENTIAL

ADDRESS:

3.SEX: 4.AGE:

5.PHONE NUMBER: 6.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY):

7.OCCUPATION: 8.COMPANY NAME (IF ANY):

9.COMPANY ADDRESS (IF ANY): 10.NATIONALITY:

11.PRESENT COUNTRY: 12.STATE/PROVINCE:

13.Zip Code:

 

To this via email:[email protected]

 

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

 

I await your response.

 

Miss,Victoria Lukas.

[Mark Gordon]

I'm getting more!

 

I HAVE A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU.

Dear Good Friend,

I am Mr Asita Hussain, The Chief Auditor/Information Manager, In-Charge of Foreign Unit of our bank and i have had the intent to contact you over this financial transaction/transfer worth the sum of Twenty Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars (US$29.2M)for our progress and richness.This is an abandoned sum that belongs to our late foreign customer (an International Billionaire French Businessman) who died in plane crash disaster since three years ago along with his wife.

 

I was opportuned to see the deceased deposit file bearing this huge amount of money when i was inspecting the dated and current customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official validation / re-documentation against the statement approval to the account holders for the year. In a swift investigation carried out by me, i found out that non of the deceased relative is aware of the abandoned fund except his late wife.

 

As a result of that, it is an extremely confidential matter between me and you.

Hence you are a foreigner to our country, you are authorized by our Banking law to apply and claim the fund into your account as the NEXT-OF-KIN to the deceased. For assisting me to get the fund transferred into your bank account, the ratio of 40% of the total sum is for your share whereas 60% is for me as business pioneer.

 

Please i need your urgent response on assurance of trust that you will not deny my right of the share once the fund gets into your account because i am a poor civil servant who depend on little monthly salary. That you are the one who will help me to get visa to your country immediately i resign from my work on the instant of the transfer into

your account.

If you are realy sure of your integerity, trustworthy, and confidentiality,

reply urgently and to prove that, include your particulars as follows.

 

Your Full Names...................

Occupation...........................

Age .....................................

Marrital Status.......................

Personal Phone No...............

Country....................

 

Yours in sincerity,

Mr Asita Hussain

[happyguy2]

I have received so many of these scams I stopped counting. My secretary often passes them on to the business crime people in law enforcement - not sure it makes any difference at all. Also, have you noticed that the majority of these physhing (sp?) expeditions originate in Nigeria?

[+ deej]

I have received so many of these scams I stopped counting. My secretary often passes them on to the business crime people in law enforcement - not sure it makes any difference at all. Also, have you noticed that the majority of these physhing (sp?) expeditions originate in Nigeria?

 

Yeah, that's why they're called Nigerian Scams.

 

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/advancefee/nigeria.asp

[happyguy2]

Sorry Deej, first time I heard the term "Nigerian Scams".

[seeker630]

Imaginative - and this one appeals to your humanitarian leaningfs!

 

DEAR BELOVED,

 

I AM MRS KINSMAN JEFFERSON FROM NEW ZEALAND I AM MARRIED TO DR.MIKE WILLIAMS WHO WORKED WITH CHEVRON/TEXACO IN EGYPT FOR TWENTY YEARS BEFORE HE DIED IN THE YEAR 2002.WE WERE MARRIED FOR TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS WITHOUT A CHILD, HE DIED DURING ONE OF THE RIOTS IN EGYPT. HE WAS HELD HOSTAGE AND SLAIN TO DEATH BY PROTESTING YOUTHS OF THE REGION BEFORE HIS DEATH WE WERE BOTH BORN AGAIN CHRISTIANS.

 

SINCE HIS DEATH I DECIDED NOT TO RE-MARRY.WHEN MY LATE HUSBAND WAS

ALIVE HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF (US8.5 MILLION) WITH A BANK IN UNITED KINGDOM AND NOW THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK HAVE JUST WROTE ME TO COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE THE MONEY OR RATHER ISSUE A LETTER OF AUTHORISATION TO SOMEBODY TO RECEIVE IT ON MY BEHALF IF I CAN NOT COME OVER BECAUSE OF MY CONDITION AT HAND.I AM PRESENTLY WITH MY LAPTOP IN A HOSPITAL WHERE I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING TREATMENT FOR CANCER OF THE LUNGS, I HAVE SINCE LOST MY ABILITY TO TALK AND MY DOCTORS HAVE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE ONLY A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE.

 

IT IS MY LAST WISH TO SEE THAT THIS MONEY IS INVESTED AND AT THE END OF

 

EVERY YEAR DISTRIBUTED AMONG CHARITY ORGANISATION. AND FOR YOUR

COMPESATION, AS SOON AS THE MONEY ENTERS YOUR ACCOUNT TAKE 40%OF THE TOTAL MONEY, WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR THE WORK OF GOD.

 

I TOOK THIS DECISION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF POOR PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DIFFERENT KIND OF DISEASE AND NOBODY TO COME TO THEIR AID.WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY I SHALL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK WERE THE MONEY IS BEEN DEPOSITED .I WILL ALSO ISSUE YOU A LETTER OF AUTHORITY AND CERTIFICATE OF CLAIM THAT WILL PROVE YOU AS THE NEW BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUND. GET BACK TO ME

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.

 

Yours,

 

MRS. KINSMAN JEFFERSON

[dcguy20]

I get similar e-mails at least once a week. I'm so tempted to reply with a "FUCK OFF", but delete them instead.

[bcohen7719]

Guys:

 

I had indirect experience with a "Nigerian Scam." Don't laugh these off, because they can be ultra-serious. Here are some of the details:

 

1) One of the major banks (one of the biggest) had an "insider" who was bribed or

corrupted by an overseas contact. He changed my own telephone number within

the bank's records: the one used for "verification of change of account information."

In this way, any telephone calls directed to account information could be re-routed

to himself.

 

2) My mortgage-line-of-credit account was then "probed for activity" from a Nigerian

bank, where they debited one penny every few months to make sure the

account was active. If any of you have seen that a bank account is "'off" by

one or two cents every few months--WATCH OUT!

 

3) The overseas con artists based in Nigeria then "duped" someone in the

Northwest into clicking on one of those links. They fooled him into thinking

he was recipient of an estate. They persuaded him to accept a check

which was created in a local "Staples" check-maker, onto which my

mortgage-line-of-credit account was copied. My signature was forged.

The notion was that this stooge could share the proceeds with another party

based in the USA.

 

4) The bank security officers only came upon the scheme because my name

was misspelled. The case was kicked upstairs to the Internet/Mortgage

Fraud Division within the bank.

 

I do not know if they ever caught the "insider," but they almost got away with

a $500,000 operation.

 

So don't laugh--it could happen to you, indirectly. Never, never

click on any of those links, don't answer them, and inspect your bank statements carefully for small, unexplainable deductions. Don't accept the answer of "bank errors" for these.

 

BC

[+ Charlie]

And be equally careful about emails supposedly from your bank that claim there is a problem with your account, which you need to address by giving them passwords or other information. Some of them are transparent frauds, but if you aren't sure, go to the bank and talk to an officer instead of responding online.

[+ deej]

And be equally careful about emails supposedly from your bank that claim there is a problem with your account, which you need to address by giving them passwords or other information. Some of them are transparent frauds, but if you aren't sure, go to the bank and talk to an officer instead of responding online.

 

Or E-bay, or.... anyone, really. In fact, many banks have published policies saying they WILL NOT send out clickable links in emails because scams have used those to collect information fraudulently.

 

When in doubt, close the email and navigate to your bank's website the normal way rather than clicking on any link in an email.

[Lookin]

And then there's this one from Goldman Sachs: http://www.maleescortreview.com/forum/public/style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif

 

“When you have a chance I wanted to find a time to discuss a highly confidential and time sensitive investment opportunity in a private company that is considering a transaction to raise additional capital.

 

For confidentiality reasons, I am unable to tell you the name of the company unless you agree not to use such information other than in connection with your evaluation of the investment opportunity and to keep all information that we reveal to you strictly confidential. All I can tell you is that it is a private company, but that its stock trades in a limited manner on certain private markets.

 

Full article

[dcguy20]

I received a supposed one from Amazon about a month ago. Saying something about a refund for something I didn't even purchase. It seemed fishy to me right off the bat. I contacted Amazon online and a representative called me immediately. They told me it was a scam and asked me to forward this particular e-mail onto them.

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

As a banker, I cannot tell you how many times individuals fall for these scenes. Most times, it is senior citizens that have become the victim. Another variant on the scheme is to mail a letter with a check for $9,995 and have the individual deposit it to their account. After depositing the check, they are to wire $9,000 to another bank, or send it via Western Union, and keep the $995 for their troubles. Then a few days later, the check is returned as a bad item and the victim is not only out the $9,000, but also begins to have bounced checks. A real double whammy.

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

I do not know if they ever caught the "insider," but they almost got away with

a $500,000 operation. BC

 

I'm sure that the "insider" was caught. The bank simply cannot share with the victims all of what is going on while the case is still pending, and perhaps making sure that all of the activity has been uncovered. Usually with cases of insider theft greater than $100,000 the FBI and/or Secret Service is involved.