You've got mail

[gcursor]

So I got this email today that said:

 

Congratulations! Your e-mail has been Chosen as the PRIZE winner of £1,500,000.00 British Pounds ($2,455,006.77 USD), in a Promotion Draw Held JUNE, 2011 in England.

 

and so I replied

 

You can now get a SUPPLY of top-grade VIAGRA by clicking HERE!!

 

Gcursor

[+ sam.fitzpatrick]

So I got this email today that said:

 

Congratulations! Your e-mail has been Chosen as the PRIZE winner of £1,500,000.00 British Pounds ($2,455,006.77 USD), in a Promotion Draw Held JUNE, 2011 in England.

 

and so I replied

 

In the banking industry, this is typically known as a "Nigerian Lottery Scam" as the first such scheme started in Nigeria. As the scam goes, the target will either

 

(a) sent a check and asked to deposit it at his bank and then wire the amount back to cover taxes. After the wire is sent, the check bounces and the target's account is charged for the bad check, or

(b) asked for all sorts of personal and account information indicating it is needed to transfer the winnings to the individual. In fact, the scammer is getting enough information to drain the target's bank account(s) and/or steal his identity.

[gcursor]

Oh for god's sake, the next thing you're going to tell me is that African Prince that hid a treasure in the hills of his country and I only have to pay 1.99 shipping to get a portion of that...is fake.

Gcursor

 

In the banking industry, this is typically known as a "Nigerian Lottery Scam" as the first such scheme started in Nigeria. As the scam goes, the target will either

 

(a) sent a check and asked to deposit it at his bank and then wire the amount back to cover taxes. After the wire is sent, the check bounces and the target's account is charged for the bad check, or

(b) asked for all sorts of personal and account information indicating it is needed to transfer the winnings to the individual. In fact, the scammer is getting enough information to drain the target's bank account(s) and/or steal his identity.

[Lookin]

Oh for god's sake, the next thing you're going to tell me is that African Prince that hid a treasure in the hills of his country and I only have to pay 1.99 shipping to get a portion of that...is fake.

Gcursor

No, that one's real. I'm leaving for Kinshasa in the morning!

 

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[Guest Rich.]

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Any other Member intruding on my privacy at Highgate Cemetary East will be superinjuncted.

 

Richard

[corndog]

These scams are also known as "419 scams" and the website http://www.419eater.com/ tells some captivating stories of efforts to "scam the scammers." I wonder if some of these principles might be applied to our friend Scott Sloan.

[orbital sander]

I remember an escort telling me about being a target of a Nigerian Banking scam, and apparently he gave all the requested information and then set a guy up to meet him in London, a meeting he never made...

[+ deej]

Any other Member intruding on my privacy at Highgate Cemetary East will be superinjuncted.

 

They're trying to pass a law against that in San Francisco.

 

Oh, wait ..... WHAT?!?~!?

 

Never mind.

[Steven_Draker]

No, that one's real. I'm leaving for Kinshasa in the morning!

 

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Damn! I've got the same email. On my way ... See you there, Lookin !!!

 

 

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