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General Category => Forum Games => Topic started by: Nightangel8212 on February 22, 2012, 01:27:40 am
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I simply had to share this. I think it's hilarious that people actually fall for this shit....
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Dearest Friend,
Please kindly read through this letter and get back to me soon. I am Mr. [name deleted]. Branch Manager of one the Bank in London, UNITED KINGDOM. I will give you the name of my Bank and other important information if I receive a positive reply from you. For security reasons I cannot disclose my full identity to you now until I am sure of your cooperation. I made up my mind with trust to contact you for an urgent and very confidential business, knowing fully well that we had no previous dealings.
On the 9th of June 2004, Mr. [name deleted] a foreign Fiber Optics consultant here in London made several times huge sum (Fixed) deposit valued at US$17,000,000.00 (Seventeen Million Dollars). Upon yearly maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After 2 years, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers that he lost his life with his wife and his only son in the Bomb Blast at King cross underground Station in London while on holiday tour with his family. You can click the news link below for highlight: http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8492258 /
On further investigation, I found out that he made no WILL outside his immediate family, and all attempts to trace his relatives were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. [name deleted] did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$17,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each month. No one will ever come forward to claim it. At the expiration of 8 (eight) years, the money will be reverted to the bank escrow account if nobody applies to claim this fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. [name deleted] so that the fruits of this Man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt top officials of this bank. This is simple as long as am here to direct and provide you with every information required. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. Once the fund is approved and released to your account, you will be entitled for 50% while 50% remains for me. Please feel free to provide me with your full names, address and direct telephone and fax number while we employee the service of an Attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to secure and prepare affidavit of claim in your favor including letter of probate/administration so which will put you in place as the next of kin.
If you are interested, please reply immediately. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. All i want from you is honest and trustworthy. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply on: [email address deleted]
Regards.
Mr. [deleted]
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How very fucking convenient, that I am currently in dire financial straits and some random bank dude from overseas suddenly has $17 million sitting in the account, and this man is so nice that he doesn't want the money to fall into the hands of the 'corrupt' bank people. Therefore, he randomly found me and decided that I am worthy of a huge financial windfall. YAY!
Yeah, fucking right. I wish.
What's sad is that there are people out there who actually BELIEVE this shit...
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This is a classic example of the 419 scam (http://www.419eater.com/), sometimes referred to as a 'Nigerian letter'.
The people who do fall for it always seem to be those who can least afford to.
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Oooh... that site looks like FUN! :D Now I'm thinking of contacting the guy and fucking with his head and making him think he's got a chance of scamming me...
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Oooh... that site looks like FUN! :D Now I'm thinking of contacting the guy and fucking with his head and making him think he's got a chance of scamming me...
You certainly should. As long as you don't give him any of your details, they can't touch you. Play your cards right, and you can make them do crazy shit like write out Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by hand.
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Oooh... that site looks like FUN! :D Now I'm thinking of contacting the guy and fucking with his head and making him think he's got a chance of scamming me...
You certainly should. As long as you don't give him any of your details, they can't touch you. Play your cards right, and you can make them do crazy shit like write out Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by hand.
That was fucking awesome. I love it when people fuck with the morons.
I also remember some crude photos of a guy standing naked with a bucket on his head, or something along those lines.
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Just be careful. I've read a while back where someone had responded with the intent of fucking with them and it basically backfired on him. Although they never got enough information to do actually scam him, they relentlessly hounded him trying.
Best thing to do is just delete it.
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My dad is a lawyer, and has worked for some reasonably prestigious law firms. One of the attorneys at his former firm fell for a scam like this, losing something like $900,000 of the firm's money.
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This is callous to say, but I don't feel sorry for any but very few people who fall for these scams. Unless you are in some way almost wholly unacquainted with the internet and are in some way mentally handicapped in such a way that makes you inherently very trusting and lack a lot of basic critical thinking skills, you have absolutely no excuse for not seeing these for the scams they are. There is nothing about this shit that doesn't throw up red flags every which way. I totally get not everyone is net-savvy, but how much different is this than, 'Hey, wanna buy a bridge?' It isn't. You should know better. The fact that you don't makes me entitled to laugh myself stupid at you.
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While most Nigerian scams are annoying, there is one variety in particular that ticks me the fuck off: A member of the military (US/UK/Canadian, doesn't matter) somehow found some treasure in Iraq/Iran/Afghanistan/Insert middle Eastern place here and needs YOUR help getting it back to the states.
1) Disrespectful ESPECIALLY when I recognize the unit name and it's a unit dear to my heart.
2) You would get your ass court-martialed for such a thing in real life
3) It's a Class E felony to pretend to be an officer of the military (at least the US military)
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3) It's a Class E felony to pretend to be an officer of the military (at least the US military)
I guess if you're going to commit a felony, it might as well be a class E one.
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This is callous to say, but I don't feel sorry for any but very few people who fall for these scams. Unless you are in some way almost wholly unacquainted with the internet and are in some way mentally handicapped in such a way that makes you inherently very trusting and lack a lot of basic critical thinking skills, you have absolutely no excuse for not seeing these for the scams they are. There is nothing about this shit that doesn't throw up red flags every which way. I totally get not everyone is net-savvy, but how much different is this than, 'Hey, wanna buy a bridge?' It isn't. You should know better. The fact that you don't makes me entitled to laugh myself stupid at you.
Yeah, really. Just how naive/stupid/ignorant and greedy do you have to be to not recognize something like this for the scam that it is.
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3) It's a Class E felony to pretend to be an officer of the military (at least the US military)
I guess if you're going to commit a felony, it might as well be a class E one.
Why go for the lowest rank? lol
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Be careful though, most Nigerian scams are just after your money, but some are setting you up for a kidnapping. Play with them all you like, but if they suggest a meeting, call the police.
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Alternatively, set up a meeting to which you have no intention of going, forcing them to spend thousands of dollars and dozens of hours out of their way (and away from scamming someone likely to give up genuine goods) to a dangerous part of the world, like Darfur, and send them on a wild goose chase.
That shit's comedy gold.
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3) It's a Class E felony to pretend to be an officer of the military (at least the US military)
I guess if you're going to commit a felony, it might as well be a class E one.
Why go for the lowest rank? lol
...it was a pun. Class E = classy.
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I got one once when I was ten from a Russian widow. I knew it was a scam, but it was very odd.
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I've actually gotten a few of them in the past, but the one I've posted is actually very well written compared to the other ones. Sadly, my mother almost fell for it once and I had to stop her from giving her credit card number to the guy....
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I got one from Canada once, IIRC. :P
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I once got one of the Irish Lottery scam ones... I played them along sending them retarded questions and setting up a meeting in their 'offices' in Dublin (an address that was an abandoned building). The actual scam was based on the ludicrous 'courier fee' that they charged for sending the certified cheque for my 'winnings' (€11,000,000 and some change) to my then address in England. Of course, the cheque could be collected in person (from this ficticious office), in which case there was no delivery fee, but a 'processing fee' of some €500.
Obviously I did not go to Dublin, but the day after the supposed meeting, I asked them what had happened to their office... They gave me a new address in Dublin and claimed that they had recently relocated and had been using email 'forms' that had not been updated.
It amazed me at how persistent these fuckers were. They even suggested I take out a loan to pay for the 'courier fee'!
One activity that gives me great amusement these days is to forward letters from Nigeria to email accounts from which I have recieved other letters from Nigeria. I gives me a nice warm feeling thinking that maybe these people would like to get together and have their own online community - into which a few fucks can occasionally be fired by concerned citizens.
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Be careful though, most Nigerian scams are just after your money, but some are setting you up for a kidnapping. Play with them all you like, but if they suggest a meeting, call the police.
Or, set up the meeting so you can completely fuck the would be kidnappers world over with some Grade A Ranger Skills. 8)
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3) It's a Class E felony to pretend to be an officer of the military (at least the US military)
I guess if you're going to commit a felony, it might as well be a class E one.
Why go for the lowest rank? lol
...it was a pun. Class E = classy.
Steaaaalth pun.
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Heh. I got another one in my inbox this morning, and this time the deal was for a measly million bucks... The idiots have the details of the deal in attachments, and I'm too scared of viruses to open it so I just deleted it lol
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3) It's a Class E felony to pretend to be an officer of the military (at least the US military)
I guess if you're going to commit a felony, it might as well be a class E one.
Why go for the lowest rank? lol
...it was a pun. Class E = classy.
Steaaaalth pun.
It's because of how class E I am.
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I once got one of the Irish Lottery scam ones... I played them along sending them retarded questions and setting up a meeting in their 'offices' in Dublin (an address that was an abandoned building). The actual scam was based on the ludicrous 'courier fee' that they charged for sending the certified cheque for my 'winnings' (€11,000,000 and some change) to my then address in England. Of course, the cheque could be collected in person (from this ficticious office), in which case there was no delivery fee, but a 'processing fee' of some €500.
Obviously I did not go to Dublin, but the day after the supposed meeting, I asked them what had happened to their office... They gave me a new address in Dublin and claimed that they had recently relocated and had been using email 'forms' that had not been updated.
It amazed me at how persistent these fuckers were. They even suggested I take out a loan to pay for the 'courier fee'!
One activity that gives me great amusement these days is to forward letters from Nigeria to email accounts from which I have recieved other letters from Nigeria. I gives me a nice warm feeling thinking that maybe these people would like to get together and have their own online community - into which a few fucks can occasionally be fired by concerned citizens.
My grandfather always gets those things, and actually takes them seriously. The only reason he hasn't been suckered by one yet is because he doesn't know how to text (yay for stereotypes) and so always asks me to collect the supposed winnings for him whenever I'm around.
I swear, I've debunked three of the bloody things so far with nothing more than a google search of the name of the would-be lottery and he still takes them seriously.
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Oooh... that site looks like FUN! :D Now I'm thinking of contacting the guy and fucking with his head and making him think he's got a chance of scamming me...
You certainly should. As long as you don't give him any of your details, they can't touch you. Play your cards right, and you can make them do crazy shit like write out Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by hand.
It still amazes me the that these scammers would do all that. You would think they realize that there is something up.
My grandfather always gets those things, and actually takes them seriously. The only reason he hasn't been suckered by one yet is because he doesn't know how to text (yay for stereotypes) and so always asks me to collect the supposed winnings for him whenever I'm around.
I swear, I've debunked three of the bloody things so far with nothing more than a google search of the name of the would-be lottery and he still takes them seriously.
Wow. You keep taking care of him now.
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Scam-baiting is definitely fun. You would be surprised as some of the shit you can get them to do while distracting them from preying on others.
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I sometimes wish I could do it. Unfortunately, I do not have a very good instinct for messing with people, even just as a lighthearted joke.
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If something seems too good to be true, then the odds are is isn't true.
It amazes me how some people can believe that they have won a lottery for which they have not even bought tickets. Do they think that they have had some sort of stealth visit from the Lottery Ticket Fairy? Did their fairy godmother wave her magic wand (from which small glittery stars emanate)? Did their dog raid their wallet and go down to the store to purchase a lottery ticket?
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I love getting scams and phishing emails just to see how stupid they are. Like this one (My comments in purple):
From: Telstra [Never heard of them]
Subject: BigPond ADSL Broadband Service Suspension [uh, I use AT&T]
Dear BigPond User, [you would think they'd bother to put my name]
Telstra BigPond is sending you this e-mail to inform you that our service to you could be suspended. [normally, you would send an email and a letter, possibly with a phone call] This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. You have changed your billing address. [no]
2. You have Submitted [sic] incorrect information during bill payment process.[sic]
3. Your credit/debit card has expired. [It expires 2013. If I was using you, you'd know that]
4. You didnt [sic] update your bigpond [sic - consistency is key to making you sound real, ya know] profile.
According to above [sic], and to ensure that your service is not interrupted [seems like an odd interjection. Consider revising], we request [this relative clause should start with "that] you to confirm and update your billing information now
BY CLICKING HERE. [All CAPS that's really going to convince me to click!]
If you have already confirmed your billing information[,] then please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.
Regards,
Telstra
Billing Department
Thanks for your co-operation.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Telstra (r) [why not ®?] will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
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For those who set up "meetings" with these people, can't you notify the police and get at least one person/group stopped? I'm probably talking shit I know nothing about, but just wondering if there's really anything to be done besides just clicking delete.
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For those who set up "meetings" with these people, can't you notify the police and get at least one person/group stopped? I'm probably talking shit I know nothing about, but just wondering if there's really anything to be done besides just clicking delete.
It's very difficult to prove that they were scamming just by setting up a meeting with them. One needs to gather a fair amount of evidence to make the charges stick. That, and they probably don't want to encourage citizens going all vigilante like that.
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I found this in my inbox this morning:
Re: Payment Notification:
We are writhing to know if it's true that you are DEAD? Because we received a notification from one MR. GERSHON SHAPIRO of USA stating that you are DEAD and that you have giving him the right to claim your funds. He stated you died on a CAR accident. He has been calling us regarding this issue, but we cannot proceed with him until we confirm this by not hearing from you after 7days. Be advised that we have made all arrangements for you to receive and confirm your funds without anymore stress, and without any further delays.
All we need to confirm now is your been DEAD Or still Alive. Because this MAN'S message brought shock to our minds. And we just can't proceed with him until we confirm if this is a reality OR not But if it happened we did not hear from you after 7days, then we say: MAY YOUR SOUL REST IN PERFECT PEACE"
YOUR JOY AND SUCCESS REMAINS OUR GOAL.
May the peace of the Lord be with you wherever you may be now.
Your Faithfully,
Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
Acting Chairman/Chief Executive of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC
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That's right, dude, YOU DIED ON A CAR ACCIDENT.
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They expect my car-wrecked remains to verify if I'm dead. Gyeonghwa zombie. . .
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I like how it implies that you can be assumed dead if you don't reply to an email for 7 days. ::)
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That's right, dude, YOU DIED ON A CAR ACCIDENT.
And now, Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde is WRITHING HIM!
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I love getting scams and phishing emails just to see how stupid they are. Like this one (My comments in purple):
From: Telstra [Never heard of them]
Subject: BigPond ADSL Broadband Service Suspension [uh, I use AT&T]
Dear BigPond User, [you would think they'd bother to put my name]
Telstra BigPond is sending you this e-mail to inform you that our service to you could be suspended. [normally, you would send an email and a letter, possibly with a phone call] This might be due to either of the following reasons:
1. You have changed your billing address. [no]
2. You have Submitted [sic] incorrect information during bill payment process.[sic]
3. Your credit/debit card has expired. [It expires 2013. If I was using you, you'd know that]
4. You didnt [sic] update your bigpond [sic - consistency is key to making you sound real, ya know] profile.
According to above [sic], and to ensure that your service is not interrupted [seems like an odd interjection. Consider revising], we request [this relative clause should start with "that] you to confirm and update your billing information now
BY CLICKING HERE. [All CAPS that's really going to convince me to click!]
If you have already confirmed your billing information[,] then please disregard this message as we are processing the changes you have made.
Regards,
Telstra
Billing Department
Thanks for your co-operation.
Accounts Management As outlined in our User Agreement, Telstra (r) [why not ®?] will
periodically send you information about site changes and enhancements.
Note to scammers: When attempting to scam Americans, posing as an Australian telecommunications network is a strategy with highly limited utility.
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I like how it implies that you can be assumed dead if you don't reply to an email for 7 days. ::)
Holy fuck, I'm dead!