Scam letters

[king ubu]

I got one from the Village Voice today... what's happened to them? Has Murdoch taken over?

[Christiern]

Got this one today:

Dear Customer:

What is going on? We have been waiting for you since I hope all is with you and your family? I am Dr. Anthony Martins from Diamond Bank Plc Forgeign Manager and am contacting you regarding your unpaid inherited fund transaction that you make attempt to receive before, I know you are afford of scam that is going on in Nigeria? Please call me with this number +23470-3340-5522 if you need my help for your fund transfer.

Thanks

Anthony Martins

What he needs is English lessons.

[aparxa]

Lome, Togo - A Swiss MP, Gabriel Poncet, lured into Togo before being kidnapped, was saved by Togolese Gendarmerie, PANA learned Wednesday from police sources. According to the sources, one Francis Raymond Akakpossa, 35, a Togolese national, working with two Nigerians and two Beninese nationals, had contacted Poncet on the Internet in October last year, asking him to come over to Lome, the Togolese capital, to sign a document for the transfer of funds to Thailand, amounting to US$ 12,500,000.

http://www.afriquejet.com/news/africa-news/togo-police-foil-kidnap-attempt-on-swiss-mp-201102242866.html

[king ubu]

What's a "swiss MP"? moronic person?

[Christiern]

This is to request for your permition to pay your allocation fund of us$10.5

million dollars to mess Helen Moore, who came from all the way from Taxas, in

united state of America claiming that you ordered her to claim the fund,

Dr

Sanusi Lamido

Central Bank Governor.

As we would have said in the Denmark of my youth: Dr. Lamido did not invent hot water.

[medjuck]

I keep getting notifications from DHL which require me to click on a zip to get the info about the parcel they're trying to deliver to me

The parcel was send your home address.

And it will arrice within 7 bussness day.

I dunno. You think I should click on it? They spell like me.

[Dan Gould]

I am getting dozens of those a day, from DHL and every other shipping company - usually with an attachment guaranteed to have a nasty virus or something embedded. DELETE!!

[medjuck]

I am getting dozens of those a day, from DHL and every other shipping company - usually with an attachment guaranteed to have a nasty virus or something embedded. DELETE!!

Don't worry I do delete them all. Thanks.

[Dan Gould]

I figured you did but it seems that the "Oooh, I got a package!" response has led a lot of people to click on those links and completely forget what was drilled into their heads long ago: don't open attachments from people you don't know, and even with people you do know don't naturally assume that an attachment is safe. Otherwise we wouldn't get so many of these in our inboxes unless enough people continue to take the bait and get infected.

[David Ayers]

You guys are fools! Due to the generosity of rich men escaping revolution, inheritance from unknown relatives, and lotttery wins in countries that I didn't even know existed, I am now the latest internet billionaire. Never - ever - look a gift horse in the mouth...

[Jazzmoose]

I dunno guys; he seems legit...

[Christiern]

Guess the lord guy, master scammer, made old Wilfred do it!

I'm diplomat Wilfred Tawiah; I havebeen trying to reach you on your telephone about an hour now just toinform you about my successful arrival in Virginia Highlands AbingdonAirport with your two boxes of consignment worth 10. Million Dollarswhich I have been instructed by ECOWAS COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY to bedelivered to you. The Airport authority demanded for all the legal backup papers to prove to them that the fund is no way related with drugnor fraud money, I have presented the papers I handed to them and theyare very much pleased with the papers I presented but the only thingthat is still keeping me here is the airport delivery Tag which is notplaced on the boxes, one of the Airport Authority has advise that weget the delivery tag so that I can exit the airport immediately andmake my delivery successful .I try to reason with them and they statedthe delivery tag will cost us just $105 Dollars only to get the two tagplaced on the boxes as that tag will enable me

Please try as much as you can to reachme on Phone below 804 490 6073 as I can not afford to spend more timehere due to other delivery I have to take care of in Bangkok.You candirect the tag fee to our Head Office as they will get it here for youand they are entitled to receive and make any payment to foreigncountries authority. Email me with below information to enable me knowyour arrangement for the $105. EMAIL.[agentemail6@gmail.com]

Below is the informatoon where thepayment of $105 will be transfer to Federal Ministry of Finnace BeninRepublic where the Tag Deliver will be issue in your name.

Receiver Obala Tony Mike.

Country benin republic .

Amount $ 105 US Dollars

Text Question. Who is our saviour?

Answer &.The Lord Jesus.

SENDER NAME

MTCN

Email me the payment information assoon as you made the payment available to the name of Obala Tony Mikein Federal Ministry of Finnace.

Regard

Diplomat Wilferd

[Brownian Motion]

OFFICIAL MEMO

From: Ms. Mariam Sobh

Fax Number: +44 84458 83458

Phone Number: +44 70359 40876

Re: Investment Partnership

We are consulting with you on behalf of President Hosni Mubarak who just stepped down few days ago as Egyptian Leader.

President Hosni Mubarak is in daring need of a sincere partner in a lucrative investment window.

At present, our client has an urgent need for assistance to relocate from Egypt and invest into the any lucrative economy the amount of Ninety Eight Million United States Dollars

(US$98,000,000.00). This fund is part of his personal fund since his 30 years reign as Egyptian leader.

The need for an urgent relocation of this fund from Egypt is necessitated by his sudden pressured hand over power to the Egyptian Military which is not a democratic institution. The fears that his assets may be frozen is sheering him in the face and hence for his decision to urgently move this fund.

It is in view of this therefore that I write to solicit your assistance and participation to move this fund abroad. All necessary arrangements have been put in place for a successful transporting of this fund abroad. You will be well briefed if you confirm your willingness and interest in this project.

We are willing and ready to negotiate your percentage accruable to you in regards to your participation in the successful relocation and investment of this fund.

You will be properly briefed on my receipt of your reply confirming your interest to participate and what will be required of you as concerns the successful execution of this project will also be communicated to you.

I wait your immediate response to this proposal.

Your Faithful,

Ms. Mariam Sobh

Assistant Consultant Officer

Afritrade International Inc.

[Dave James]

Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home

Dr. Bakare Tunde

Astronautics Project Manager

National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)

Plot 555

Misau Street

PMB 437

Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA

Dear Mr. Sir,

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.

In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account or subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70 percent to other accounts in due course.

Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include downpayment in this financial quarter.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234 (0) 9-234-2220 only.

Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde

Astronautics Project Manager

[Hardbopjazz]

You guys are fools! Due to the generosity of rich men escaping revolution, inheritance from unknown relatives, and lotttery wins in countries that I didn't even know existed, I am now the latest internet billionaire. Never - ever - look a gift horse in the mouth...

What would be real funny, if one of these offers was legit and you blew it off.

Edited March 22, 2011 by Hardbopjazz

[Christiern]

Hosni should help Abacha, and with the former's billions, they can buy a rocket ship and fly to the moon, a place where nothing is illegal and the view is beyond monetary value.

[Dan Gould]

I can't decide which one is more amusing - using Mubarek as the one who needs help getting his money out of the country or the stranded astronaut. "In good humor" indeed! I'd think the US would be ready to go get him, just to find out what twenty years in a state of weightlessness has done to his body. "My legs feel like lead" would take on new meaning if someone was really outside of gravity's effects that long.

[Aggie87]

Forum member Claude posted the astronaut scam letter here on the O Board back in 2004

(here), so it's been floating around for at least 7 years.

Poor astronaut, I'm glad he's still in good humor.

[Christiern]

I know that these are trying times that can easily lead to desperation, but—in the names of Allah—what kind of a proposal is Saif making? Hmmmmmm

My names are Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the present president of

Libya. I am contacting for an urgent assistance.As you can read and see in

the media, my family is presently undergoing tough time in the hand of the

masses due to his long stay in power as the president of Libya for over 40

years now.

I await your reply concerning my proposal.

Regards,

Al-Islam Gaddafi

[Hardbopjazz]

I know that these are trying times that can easily lead to desperation, but—in the names of Allah—what kind of a proposal is Saif making? Hmmmmmm

My names are Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the present president of

Libya. I am contacting for an urgent assistance.As you can read and see in

the media, my family is presently undergoing tough time in the hand of the

masses due to his long stay in power as the president of Libya for over 40

years now.

I await your reply concerning my proposal.

Regards,

Al-Islam Gaddafi

I got this one too today. You can have the money Christiern. I won't pursue this.

Edited April 14, 2011 by Hardbopjazz

[Dan Gould]

I admire their use of current events but indeed, what the hell is he proposing? Looks like someone bought one of those scam letter templates but messed up on the cut & paste.

[Christiern]

You mean, he wasn't proposing marriage?

Not even a toast?

[kh1958]

I suspect this email was meant for Beyonce and/or Mariah Carey.

[Christiern]

As busy as he must be these days, I thought he's never get around to paying me for that hat factory.

YOUR ATM CARD

This is to remind you concerning your contract payment $7.5 Million

which was autheorized by the federal Governmen, to pay to you as one

of the honest contractor.However,i want you to let me know if you have

received your payment to enable me put it in Government. therefore your

address, working ID, phone number and occupation are needed for us to

complete this assigned transaction.

Reply to this email:(www.skyebk01164@live.com).

Mr.

President

Goodluck Jonathan

Direct phone: +234-70-68-48-31-33

[Christiern]

It was inevitable, but I didn't expect it quite so soon.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am M/S Zainnab Sayed Gaddaf al Dam, daughter to Brigadier Sayed Gaddaf al Dam,

third in the command hirachy of the depose government of the people of Libya Arab

Jamahiriy I am contacting you in strict confidence knowing fully well that , this

medium is not trusted, secured, but we believe in your great sense of understanding and

judgment., Before her Excellency departed to TUNIS.

We need not over emphasize on what is going on in our dear country, the grand gang up

by the international countries but spear headed by a few powerful nations with face the of

NATO, all in the name of democratic reforms which is very strange to our cultural values,

first over the years it was speculations, and there after intelligence reports leaked confirming

ethnic conspiracy and the interest in taking over the oil wells, confiscation of funds etc,

Right now they have succeeded in destroying our country and the resources built over

the years, empowering the rebel government to seize all the money and properties of the

ruling families.

However last year November, 2010, Madam was in Accra for a business transaction, and she

lodged some funds with a private vault operator,this fund was actually meant for the purchase

of a gold mine at OBUASI, in the KUMASI region but we lost to the Chinese. as luck will have it,

these fund were well conceal in diplomatic consignment and declared as archeological artifacts,

family treasures and mining materials.

So for now, considering the turn of event in Tripoli, Madam has reached a decision to source for

an astute manager of investment, who can assist us take over these funds at Accra for investment,

someone with proven experience and capabilities.

Your' Faithfully,

ZAINNAB SAYED AL - DAM