I was in UM chat today and this geezer thought he would try this on me.....

[12:23] <Simon> i have a proposal which i dont know weatheryou can helpmeabout it
[12:23] <Snowbaby> go on
[12:24] <Simon> ok send me your email adr so that i can send it immediately to your email
[12:25] <Simon> and go through it and get back to me
[12:27] <Snowbaby> what is it?
[12:28] <Simon> it is all about my father wealth
[12:28] <Snowbaby> what do you mean?
[12:29] <Simon> i mean my father deposited a sum of $28 millon dolars in a security company hear in my country before his death
[12:30] <Snowbaby> and why do u need my email address?
[12:30] <Simon> and he told me that i should look for someone who will be capable to take care of the money
[12:31] <Simon> because i am to younger to take care of it
[12:32] <Snowbaby> i dont believe u
[12:32] <Snowbaby> go scam someone else
[12:32] <Simon> i have only theb document he gave to me before his death
[12:32] <Snowbaby> i dont believe u
[12:32] <Snowbaby> go scam someone else
[12:32] <Simon> i dont know you mean by scam

then he left. Just thought i would warn u all, i know it's not to do with UM.
Snowy

Good call Snowy!

This reminds me of The Nigerian Scam Letter.


Dot9M

I've got about a hundred of those things in my e-mail over the past year. They seem to have moved from Nigeria to the Ivory Coast lately.

I knew it was going on in email-land, but i didnt know about it happening in chatrooms. Shows u how easy it is to fall for these things, specially for newbies.

Thanks for the info snowy! Today in the mail I got an email from a psychic saying I would get a lot of money soon and I should do the same thing you just reported. Interesting. I wonder what these people can do with our emails? Send us a virus? Find out our bank account number though the internet provider or something? I don't know.

Nice one Snowy and thanks for the warning.

OMG using old method to scam someone

So you're saying that I shouldn't have given him my savings account number?

Dang, and I thought I was getting something for nothing...

I wonder how often this ploy actually works? It must, as they continue to do it for years on end, but I just can't imagine who would be that gullible to fall for it.

I would like to follow up on that scam.

I have no problem giving out my savings account number, whats he gonna do....squander the $1.39 I have in there..........lol

He asked for your e-mail address, wonder why?.......I think there might have been a few more steps to the scam, maybe if next time someone could humor this fella in order to get more info from him, under the guise of being gullable.

I've had that dozens of times in my inbox. Most come from an African Chief.

Not too sure about you folk, but when someone offers me 10% of 30 million I get kinda suspicious.

Thats awesome DoT9m.....I'm glad someone is out there to help others

The elderly seem to be likely targets which makes these scams that much more the insidious.

From DoT9m link.

"Over the years, Brad Christensen has been deluged with every type of "URGENT" offer imaginable from Nigerian scam artists. Finally, he decided to fight back by conning the con men. With humor and imagination as his weapons, Christensen preyed on the scammers' abundant supply of greed and ignorance, taking our 419 friends for quite a ride, and always at their own expense."

Just keep in mind Chauncy...There was one guy, from Britain I believe, who went to check out one of these scams and ended up being murdered.

I can't find the exact article, but here's everything you ever wanted to know about Nigeria scams including some hostage and death situations resulting from them..

nigeria

i got a scam letter about some guy who died in a plane crash in 2003 and had 30% of $13,000,000 to give to me.

I found it funny and deleted the post

Here's the latest one I have received:

From:Dr.David Ajibola
Ikoyi office complex,
Lagos, Nigeria.

June 4th 2004.

Dear Friend,

I am ,Dr.David Ajibola on behalf of my colleagues from different Federal Government of
Nigeria owned parastatals decided to solicit your assistance as regards
transfer of US$41,500,000.00 (Fourty one Million,five Hundred Thousand
US Dollars)into your bank account. These funds emanated from unclaimed
contractual proceeds of foreign contracting firms who could not meet
their financial
obligations to their creditors. We, as holders of sensitive positions in our various parastatals, were mandated by the Federal Government to
scrutinise all payments made to certain foreign contractors and we
discovered that some of the contractors have not been paid their
contractual entitlement
which collectively left the sum of US$46,500,000.00 (Fourty six Million,five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) lying in a suspended Account. However,from our investigations,we discovered that the foreign beneficiary companies have since been liquidated, and to all intents and purposes no longer
exist in Nigeria, thus providing us with this opportunity,provided that
we have a capable partner, to execute a transaction of this nature. We agreed that the said amount would be transferred into an overseas
Bank Account to be provided by a reliable foreign firm/associate. This
is because as serving Government workers the Civil Service Code does not allow us to operate foreign Account. In our initial attempt to do this,we succeeded in transferring part of this amount US$5m (Five Million Dollars) into a
United States Dollar Account in Beirut, Lebanon, but our foreign
associate failed to honour our mutual agreement insisting instead that
the total amount be transferred into the Account before we can share the money. As a result, we have lost confidence in the ability of our Lebanese partner to see
this matter to its logical conclusion,and until the initial transaction
is satisfactorily resolved,we have cancelled further transactions with
him. In the light of the foregoing,
it is clear that we require a partner that is not only capable of
rendering assistance and cooperation in executing this matter, but will
honour the terms of agreement when we reach the concluding stages of
this transaction.
We therefore offer the amount of 20% of the entire sum in return for
services/assistance rendered in successfully carrying out this project.We trust that you appreciate the sensitive nature of this matter and the
need for initial caution on our part, but when a relationship is
confidently established and operations commence you will be provided
with all relevant information. I remain at your disposal to entertain
any questions/enquiries
relating to this proposition and you may contact me as a matter of
urgency via e-mail or through the above telephone numbers for further
information on the procedures and requirements of this transaction. In
your reply, remember to indicate a safe telephone number where I can
always reach you. Hope to
hear from you soon. Please treat with the strictest confidentiality and expediency.

Yours faithfully,

Dr.David Ajibola _

I'm glad I've haven't gotten anything that weird...
*touches wood*

I got this one yesterday- my first. It came from the following email address marbaa@bluehyppo.com What's weird is that I get it now...hmm. I wanted to email back "F@#$ O## Scammer" but on further consideration I don't think that I want to engage this jerk at all.

-----Original Message-----
From: marbaa@bluehyppo.com [mailto:marbaa@bluehyppo.com]
Sent: June 3, 2004 7:57 PM
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] Mail

Mr. M.A.B
Gen. Auditor



PRIVATE AND URGENT



I am contacting you on a business transfer of a huge sum of money

from a deceased

account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make

any one

apprehensive and skeptical, but I am assuring you that its been

accurately planned and

will be carried out successfully with your full cooperation as long

as you follow our plans

and instructions religiously. We decided to contact you due to the

urgency of this

transaction.

PROPOSITION;
We discovered an abandoned sum of US$5,000.00 ( Five million united

states dollars)

in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died

along with his

entire family on a plane crash. Since his death, none of his

next-of-kin or relations has

came forward to lay claims for this money as the heir. We cannot

release the fund from

his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to

the deceased as

indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, we now seek

your permission

to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all

documentations will be

carefully worked out by us for the funds (US$5,000.00) to be released

in your favor as

the beneficiary's and next of kin to the deceased. It may interest

you to know that we

have secured from
the probate an order of mandamus to locate any of deceased

beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our

mutual business

endeavor by

furnishing me with the following;


1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers


These requirements will enable me file letter of claim to the

appropriate departments

for

necessary approvals in your favor before the transfer can be made. We

shall
compensate you on final conclusion of this project. Your share stays

while the rest shall

be for us for an investment purposes in your country if this proposal

is acceptable by

you.
I await your urgent mail.



Yours Sincerely,



Mr. M.A.B
Gen. Auditor

bout time someone used some of their senses to do something right.........
- - Good call snowbaby

-I've never gotten one of these scam solicitations..
- - EEEeeee..........I hope my wife never receives one

The newest one I received:

-----Original Message-----
From: ibefestus01@quick.cz [mailto:ibefestus01@quick.cz]
Sent: June 23, 2004 10:43 PM
To: ibefestus01@quick.cz
Subject: [Norton AntiSpam] URGENT

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Festus Ibe, the Personal Attorney
to a Foreign Contractor, who worked with a
Multinational Oil Firm in Nigeria.
On the 11th of September 2001, my client, a Mexican
National, late Engineer Carlos Montoya, an oil
Merchant / Contractor with the Federal Government of
Nigeria, until his
death Three years ago in a ghastly
terrorist attack to American Airlines Flight 11, from
Boston, Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California,
crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre
with 86 people on board. All occupants of the
Aeroplane unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to Several
Embassies to locate any of my clients extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate
any member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me in
repatriating the money left behind by my client before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
Bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an
account valued at about US$9Million has
issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin,relatives so that the fund left will be
transferred or have
the account confiscated within the next twenty
official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the the
relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that
the proceeds of this account valued at US$9Million
can be paid to you and then you and I can
share this money. 70% to me and 25% to you,while 5%
should be for expenses or tax as your Government may
require.

All I require is your honest and co-operation to
enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this
will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.

I will want you to send to me on your return email the
following information for the transfer in your favour.

1, Your full names
2, Your contact address
3, The name of bank you wish we will use in receiving
the fund successfully
4, The complete address of the bank
5, Your private phone and fax numbers where we will be
communicating to each other.


I will want you to send your reply to my private
email( ibefestus20@voila.fr ) as soon as you get this
mail to enable us discuss on the modalities and process for
success of this transaction.

I also request for you to call me on 234 803 718 9723
for more information

I await your kind response, Good day and God bless.

Regards,

Barrister Ibe Festus.

yikes*

You guys are so cynical.

I have no doubt that each and every one of these examples is in fact genuine and that you are nothing but foolish people who have just done yourselves out of millions.

I, on the other hand, am not so jaded as to be that suspicious.

As I was telling the wallet inspector a few minutes ago, people are just so cynical these days.

I mean, here was this Wallet Inspector, obviously undercover as his clothes were somewhat shabby, and all he was trying to do was his job, but apparently some people do not always believe him.

Ok, so he didn't have an Official Wallet Inspectors badge, but, as he was undercover I throughly understood this.

As he explained to me, many people are injured in the UK every year through faulty wallets.

Thankfully, at this moment he will be thoroughly checking my wallet for any hidden dangers and I will once again be able to walk about secure in the knowledge that my wallet is performing to the best of its ability.

@ stamford

The latest attempt to scam Dot9M

> From: "mushi_4" <mushi_4@libero.it>
> Date: 2004/07/09 Fri AM 09:30:10 EST
> To: "mushi_4" <mushi_4@libero.it>
> Subject: Urgent Reply
>
> DEAR FRIEND,
> HOW ARE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY? I HOPE ALL IS WELL.
> YOU WILL BE SURPRISE TO RECEIVE THIS LETTER BUT WHEN YOU GO THROUGH IT YOU MIGHT NOT BE SURPRISE AGAIN IF THE INFORMATION HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH YOU.
> I AM THE CONFIDENTIAL SECRETARY FOR THE INVESTMENT CONTROLLER OF A SOUTH AFRICAN BASED INVESTMENT CORPORATION.MY BOSS/PARTNER INSTRUCTED ME TO CONTACT YOU IN RESPECT OF A LAIM/DIVIDEND,WHICH MATURED SINCE 2000.THE INVESTOR AFTER COLLECTING THE SAID RETURN OF INVESTMENT FROM OUR FIRM AND DEPOSITED THE CASH WITH A SECURITY COMPANY DIED AFTER ONE WEEK IN A MOTOR ACCIDENT,IN NOVEMBER 2000 AND FROM THE CONTENT OF HIS FILE WITH US,WE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO NEXT OF KIN IN HIS DETAILS AS HE PROMISED TO FORWARD THE INFORMATION LATER TO US.BUT THIS HE DID NOT PROVIDE UNTIL HE DIED. WITH FURTHER INVESTIGATION TO TRACE THE ROOT OF THE INVESTOR,THIS MADE THINGS MUCH COMPLEX AS THE INFORMATION WE GOT CONFIRMED THAT HIS WIFE AND ONLY SON DIED IN RUSSIA IN AN AIRCRASH IN THE YEAR 1998.
> HOWEVER,MY BOSS HAS TAKING IT UPON HIMSELF TO TRACE THE NEXT OF KIN IF POSSIBLE TO CLAIM THE US$45,000,000.00 (FOURTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS ONLY) WHICH IS THE TOTAL SUM PAYABLE TO THE NEXT OF KIN AS ALL THE LOCAL TAXES HAS ALREADY BEEN DEDUCTED AND THE CASH ALREADY WITHDRAWN FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESERVE BANK AND BOXED.THE INVESTOR HAS DEPOSITED THIS AMOUNT /CASH WITH A SECURITY COMPANY WITHOUT THE COMPANY KNOWING THE CONTENT OF THE BOX FOR SECURITY REASONS BEFORE HIS DEATH. THE CONTAINS WAS DECLEARED TO BE COMPANY TREASURE DOCUMENTS,FILES(PAPER).
> I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE YOUR LAST NAME AND THAT OF THE INVESTOR IS THE SAME,WHICH MY BOSS SUSPECTED THAT YOU MIGHT BE THE INVESTOR'S RELATION. PLEASE RECONFIRM TO US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVE ANY BROTHER WHO WAS 78YEARS OLD BEFORE HE DIED IN 1998.IF IT IS TRUE,WE WILL ARRANGE FOR YOU TO MAKE THIS CLAIM AS SOON AS POSSILBE.BUT IF NOT WE HAVE NO OTHER OPTION THAN TO PROCESS IT WITH YOUR NAME AND COLLECT THE MONEY TO AVOID THE CASH BEING RETURNED TO THE SOUTH AFRICA GOVERNMENT AS UNTRACABLE/UNCLAIMED DIVIDEND.AS WE CANNOT AFFORD TO WAIT AND SEE SUCH AMOUNT OF MONEY WASTE INTO THE GOVERNMENT POCKET .FOR YOUR INFORMATION ,IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST IN CLAMING THIS FUNDS ,PLEASE CONTACT ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WITHIN FOURTEEN WORKING DAYS { TWO WEEKS}FROM TODAY.BEFORE THE SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TEAMS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.PLEASE DISREGARD MY PROPOSAL TO USE YOUR NAME TO CLAIM IT IF THE INVESTOR IS REALLY YOUR BROTHER.BUT IF NOT WE WILL SHARE THE MONEY ON 50% EACH AFTER THE CASH HAS BEEN PAID TO YOU.
> NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% LEGAL AND RISK FREE.
> PLEASE TREAT THIS AS MOST URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
> SIGNIFY YOUR INTEREST BY CONTACTING ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL:mushi_001@myway.com
> BEST REGARDS,
> MR JOHN MUSHI
>
>
>

Gosh, they just don't stop huh?

Good call Snowbaby! Scammers in the chat, huh? What's next, some freaky pervert who wants you to check out his, "Loch Ness Monster"?

Weirdos

Yes, Phantom. But you're a completely different kind of perv I'm guessing.

More on this topic:

'Internet's first blood sport'
Scambaiters lure fraudsters by pretending to be victims


PATRICK CAIN
STAFF REPORTER

The messages — with their fractured syntax and wild promises — are a familiar sight in e-mail inboxes. Sent primarily from Nigeria, they promise recipients up to tens of millions of dollars if they agree to take part in an arcane banking scheme.

Naive victims — spurred by promises of vast wealth that always remains tantalizingly out of reach — endure a constant drain of money as the scammers invent an endless series of fees and commissions, which will only end when the victim pulls out of the scam or is penniless. It's often referred to as the 419 scam, after the section of the Nigerian penal code it violates.

In turn, the scam has spawned a growing Internet subculture of people who decided that they wouldn't just hit the delete key when they are sent the lure: They'd get even, and have fun doing it.

They invented "scambaiting": faking interest in a 419 scam artist's scheme and wasting his time with drawn-out, bizarre e-mail exchanges than can go on for months.

In the process, they created what has been called "the Internet's first blood sport."

If a scam artist's time is wasted, scambaiters reason, it's time he can't spend on genuine victims. And if the swindler is misled by surreal e-mail exchanges that never deliver what they promise, that seems more a case of just deserts than injustice.

Linky to scambaiting

the internets first blood sport was and is the war between hackers and "anti-hackers" (people who target hackers a virus makers)

Theres a branch of the FBI devoted 110% to this purpose.

Somebody that I used to work with's grandmother fell for this scam, and the guy that I work with was soooo excited about it. He thought everyone in his family was going to get a million bucks. Even at the age of 17 I knew that something was wrong, so I told my dad and he told me all about the scam. His grandmother paid the guy and everything.

They just don't stop, here is today's selection:

FROM:Mr. JONES UBA

Dear sir, (Sir???I'm a girl)
I am Mr. JONES UBA from the Platinum Trust Bank Nigeria Plc
,Lagos Branch.I got your contact in my search for a business partner who is
sincere and trustworthy.I have urgent and very confidential business
proposal
for you. On June 6, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor
with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,
Mr. Charles Ballassi made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at US$9,700,000.00(Nine
Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars )in my branch upon
maturity.
I sent a rountine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply.After a month,we sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from his contract employers,the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Charles
Ballassi died in the plane crash of 31 October 1999[with Egyptian
990] with other passengers aboaed as you can confirm it yourself via
the website below:
www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a
WILL, and attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that
Mr. Charles Ballassi 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$9,700,000.00 is still in my bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.

According to Nigerian law, at the expiration of 5(five)years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Charles
Ballassi so that the fruit of this old man's labour will not get into
the hands of some corrupt Government officials. This is simple, I will
like you to provide immediately your
full name and address so that the Attorney will prepare
the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you
in place as the next of kin.We shall employ the service of
an attorney for the drafting and notarization of the WILL
and obtain the ecessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

Any bank account in any part of the world which you will
provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to
you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in ratio of 80% for us
and 20% for you. There is no risk at 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. If you are interested,please
reply immediately via the private email address below,upon
your response,I shall provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality and be
rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assitance to invest my share in your country.
Please upon the reciept of this mail message, send to me the following
to enable start the process of the fund into your bank account:
1. Your full Name
2. The name of your bank where you want the fund to be transfered
into, Account as the beneficiary
3. Your private Telephone and fax numbers

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email:

Thanks and regards,

Mr. JONES UBA

Manager Platinum Trust Bank Nigeria Plc
Lagos Branch.
ALTERNATE E-mail (mrjonesuba@yahoo.co.uk)


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...and they just keep on coming

From: <sholaige42@eposta.cz>
Date: 2004/08/09 Mon AM 11:26:54 EST
Subject: RE:FOR OUR BENEFIT


(Choose Folder) SentMail Trash



Dear,
I am contacting you in view of the fact that we will be of great
assistance to each others Meanwhile, I want you to realize that there is
currently the sum of Twenty-five Million United States Dollars ($25 M.)
of which my late father, Bola Ige, the late Attorney General and honourale
Minister for Justice, who was also the former Minister of Power and Steel
in the Federal Republic of Nigeria, that was assasinated on December 23, 2001
while on active service.
He deposited the money in a Security Company in thier Vault with the
name and particulars of his foreign partner as African arts materials
awaiting Export to Europe. I want you therefore to stand as my late father`s
partner abroad so that we can claim the money from the security company.
I do not want to be in partnership with the fellow any longer because
he has just betrayed the trust I had for him by diverting one certain money
that was deposited in his name and Account at Swiss Bank, the money is
now in his
private Account and he is refusing to account for the money to me.
Infact that is why I do not want to deal with him again.
If you are capable and will be honest i will appreciate it very much. I
do
not want my late father`s partner (I mean the betrayer) to play his fast
game
on me again so we must act fast.
If you go through this website you will know more about my proposition:
www.Thisdayonline.com/archive/2001/07/04/2001704news05.html

I MUST USE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO IMPLORE YOU TO EXERCISE THE UTMOST
INDULGENCE TO KEEPING THIS MATTER EXTRAORDINARILY CONFIDENTIAL.
When replying, send me your exclussive phone numbers.
Response urgently please.
My Regards,
SHOLA.

If you have difficulties openning the website,try it this way
go to. www.thisdayonline.com. on opening click ARCHIVE(highlighted in green)
if it opens click on 2001.then december 2001,then monday 24th december.
here you will find out about my late father's gruesome murder.

________________________________________________________________

www.eposta.cz - Email zdarma na celý ¾ivot

Yeah, I've rec.'ed emails like this. Just delete'em!

I've gotten these e-mails at my MILITARY e-mail address!

aww man Snowbaby... next time this happens, give me a shout. Scammers are too much fun to play with... set up a hotmail account... get his email address after he possibly send you an email, then spam the hell out of him! Hit every porn-in-your-mail ad you can find and use his email address... along with that, send him lots of big pictures that you found on the net... if it's a gmail account, you have a bit of a problem... and I'm not willing to put my gmail address at risk like that... lol.

-Richard-