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Old 10-26-2008, 10:03 AM
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I Got Money Comming From Nigeria

DEAR FRIEND,


I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT
KNOW ME .I AM SENATOR, JOHN, EWAH ENOH, I AM THE CHAIRMAN
SENATE COMITTE FOR FINANCE HERE IN NIGERIA.


I GOT YOUR CONTACT IN MY SEARCH FOR A HONEST PERSON THROUGH
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES HERE IN NIGERIA.


I WANT YOU TO HELP ME TO CLAIM THE FUND THAT I MOVED TO
EUROPE THROUGH OUR CBN ACCREDITED COURIER AGENT BUT THE
CONTENTS OF THE PACKAGE THAT CONTAIN THE $25,000,000.00
WAS NOT KNOWN TO OUR AGENT THE FUND HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY
DEPOSITED WITH A FINANCIAL INSTITUSION IN EUROPE.


YOU DON’T NEED TO MAKE ANY EXPENSES FOR THIS FUND TO BE
TRANSFERRED TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.


ALL I WANT YOU TO DO FOR ME NOW IS THIS GIVE ME YOUR
MAILING ADDRESS YOUR PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX AND I HOPE
THAT AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE 30% AND 70%
WILL BE FOR ME. MY IDENTITY MUST NOT BE REVEALED TO ANY BODY.


FOR SECURITY REASONS OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE DISCUSSED
AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME.


YOURS FAITHFULLY,
SEN.JOHN E ENOH.
senator_john2007@yahoo.co.jp
senator_john@live.com
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Old 10-26-2008, 10:39 AM
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Bah muling scams. Like we don't KNOW already.
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Old 10-27-2008, 09:06 AM
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here are two that came to me:

Barristers' Chambers:
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
e-mail: legalchambers.davidsmith@live.com
Address: 33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH, England

PARTNER MANAGING
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
LONDON - UK.

Attention:

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
Jurgen Krugger. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was
returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same
email address on the WIL. I wish to notify you that late Jurgen Krugger
made
you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million, One
Hundred
Thousand Dollars (USD$30, 100,000.00) to you in the Codicil and last
testament
to his WILL. Late Jurgen Krugger died on the 13th of December 2004 and his
WILL is now ready for execution after 4 years of thorough investigation of
the
whereabout of all his beneficiaries.

According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if
I reach you as I hope, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to
enable
me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

I await your prompt response and please keep this very discrete and to
yourself until the transfer of the funds to you is finalised.

Yours in Service,
David Smith Esq.
Principal Partner.
Partners: Aidan Walsh Esq, Markus Wolfgang, John Marvey Esq, Jerry
Smith Esq.


and


CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER.
Ref No,UK/9420X2/68
Batch No 074/05/ZY369
pin no 0147uk

WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER:
We Wish to congratulate you over your Email address
success in all round internet lottery online promo
Which was held in the month of october 2008,
Your email address have won you the sum of
(£1,000,000.00) One Million Great British Pounds Sterlling.
Your claims Require verification:
Contact The claims manager office with the details below,
1. Name: 2. Address 3. Age: 4. Sex: 5. Phone: 6. Country.
8.pin no.
Name: Mr Robert smirt
Tell: +447-0319-179-61
E-mail: fiduciaryclaimsboarduk@live.com
Mrs Elizabeth Grether
On-Line Co-ordinator
uk National Lottery board.
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Old 10-27-2008, 02:56 PM
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Dateline did a special once about those Nigerian money emails, and how people have actually believed them and fallen for the scams. Most of the people who fell for these were older, retirement-aged people too. Sad.
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Old 10-30-2008, 03:23 PM
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The worst are the people that are looking for a place to live. They find listings online for too good to be true rental amounts and contact the ad owner, who coincidentally is a married missionary who needs someone trustworthy and honest to watch their lovely home while they're overseas (not always Nigeria).

What has really happened is someone has stolen the ad content and pictures from a legitimate rental listing on a legitimate website and created a scam rental listing with a lower asking price. The catch: you have to send a payment by western union or money order to receive the keys. Some people still see the $700 deposit as a small price to pay to move into a beautiful property that might normally rent much higher than that. This applies to long-term rentals as well as vacation rentals.

I can't tell you how many times a day I hear about these scams at my job. What's worse is that you would think people have heard it all and are more aware, but people report financial loss every day over this.

MORAL OF THE STORY: If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is. (I'm sure your grandparents have said this before....)
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Old 12-10-2008, 10:05 PM
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Just got another one. Here come the money:

From: The Accountant, First Inland Bank Nigeria Plc
Victoria Island Lagos.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. John Gelsthorp. I am the accountant of the First Inland Bank Victoria Island Lagos. I am a Nigerian married with two kids.

I am writing to solicit your assistance in the noble transfer of US$3.800,000.00 (Three Million, Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars). This fund is the excess of what my branch in which I am the accountant made as profit during the last year. I have already submitted an approved end of the last year report for the year 2006 and also submitted report of first quarter of this year 2008 to my Head Office here in Lagos and they will never know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of US$3.800,000.00 (Three Million, Eight Hundred Thousand Us Dollars) on a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account. I intend to part with 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. You can contact me via my private email: mrjohn_gelsthorp3@hotmail.com. you can also contact me on my private phone number: 2347082880646.

Best regards,

Mr. John Gelsthorp
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:11 AM
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wow, they are getting more and more blantant
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:20 AM
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This American Life did a profile on a couple of guys that bait the scammers into doing all sorts of crazy things- they sent one guy into Darfur and had others video tape themselves saying all kinds of crazy things.
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:46 AM
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This American Life did a profile on a couple of guys that bait the scammers into doing all sorts of crazy things- they sent one guy into Darfur and had others video tape themselves saying all kinds of crazy things.
I love that program and I particularly loved that episode!

I took a class in online fraud. Probably one of the more interesting classes I've taken in my life.

Anybody get the facebook virus yet?
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:20 AM
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Moe...let me borrow $50 from you. I am good for it.
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Old 12-11-2008, 09:52 PM
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Moe...let me borrow $50 from you. I am good for it.
Sure, I'll send you $50 Zimbabwean, which is worth US$0.000304880
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:12 PM
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Anybody get the facebook virus yet?
What is the facebook virus?
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Old 12-12-2008, 09:12 AM
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Apparently you get a message (not a wall post, but an actual message) from a friend saying "look at this video" or whatever, then it tells you to install flash (not really flash! get all your flash updates from THEIR website!) then you're part of a botnet.
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Old 12-13-2008, 06:35 PM
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We got a text message the other day from a bank we've never used telling us that our bank card had been deactivated and gave us a number to call....and my mom got an email last week from bank of america thanking her for updating her online account, and wanted her to reply with something...she doesn't do online banking with them, she called them and they said it wasn't form them.....

And I've gotten 3 or 4 facebook virus messages...never opened one because the spelling was all messed up
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Wohoo, the way I'm going, I'll be rich as Warren Buffet.

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Dear Friend,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I would like to introduce myself, I am Grayson Mcgregor and I work with the staff in the accounts management section of a well-known bank here in the United Kingdom.

One of our accounts is holding a balance of Ј15,000,000 (fifteen million British Pounds) and has been dormant for the past 4 years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account is a foreigner by name of Mr. Gerald Stone who died on the 4th of January 2002 in a planecrash in Birmingham here in the UK.

Since then no one has responded in anyway in regards to claiming the funds. As far as we can tell he has no family member who are aware of the existence of either the account or the funds. Information from the National Immigration Office also states that he was single on entry into the UK.

I have confidentially discussed this issue with some of the bank officials and we have agreed to find a reliable foreign partner to deal with us. We thus propose to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin. We will process these funds from the deceased and release them to you,after due processes have been followed.

This transaction is totally risk free as the funds is legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or any other illegal act. Think this over and should you be interested, please let me hear from you.


Regards,

Mr.Grayson Mcgregor

Please reply to: gmcgregor@excite.co.uk

SHOW ME THE MONEY!!!!!
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