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Received this email this morning - this guy must be a complete idiot if he thinks anyone will fall for it.....

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You gotta get out more.

I get around 50 of those a week with slight variations on the same theme.

I spend most of my time trying to AVOID getting them ! This lucky sod somehow managed to get through my security setup.

D.

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Hmmmm, I sent all my money to some hot Russian chicks I met on line.

But it's OK ... some guy in Nigeria is going to send me $10,000,000 next week.

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A man might as well marry ... if he finds a good wife he will be happy ... if not, he will become a philosopher.
Collecting Greater New Guinea & Macropods (Kangaroos & Wallabies).

On computers then, he's savvy.

As a conman, has a long way to go.

The perps in the Nigerian letter scam usually claim to be a bank executive or a lawyer executing a will, or even a high-level civil servant coz hey, everyone knows African governments are so corrupt, so if Chairman of the Central Bank, Dr. So-and-So, personally invited you (how he actually knows you doesn't bother to cross one's mind when one sees all those zeroes typed out ) to help him effectively launder millions of dollars, then it must be all good.

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I get just a tad suspicious when I am addressed as "dearest one" and then see I am part of an "undisclosed recipient" spam email.

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From: Eve James [mailto:eve_james01@rediffmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2011 8:22 PM
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Good Message My Love.


Dearest One,

Please do not be offended by the way or manner i came to you, it is about the only way i could get to you after going through your profile and I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to the nature of my proposal,which requires a reputable and trustworthy person. Someone who will be kind and sincere to me.

l am Ms Eve James, the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Chimma James. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan here, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business meeting. My mother died on the 22th may 1991 and my father took me so special because l am motherless.

Before the death of my father on 10th December 2008 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside,when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying, why? (1) He complained that I am too young to be managing my life with no one to take care of me,(2)That I have not finished my university education as he planned for me, he revealed to me that he has a sum of US$7,000.000.00 (SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) left in a Prime Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds.

He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates , that l should seek for a GOD fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where l will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose ,that I must finish my university education by the help of a business partner abroad,that he or she should help me obtain a resident permit in his or her country. He also gave a standing instruction to the Bank that the deposit must be transferred outside this country.

I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no more. l am honorable seeking your assistance in the following ways.(1) To serve as my guardian in your country while I will depend on your expert advise since l am a girl of 19 years.(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further my university education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.

Moreover , l am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your assistance in the transfer of this deposit to your country. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that this project would be concluded within seven days you signify interest to assist me by contacting the Bank.

Hoping to hearing from you soon. May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to the needy.

Ms.Eve James

Spammers are a bunch of idiots.

Does anyone here believe that someone is going to give them 10 million?

Glen you are truly one of the chosen elite.

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A man might as well marry ... if he finds a good wife he will be happy ... if not, he will become a philosopher.
Collecting Greater New Guinea & Macropods (Kangaroos & Wallabies).

Just when you thought they REALLY liked you....

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But they wrote something like "Da muruk, me luv you, be you wife all time" right, so it must be true romance.

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Now do NOT misrepresent these poor folks. They only promise you 20% of the $10 million!

I saw a "60 minutes" program where the Federal Police guy was warning folks. he said (rather sheepishly) even members of the Feds had been victims.

Greed is a powerful motivator.

Only 20% ... not worth my time.

This is why I love Gmail -- all spam (and nothing else!) goes directly into a spam folder and it's out of view.

Main problem with my security software is that it puts all 'Payments INWARDS' meassages sent through PAYPAL into the deleted folder before I see them - and I sit there grumbling that someone hasn't paid for their item yet....

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A new variation on an old theme has now hit the airwaves:

Good day,
I am Abida Gaddafi wife of late Saif al-Arab Gaddafi the son of Colonel Gaddafi the Libyan leader.

I am contacting you to assist me in removing the sum of thirty six million USA dollars been deposited with a security company in London UK.

The funds was deposited with a security company in my name and as a matter of fact me, my only son and the entire family of my father in-law were trapped in a bunker here in Tripoli until four days ago when I manage to sneak out with my son with the help of a security guard, right now I have crossed the border and I am presently into hiding in Senegal without any other means of communication unless my laptop hoping to arrange for my traveling out possible to Europe to safeguard my life because I know that the regime of my father in-law will collapse in a matter of some weeks.

Please for your kind assistance I will offer you 30% of the total sum, all the legal documentation concerning the deposit are with me, I will only write power of attorney making you the new beneficiary of the deposit so that the security company can release the consignment to you.

Bear in mind that the funds was deposited with the security firm as household effect, therefore they do not know the real content, so you are going to collect the consignment as house effect from the security company whereas only you and me know the real content.

Once you successfully collect the consignments from the security company you will send me with some money so that I can arrange for my traveling where we can meet ourselves for disbursement.

May Allah grant you the heart to assist me and my only son in this our trial period, please never you abandon me with my son just because we are Arabs, but I want to assure you that I am of a clean heart that was brought up under western education but married to a cruel family.
Get back with your details so that we can proceed without delay because I am here without help from no one.

Abida Gaddafi

Dear Friend,
I cannot identify myself for obvious reasons but I'm sure the initials CT will mean something to you. I have several million dollars that I can access from my union funds but need a safe place to hide it. If you would like to be my partner in this venture I can offer you 50% of the proceeds. Please send me your bank details so I can arrange the transfer as soon as possible.

I just made that up. Thought I'd try it out here before I send it out to millions of potential bunnies. Reckon it would work?

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Clemo, that's a great bit of spam.

I wonder if anyone ever sent out messages saying "Dear friend, can you help me. You do not know me, but my initials are ObL. Could you assist me by carrying a package as an aircourier. It is a very important parcel and I want it carried by hand. I can offer you substantial compensation and you will be praised."

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The unfortunate thing is that gullible people still fall for the Nigerian Scam after some 30+ years.

A quick look at Google uncovered this excerpt from "The Australian" newspaper May 2008 (I have seen later articles):-

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"NIGERIAN authorities are presently prosecuting nine "advance fee" fraudsters who conned unsuspecting Queenslanders, but millions of dollars continue to flow out to African scammers, Queensland Police warns."

"Unfortunately, we see more more money leaving our shores every day," Detective Superintendent Brian Hay, operations commander of the Fraud and Corporate Crime Group, said.

"Just last week, I was on the phone to a person who had sent $585,000 believing he was involved with a pipeline business venture with Nigerian government officials.

"This was an intelligent, articulate man who was successfully self-employed, yet I had difficulty persuading him not to send any more money."

Det Supt Hay said Queenslanders - and other Australians - continued to be conned as scammers varied their modes of operation. "Queensland represents around one fifth of all fraud victims so it's a huge problem for all states."

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This one is on the news today:-

"Online romance costs Perth woman $100,000 "

The man who told Ms xxx he was an engineer, based in the United Kingdom, was actually a scammer, based in Nigeria.

She later realised she had been fooled into feeding the scam by creating an online profile for one of the man's so called friends.

Ms xxx said she was speaking out about what happened to her because she knew how easy it was to be drawn into scams and wanted to warn others.

"I hope nobody has to go through it," she said.

Mr aaaa said the number of phone inquiries to Consumer Protection regarding scams had doubled in the past year to about 900 calls per month and in the last financial year the reported financial loss to victims had been more than $5million.

Last year another Perth woman was fleeced out of $600,000 after she met a man on an online dating website.

One of my alltime favourite sites - browse the links on the homepage

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

WARNING- NOT FOR THE EASILY OFFENDED

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I have seen a lot of these, but the very worst was one from a guy called Bakare Abacha saying his brother Major Abacha had been stuck in space since 1990 and they needed 2 million dollars and a rocket to get him home. Aparently the Russkies took him in2 space in 1990, but left him there after the 1991 Soviet collapse. It went on to say that Abacha had $15 million back pay to collect once he was home and that they would release the fund to buy a rocket to get him home, but they needed a foreigner to release the 15 mil as it was in a ecrow (Sic) account and they would need a 4000 USD releasage and sealage fee for the fund to be released from a Spanish bank acoount and then you got 20% of Abachas money.

It was so funny I could not get over it. Its the worst I have ever heard of.

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This one is guaranteed to make you laugh.

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 6space 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) XXXXXXXXXXXX only.
Yours Sincerely,
Dr. Bakare Tunde
Astronautics Project Manager
tip@nasrda.gov.ng


I mean honestly, someone can stay in space for 20 years, apparently Abacha (Ironically the surname of a deposed Nigerian President Sani Abacha) has lived in a closet for 20 years, sucking up loose drops of Fanta in the space station and developed a lizard like tongune to absorb crumbs as he is so poor he gets no assistance only sympathy. Abacha was a brilliant astronaut in his day, but he has no understanding of the internet of itunes and still only knows how to use floppy disks.

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Got one from Svetlana at Russdate today.
She said she is looking for a god manne who wyl tret here write. My guess is she does not speak much English

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Now I am getting one offering me a great Viagar special, its the same one thats been pestering me for months, I am just sick of any mail from Russia

Is that whole country just a spam zone, I am also getting ones from Kristina and Olga wanting to kiss me and make me good wife!!!

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I collect Malta, Ireland, Malta, Tristan da Cunha, Malta, various Pacific Islands, Malta, New Zealand, Malta, Australia and Malta.

I had the typical Nigerian "millions stuck in an account" scam once, but instead of a rich widow or a refugee, it was sent from none other than *drumroll* Kofi Annan.

For some reason, his email address was at Hotmail.

I really should have kept that one, it aimed high.

They often do that, many Nigerian ones will have the surname Abacha (Like Mariam Abacha) as he was a dictator there in the 90s. Often they take the names of famous people like Kofi Annan, Lamidu Sanussi(Governor of Nigerian Central Bank), Ole whatever his name is etc, just to make their mail look more official, but with the spelling mistakes, grammar errors and as you say Hotmail addresses (Many I find now are gmail or yahoo.uk) lets you know they are fake as.

I wish the Nigerians would stop sending this garbage. Nigerian 419 scams have been the bane of the internet since it became widespread in the mid to late 90s. Its obvious Nigerian authorities don't care and no doubt we will be bothered with them years to come.

I think servers should block all cyber traffic from Nigeria and Russia unless the account holder has family or is a native of those places. But here that would be less than 1% of the population unless your name is Obasonga Scamnikov.

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I collect Malta, Ireland, Malta, Tristan da Cunha, Malta, various Pacific Islands, Malta, New Zealand, Malta, Australia and Malta.

I had a letter telling me about a rich unknown relative who died in a car crash in Spain and the lawyer offered me two thirds of the 10 million dollars if only I gave him my bank account details. And in an amazing coincidence, one of my friends had a rich unknown relative die in Spain on the same day. Who'd have thought that there would be so many rich men in Spain who die in car crashes with no immediate family!

I got this rot from some girl called Laquanda from some site called blackplanet.com off the spam mail and at the top it had "Tane, phine hunniez want ta hook up wit a stone playa like chu"

“HI, BEFORE I GET STARTED, MY NAMES LAQUANDA, KNOW UP FRONT I DON’T DO MARRIED MEN, I AIN’T INTERESTED IN NO THREESOME BECAUSE I ALREADY HAD ONE WHEN I WAS 15, I DON’T WANT A MAN WITH KIDS (THOUGH I HAVE TWO OF MY OWN BY TWO BABY DADDIES), AND I AIN’T MESSIN WITH NO BROKE N*GGAZ BECAUSE I AM SOME-BODY AT MY TELEMARKETING JOB, SO KEEP IT PUSHIN’! LESBIANS NEED TO FALL BACK TOO, BECAUSE I AM STRICKLY D*CKLY! PRAISE GOD FOR I AM A SAVED CHRISTIAN WOMAN! NOW CHECK OUT THESE GLITTERY TIDDY PICS WITH ME AND MY GuRLZ AT THE STRIP CLUB!”

Sorry about the caps, thats how I received it and it will take too long to de capitalise it. Its obvious I am being targetted by Inner city black people?

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I got this one today. Obviously it is the 'softener' before the scammer tries to put the squeeze on you:-

"Assalamualaikum.Sorry to disturb you with my unexpected mail.My name is Aisha Rahim am an orphan from Wales Cardiff.Am a Malaysian who was born and raised in Cardiff Wales.my father is from a state called Malacca,I have been trying to come back home to Malaysia since the death of my father,i have never been to Malaysia before,I got your email on the internet when searching on History of Malaysia and i decided to write you and see if we can be friend and get to know more of each other.Please write back so we can get to know more of each other.

Hope to Read from you
Aisah Rahim."

Yeah right. 'Wales Cardiff'. Must be in Italy! (The email address has '.it' at the end).

These are always good for a chuckle, but I feel for the folks that really intend to join forces and send funds.

Wonder if I should do something like:

Dear kind person,
I am an average person with major addiction that you help me cure, no? Be kind and send money so that my incarceration please correct my philatelists requirements 24/7 addiction can be eradicated promptly with your assistance. No need to send bank account, international wire transfer will assist greatly and I can pay the doctor for his assistance to cure my nerdy stamp collector complex.

Yours in great appreciation,
Mr. Jaime Wiffle, USA


Feedback anyone? LOL

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Andy Z.

I have a noticed a rise in ones of the Russian language lately, but as I can't understand Cyrillic very well, I have no idea what they are about, but I could make out the names Olga and Svetlana.

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