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Feb 19 2008, 05:59 PM
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 1-February 07 Member No.: 38,108 |
on the Feb 4, 2008 1:53 PM
i have gotten this email CODE [size="2"] subject Hello signed-by yahoo.co.uk [/size] [color="#FF0000"] Hello My name is goodness, i saw your profile today and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you more,and if you can send an email to my email address,i will give you my pictures here is my email address (goodnessand500@yahoo.com) I believe we can move from here! Awaiting for your mail to my email address above. goodness.[/color] now i have replied with this email zam aliphe to goodnessand500 Feb 7 QUOTE thanks for your email and yes i like to know you moor can you send me you pics pleases Awaiting for your mail i also have an acount at yahoo with the same username zamaliphe thanks and i get this email QUOTE My dear, How is your day. mine is fine over here in Dakar..Thanks for your mail. Like I said my name is Goodness Bahi ,Am 23yrs single tall and fair in complexion, Very good looking girl that is very sharing, giving, caring and loving girl, above all God fearing and trusted.I really want have a good relationship with you.A relationship of deep feeling that will construct a mutual understanding ,I'm from ivory coast in west Africa and presently I am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar as a result of the civil war going on in mycountry. My late father Dr.Serg Bahi was the personal adviser to the former head of state of Ivory coast before the rebels attacked my house one early morning killing my mother and my father.It was only me that is alive now and we managed to make our way to near by country Senegal where we are living now in a refugee camp.I send and receive e-mails in the office of our Reverend,He has been so kind to me since i became close to him during one of his visitation to the clinic in the camp when i was sick. I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies and what you are doing presently. I will tell more about myself in my next mail.Attached here is my picture and yours is very nice i like that. Hoping to hear from you soonest, Miss Goodness. now she is asking me to accepte 7.5 milione dolars |
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Feb 19 2008, 06:07 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. ![]() Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 3,752 Joined: 24-July 05 From: In Trouble Again... still? Member No.: 9,787 ![]() |
This email smells funny, like SPAM... or is that SCAM?
If I were you, I would blacklist that email address, dis-continue any further contact, and DO NOT give out any personal banking Information. |
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Feb 19 2008, 06:18 PM
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Advanced Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 131 Joined: 1-February 07 Member No.: 38,108 |
This email smells funny, like SPAM... or is that SCAM? If I were you, I would blacklist that email address, dis-continue any further contact, and DO NOT give out any personal banking Information. will i did continue the contacts but what can thay do if thay have my banking information i mean i can gave my passwrd or ccv security code to any one not even my mam so what thay are hoping for zam aliphe to Goodness QUOTE will thanks allot for your very kind email this is the freist time in my live a gearl tel me that she like my photo and also a feirst time girle get intreasted in me i live in cairo - egypt right now if you are willing to visite egypt you will be most willcome witing for mor info from you best regards mohammed tawfeek your lover QUOTE Dearest I am more than happy in your reply to my mail this morning.How is your day?Mine is a little bit hot over here in Dakar Senegal.In this camp we are only allowed to go out only on Mondays and Fridays of the weeks. It's just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon.I don't have any brother,sister or relatives now whom i can go to all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev father who is ( REV Father Paul Johnson) of the (Life Christian Church) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.The Pastors Tel number is (+221-777-36-84- 24 ) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel.As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilege to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is! $7.5M (seven Million five Hundred Thousand Dollars). So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my traveling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you.I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking. My favorite language is English but very fluently.Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have allot to tell you,Have a nice day and think about me. Am waiting to hear from you soonest, yours in love Goodness. and i have send this email QUOTE ok i can help you but you cant transfer all the money at one time it is aginset the low here in egypt but you can send me 500000 $ etch time if you agree you replay to me andi will tell you my acounting info best regards zamaliphe mohammed tawfeek QUOTE My Dear, How are you today?.I believe that you are doing well.I am more than happy with your interest to help me to transfer my 7.5 million American dollars deposited in an European bank by my late father of which am the next of kin.Presently we are only allowed to go out of the camp only on Monday and Fridays of the week. In short this place is more of a prison and my hope is for you to assist me transfer this money to your position so that i can come over to start a new life with you.My dear i fasted and prayed to God when i got your contact and it was reveled to be that you are the right person that will assist me in this transfer. I send and receive e-mails in the office of Rev Father Paul office .He is the pastor here in the refugee camp in Dakar Senegal. He has been so kind to me since i became close to him during one of his visitation to the clinic in the camp when i was sick. I will like you to call me at his office with this number (+221-777-36-85-24) so that i can tell you more about myself. When you call tell Rev father that you want to talk with me and he will send for me at the females hostel.you know why i trust you before i made this contact with you i ask God to provide to me a man that will lead me to the right Channel some one that will not betray me but can you belief since ever i meet you my mind tell me that you have been giving to me by God listen i will make every thing to make you happy However,i will like you to contact the European bank where the money was deposited by my late father for confirmation and possibilities of transferring to your account in your country. The contact information of the bank is as follows, THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND INTERNATIONAL The name of the transfer officer is : Dr Jerry Paulson Email address : rbsinter_services@inMail24.com Or : rbsinter_foreignoperation@goowy.com Telephone number : +44-702-402-29-55 Fax : +44-870-471-68-65 I will like you to contact this bank immediately on how to transfer the 7.5 million dollars deposited by my late father Dr Serg Bahi of which am the next of kin. I have maped out 15% of the total sum for your assistance and 5% for expenses .Moreover, i will need your assistance to manage the money on my behalf since am too young to handle such money. God bless you as i wait to hear from you. PLEASE COPY THE NOTE BELOW AND FWD IT TO THE BANK Dear Dr.Jerry Paulson, It is a great pleasure to write you Sir in regards to the information pass across to me by one miss Goodness whose father's name is late Dr. Serg Bahi and that the father has an account no 026834093 in your Bank. Miss Goodness in several occasion has communicated with me over E-Mail to assist her receive a funds valued at $7.5 million dollars which her late father deposited with your Bank. I do here by demand that according to advise of miss Goodness that this bank should grant our request by transferring the said funds into my account in my country.I will appreciate if my request is urgently granted. Thanks. what do you think ???? |
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Feb 19 2008, 06:44 PM
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Ancient Enigma ![]() Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,706 Joined: 11-July 04 From: under the stars Member No.: 76 |
read more about the Nigerian Scam, or 419 Scam, or Advance Fee Fraud:
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud a lot of variations of the scam are in effect to defraud unwitting victims of their money. you should be very careful in dealing with people who promise you fortunes with little effort on your part, especially when you deal with them online. avoid them like the plague, and don't let promises of large amounts of money impair your judgment. |
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Feb 19 2008, 06:57 PM
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Converting one Penguin at a time. ![]() Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,747 Joined: 22-June 05 From: The place where moving forward means moving backwards. Member No.: 8,528 ![]() |
A friend of mine had a similar case, where they gave him some far fetched story. What my friend did was reply back with another far fetched story, picking bits and pieces from their story in order to form a similar story as to relate to them. The story my friend got was quite similar, the person claimed to have lost their parents, used to be part of a rich family, and is having trouble claiming their father's inheritance. My friend played along saying that he too was from a rich family and lost everything since his parent's death but has some support. My friend asked for proof of the money, upfront and in cash, with an I.D. of the person. Interestingly enough, they sent him an image of an I.D. to his e-mail, and asked for an image of my friend. It was funny, but the scammer eventually stopped e-mailing him.
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Feb 19 2008, 07:03 PM
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Super Member ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 490 Joined: 15-March 05 Member No.: 4,538 |
That is a typical scam and believe it or not, it works on quite a few people! They send this email to a lot of people and a few of them actually buy it...as far as i know it is a sort of scam in which you have to transfer some of you money in order to get that AMAZING 7 million
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Feb 19 2008, 07:08 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. ![]() Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 3,752 Joined: 24-July 05 From: In Trouble Again... still? Member No.: 9,787 ![]() |
Think about it this way,,,
Would a large International Bank use a free email service for their confidential contacts? http://inmail24.com/Login.aspx Check the email address in the above Contact Information. |
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Feb 20 2008, 02:38 AM
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PROGRAMMER(prō'grăm'ər)- n. An organism that converts caffeine into software. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 919 Joined: 25-September 05 From: The dungeon deep below the foundation of trap17 Member No.: 12,251 |
IT'S A TRAP(17)!Yes when I read that first email that you were sent this was what first came to my mind (sans the 17). I thought that putting this guy would be pretty hilarious, but what they are trying to do to you is no laughing matter. Any person you randomly meet on the internet that is asking for your bank account is most likely running some kind of scam. Even if this was legit (which it is not), why would you go through the trouble for this person when they could take advantage of you so easily? Any person that you've never met before that emails you a picture and asks for yours is just asking for trouble. |