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Nigerian email scam!

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 12:30 pm
by Jack Ruby
I'm sure you all must have received the Nigerian emails asking you to invest a couple of thousand to receive hundreds of thousands in return. I just found this guy that replied to the scammers, its brilliant, I might try it myself next time:

this first link is cool, gets them to carve wood for him :D
http://www.419eater.com/html/john_boko.htm

http://www.419eater.com

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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 2:16 pm
by Tod001
HA!! Ha!! LOL!!!
Good one.... :wink:

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:09 pm
by lizardkid
thats brilliant! i wouldn't be able to do it though, because it started like a scam and then ended being scammed. to me it's just being a con like the guy you're dealing with.

still, he handled that brilliantly!

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 8:51 pm
by Jack Ruby
I was beginning to feel sorry for the wood carver, but you have to remind yourself that they are trying to steal your money, they are criminals, so I think the karma is balanced.

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 9:16 pm
by Ophisâ„¢
That was a great read! Was alot there so took me a little while to read it all as i wanted to. But still, this kind of thing should teach them a lesson or two. I do feel sorry got the real wood carver, as i bet they were forced into it or my other guess is that the con men/women payed a local artist for the work which just shows the lengths they will take. I find it funny, even though they knew that "derek" had been arrested, that they emailed him asking for what looks like, a partnership!!!! LMFAO!

BRILLENT!!!!!!!

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:34 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Hah, this gave me a hearty laugh! :P Got me even thinking of baiting some scam as well. :twisted:

Read the ones about the church of wine and bread, awesome how the guy tricks them into sending the photos! :P

Speaking of the photos, I nearly fell off my chair when I saw this one:
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:lol:

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:47 pm
by lizardkid
red X rook!

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Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:51 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Weird. :? Maybe they have a referer check. Anyway, go here and see the first top-left one. :)

Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2006 10:58 pm
by Jack Ruby
See now thats what the internet was invented for, that is just brilliant :D

Theres so many great pics in the trophy room, I been checking it out all day, I especially liked the woman with the elastoplast on her eye and a "Shiver Me Timbers" sign, fantastic.

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 1:01 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Hah, those scammers can be quite inventive. I just received this one, this guy promises you $3,400,000 just for handling his money. Yeah, right.
I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
This letter might come to you as a surprise as
we have not met before,but I believe that you would be compelled to
help me after going through the contents of this letter. My name is Mr
Richard Duke, a divorcee, I am a Zimbabwean. I am a farmer in
Zimbabwe.
Basically, I was involved in Agricultural production, until
August (2003), when the government of Robert Mugabe decided to seize
all farm-land(s) owned by whites in Zimbabwe (without compensation).
He
(Robert Mugabe) did not stop at that he also went on to expel all
White
farmers in Zimbabwe. He implored the services of his war
veterans to
undertake his seizure. The war veterans have been accused
(correctly)
of being behind the violent occupation of white-owned
commercial farms
in which an estimated 70,000 farm workers have been
displaced. At
least, over hundreds white farmers and black settlers
have been killed
since the farm invasions began in February 2000.Link
{www.guardian.co.
uk/weblog/special/0,10627,536901,00.html} Although we
know that we are
taking a great risk by staying here in Zimbabwe. At
the Moment, our
phone lines are bugged, and all our movements are
being monitored by
Zimbabwea (Robert Mugabes)secret Police. Therefore
email is the safest
means of communication for now. We (White farmers
in zimbabwe) have
taken our case to the United Nations and even with
the threats of
transactions and the subsequent sanctions from the West
against the
Zimbabwean Authorities, Robert Mugabe (The president of
Zimbabwe) still
remains adamant. He is insisting that our farm land
(some of which we
bought with our money and most of which We inherited
from our fathers)
belongs to the (his) government of Zimbabwe. Since I
could not keep the
money in Zimbabwe, I used the services of a
Diplomatic Courier Company
to move this money (registered as official
documents) out of Zimbabwe
to Abroad. At present, my money totaling
US$17,750,000. (Seventeen
million, seven hundred and fifty thousand
United States dollars) is in
oversea and hopefully, it would be paid
into an offshore account. Can
you help me? Are you trustworthy? Can
you handle this money? Are you
capable of handling this money? If you
can, please contact me All you
need to do is to claim this money from
the Courier Company. For your
assistance, you will be entitled to 20%
of the total sum. You are also
obliged to help/advise on the proper
and most convenient way of
investing this money in your country,
hopefully, You will consider this
request and respond positively.
Reply to my private E-mail:
mr_richardduke@yahoo.co.uk
Yours
sincerely.
Richard Duke

Posted: Tue Jul 04, 2006 2:31 pm
by Ophisâ„¢
WHOOOHA, Rookies caught himself a big one.. put it on the scales pronto.

con

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 12:41 am
by tltrude
What you should be asking is, how did a Nigerian con man get your e-mail address?

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:22 am
by Rookie One.pl
A Zimbabwean farmer, Tom. ;)

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:00 pm
by Jack Ruby
Reel him in Rookie!!

That is a pretty standard email that you received, maybe tell him you work for EA and are handing out scholarships for mappers, tell him you can supply him with the tools (Radiant etc) and will pay $5 billion for a decent map.

Good luck mate :)

Would be super cool to get a pic of him with .MAP cut into his hair, like a billboard, could be our new mascot!

Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 1:34 pm
by Rookie One.pl
Haha, you know, I might give it a try. :lol:

<EDIT>What do you think? :lol:
Od: Adam Rybacki <arybacki>
Do: mr_richardduke@yahoo.co.uk
Kopia do:
Temat: Re: Fwd: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE
Data: 5 lipca 2006 15:51

Dear Mr Duke,

A friend of mine has received an e-mail from you about your
situation and forwarded it to me. I'm a Polish businessman who owns
a mortgage loans company and I'm interested in helping you out.
Could you please send me some guidelines as to what I should do?

Best regards,

Adam Rybacki
</EDIT>