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David 
I dare you to try
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| Quote: | FROM:MR KARIM ABDULLAYE.
AFRICAN DEVELOPEMENT BANK
BURKINA FASO (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.
DEAR FRIEND,
IT WILL BE A SURPRISE FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THIS MAIL. WELCOME THIS LETTER IN THE NAME OF ALLAH.
I AM KARIM ABDULLAYE,THE DIRECTOR OF THE ACCOUNTS & AUDITING DEPT.AT THE AFRICAN DEVLOPEMENT BANK OUAGADOUGOU-WEST AFRICA. WITH DUE RESPECT I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU ON A BUSINESS TRANSACTION THAT WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US. AT THE BANK'S LAST ACCOUNTS/AUDITING
EVALUATIONS,MY STAFFS CAME ACROSS AN OLD ACCOUNT WHICH WAS BEING MAINTAINED BY A FOREIGN CLIENT WHO WE LEARNT WAS AMONG THE DECEASED PASSENGERS OF AN AIRLINE CRASH ON 6TH NOV. 2002.SINCE THE DECEASED WAS UNABLE TO RUN THIS ACCOUNT SINCE HIS DEATH.THE ACCOUNT HAS REMAINED DORMANT WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS FAMILY SINCE IT WAS PUT IN A SAFE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN THE BANK FOR FUTURE INVESTMENT BY THE CLIENT.
SINCE HIS DEMISE,NOBODY,NOT EVEN THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY HAVE APPLIED FOR CLAIMS OVER THIS FUND AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SAFE DEPOSIT ACCOUNT UNTIL WE DISCOVERED THAT IT CANNOT BE CLAIMED SINCE OUR CLIENT IS A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND WE ARE SURE THAT HE HAS NO NEXT OF KIN HERE TO FILE CLAIMS OVER THE MONEY.AS THE DIRECTOR OF THE DEPT,THIS DISCOVERY WAS BROUGHT TO MY OFFICE SO AS TO DECIDE WHAT IS TO BE DONE.WITH THE FEW PERSONEL IN MY DEPT,WE DECIDED TO SEEK WAYS THROUGH WHICH TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE BANK AND OUT OF THE COUNTRY TOO.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT IN THE ACCOUNTS IS TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS(USD 10,500,000.00).WITH OUR POSITIONS AS STAFFS OF THE BANK,WE ARE HANDICAPPED BECAUSE WE CANNOT OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNTS AND CANNOT LAY BONAFIDE CLAIM OVER THIS MONEY.WHILE WE WERE CONTEMPLATING ON WHAT TO DO,A FRIEND OF MINE WHO WORKS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY RECOMMENDED YOUR PERSONALITY TO ME AND ADVISED I SHOULD ASK YOU FOR HELP TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY.THE CLIENT IS A FOREIGN NATIONAL AND YOU WILL ONLY BE ASKED TO ACT AS HIS NEXT OF KIN AND I WILL SUPPLY YOU WITH ALL THE NECESSARY INFORMATIONS AND BANK DATA TO ASSIST YOU IN BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO ANY BANK OF YOUR CHOICE WHERE THIS MONEY COULD BE TRANSFERED INTO.
I AND MY PARTNERS HAVE DECIDED TO GIVE AWAY FOURTY %(40%)TO YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND TEN (10%) FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT MIGHT ARISE DURING THE TRANSACTION OF THIS TRANSFER.WE WANT TO ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTELY RISK FREE SINCE WE WORK IN THIS BANK WHICH IS WHY YOU SHOULD BE CONFIDENT IN THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE YOU WILL BE UPDATED WITH INFORMATION AS AT WHEN DESIRED.
WE WILL PLEASE WISH YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION SECRET AS WE ARE HOPING TO RETIRE WITH OUR SHARE OF THIS MONEY AT THE END OF TRANSACTION WHICH WILL BE WHEN THIS MONEY IS SAFELY IN YOUR ACCOUNT. WE WILL THEN COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR SHARING ACCORDING TO THE PREVIOUSLY AGREED PERCENTAGES.YOU MIGHT EVEN HAVE TO ADVISE US ON POSSIBILITIES OF INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY OR ELSEWHERE OF OUR CHOICE.MAY ALLAH HELP YOU TO HELP US TO A RESTIVE RETIREMENT.AMEN.
PLEASE FOR FURTHER INFORMATIONS AND ENQUIRIES FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADRESS OR CALL ME ON THIS NUMBER( 00 226 78 14 22 53 )FOR ORAL DISCUSSION.
AM AWAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE!!!
THANKS AND REMAIN BLESSED.
KARIM ABDULLAYE. |
Scam emails are kind of expected when you have an email account... I don't get many through mine for some reason, but I assume outlook users would get a lot.
Does anybody have any good stories about these emails? i.e. funny emails they received, or maybe conversations they got into with one of these guys? Or even (now this would take balls to admit), has anyone here actually contemplated taking them up on their offer?
I didn't realise till I read about it that these emails are actually written by Africans (Nigeria, Burkina Faso and that region seem to be common sources), for whom this is their only real source of income - sending out millions of these emails a day hoping someone somewhere will bite.
Frankly I wouldn't begrudge them the money, because anyone stupid enough to fall for such a scheme kind of deserves to get ripped off.
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Dale61
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stui magpie 
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LOL, I've had a few offering work.
The catch when you read it carefully is the "work" appears to be money laundering. They transfer $5k into your account, you then distribute $4500 to other accounts and keep $500 for your trouble.
Sounds like a good way to:
a) make easy cash,
b) get your bank account emptied
c) get involved with the wrong kind of people and
d) potentially end up in gaol.
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sherrife 
Victorian Socialists - people before profit
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Use Gmail (google mail) and not a single piece of spam gets through. Plus it's generally much much better than any of the others.
Pretty simple solution. 
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The Prototype 
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin smile.
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
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I noticed in my old Yahoo account I want the British Lottery, and I'd be damned if I remember buying a ticket, or being in England to buy the ticket. I also had some woman on Myspace start talking to me, and then she said that if I helped her get out of Nigeria (she was appartently from England!) she would come to Australia and marry me! 
I missed my chance for a hot Nigerian wife....
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David
I dare you to try
Joined: 27 Jul 2003
Location: Andromeda
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| stui magpie wrote: | LOL, I've had a few offering work.
The catch when you read it carefully is the "work" appears to be money laundering. They transfer $5k into your account, you then distribute $4500 to other accounts and keep $500 for your trouble.
Sounds like a good way to:
a) make easy cash,
b) get your bank account emptied
c) get involved with the wrong kind of people and
d) potentially end up in gaol. |
I always just assumed they took your bank details and then drained the account, with not so much as a thank-you for being so gullible 
Thanks for the link Dale, although reading the faq they are far too sympathetic towards 'victims' of these scams. I tend to think they are a good example of the old saying "a fool and his money are soon parted".
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Alec. J. Hidell
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| The Prototype wrote: | I noticed in my old Yahoo account I want the British Lottery, and I'd be damned if I remember buying a ticket, or being in England to buy the ticket. I also had some woman on Myspace start talking to me, and then she said that if I helped her get out of Nigeria (she was appartently from England!) she would come to Australia and marry me!
I missed my chance for a hot Nigerian wife.... |
But was she hot?
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John Wren
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
Joined: 15 Jul 2007
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| David wrote: | | I tend to think they are a good example of the old saying "a fool and his money are soon parted". |
if it's too good to be true ...
proto - how many nigerians live on the apple isle?
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The Prototype
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin smile.
Joined: 23 Apr 2003
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
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Jason 
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I received 3 or 4 emails like the one you got David, each had the name of a 'relative' of mine (just used my last name and a random first name). I'm really quite devastated, lost an uncle in a car accident in Togo, and a whole family of cousins in the tsunami disaster in Phuket 
On the plus side they've all left me a total of US$37 million. Now just let me get my bank details and give these guys a ring... |
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stui magpie
Prepare for the worst, hope for the best.
Joined: 03 May 2005
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| Tess wrote: | | Funny that on one email account I get the "horny goat weed" or "last longer" and the funniest of all .... "how to make IT bigger"! .... I just set up a new email account and use that one for junk. |
Not............touching.....................this......................
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Every dead body on Mt Everest was once a highly motivated person, so maybe just calm the **** down. |
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John Wren
"Look after the game. It means so much to so many."
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| zoom_ZOOM wrote: | I received 3 or 4 emails like the one you got David, each had the name of a 'relative' of mine (just used my last name and a random first name). I'm really quite devastated, lost an uncle in a car accident in Togo, and a whole family of cousins in the tsunami disaster in Phuket
On the plus side they've all left me a total of US$37 million. Now just let me get my bank details and give these guys a ring... |
if it makes it easier for you, i am happy to accept your bank details and work with them on your behalf.
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The Prototype
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin smile.
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Joel 
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Location: Mornington Peninsula
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| Never get SPAM on my ISP email because I never use it to sign up to anything on the web. I use hotmail, and Gmail for that. |
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The Prototype
Paint my face with a good-for-nothin smile.
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| Frank Stone wrote: | | But was she hot? |
Probably not, it was probably some guy using models photographs, the picture on the myspace that I was pmed from was a decent looking woman....but me being broke the money never got to the person.
Someone on Yahoo tried the same scam...didn't get no money she wanted to go from Nigeria back to England then promised to come to Australia Who would believe that crap?
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