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Gotta love the spam/virus mail...(this one has a more appealing text at least)
2005-04-12, 6:22 PM #1
This has been coming to my e-mail lately... second one regarding this 'business transaction' ... makes me wish i was that lucky.

Quote:
Dear Sir/Madam,


I am interested in your partnership in business dealing. This business
proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and it's
success is entirely based on mutual trust, cooperation and a high level of
confidentiality as regard this transaction. I am representing the board
of the contract award and monitoring committe of the Zambian Ministry
of Mining and Resources. I am seeking your assistance to enable me
transfer the sum of US$30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) into your private/company account. The fund came
about as a result of a contract awarded and executed for and on behalf
of my Ministry. The contract was supposed to be awarded to two foreign
contractors to the tune of US$180,000,000.00 (One hundred and Eighty
Million United States Dollars). But in the course of negotiation, the
contract was awarded to a Bulgarian contractor at the cost of
US$149,500,000.00 (One hundred and Forty-nine Million, Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) to my benefit unknown to the contractor.

This contract has been satisfactorily executed and inspected as the
Bulgarian firm is presently securing payment from my Ministry, where our
Board is in-charge of all foreign contract payment approval. As a civil
servant still in active government service, I am forbidden by law to
operate an account outside the shores of Zambia. Hence this message to
you seeking your assistance so as to enable me present your
private/company account details as a beneficiary of contractual claims alongside
that of the Bulgarian contractor, to enable me transfer the difference of
US$30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) into your provided account. On actualisation, the fund will be
disbursed as stated below. 20% of the fund will be for you as
beneficiary 80% of the fund will be for Us. All logistics are in place and all
modalities worked out for a smooth actualisation of the transaction
within the next few working days of commencement. For further details as to
the work ability of this transaction, please reach me as soon as
possible for further clarification. Please, reach me on receipt of this
email.


Thank you and God bless as I await your urgent response.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. John Ansah
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2005-04-12, 7:14 PM #2
Damn nigerian scams....I had never even seem them until about a year ago, and since then I get at least one every few days...
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2005-04-12, 7:54 PM #3
You should play with them for a little bit; try to convince them that they should send you some money first so you know it's legitimate.
Stuff
2005-04-13, 9:23 AM #4
I got one of these too recently...

Quote:
Dear Sir,

Greetings, I am Mr.Henry Okoye the Account Manager of Late Mr. Morris Thompson in Standard Trust Bank Regional Office in Victoria island, here in Lagos. However I got your contact through the International web directory.I decided to contact you by email because I feel that it is more secured and private.

Recently we discovered a Dormant Account with a huge amount of Money Valued USD35,000,000.00 (Thirty Five Million Dollars only)that belongs to one of our late Customer who died in a plane crash .During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American great industrialist and a resident of Alaska, who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter.

You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site which I got during my investigation;
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html


The fund has been dormant in his account With this Bank without any claim of the funds in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery of this development.

The Banking law here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for five years, it will be forfeited to the Bank treasury as an unclaimed bill.It is only a foreigner that can stand as a next of kin and It is upon this discovery that I decided to contact you to collaborate with you to pull out this dormant fund. In order to avert this negative development, I on behalf of my trusted colleagues now seek your permission to have you stand in as next of kin to Our late Customer so that the fund will be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary´s next of kin now that the bank is still expecting a next of kin or relative of the deceased ,Late Mr. Morris Thompson.

In fact we could have done this deal alone but because of our position in this country as civil servants, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and that would eventually raise an eye brow on our side during the time of transfer since we still work in this bank, this is the actual reason why we required a second party or fellow who will assist us forward claims as the next of kin and also provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this fund, even an empty a/c can also serve for this purpose.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% as gratification for your assisting us, and the remaining 60% will be for me and my partners.

What I want from you is for you to act as the deceased next of kin. I have in my possession, all the necessary Documents to successfully accomplish the operation. Bear in mind that this proposal is 100% risk free.

Further Information will be given to you as soon as I receive your positive response. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish. Find in the attachment of my Family Picture, to proof who I am.

I await your Urgent Responce henryokoye@box.az .

Regrads,

Mr.Henry Okoye


Oddly enough, the email's subject was "RE: SCADSA". These guys just never learn.
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2005-04-13, 2:39 PM #5
Krig the Viking got one of those a couple years back, he actually strung them along for a little while. i used to have a copy of the transcript, bu i lost it when my HD died.
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2005-04-13, 3:04 PM #6
Aww, you guys get the cool Nigerian scams; all I get are phishing ones... this showed up in my inbox today:

Quote:
Subject: M&I Online Banking

Dear M&I customer,

We recently reviewed your account, and suspect that your M&I Online Banking account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party.
Protecting the security of your account and of the M&I network is our primary concern. Therefore, as a preventative measure, we have temporarily limited access to sensitive account features.

To restore your account access , please take the following steps to ensure that your account has not been compromised:

1. Login to your M&I Online Banking account. In case you are not enrolled yet for Internet Banking, you will have to use your Social Security Number as both your Personal ID and Password and fill in the required information, including your name and account number.

2. Review your recent account history for any unauthorized withdrawals or deposits, and check your account profile to make sure no changes have been made. If any unauthorized activity has taken place on your account, report to M&I Online staff immediately.

To get started, please click the link below:

https://cib.ibanking-services.com/cib/login.jsp?FIORG=098&FIFID=075000051

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire M&I system. Thank your for your prompt attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

The M&I Online Banking Team.

Please do not reply to this email. Mails sent to thi address cannot be answered. For assistance, log in to your M&I Online account and choose the "Help" link in the header of any page.


Note the assertion that your account might have been accessed by an "unauthorized third party", but then to cover their asses they say "if you aren't enrolled for internet banking...". Uh-huh. So even if you don't have an account, then how could it get hacked? Also note the misspelling in the last part: "Mails sent to 'thi' address...". Also the very fact that they say that replies won't be answered...

Do people actually fall for these kind of things? I actually support phishing scams, because I have no problem whatsoever with taking advantage of stupid people.
Stuff
2005-04-13, 8:19 PM #7
Man, it was great when it happened to me. I had them believing I was a high-powered oil executive based in Newfoundland, with oodles of money to spare, but he couldn't phone me because all our phones were down for maintenance.

I wish I still had the transcripts, it was pretty great. :)
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2005-04-14, 6:52 AM #8
Just wait till I get one...

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that would be fun.
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