Ok..this is getting in my......

[Johnny64]

Hoi

two days ago i got a Email for 500+ words...all in caps:m:

This guy goes on about that his family was killed in some war and that he what me the put $23,400,000.00 :stunned: on a bank in my name :pa:

I think to my self f*ch him and delete the Email.

But now I just got other one ..not in cap this time :sleep: but he is asking to put One hundred and "Eighty Million United States Dollars" on my name :a:

What do i do? :h:


I counld spam his Email with a nice PHP loop :evil:

[Johnny64]

oh and here is one of the Emails


Mr. nkono laurent
Contract Award Monitoring Committee
Offshore Payment Office.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Tel: + (31) 629 315 463
Fax:+ (31) 645 166 196

I am interested in your partnership in a business transaction. This business proposal I wish to intimate you of will be of mutual benefit to the both of us and its success is entirely based on mutual trust, cooperation and a high level of confidentiality.

I am representing the board of the contract award and monitoring committee of the Zambian Ministry of Mining and Resources, Offshore Payment Office Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 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 up 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 our advantage 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.

1. 20% of the fund will be for you as beneficiary

2. 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 workability of this transaction, please reach me as soon as possible for further clarification. Please, email me on receipt of this mail on nkono _laurent@zwallet.com

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

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. nkono laurent.

[kirupa]

I get those all the time :) They are a funny read if you have the time to read them carefully. Who would have thought that scammers could be such good storytellers!

[Jasninder]

Originally posted by Master64
he wants me the put $23,400,000.00 :stunned: on a bank in my name :pa:
What do i do? :h:


pay him off, its not such a big amount :ne:



lol :p

[Digigamer]

I think that if someone put a bunch of money in your name they wouldn't be e-mailing you. They would be comming to your door if they wanted to contact you so badly ;)

[Johnny64]

So i should just delete the Emails and not reply and then they might stop. :)

[sintax321]

What ever happend to the dead south african general one like this. This is a scam, they get your account info and steal your idenity.

[Digigamer]

Originally posted by Master64
So i should just delete the Emails and not reply and then they might stop. :)

yes do not reply. If you reply then they will know that your e-mail address is active and send you more ****.

[APDesign]

I acted extremely interested in his offer and sent him my address and phone number (by "my" I mean the FBI headquarters.)

from www.fbi.gov
To reach the FBI's Headquarters in Washington, D.C., call 202-324-3000 or write to the following address:

935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

[DDD]

The South African one is hella funny. I wonder if anyone has been dumb enough to let this dude do this.......erase it man. Or reply and string them on.

[Laslett]

read the Nigerian Money Scam paper you can look it up on google

[fez]

haha, did anyone ever get the story about the boy with no body?
ill look for it.

[kirupa]

I have given up with the spam e-mail problem. I am getting about 300+ e-mails a day with only about 3 or 4 being relevant. I guess it is time for me to change my e-mail address to something else @kirupa.com.

Does anybody have any programs they use to prevent spam mail beyond the simple text filters?

Bah! :skull:

[thoriphes]

Originally posted by kirupa
I have given up with the spam e-mail problem. I am getting about 300+ e-mails a day with only about 3 or 4 being relevant. I guess it is time for me to change my e-mail address to something else @kirupa.com.

Bah! :skull: here's what i do, get some sort of e-mail forwarding and initially set it up as your main e-mail address; as soon as the junk starts piling up, delete the forward and create a new one.

[kirupa]

Yeah - I may have to start doing that. I guess I grew too attached to my current e-mail address, so I don't see myself parting with it haha. I have removed all references to the real e-mail address on the site, and removed a silly catch-all feature that allowed random names with @ kirupa.com in the end to be received.

Let's see what happens next :-\