OT: craziest spam

I got this email from someone in Africa last year who told
me that he's a lawyer of someone who has my surname and
that this person died and left 9 million dollars in a bank
account and that he had no relatives, he wanted me to send
him my details so i can pretend to be a relative and then
he'll give me a quarter of the money, i told him to go
away but he kept of sending me emails and telling me it's
true, i knew he was lying but in the back of my head i was
thinking what i could do with 2.25 million , i wonder
what he could do if i was stupid enough to send him my
details.
has anyone else got crazy spams like this.
Bilal

Bilal

> I got this email from someone in Africa last year who told
> me that he's a lawyer of someone who has my surname and
> that this person died and left 9 million dollars in a bank
> account and that he had no relatives, he wanted me to send
> him my details so i can pretend to be a relative and then
> he'll give me a quarter of the money, i told him to go
> away but he kept of sending me emails and telling me it's
> true, i knew he was lying but in the back of my head i was
> thinking what i could do with 2.25 million , i wonder
> what he could do if i was stupid enough to send him my
> details.
> has anyone else got crazy spams like this.
> Bilal

Believe it or not, Bilal, this is probably legit. There are many wealthy
people in Africa, and Nigeria in particular, who, because of political
unrest and the like, are unable to freely spend their riches. On top of
that, they are permanently stuck in their home country, with no hope of ever
coming to America or any other "first world" country. By pretending to be a
relative, you give this person a way out of Nigeria, or whatever country
they happen to be from. In return, 2.25 million seems like quite a deal for
just pretending to be a relative. I'd take him up on this offer. How many
chances do you get at making this kind of money? Best of luck. Report back
to the group with how everything went!

--


KB - MCNGP "silent thug" #26

first initial last name AT hotmail DOT com


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Ken Briscoe

Don't be a fool:
http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/.../nigeralrt.htm

"Ken Briscoe" <> wrote in message
news:...
> > I got this email from someone in Africa last year who told
> > me that he's a lawyer of someone who has my surname and
> > that this person died and left 9 million dollars in a bank
> > account and that he had no relatives, he wanted me to send
> > him my details so i can pretend to be a relative and then
> > he'll give me a quarter of the money, i told him to go
> > away but he kept of sending me emails and telling me it's
> > true, i knew he was lying but in the back of my head i was
> > thinking what i could do with 2.25 million , i wonder
> > what he could do if i was stupid enough to send him my
> > details.
> > has anyone else got crazy spams like this.
> > Bilal
>
> Believe it or not, Bilal, this is probably legit. There are many wealthy
> people in Africa, and Nigeria in particular, who, because of political
> unrest and the like, are unable to freely spend their riches. On top of
> that, they are permanently stuck in their home country, with no hope of
ever
> coming to America or any other "first world" country. By pretending to be
a
> relative, you give this person a way out of Nigeria, or whatever country
> they happen to be from. In return, 2.25 million seems like quite a deal
for
> just pretending to be a relative. I'd take him up on this offer. How many
> chances do you get at making this kind of money? Best of luck. Report back
> to the group with how everything went!
>
> --
>
>
> KB - MCNGP "silent thug" #26
>
> first initial last name AT hotmail DOT com
>
>
> ---
> Virus? In the computer? Are you serious?
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 2/6/2004
>
>

Matt

"Ken Briscoe" <> wrote in
news::

>
> Believe it or not, Bilal, this is probably legit. There are many
> wealthy people in Africa, and Nigeria in particular, who, because of
> political unrest and the like, are unable to freely spend their
> riches. On top of that, they are permanently stuck in their home
> country, with no hope of ever coming to America or any other "first
> world" country. By pretending to be a relative, you give this person a
> way out of Nigeria, or whatever country they happen to be from. In
> return, 2.25 million seems like quite a deal for just pretending to be
> a relative. I'd take him up on this offer. How many chances do you get
> at making this kind of money? Best of luck. Report back to the group
> with how everything went!
>
> --
>
>
> KB - MCNGP "silent thug" #26
>
> first initial last name AT hotmail DOT com
>
>
> ---
> Virus? In the computer? Are you serious?
> Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).
> Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date: 2/6/2004
>
>

that guy from africa drives me crazy.

--
Rowdy Yates
"Command prompt's make me horny!"
I am Against-TCPA
http://www.againsttcpa.com

Rowdy Yates

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 20:49:36 -0500, "Ken Briscoe"
<> wrote:


>Believe it or not, Bilal, this is probably legit. There are many wealthy
>people in Africa, and Nigeria in particular, who, because of political
>unrest and the like, are unable to freely spend their riches. On top of
>that, they are permanently stuck in their home country, with no hope of ever
>coming to America or any other "first world" country. By pretending to be a
>relative, you give this person a way out of Nigeria, or whatever country
>they happen to be from. In return, 2.25 million seems like quite a deal for
>just pretending to be a relative. I'd take him up on this offer. How many
>chances do you get at making this kind of money? Best of luck. Report back
>to the group with how everything went!

That's very naughty of you Ken

What I do with those e-mails is quite simple. I click the links in my
other spam messages which say Remove Me (yeah right !!) and type my
African friends e-mail address in instead.

You see, I wouldn't want him to be bombarded with horrible, pointless
spam messages would I ? I mean lets face it, he's got quite enough on
his plate with all those millions of dollars he can't get his hands
on.

Seriously though folks, don't ever reply to a spammer or fall for
their Remove Me from your list scams, it just confirms to them that a)
they've hit on a live e-mail account and b) the owner of that acccount
is possibly a little gullible.

Its a jungle out there, be smart, be safe.


Regards,

Paul Lynch
MCSE

Paul Lynch

Well, i guess there is always a catch...
I suspect illegal activities.

Don't export money out of an country, or other stuff, you
get in prison. Please be carefull!

>-----Original Message-----
>"Ken Briscoe" <> wrote in
>news::
>
>>
>> Believe it or not, Bilal, this is probably legit. There
are many
>> wealthy people in Africa, and Nigeria in particular,
who, because of
>> political unrest and the like, are unable to freely
spend their
>> riches. On top of that, they are permanently stuck in
their home
>> country, with no hope of ever coming to America or any
other "first
>> world" country. By pretending to be a relative, you
give this person a
>> way out of Nigeria, or whatever country they happen to
be from. In
>> return, 2.25 million seems like quite a deal for just
pretending to be
>> a relative. I'd take him up on this offer. How many
chances do you get
>> at making this kind of money? Best of luck. Report back
to the group
>> with how everything went!
>>
>> --
>>
>>
>> KB - MCNGP "silent thug" #26
>>
>> first initial last name AT hotmail DOT com
>>
>>
>> ---
>> Virus? In the computer? Are you serious?
>> Checked by AVG anti-virus system
(http://www.grisoft.com).
>> Version: 6.0.580 / Virus Database: 367 - Release Date:
2/6/2004
>>
>>
>
>that guy from africa drives me crazy.
>
>--
>Rowdy Yates
>"Command prompt's make me horny!"
>I am Against-TCPA
>http://www.againsttcpa.com
>.
>

Sgt Galaxy

"Bilal" <> wrote
> I got this email from someone in Africa last year who told
> me that he's a lawyer of someone who has my surname

Its a variation of the Nigerian 419 scam:

U.S. Secret Service 419 Scam page
<http://www.treas.gov/usss/index.htm?alert419.htm&1>
419 Scam at the Urban Legends Reference Guide
<http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm>
Nigeria 419 Coalition
<http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/>

Brian

>Don't export money out of an country, or other stuff,
..
... What, not even other stuff like enriched uranium?

Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere

The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere wrote:

>>Don't export money out of an country, or other stuff,
>
> .
> .. What, not even other stuff like enriched uranium?
>

No, no. Don't be silly. Perfectly OK to export weaponry. Especially W of
MD.

JaR
Helpful Thug

JaR

>No, no. Don't be silly. Perfectly OK to export weaponry. Especially W of
> MD.

As it should be.

Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

The Poster Formerly Known as Kline Sphere