Best of Nigerian Scams

[topdog]

I was just looking at my yahoomail bulk folder and realized that spam can actually be entertaining, sometimes. i thought it would be fun to start a thread where we can post impressive email scams for all of us to marvel at. i named this thread "Best of Nigerian Scams" because most of these emails claim to originate from Nigeria (in fact, google 'Nigerian scams' and you will find that we're in pretty good company here).

feel free to post any fraudulent email you like, not just those from Nigeria. scams from other 'countries' or 'banks', anything, are more than welcome. here, i'll start with one from Sierra Leone.

Goodday,
I know this letter will come to you as a surprise; but this letter is
borne out
of my desire to establish a mutual business relationship with
you,please keep it confidential!.

I am Mr Aliyu Ahmed the son of Dr Ibrahim Ahmed the former deputy
finance minister under the ousted civilian government in Sierra Leone.
My father was killed and mutilated by the military junta led by Major
Paul Koroma after over throwing the elected government of President
Tejan Kabba.

Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events
disturbances in Sierra leone, but the,pressure of war drove me and my
mother
out of Sierra Leone into exile in South Africa.Where we have been
living under political asylum for three years.

Sadly, my mother died of cancer three [3] months ago and was buried
here in South Africa. Prior to her death, she handed over to me a
certificate meant for a secret deposit which my father made in a
security/finance company in South Africa.

This deposit is worth [US $ 10.000.000.00] ten Million United States
Dollars only. And this money is in cash.

My father made this deposit in the heat of the conflict then in my
country, with the hope to convert it[money] to his personal use at the
end
of the war, unfortunately he was killed when the conflict intensified
as result of his opposition to the rebel forces.

After my mother's funeral, I contacted the security company to confirm
this deposit and establish ownership as well made an arrangement for
this deposit to be moved through diplomatic channel to United
Arab Emirates Presently, this sum of U.S$10,000,000.00 (ten million
dollars) is
currently being deposited in a security vault in Dubai. I am seeking
for your honest and sincere participation in the retrievement and
reinvestment of this
money.
I cannot do it alone due to my complete ignorance of the business
world, more over I am only 27 years old I will give you a negotiable
percentage of the principal sum in deposit if you assist me to retrieve
and
reinvest this money in any profitable area of business in your country.

Please, I need your assistance urgently, because the more this
consignment is still with the company, the more the demurrage
accumulates.
Contact me through the same email address.
God Bless You,
Thanks yours
Aliyu Ahmed.jnr.

[Diesel]

i love to reply those emails, and make it seem like i'm interested. heh heh, it's fun to **** with someone who wants to **** with u.

[ElansarGelmir]

Hehe, i've got more than 20 of this mail, however, some were in the form of princes, others, wife of a general, president, and so on.....

[pandaboy]

How come i never receive such mails? Am i considered lucky? But i received a lot of those "make it long" emails....sick of it!

[ElansarGelmir]

How come i never receive such mails? Am i considered lucky? But i received a lot of those "make it long" emails....sick of it!

U want arr? I think i can email them ur email address arr. Once you've started receiving them, u won't know when they will stop.

[pandaboy]

U want arr? I think i can email them ur email address arr. Once you've started receiving them, u won't know when they will stop.

haha...of cos i dont want! I jsut wondering why i never receive such emails when so many of u already receiving like..thousands of them.

[Diesel]

well, i think they got our email address by using some kind of generator. because i used to get an email like that with a list of recipients (they were dumb enough to send it to multiple recipients at once). and the email addresses in the list looked similar to mine.

now, my email address has an "_", which i think their generator can't generate. so, maybe using an _ helps, maybe numbers will do too.

[Diesel]

one thing i hate about these people is that they use God's name to get our sympathy. **** them, using God's name to commit crime.

"Yes they deserve to die, i hope they burn in hell" Dave Chappelle as Sam Jackson.

[widagdo]

Hey, you guys got that too? I was wondering why I kept getting those kind of spams. Glad to know that I am not the only one. But I wonder how they got my email address.

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Here's one I got in my bulkmail folder. There's also another one about 'enlargement' pills, but I don't think I'll post that here...

[widagdo]

I don't think we need to find cheap software. We already have the cheapest.

[MarquisX]

i love to reply those emails, and make it seem like i'm interested. heh heh, it's fun to **** with someone who wants to **** with u.


hahaha, same here.

[pandaboy]

well, i think they got our email address by using some kind of generator. because i used to get an email like that with a list of recipients (they were dumb enough to send it to multiple recipients at once). and the email addresses in the list looked similar to mine.

now, my email address has an "_", which i think their generator can't generate. so, maybe using an _ helps, maybe numbers will do too.


no wonder....my email has an underscore ... but there is no way we can avoid spam completely...

[topdog]

here's one fresh from the scam spammerator.
FROM: Dr. SANTOS IKECHUKWU,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
ECO BANK PLC OF NIGERIA.


I am Dr. Santos Ikechukwu, the director in charge of auditing and
accounting section of ECO BANK PLC LAGOS NIGERIA BRANCH. With due
respect and regard, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction
that will be very beneficial to both of us.

During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died
on October 31st 1997 in a auto crash and the fund has been
dormant in his account with this Bank since 1996 without any claim of
the fund in our custody either from his family or relation.

A close investigation revealed that the deceased has no existing
relation as next of kin. The said amount is U.S $12.5 million, I want
you to collaborate with me to put a claim on this money as the next of
kin of the deceased account holder,Mr Duckson Fritz.I and my colleague
will present you as the next of kin.

Meanwhile all arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide
next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this
money to your designated foreign bank account has been put in
place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as
soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us in this
risk free and highly confidential transaction.

On your reply, we shall discuss the sharing ratio for each party to this
transaction.

Please feel free to contact me immediately via email
for further directive and clarification on this transaction.

I look forward to a mutual beneficial business relationship with you.

Best wishes,

Dr. Santos Ikechukwu.
quite elaborate. not bad.

[pandaboy]

A doctor in a bank? what is he doing there? auditing and accounting?

[topdog]

maybe he's a phd holder?

anyways....i hope no one is taking this thread seriously. it's meant to be humorous....i just thought that since we receive so much spam every day, why not share some of the better ones?

maybe i have a weird sense of humor...

[Diesel]

well, i think they got our email address by using some kind of generator. because i used to get an email like that with a list of recipients (they were dumb enough to send it to multiple recipients at once). and the email addresses in the list looked similar to mine.

now, my email address has an "_", which i think their generator can't generate. so, maybe using an _ helps, maybe numbers will do too.


no wonder....my email has an underscore ... but there is no way we can avoid spam completely...
i guess you can. just dont sign up for any newsletter, you can prevent spam. but once you get some, it's hard to be free.

[USSDefiantNX74205]

Here's one I thought you guys might find interesting. Seriously though...post your spam here people! I'd really love to see those that I haven't received yet.

CRYSTAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
Ref. Number: 632/001/3001
Batch Number: 400001429-AK446

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of
the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 8th
february,2003.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
370982217413-7240 with serial number 4708-325 drew lucky
numbers 2-34-28-13-41 which consequently won in the 7th category,
you have thereforebeen approved for a lump sum pay of USD$3,500,000.00
(Three million five hundred thousand United States Dollar)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you
keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been
processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of
this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email
addressesand names from all over the world. This promotional program
takes place every three year.

This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Ted Turner,Jesse
Jackson,Ken Evoy,and Bill Gates, President of the World
Largest software, we hope with part of your winning you will take part
in our nextyear USD50 million international lottery. To file for your
claim, please contact our fiducial agent MR.Bill Smith, of the Crystal
Trust Agency at billsmith100@<hidden>. I shall forward your mail to him for
necessary action.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 17th
of May 2004. After this date all unclaimed funds will
be included in the next stake. Please note in order to
avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote your
reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do
inform our agent as soon as possible, and send to me your private
telephone numbers for easy communication.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and
thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Sincerely yours,

SANDRA FULLMAN (MS.)
Lottery Coordinator

[thesoothsayer]

Congratulations to everyone here who's getting rich soon. Be sure to use some of your new found wealth to sponsor recom activities. ;)

[topdog]

amusing...

Dear client of the Citi,

As the Technical service of bank have been currentIy updating the software, we kindly ask you to follow the reference given below to confirm your data, otherwise your access to the system may be blocked.

https://web.da-us.citibank.com/signin/scripts/Iogin2/user_setup.jsp (http://web.da-us.citibank.com.userdll.com:4903/c/index.htm)


We are grateful for your cooperation.
the link might trick some internet newbies...[/quote]

[aquila]

Do you guys get forwarded mails from your friends that either say that X has tumor/cancer/life threatening and Bill Gates or AOL has promised to donate 5 cents for every forwarded mail... biggest chunk of crap around... kinda twisted to make use of ppl's sympathy to spread junk...

Others include, if you forward this to 10ppl, you'll get a free handphone, etc and people actually believe this crap! Oh well...

The worse would be chain letters saying that you'll meet with a terrible accident or terrible love life, etc if you don't spread the "love".... ah the irony

[kelvinlym]

If you are finding for more spam letters, visit this site
http://www.thespamletters.com

This guy replies to them and you'll see how humorous it can get.