New twist on Nigerian bank scam

Looks like Nigera has become too hot for these con artists. They’ve moved to Switzerland.

First of all, 18% is an insult! Hold out for at least 40% :smiley:

I wonder if Margaret is Marilyn’s mother. I also wonder why such a prestigious organization :rolleyes: as ICEP would be using gmx.net for their EMail. With the gazillions of USD that they have, surely they can afford their own domain name. I mean, think of the poor domain registrars who still have to walk 6 miles to school uphill both ways. It’s not fair, I tell you!

This one’s multinational.

That address is for the Coudert Brothers law firm who, of course, have nobody named Samuel Edward on staff. I just informed the firm that someone is using their address in a 419 scam.

I love this bit:

“… Independent Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP)…”

IOW - the “Self-Appointed Group of Big-Wheels.”
:smiley:

At least it’s nice to know our scammer-scum friends have a sense of humor. :stuck_out_tongue:

I wonder when the spouse or offspring of the late John Paul II will start appealing for our aid in getting money out of the Vatican.

From the letter in the OP (bolding mine):

I assume they actually* died intestate (leaving no wills), but I guess they could have perished between states as well after filing no wills while living.

  • well, not actually actually, since these supposed beneficiaries are most assuredly creations of the spammers, but you know what I mean

Well, if you can’t trust an Eminent Person from Switzerland (who is claiming to be doing something quite illegal), who can you trust?

(I’d love to see the Mrs. Pope one.)

I got one too!! Except for the fact that mine’s from Togo…

Got one from Belgium. Sheesh.

How exactly does this scam work? Do these people steal your identity or do they scam you out of money?

Oh! I’ve got one! (And I don’t know how to do the quote thing, please bear with.)


Dear Sir/Madam,

I solicit for a group of foreign
contractors working in Iraq.We are interested in your
collaboration on movement of funds from
Iraq (due to the security cituation)for investment in
Cement and other building materials,farms,barn,ranches
and Agriculture other agricultural products.

The first transaction will be for the movement of
about Seven million United States Dollars from an
Iraqi bank.

Due to the crack down on Al Qaeda and it’s financiers
large payment of such can only be authorized by Iraqi
Central bank if they are paid out as payment for
purchase or payment to a Foreign contractor or investment.

If you accept to participate in this transaction,we
shall then state the terms,conditions and
remunerations.

You will also be required to submit to us your full
contact;your company line of business, individual name,
address,Bank and account that you norminate for the
transfer.

For the avoidance of doubt,your norminated account for
this transaction should be of zero value(i.e no money
in the account),this is to satisfy that no one
entertains any fear of giving out information that may
lead to loss of money.

Your confidential submission should reach me not later
than seven bank working days from date.You can
contact me on the above emai or investors@ameinfo.com

Thank you for your time in preparing this.

Sincerely,
Anthony Hopkins.


Well, it’s Anthony Hopkins, after all. I shall send him the requested information posthaste. I love his work.

I guess I have been lucky or my ISP’s have very good anti spam, I have never seen any of the scams…

… I feel so left out. :wink:

Both, actually. They’ll try to steal your identity to scam you out of money. These are also called 419 schemes after the section of the Nigerian penal code dealing with fraud. The Secret Service has more information, as well as Snopes.

Well, here’s a new one. ‘Master Daniel Sankoh 20 years old from the republic of Sierria-Leone in west Africa’ sent the typical scam. But! He took the time to request that he be put on my authorised senders list! (SpamBlocker ‘quarantines’ e-mails from people who are not on the list.)

Uh… Yeah, dude. Like, I’m really going to put you on the list.

Actually, I’m tempted to ask him if he’s making any money out of the scam and if he thinks people are still falling for it. :rolleyes:

Some victims’ stories paint the perpetrators as racketeers. They convinced one guy to fly down to Nigeria or wherever to get his money and he ended up being tossed in jail when he tried to get away from the scammers!

Nigeria, ha! I get them purporting to be from all points on the globe.

I’m getting to where I don’t mind the emails; I use them to either vent my bile (I have a lot of bile) or else respond with nonsense. Most of the time I mock their tendancy to write in stilted formality AND IN ALL CAPITALS.

If I didn’t get the Nigerian Scam emails, I don’t know where I’d vent my weekly frustration.

I ONLY FEEL SORRY FOR YOU BECAUSE YOU LEFT YOUR CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON AND YOU WRITE IN RUNON SENTENCES AND YOU’RE PULLING THE NIGERIAN SCAM AND YOU SHOULD REALLY BE LICKING A GOAT’S ASS INSTEAD.

Saidik Khalid wrote:

>
> DEAR FRIEND
>
> AS YOU READ THIS,DON’T FEEL SORRY FOR ME,BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN DUBAI,IN THE U.A.E I HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED AND I KNOW EVERYONE WILL DIE SOMEDAY.MY NAME IS SADIK HUMAN KHALID,A MERCHANT AGEAL CANCER WHICH WAS DISCOVERED VERY LATE,DUE TO MY LAXITY INCARING FOR MY HEALTH.IT HAS DEFILED ALL FORMS OF MEDICINE,AND RIGH NOW I HAVE ONLY ABOUT A FEW MONTHS TO LIVE,ACCORDING TO MEDICAL EXPERTS.I HAVE NEVER PARTICULARLY LIVE MY LIFE SO WELL,AS I NEVER REALLY CARED FOR ANYONE NOT EVEN MYSELF BUT MY

Lest we forget :smiley:

I think you’ll see a variety of ways to get ripped off by these folks, but the most common ploy in the Nigerian scam seems to be them persuading you that they’re going to wire a butt-load of money into your checking account.
Hey, what’s your checking account number?
So the dupe gives it to them, and they debit the account, cash it out from their overseas account, close their overseas account, and run.
I know they get money from people 1000 other ways, but that’s the one I see the most.