This is a new one for me.

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’ve received a few Nigerian Email scams in my day, but the one I received today is new… at least to me.

So now Paraguay can be added to the list of countries to be aware of in this scam? I also find it interesting that they claim I tried to help them wth previous, but failed, fund transfers. Their strategy has changed.

I’m very tempted to screw with them. If only I had the time.

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Maybe it’s real this time?!?

:smiley:

3

I’ve been getting at least 3 or 4 a day from Iraq. In fact I bet if I go check my inbox right now…

Ah. Nope, just one of the Nigerian ones. People don’t actually fall for these things, do they?

4

All the time.

Fairly reently, a university professor (Harvard?) fell for it to the tune of several hundred thousand dollars.

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Dear Sir:

Thank You so very much for the contribution. The $800,000 was put to very good use to provide relief in Africa. I’ll be sure to mention your address and phone number so the citizens of Africa may send you their thanks. May you recieve all the blessings you deserve in your life.

Thankful in America

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Not only did Prof. Xu fall for it, he also scammed friends and others out of their money to invest in the Nigerian scheme. From The Register, March 2004A US scientist who collected $600,000 for SARS research in China from students, colleagues and friends, actually handed the money over to Nigerian 419ers, the Boston Herald reports. Former Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researcher and Harvard University professor Weldong Xu, 38, was contacted by the lads from Lagos and promised $50m in quick profit. . . Among the 35 individuals who fell for the scam was a friend who remortgaged his house to support Xu’s initiative. . . .Xu would not, however, admit that he had himself been played like a cheap violin by the Nigerians. “The scammer’s been scammed,” said {Boston Police} detective {Steve} Blair. “He wouldn’t acknowledge he’d been scammed. I tried to tell him he’d been scammed, but he never caught on.”

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Here’s the link I omitted for the story above: The Register

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I’ve been saving all my old 419 emails and forwarding them to each other.

One persistant fellow kept emailing me back indicating that HIS was the only one using a LAWYER to proceed. Further, he emailed back (after receiving several others from me) indicating that he was the only CHRISTIAN out of this group.

Dang! I wanna keep him on the string and see how much more fun I can squeeze outta him.

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Apparently, Dr. Kwame in Abidjan is investing his cash in duplexes now.

Here’s the e-mail I received…
"Hello,

I am Dr. Gerald Kwame from cote d’ivoire.Presently i’m working with a bank here in Abidjan as the Director of Auditing and Account Department.I need an urgent reply in this matter,i’m looking for an estate brookers or managers who will help me to find a well built duplex in USA or CANADA where i will invest my money.Upon the receipt of this mail i want you to furnish me the details about the building,the cost and all necesary things i need to know about the building,i also need your personal phone contact so that we can discuss orally.Thanks and I awaits your urgent reply.

You can also get me through my yahoo id:drgeraldkwame2@yahoo.com

Dr Gerald Kwame."
Now, THIS one sounds legit!