heh-heh. This won’t work, but on the off chance that it does, I’ll be going to Disneyland.
The email I got:
From Miss.Sonia Hesua
I Needed Your Assistance
Dear One,
It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in Dubai during one of his business trips abroad on the 12th june 2005. Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of mine who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 13yrs old she suffered from loungs cancer, and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on june 2005, he called me and informed me that he has the sum of Five Million United State Dollars.(USD$5,000,000.00)left in a Metallic Truck Box with some Gold inside it, He deposited it in a Security Company. He told me that he did not disccuss the content of the box to the security company because he deposited the Box as a family treasures and valuables. He did that for security reasons. He further told
I am 21 years old and a university undergraduate and really don’t know what to do. Now I want an honest partner overseas who I can transfer and invest this Fund with his assistance and after the transaction I will come and resident permanently in your country till such a time that it will be convinient for me to return back home if I so desire. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis between our Gov, and rebels in Liberia. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. I also want to invest the fund under your care because I do not have a business ideas.
I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas to
Best Regard
Dear Ms. Hesua,
What a wonderful opportunity! As well as a very fortuitous coincidence.
Unfortunately, I am a very busy man with many clients, and thus cannot advise you without a retainer of $11,000 U.S.D. If this is too much, we may be able to work something out. Please let me know, and I will give you information as to where you may send the payment.
It saddens me to hear of your misfortunes, and I am willing to help in any way possible, under the conditions described above. My sympathies on the loss of your father.
Go with God,
And now, we wait…(templing fingers at chin)
You might have a long wait. But if otherwise, don’t give 'em any of your bank info, no matter what.
I always answer announcements about how I have won the foreign lottery by saying “And people said I was crazy using my welfare money to buy tickets in foreign lotteries.” I’ve yet to hear back from any of them.
Here are some people you should get to know, if you haven’t done so already:
www.ebolamonkeyman.com
They’re better at this then you are.
True…but perhaps, just perhaps I can lure them with the hopes of making the…heh-heh…“investment” in order to make more money!
Of course, they won’t respond. I don’t expect them to, and I most certainly don’t expect them to fall for my reverse-scam. It’s just a fun little thing to do when work is slow. And in the one-in-a-gajillion chance that they do fall for it, I’ll make some money.
jjimm
September 18, 2007, 8:08pm
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I don’t think you’ll get the 11 large, but one guy in England did manage to get a Nigerian scammer to make and send him a carved wooden Wallace and Grommit. They were quite cute. And a ZX Spectrum.
Our very own Mangetout strung one of these guys along for a rather long time.
jjimm
September 18, 2007, 8:15pm
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Wooden Wallace and Grommit and it was a Commodore 64 not a Spectrum. They’re so cute I actually feel sorry for the scammer - or the poor bastard the scammer got to carve them for him.
ivylass
September 19, 2007, 12:32am
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I do this every time, but gosh darn it, hawthorne got a bottle of wine out of it, so dammit, I’m sharing:
My e-mail scammer story
ivylass:
I do this every time, but gosh darn it, hawthorne got a bottle of wine out of it, so dammit, I’m sharing:
I’m confused. If hawthorne got the wine, why are you sharing it? Did he send it to you?
