Where do you forward E-Mail Scams?

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I’m in the computer business and I recognize virus hoaxes rather easily and most other junk stuff including scams. I normally delete the junk when I see it.

However, the Nigerian Money Transfer Scam has become big enough to get a few arrests. I have gotten these before but didn’t pay them much attention. I just got a variation of it and wondered if it should be sent to some authority or something.

Here it is:

(This is no an exact quote. I cleaned up a lot of ‘line breaks’ from way too many cut & pastes.)

It is obviously a scam, but what should I do with it?

Jim

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{Sarcasm}Compliment them on their wonderful grammar and spelling?{/sarcasm}

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The first time I saw one of these was about eight years ago. It was sent to me via snail mail, on very cheap brown(paper bag type) stationery. I think almost everybody knows about this scam.

I’d delete it and let it go at that. If you’re asking for an opinion, that’s my .02 worth.

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The first time I saw one of these was about eight years ago. It was sent to me via snail mail, on very cheap brown(paper bag type) stationery. I think almost everybody knows about this scam.

I’d delete it and let it go at that. If you’re asking for an opinion, that’s my .02 worth.

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My deleted items bin, where they are promptly flushed.

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you could forward it with complete headers to the FBI, I guess, if you really wanted to take action.

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If I reply at all, I send them a link to “pornyporn.com”. :stuck_out_tongue:

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::blond mode::

Maybe I’m not following the email too well, but what would this “Morgan Douglas” get out of the deal? He’s not asking for any of the honest foreigner’s money, is he?

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“Morgan Douglas”, if replied to, will proceed to ask for bank account information so that he could supposedly tranfer a whole wad o’ cash. He will, of course, use this info to clean out said account.

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Cougarfang, I agree. I don’t know why ol’ Morgan is choosing a life of crime when he obviously has a career in writing just waiting. The man’s got talent.

The reason I got curious about the proper thing to do with such e-mail was this article on ZDNet, Six arrested over ‘Nigerian e-mail’ fraud. It does seem that people are still being taken in by this scam and it is still being investigated.

Jim

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Forward the message to the US Treasury’s Financial Crimes Division: 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov
Lots more information here: http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
The US Treasury’s own advisory on it: http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

Alternatively, you may want to use it for entertainment.

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DEAR FRIEND,

I AM A MYSTERIOUS PERSON FROM AN IMOVERISHED THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY. I HAVE A MOUTAIN OF MONEY THAT I NEED TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE COUNTRY AND HAVE NO LEGAL WAY TO DO THAT, AND SO I WILL GIVE YOU HALF OF IT MAKING YOU RICH BEYOND YOUR WILDEST DREAMS FOR DOING NOTHING BECAUSE I AM SUCH A NICE PERSON. ALL YOU MUST DO IS SEND ME ALL YOUR PERSONAL AND BANK INFO TO ALLOW TRANSFERING LOTS OF MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT BUT ONLY A SMALLER AMOUNT OUT OR ALTERNATELY WE MAY MEET IN SIERRA LEONE WHERE SOME OF MY ASSOCIATES WILL ASSIST YOU WITH THE TRANSACTION BUT YOU WILL MUST BE BRINGING MUCH CASH BECAUSE THE BANKS THERE ARE NON COOPERATIVE…

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Man – times must be hard in Illinois these days…

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Admit it DougC, you are Morgan Douglas, right?

Jim

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Thanks, Earthling. I forwarded the e-mail to the link you gave.

It’s the 3rd to 5th largest industry in Nigeria??? Wow! There’s one born every minute, huh?

Jim

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I got one of these the other day, might be my first but I don’t generally read obvious junk mail.

According the the article I read Fri. about the SA bust, $22 million dollars were lost by Americans in just one quarter last year to these types of things.

That’s a lot of stupid Americans.

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quote:

Originally posted by DougC
DEAR FRIEND,

I AM A MYSTERIOUS PERSON FROM AN IMOVERISHED THIRD-WORLD COUNTRY…

DougC ?..or…** PublicOfficialA** ???