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I recently got the following email sent to me. Dispite the fact she doesn't appear to know her own name, that's not my email addres & this email is filled with the foul odour of bullshit. I've decided West African email request for information always go well and should send her my bank details... actually the bank details for the Deparment of Fair Trading. I wonder how the government takes to being ripped off?

From : samira docubor <samira_docubor2020@yahoo.ca>
Sent : Monday, 23 January 2006 12:48:48 AM
To : muzzagang@aol.com
Subject : IN GOOD FAITH FROM SAMIRA....................................

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From Samira Docubor
Email: samira_docubor2020@yahoo.ca
Alternative email... aliceddd05@ameinfo.com
Abidjan Cote d'ivoire
West Africa
Dearest One,
Please due reply me through my private mail box above.and also send me your direct mail to reach you .
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my junior Borther (Nelson) intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of eight million U.S dollars($8,000,000.00) which my late Father kept for us with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons during this war in Cote d'ivoire.
Now I and my Borther has decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.We want you to help us claim and retrieve these fund from the security company and transfer it into you
r personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). The Transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel
If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 15% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response.

Respectfully yours,
Miss. Samira Alice Dakori.


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A west afrian with a canadian email address, always fun.


And you provided her with real bank details? I pray to God if you gave them bank details they weren't real or you were planning to never work again. If they get used and money extracted I wouldn't like to be you.

Stupid 419 scammers.

Dang man....I've seen 5 year olds write better scams than that. Whatever you do, don't reply to that.

A west afrian with a canadian email address, always fun.


And you provided her with real bank details? I pray to God if you gave them bank details they weren't real or you were planning to never work again. If they get used and money extracted I wouldn't like to be you.
The bank details for the government office that investigates internet fraud, yes. Don't fret people, I did let them know what I was doing first.

The bank details for the government office that investigates internet fraud, yes. Don't fret people, I did let them know what I was doing first.
Good on ya!

...

What a bad scam.

Good on ya!
I cannot wait to see the fall out.

I've gotten dozens of those emails already. Some solicit for money, others offer money, and others are begging for help. They're all pretty stupid.

What a bad scam.
I know. What happened to those really good scams you see grandmas falling for in 60minutes? I want one of those!

I've gotten dozens of those emails already. Some solicit for money, others offer money, and others are begging for help. They're all pretty stupid.

I hate the ones that try to act desperate. If they're so poor, how are they affording to send me stupid emails? I wonder that.

I've gotten dozens of those emails already. Some solicit for money, others offer money, and others are begging for help. They're all pretty stupid.
This was my first...

*coy, viriginal, giggle*

I got so many of these damn things, together with general spam and phishing shit, that I changed my email address and am now really careful about putting my email address online. I don't having to 'give in' like that, but I was sick of it.

why didn't you string them along first? it's much more fun.

ever read "the spam letters"? neat website full of responses to scams and spam. check out the one on the nigerian scam. teehee.
http://thespamletters.com/

I hate the ones that try to act desperate. If they're so poor, how are they affording to send me stupid emails? I wonder that.
Public libraries, maybe?

Public libraries, maybe?

Most public accesses are blocked of email and pornography (which is irrelavent to the topic, but hey).

why didn't you string them along first? it's much more fun.

ever read "the spam letters"? neat website full of responses to scams and spam. check out the one on the nigerian scam. teehee.
http://thespamletters.com/
That site is pure brilliance!

That site is pure brilliance!
you can spend a day on that site.

Most public accesses are blocked of email and pornography (which is irrelavent to the topic, but hey).Brisbane libraries tend to have a bank of computers that are email allowed

Ahhh the nigerians. Glad to see they are still around.

Just remember if it sounds to good to be true; it is.....

why didn't you string them along first? it's much more fun.

ever read "the spam letters"? neat website full of responses to scams and spam. check out the one on the nigerian scam. teehee.
http://thespamletters.com/

That is a FUNNY site, thanks!

that's right rotovia! even my lame thread had more replies than yours

:rolleyes: ;) :p

I've never received one of these :(.
Look like fun

ARRGGHH!! Don't EVER EVER dob them in!

You can have so much fun with them. You wouldn't believe how far they go sometimes. I convinced one guy that I was a Jacques Roquefort working for a company called WMD Engineering in Libya. And then I sent him a doctored picture of Michael Moore, and eventually got into a theological debate with his 13 year old "lawyer". Who eventually agreed to convert to Taoism.

http://www.419eater.com/

just ignore it. their trying to find email addresses to send more junk. if you don't reply they stop eventually trust me.

I recently got the following email sent to me. Dispite the fact she doesn't appear to know her own name, that's not my email addres & this email is filled with the foul odour of bullshit. I've decided West African email request for information always go well and should send her my bank details... actually the bank details for the Deparment of Fair Trading. I wonder how the government takes to being ripped off?

To be honest you could have given them a random sttring of numbers and/or letters for your bank account details and they wouldn't have noticed. The only thing they'll need your account details for is to transfer the funds into your account. And before that happens there'll be numerous technical and administrative hitches requiring immediate transfers of funds from untraceable Western Union transfers. These low-level operators probably wouldn''t have the initiative to do anything even if you accidentally gave them the correct bank details. Not that that is advisable.

that's right rotovia! even my lame thread had more replies than yours

:rolleyes: ;) :pAway!

Reminds me of the time I got a letter from some unknown lottery saying that I won like £14 million. All I had to do was send my bank information. The funniest part was that the alleged security firm I was to send the information to had managed to spell it "Secruity" on the bank form!

ARRGGHH!! Don't EVER EVER dob them in!

You can have so much fun with them. You wouldn't believe how far they go sometimes. I convinced one guy that I was a Jacques Roquefort working for a company called WMD Engineering in Libya. And then I sent him a doctored picture of Michael Moore, and eventually got into a theological debate with his 13 year old "lawyer". Who eventually agreed to convert to Taoism.

http://www.419eater.com/
Don't screw them around too much; here in England, there are several stories of scammers attempting to intimidate people who string them along. One guy got badly beaten and his car stolen. Of course, I've no idea why he gave them his real details, but these guys are still criminals.

Public libraries, maybe?

That’s the solution! We should pull funding from all libraries immediately! That will reduce internet fraud!

This is the reson I ignore all e-mails from anyone I do not know, and why I have several accounts as well.

Brisbane libraries tend to have a bank of computers that are email allowed

Oh my. Where I live there are no allowed emails in public libraries. It's all blocked.

The bank details for the government office that investigates internet fraud, yes. Don't fret people, I did let them know what I was doing first.

Very nice work there.

Don't screw them around too much; here in England, there are several stories of scammers attempting to intimidate people who string them along. One guy got badly beaten and his car stolen. Of course, I've no idea why he gave them his real details, but these guys are still criminals.

He was obviously an idiot. I know that, and i'm not a moron.

Very nice work there.
*takes a bow*