NationStates Jolt Archive

According to an email I got, I won a random lottery because multinationals just like giving money away (although it seems they can't pay for their own email servers, all the addresses are from yahoo mail) I just have to give all my banking details to a nice chap in Nigeria and they'll send me my £980,000.

However, the thing that really made me laugh hard was the following:


We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$ 12.3 Billion international draw.


:D

C'mon! 12.3 BILLION! Who's gonna fall for that! Geez, for a scam to work it has to look at least half way possible.

Right. It should have been 14.7

*shakes head*

Those Nigerians just ain't putting in the effort anymore.

Got the email address?

Care to share for a little payback spammage?! :D

Apparently, I have been selected from an 'international registry of investors' for a confidential business venture. :rolleyes:

*shakes head*

Those Nigerians just ain't putting in the effort anymore.

Got the email address?

Care to share for a little payback spammage?! :D
Sorry, I deleted it already.

I guess you're one of the lucky 6,831 people who were selected for the high-stakes lottery.

That nothing, I was told that if I held on to billions of dollars for a Nigeria Prince, that after he got over here I would get half of it! All they asked for was my bank account information!

I always wondered why someone didn't start an account with maybe $25 (usual bank minimum for opening an account), take out $24 once it's established (leaving only $1 balance), then give that account number to the people in the email.


Wouldn't it be funny if the one time someone did that, the email was legit? :eek:

That's different from the one I got. I got one stating I won one in the UK, and all I had to do was give them lots of personal information.