Weird E-mail..

[SimonR]

Having posted an Ad on the classifieds, asking for some Maestro Panels I got a email today:


Dear,
We got your advert through web classified advert
that you have maestro offer for sales,in which l am
highly interested to purchase the items.
Kindly furnish me the last price for the items and
shipping charges of the item via air frieght to
Muritala Mohammed lnternational airport ,lkeja
lagos,Nigeria. or via courier service to the address
below:

Attn:Coker Ademola
34 moses ogungbeye street.
olowoira,lkeja.
Lagos,Nigeria.
Pay will be done by Credit card or bankers
check(OFFICIAL BANK CHECK) drawn in euro or Usd ,and
the check will be issue infavour of your name.
N.B;send your reply to ;coker_adesalary@hotmail.com
Regards
Coker.


I think I'll just forward them my bank details now to save time ;)

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by F153JUE
I think I'll just forward them my bank details now to save time ;)

I'd tell them to get lost.

[E_T_V]

Nahh just string them along for ages and keep them busy. If they are busy responding to you then they won't have the time to bother other people! (If it is an auto reply on the otherhand simply block thier address)

[tony]

i have put a add in as well and had the same e mail,i have deleated it ,if you send your bank details to them they will empty your bank account,please just deleat before its too late:)

[Jonathan]

What does the big bold warning message in the big red box on the advert posting page say? ;)

DON'T DO IT!!!!

[Alan the Vanner]

I've been getting a lot of messages in my in-box lately about how I could increase the size of my, ahem, member. Poxy spam emails! (Or should that be spam-javelin emails?) Anyway, I got another one this morning: "Turn you rod into a monster!" Oh good, perhaps they know where I can get a decent turbo engine for my van?!:laugh:

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by Alan the Vanner
I've been getting a lot of messages in my in-box lately about how I could increase the size of my, ahem, member. Poxy spam emails! (Or should that be spam-javelin emails?) Anyway, I got another one this morning: "Turn you rod into a monster!" Oh good, perhaps they know where I can get a decent turbo engine for my van?!:laugh:

:laugh: :laugh: I have had email like that. Just recently I have recieved an email titled "congratulations" from RDGelder - and he's on holiday! :rolleyes: :laugh:

[e692wtt]

Mebbe RDGelder's logged on with a laptop (ooer...) at the Hotel???

Seriously, are these 'congratulations' emails the fallout from my home pc Klez Virus 2 weeks ago? Check your computers, people!:mad:

The other other Rich.:eek:

[D87 SMW]

I don't know who typed all this, but I do know that they shouldn't have bothered! :laugh: :rolleyes:

My dear ,

I am highly compelled upon strict recommendation, to write you this very urgent and confidential letter.I do hope my letter will not embarrass you since I had no previous correspondence with you.

I am sending this proposal with due sense of humanity, responsibility and with few awareness that you will give it a sympathetic attention. I regret the inconvenience it may cause you based on the fact that we have not met before. I am Mrs. Fatima Munirat Abacha, the wife of Mohammed Abacha, son of the Late he ad of state of Federal Republic of Nigeria - General Sani Abacha.I am con tacting you in view of the fact that we will be of great assistance to each other like wise developing a cordial relationship.

My husband along with his late father and top officials of their past administration has been accused of looting several Billion United States Dollars from the Nigeria Government. The current attitude of the present government towards my family has indeed made life quite unbearable for us. Fortunately, Mohammed my Husband has Six million and eight hundred thousa nd United States Dollars(US$6.8 million) cash, which he intended to use for investment purposes overseas. This money is kept in a private security company.

This money was deposited for safe keeping in the security vault of a freighting agency here by my husband preparotry to being air lifted abroad for investment purposes before his arrest leaving a clause that it could only be claimed by an expertriate partner. It is only my husband and myself that know where the money is kept. Due to the current situation in the country concerning government’s vendettas towards my family, we seek your assistance to transfer this money out of Nigeria for the purpose of investment as intended by my husband.

Note that my family is currently being probed by this present government for alleged involvement in misappropriation of public funds during my father-in-law's regime.Towards this effect, an embargo restricting my family members from traveling or carrying out financial transactions without their express permission is in force. Right now, my husband (Mohammed) is under arrest and is being detained in connection to the above and other activities of his late father.

However, I have an arrangement on how to freight this money to you after receiving some assurances from you of the safety our own share and that you will only take the commission that we will offer you. This money personally belongs to my husband and he intends that it still be used for investment. No record ever existed concerning this money, nei ther is the money traceable by the government because there is no Documentation concerning the funds in the Federal Treasury.

The freighting company to be used has now been introduced to me and as so on as we recieve your readiness to assist us recieve this fund we shall formalize the deposit documents in your name and reach an agreement with them to air lift the consignment for your pick up. Bearing in mind that your assistance is needed to transfer this fund, we propose a commission of 15%(Fifteen Percent) of the total sum to you for the expected services and assistance. While 5% is mapped out for miscellaneous expenses. On your positive consent, I shall expect you to contact me urgently to enable us discuss about this.Your urgent response is highly needed.

I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinarily confidential, while I await your prompt response.

Best regards,

MRS. FATIMA MUNIRAT ABACHA.

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[Quality]

Contact the fraud squad, this con was in this months pratical classics magazine. By the way did anyone read there mg maestro review last month, very good if you ask me.

[D87 SMW]

:banghead: :rolleyes:

Co_pecbank,
Abidjan,Cote D ivoire.

Dearest one,

I am Mr.Murphy Brown Bank Manager of Co_pec Bank, Abidjan.West Africa I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

On January 6,2003, a Foreign Consultant/contractor
with the Ivorian Water Corporation, Mr. Henry Martin made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million United States Dollars) in my branch.Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his contract employers, the Ivorian
Water Corporation that Mr. Henry Martin
died from an automobile accident. On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making
a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was
fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mr. Henry Martin did not declare any next of kin
or relations in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of
US$20,000,000.00 has carefully been moved out of my
bank to a security company for safekeeping. No one
will ever come forward to claim it. According to
Ivorian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Ivorian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
Foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money I
deposited it in a security company in one trunk box
though the security company does not know the
contents of the box as I tagged them to be
photographic materials for export. I am writing you
because I as a public servant I cannot operate
a foreign account or have an account that is more than
$1m. I want to present you as the owner of the box
in the security company so you can be able to claim
them with the help of my attorney. All these are
to make sure that the fruits of this old man's labor
will not get into the hands of some corrupt government
officials.

This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately
your full names and address so that the Attorney will
prepare the necessary documents, which will put you in
place as the owner of the box. The money will
be shared in the ratio of 70% for me and 25% for you
and 5% will go to charity organisations. There is no
risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction
will be done by the Attorney and this will guarantee
the successful execution of this transaction.

If you are interested, please reply immediately via
this my private email address upon receipt of your response

I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction.

Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be
rest assured that this transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to invest my share in your country.


Thanks and regards.

Murphy Brown.

[Jonathan]

Thanks. Most of us get about five of those a day. Don't read, just delete. They waste enough time and bandwidth.

[e692wtt]

Steve,

if you're writing emails like this, are you sure you should be in charge of next week's Rally?:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

Joking apart, anyone had any 'dodgy emails' off *******@smithandlingard.fsnet.co.uk recently?

The other other Rich.:cool:

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by e692wtt
Steve,

if you're writing emails like this, are you sure you should be in charge of next week's Rally?:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:


Eh?

[e692wtt]

Like Father Ted said, "The money was just resting in my account". "Aye," replied Dougal, "a good long rest!".

Sorry, I thought you were impersonating Mrs Abacha or Murphy Brown!:laugh: Only kidding:laugh: ...

Re the 'dodgy emails', these were generated by my pc thanks to a Klez virus that Maria diagnosed after months of everybody else I asked not having a clue... The damn pc has scrambled its C:\ anyway so it doesn't matter - at least I got rid of the virus before the pc topped itself.

The other other Rich.:laugh:

[Alan the Vanner]

I just got an email from a Princess Marculey. Anyone else had this? I just deleted it without reading just like any other emails from unfamiliar adresses, because of possible viruses.;)

[Austin-Rover]

I've just had that African Email scam in response to the advert I posted this morning in the Classifieds for my Maestro!

:rage:

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by RDGelder
I've just had that African Email scam in response to the advert I posted this morning in the Classifieds for my Maestro!

:rage:

Just wait until they respond to my adverts... :cool: :laugh: ;) :eek: :p