In Niarobi, France, England and some other countries I can't even pronounce never the less spell.
I am also the recipient of daily emails from some desperate African who has heard about my wonderful honesty and such in these matters. Just send all your personal account information so you can represent the dead guy's next of kin and we will give you millions!!
How many lotteries have you won!
I think I've won eight so far.
Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
Well, I must have an account and $$$$ that I don't know anything about, because my junk mail box is full of contacts from Chase.
We could be rich and not realize it!
I assumed this was an April Fools joke.
Posted by lymie tony z (Member # 5130) on :
Nope it's not an April fools joke...
What it is is a con...scam...
I heard about it somewhere.......zman
Posted by MagicAcorn (Member # 8786) on :
Here's my newest scam letter. I'm also not a sir I'm a madam. Huh!
Attention.
Dear sir,
First and foremost, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given genuine approval considering the facts we have not known each other before, I wish to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you.
I am Mr. John Barnes, from Liberia, West Africa. I am the first son of late Mr. Moses Barnes; he was a diamond/gold merchant in our country. my late father had a bullet shot by the rebels on his way traveling out of my country with two of my kid sister's due to present crisis that is occurring in my country (Liberia).my sister's died on the spot while United Nation peace keeping force secured my late father, he was taken to hospital for medical treatment which he later died.
Before his died he revealed to me and my mother about the boxes containing $16.5 million us dollars. Which he deposited with a security company in Ghana for safe keeping. My late father did not disclose the content of the box to the security company, he also told the security company that the safe belongs to his friend who is a foreigner but didn't mention any name. to avoid the officials from raising eye brows to the funds.
And my late father also told me that it is dangerous to invest this money in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instability, coupled with economic and political instability facing African countries, that is why we want to invest in abroad.
For your mutual assistance. presently myself and my mother are here in Accra Ghana ,and we are staying in the refugee camp, I and my mother have agreed to offer you 20% of the total amount of the money, all the vital documents covering the deposit and the ownership is here with my mother which I can send to you through fax on request.
Therefore I want you to help me and claim the box from the security company, and invest it in a very good business. Note: I have never disclosed this to any person apart from you, so you have to keep this transaction as a top secret to yourself alone.
Which I will want you to forward across to me your direct personal cell phone and fax number for more information about this transaction.
I look forward to your earliest reply.
Thanks and God bless you.
Best regards,
Posted by lou (Member # 81) on :
How do they imagine anyone could fall for this stuff?
Well, at least it was liberia instead of nigeria. Change of pace.
Posted by MagicAcorn (Member # 8786) on :
And here is today's appeal. I must be someone truly special to be trusted by so many. Huh! -------------------------------------------------
I am William Ibru, personal attorney to Mr Patrick A, an expartriate who used to work with Nigeria Shell Oil Company (NSOC), here in Nigeria.
On the 21st of October 2005, my client was killed in an auto mobile accident.Since then I have made Several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives.
This has proved unsuccessful, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet hence I contacted you to assist me in repartriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit was lodged.
The name of the bank is Trans international bank,where the deceased had an account valued at US$7,500,000.00(Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see the deal through.
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
I used to get those. I guess they found out that I'm not a very good benefactor!! [I'm really COLD and heartless....they found me out! ]
Posted by Softballmom (Member # 6235) on :
I have one better than all of you.
I got one claiming to be the widow of a missionary. He was killed in another country due to religious beliefs and helping orphans of that village. His wife was left a fortune but she is also in danger and in hiding and is looking for some good Christian souls to take the money and give it to charity benifiting orphans.
She mispelled and everything, it was good. She used God through out the whole letter.
I sent a reply back saying. May God have mercy on your soul!
Posted by Lymetoo (Member # 743) on :
quote:Originally posted by Softballmom: May God have mercy on your soul! [/QB]
Good one!!
I love your signature!! Posted by Softballmom (Member # 6235) on :
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