Nigerian scams getting better....

[verbster]

Although the scams are the same (someone died and left a pile of money we're going to give to you...), the approach is getting better.

Today, I received an e-mail (supposedly from a lawyer in Nigerian named Colin Blade [a pain in the ass?]) that said the dead person was a woman in my state of Alaska that had died in a real plane crash back in 2000, and now they are trying to settle her estate.

From then on, it's the same scam, but the beginning shows they're learning.

All it takes is one person to fall for it.....out of the millions of e-mail they send.

 

[Ross]

Although the scams are the same (someone died and left a pile of money we're going to give to you...), the approach is getting better.

Today, I received an e-mail (supposedly from a lawyer in Nigerian named Colin Blade [a pain in the ass?]) that said the dead person was a woman in my state of Alaska that had died in a real plane crash back in 2000, and now they are trying to settle her estate.

From then on, it's the same scam, but the beginning shows they're learning.

All it takes is one person to fall for it.....out of the millions of e-mail they send.

when they say nigeria you know its a scam.

 

[labrocca]

lol...yeah...you only need to know you're giving info to someone outside the USA to see it's a scam.

The whole...give me your info and I will make you rich is rather laughable. I don't feel bad for people that fall for it but I also think these scumbags should be hunted down by our government while they sleep and executed in their beds. Am I wrong in saying that? Probably but these Nigerian scammers are causing havoc to many lives.

I don't see why we don't firewall the whole damn country.

 

[Ross]

lol...yeah...you only need to know you're giving info to someone outside the USA to see it's a scam.

The whole...give me your info and I will make you rich is rather laughable. I don't feel bad for people that fall for it but I also think these scumbags should be hunted down by our government while they sleep and executed in their beds. Am I wrong in saying that? Probably but these Nigerian scammers are causing havoc to many lives.

I don't see why we don't firewall the whole damn country.

I think that most of these emails are coming from people in the usa claiming to be from nigeria or some other place.

 

[verbster]

I think that most of these emails are coming from people in the usa claiming to be from nigeria or some other place.

Maybe, but I don't think so. They'd be subject to easy criminal prosecution. In the case of the last e-mail to me, it was from/through Brazil (IP and .br extension), which is kind of weird.

 

[kiore]

I received a snail-mail letter today apparently sent by airmail from the UK that contained the classic Nigerian scam. This lawyer's client has the same surname as me & came from NZ & there's a very big estate ...

Of course he wants me to respond by email to a yahoo address.

It was kind of freaky because the envelope was hand printed & at first I thought it might be from my brother who lives over there, until I opened it, that was.

I said *apparently* by airmail from the UK as the envelope doesn't have any British franking but was franked by NZ post with a reference to the DX document exchange, which I think is a special mail service they run here, either way the NZ post franking looks unusual & there's no date anywhere on the envelope I can see.

While these scams usually come from north of the equator, I'm thinking of taking it down to the local police station tomorrow, as I suspect it might actually be someone local. Either way PC Plod can earn his stipend ....

 

[Cecil_the_turtle]

I've heard that the scams in Nigeria are one the top producers of income in the Nigerian economy. I don't know this for a fact, but I did hear it somewhere...

 

[ihatebeans]

I received a letter once as a scam.

It was for a lottery to win millions of dollars. Which apparently all I had to do was signup and I won. (Supposedly happened a few weeks ago) Looking at the fine print on the back, underneath the contest rules, it says "Entries for this contest must be in before July 2004"

I just could not stop laughing. If your gonna make a scam and waste money sending it out, at least change the dates.

 

[Michelle]

Ive been getting these plane crash ones for months :td:

 

[weblord]

when i open my email I just go straight to search my email and click on select all and then scan my eyes from top to bottom, email i can't recognize based on subject it goes straight to trash. (email subject and sender i can recognize i un-check it then the second round of filter will run when i actually open those emails makes my job easier.

 

[kiore]

underneath the contest rules, it says "Entries for this contest must be in before July 2004"

It could be a variation on Dogbert's selling last week's lottery tickets for 1/2 price ... They only have one chance in 10,000,000 less than this week's ones

 

[Hosted-Inside]

I got scammed from a Nigerian person for 3 Sidekicks on ebay $500 dollars the wierd thing he just tryed it again that other day. All i told him was that if he shipped the items first than i"ll pay him doubel ofcourse he dont have the items but what ever i hate these people like that serioursly i think payments on the internet should be done like that

1. No paypal no money bookers no blah blah blah All this should just be banned by the state or country or w/e
2. Make only one payment method by like the government and if you don't pay you go to jail and if you don't give the item the money get held even if its in the bank thats how i think it should be done

Sloves everything easy easy and easy but ofcourse that can never happen

 

[VYFX]

Dateline NBC did a special story on this many months ago with Chris Hanson. They actually followed through with the email, flew to London to meet with the Nigerian scammer, and got the entire thing on tape. It is a VERY successful scam apparently, and the scammer presented himself extremely professionally. Right when they said, "We're Dateline NBC from the United States" the scammer took off on foot across a bridge and was never seen again.

It is a very sad thing that this happens, but it does. I suggest for anyone who hasn't seen the special yet to try to catch it the next time it airs.

 

[ngenme]

Why can't we caught any of them?

 

[iulianh]

FROM MR. ROBERT BARR
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC
HEAD OFFICE: ADBHOUSE
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA.
TEL: 234-805-2454382, FAX: 234-42-452117
EMAIL:[email protected]




RE: CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT APPROVAL / REMITTANCE NOTICE

I AM MR. ROBERT BARR GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC, WE HAD A FORUM WITH THE WORLD BANK,INTERNATIONAL MONETORY FUNDS AND THE PARIS CLUD REGARDING THE THE UNPAID NTRACT/INHERITANCE FUNDS WITH MOST OF THE LOCAL BANKS HERE IN NIGERIA AND OTHER SECURITY AND FINANCIAL COMPANIES.

BASED ON THE DIFFICULTIES WHICH THE BENEFICIARIES ARE FACING WITH THE LOCAL BANKS HERE,WE HAVE RESOLVED WITH THE WORLD BANK ORGANISATION AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES THAT ALL THE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUNDS SHOULD BE DEPOSITED WITH THE NIGERIAN APEX BANK,THAT IS, AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC AS A GATEWAY BANK HERE IN NIGERIA.

SO BE ADVISED THAT YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUNDS OF $15,000.000.00USD (FIFTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS) DEPOSITED IN ONE OF THE LOCAL BANK'S IS NOW WITH OUR BANK, AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC (ADB) YOU ARE THEREFORE REQUIRED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY TO FORWARD THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS FOR THE IMMEDIATE SCREENING BEFORE THE KTT WIRE TRANSFER WILL BE EFFECTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

1 YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
2 OCCUPATION/PROFESSION
3 MAILING ADDRESS
4 DATE OF BIRTH
5 PRIVATE PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
6 YOUR RECEIVING BANK DETAILS.

AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE THE ABOVE STATED INFORMATION FROM YOU THEN IT WILL BE FORWARDED TO THE BANK LEGAL DEPARTMENT FOR SCREENING AND AFTER THAT THE WIRE TRANSFER WILL BE EFFECTED TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THE ABOVE INFORMATIONS AND REPLY DIRECTLY TO ME IMMIDAITELY THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS.([email protected])


FEEL FREE TO CALL ME ON MY DIRECT NUMBER ABOVE, AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO RESPONDE TO THIS MAIL FOR MORE INFORMATION. YOU ARE ALSO ADVISED TO STOP ALL FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS WITH ANY GROUP OF PERSONS OR PERSON IN NIGERIA TILL YOU CONFIRM YOUR FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT .

YOURS SINCERELY,

MR. ROBERT BARR
GROUP MANAGING DIRECTOR
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK PLC

This is what i just received .... scammers !

 

[Hosted-Inside]

if you talk about funds even if its not yours over 10 thousand i dont think you sopos to have a @ yahoo email lol gg

 

[happyhappy]

I saw that show it was pretty good.. I thought it was laughable cause the guy was in a 10k nice looking suit..

Dateline NBC did a special story on this many months ago with Chris Hanson. They actually followed through with the email, flew to London to meet with the Nigerian scammer, and got the entire thing on tape. It is a VERY successful scam apparently, and the scammer presented himself extremely professionally. Right when they said, "We're Dateline NBC from the United States" the scammer took off on foot across a bridge and was never seen again.

It is a very sad thing that this happens, but it does. I suggest for anyone who hasn't seen the special yet to try to catch it the next time it airs.

Well it all depends on the country they are in... also if they notify the local police they most likely will have no support since they are in "THEIR" territory trying to be the police... Also laws are different there then here.. would be nice to catch them and put them through the legal system... but it wont happen

Why can't we caught any of them?

how about a @ gmail account LOL

if you talk about funds even if its not yours over 10 thousand i dont think you sopos to have a @ yahoo email lol gg

 

[grimmjow]

yes it is a scam I just recieved a similar e-mail and I just found it to be a scam.

 

[Lemon Jelly]

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