amusing junk mail...

Timber-WoIf · Post by **Timber-WoIf** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:43 pm

i wus, out of boredome and curiousity, actually reading soem of the bs mail, and never realised how incredibly retarded some of the stuff actually is. like this:

Dear friend,

I can't imagine how you will feel receiving a sudden business letter from a remote country in far away Burkina Faso west africa and probably from some one you have not closely related with. But all the same, i believe we do not need to be of blood relatives before we can establish cordial/business relationship. Having said this, i think it is very important at this juncture to introduce myself to you.

I am.Mr Mustapha.Dada the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of International bank of africa(IBA) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso west africa.
It is my pleasure to solicit your assistance in this business proposal. I am contacting you because, i do not want to transact the business with anybody who is known to any staff of this bank or anybody around here to avoid any possible blackmail or leakage at the end of the transaction.The proposal: During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on 25 july 2000,in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.the said amount was u.s $12.000.000m (Twelve Million United States Dollars) as it may interest you to know,

meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity. In fact i could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant(a banker),we are not allowed to opperate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because i work in this bank.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 55% will be for me and my partner. Please, you have been adviced to keep "top secret" as i am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any country you advice us to invest in.
All other necessary vital information will be sent to you when i hear from you.
I look forward to receive your immediate response.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Mustapha.Dada.

ravaged_warrior · Post by **ravaged_warrior** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 1:55 pm

Ah, that's one of those Nigerian e-mail scams. You'd be surprised, some people actually believe those.

Teh_DarkJokerWolf · Post by **Teh_DarkJokerWolf** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:00 pm

I've gotten so many of those it's ridiculous

darkest wolf · Post by **darkest wolf** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:27 pm

ravaged_warrior wrote:Ah, that's one of those Nigerian e-mail scams. You'd be surprised, some people actually believe those.

They do! I know someone who has once or twice...quite pathetic actually...

ArcaneWerewolf · Post by **ArcaneWerewolf** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:03 pm

I don't seem to get those anymore. Some of the sender's names are also dead giveaways. I remember getting one e-mail in which the sender name was "Moore Proffit" or something like that

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 5:25 pm

I still get those, too. Also get a lot of UK lottery notices. The latest one seems to be "you've gotten an e-card from a friend!" notices.

DarkShadow · Post by **DarkShadow** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 6:05 pm

Teh_DarkJokerWolf wrote:I've gotten so many of those it's ridiculous

Same here. and if I want to contract/conduct buisness with someone, I'll do it here

Kaebora · Post by **Kaebora** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:55 am

Do what I do. You know those paid postage return envelopes that come with credit card junk applications sometimes? I take all my junk mail, stuff it in, and mail it off. ^_^

WhitePaw · Post by **WhitePaw** » Wed Jul 25, 2007 5:11 pm

you know...it would be some crazy s*** if you heard an story from someone who actually recieved the promised money from replying too it..^^

Morkulv · Post by **Morkulv** » Wed Aug 01, 2007 11:39 am

I've got the same mail. Its pathetic how spam gets disguised nowadays to something 'important' to attract people's interest.

Spongy · Post by **Spongy** » Sun Aug 05, 2007 2:59 pm

I don't get spam mail. At least not in E-Mail form.
o_O How is this possible you ask? Simple. I haven't signed up for a bazillion things online.

Well then again maybe you guys haven't either and your just unlucky.

MattSullivan · Post by **MattSullivan** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 8:39 am

"Dear stupid gullible white American. Give us your money. Love, Zambia."

MoonKit · Post by **MoonKit** » Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:20 am

spongypants23 wrote:I don't get spam mail. At least not in E-Mail form.
o_O How is this possible you ask? Simple. I haven't signed up for a bazillion things online.

Well then again maybe you guys haven't either and your just unlucky.

I only get stuff from Hotmail and some Astrology thing but thats it. My email is damn near spam free!

Back on topic: thats crazy that people fall for that. How stupid can you get. *hands out Darwin Awards*

TobiasTheReaper · Post by **TobiasTheReaper** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 12:28 am

I keep getting this one letter saying I've been elected as a CEO of an english tech corporation or something like that. They keep asking for my name and address and a whole bunch of other info. It's like "oh yes, please! let me sign away my identity to you!"

Xiroteus · Post by **Xiroteus** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 10:21 pm

I have received a couple emails like those, I had about four years of spam free e-mail, now I get a few in my bulk folder each day.

*nagowteena* · Post by ***nagowteena*** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 11:00 pm

OMG I've gotten so many of those, but I just deleat them.

it's all a scam, I've watched 20/20 and nightline, so that's why I know.

Xiroteus · Post by **Xiroteus** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:28 am

Please Read.

I am Mr. Song Lile director of operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I
have a business proposal in the tune of $19.5m. After a successfull
transfer, we shall share in the ratio of 30% for you and 70% for me.
If you are interested, send me the following; Full names, Current
residential address, Private phone number, Age, Sex, Occupation and
Profession through my private email (info_songlile@yahoo.com.tw) and I will give
you more details on how we will execute this project.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Song Lile.

They must wait until the second e-mail for social security and bank account numbers.

Scott Gardener · Post by **Scott Gardener** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 3:18 pm

Notice they're always named "Mustapha." Ever met any real person named Mustapha? Aside from these scams, the only Mustapha I know is Mustapha Mond, the World Controller in Huxley's novel Brave New World.