E-mail scams!

strawser9 · 06-04-2008, 03:36 PM

Have any good e-mail scams sent to your inbox lately? post 'em up!

this is one I received today...quite amusing actually.(apologize for the caps, but i'm not going to re-write it lol)

Quote:

GOOD DAY,

MY NAME IS DAFE WILLIAMS, THE MANAGER OF REPUTABLE BANK HERE IN UNITED
KINGDOM.

PARDON ME IF THE EMAIL DOES NOT CONFORM TO YOUR MORAL STANDARDS, I DO NOT
KNOW YOU AND YOU DO NOT KNOW ME BUT FOR REASONS WHICH WILL BECOME OBVIOUS
TO YOU AS
YOU READ ON, I OBTAINED YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS FROM AN INTERNET ADDRESS
LISTING HOPING AND BELIEVING GOD THAT YOU WILL BE TRUSTWORTHY, RELIABLE
AND WILLING TO
ASSIST ME.

PLEASE SIR EXERCISE SOME PATIENCE WHILE YOU READ THROUGH MY MESSAGE. I
WOULD LIKE TO STRIKE A BUSINESS DEAL WITH YOU IF YOU WOULD APPROVE AND
CONSIDER IT. THERE WAS A NON RESIDENT ACCOUNT OPENED IN MY BRANCH AND FOR
THE PAST 6YEARS, THIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN DORMANT WITHOUT OPERATION FOR OVER
4 YEARS AND AT THE SAME TIME NOBODY HAS COME TO CLAIM THE MONEY IN THE
ACCOUNT.

THIS MADE ME TO TRACE THE SOURCE AND ORIGIN OF THE FUNDS AND HE
BENEFICIARY STATUS STARTING SINCE THE YEAR 2005 AND TODAY I HAVE GATHERED
EVERY REPORT
CONFIRMING THAT THE ACCOUNT OWNER WAS A TOP OIL MERCHANT IN HIS COUNTRY
AND NOW HAVE PASSED AWAY FIVE YEARS AGO LEAVING NO LEGAL INHERITANCE
INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ACCOUNT.

ON ENQUIRIES NO FAMILY MEMBERS EXIST AND NO ONE KNOWS OF THE EXISTENCE OF
THIS ACCOUNT AND MONEY BECAUSE THE ACCOUNT WAS OPENED WITH A DIFFERENT
NAME IN
ORDER TO MAINTAIN THE PRIVACY OF THE ACCOUNT IN QUESTION.

ON THIS NOTE, THIS ACCOUNT WILL BE CONVERTED INTO THE BANK TREASURY BY THE
END OF THE LAST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR IF NO ONE COMES FORWARD FOR THE
CLAIMING OF
THE FUNDS.THEREFORE, I COME TO YOU TO KNOW IF YOU WILL AGREE TO THIS OFFER
SO THAT I WILL PRESENT YOU OFFICIALLY AS THE LEGAL NEXT OF KIN/BENEFICIARY
TO CLAIM THE FUNDS WHILE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS WILL BE PROCESSED/SECURED AND
PREPARED BY AN ATTORNEY HERE IN UNITED KINGDOM TO SUPPORT OUR CLAIMS.

THIS IS A STRAIGHT AND LEGITIMATE DEAL WITHOUT ANY RISK
ATTACHED/ASSOCIATED WITH IT AS LONG AS IT WILL PROSECUTED LEGALLY AND
OFFICIAL ACCORDING AND WITHIN THE PRECEPTS OF THE MONETARY POLICIES OF THE
UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT,OUR SHARING RATIO WILL BE 70:30 INCASE YOU ARE
INTERESTED.

PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBERS,FULL NAME AND ADDRESS FOR
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF THIS OFFER IN DETAILS.

PLEASE DO REPLY TO :dafe0001@excite.com

REGARDS,

DAFE WILLIAMS

1quick1 · 06-04-2008, 03:46 PM

You guys would probably be shocked at the amount of spam that gets sent to my @extremebodybuilding.net accounts since they are openly listed for all the spammers to pick up.

I did inherit millions of dollars from one of my dead relatives in Africa and all I had to do was send thousands of dollars to a stranger

Big Guns · 06-05-2008, 03:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 1quick1

You guys would probably be shocked at the amount of spam that gets sent to my @extremebodybuilding.net accounts since they are openly listed for all the spammers to pick up.

I did inherit millions of dollars from one of my dead relatives in Africa and all I had to do was send thousands of dollars to a stranger

You too huh??

The entire Contenant of Africa does't have 1 million$$

Ali · 06-05-2008, 06:48 PM

i get loads!, ill post up all up if u guys want?LOL

they aint good tho, normall junk

strawser9 · 06-05-2008, 11:06 PM

Quote:

PARDON ME IF THE EMAIL DOES NOT CONFORM TO YOUR MORAL STANDARDS, I DO NOT
KNOW YOU AND YOU DO NOT KNOW ME BUT FOR REASONS WHICH WILL BECOME OBVIOUS
TO YOU AS
YOU READ ON

this cracks me up everytime I read it. LOL.
and to go on saying something about GOD.
definitly the first scam mail that included GOD lol!

cabUK · 06-06-2008, 06:12 AM

not had one of those for a while, I might actually reply to it next time I get one from my junk email account and see how far I can push it before they give up.

Got one the other day:

Quote:

Dear NatWest bank customer,

Security and confidentiality are at the heart of Natwest Bankline. Your data (and your money) is protected by a number of technologies, including Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) encryption.
We would like to notify you that NatWest bank carries out customer data verification procedure that is compulsory for all Natwest bank customers. This procedure is attributed to a routine banking software update.

Please login to Natwest online banking using the link below and follow the instructions on the screen.

This is pretty dam good seeing as I have never ever had a NatWest bank account.

strawser9 · 06-06-2008, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cabUK

not had one of those for a while, I might actually reply to it next time I get one from my junk email account and see how far I can push it before they give up.

99% of the scam emails you get cannot be replied to. I always send a profanity laced paragraph back anyway, they all get sent back by GMAIL telling me they didn't go through

cabUK · 06-06-2008, 01:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by strawser9

99% of the scam emails you get cannot be replied to. I always send a profanity laced paragraph back anyway, they all get sent back by GMAIL telling me they didn't go through

did you just click reply?

what about using the email address that they ask you to send your details to?

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