GOOD DAY

[mogster]

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Ahmed Abdalla, Director and Board Member,Transparency International ,Kenya. I got your email address from the web directory so I decided to contact you.

# Web directory? What web directory? Oh, you mean THE web directory! OK.

We are interested in diverting some funds currently floating in the suspense account of the federal pay office to your account as soon as possible.

# Floating funds is a hassle, epsecially when they're sloshing around in the office, being in the way all the time. I got a similar problem with software cd's and paper.

Source of the funds are:

During the Arap Moi's government, government’s officials awarded contracts to their own companies, these contracts were grossly over invoiced. Now the present government set up contract review panel to settle those owed outstanding amount. My colleagues and I have identified a huge amount totaling US$ 370m (Three hundred and seventy million us dollars) oversea

# I sure would like to get my hands at those. But listen, your colleagues are running their own scheme on this. I got an email that's just identical to this a week ago. I don't remember the specifics, but the amount in question was even higher. You should probably check that they don't hold you out on some of the money.

We would want US$43.8m (Forty three million Eight Hundred Thousand) dollars out this money oversea transferred to your account because we are not eligible to operate foreign account, and I have been mandated to search for a partner abroad. We really want this transfer made as soon as possible before the government, who have started refunding money from Moi's foreign accounts track this money.We will be offering 20% for your assistance.

# Dream on, buddy. I sneer at a mere 40 mill these days. Here's a deal; we split 80/40. 80 percent for me, forty percent for you. The rest I will keep for transaction costs.

If you would want to proceed with this transaction please reply with your name and phone number to([e-mail]) and if you do not accept my offer please treat with utmost confidentiality.

# OK.

For more information check and browse carefully all the links in the website below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3324369.stm

Best Regards,

Ahmed Abdalla,

Director & Board Member, Transparency International,

Kenya.

:evilgrin:

[NorthernSpy]

1. sadly enough...

... there are people who actually fall for this stuff. Didn't some university professor get conned this way? I think it was in the news recently.


:shrug:

[mogster]

4. That's true, I think

But these should be pretty well known by now, I guess.

Note how he uses the BBC-link to 'verify' his message. Pretty thin evidence, though.

[jswordy]

2. Sigh....

:boring:

[Mutley]

3. what do they do with your name and number?

the identity theft stuff? :rofl: if thats the case i should reply 'cause i can guarantee NO ONE wants to steal my identity!

[mogster]

5. Mine neither...

Not much to steal ;-)

[Mutley]

12. Hah!

If someone wants my CC debt and my HUMONGOUS school bill, then they're welcome to it! :rofl:

[realisticphish]

7. no

what happens is, they get you to send them money to pay for a secure shipment, or some bullshit, and (obviously) just keep it

[Mutley]

10. ahhh

that's what happens. i've always wanted to reply to those people just to see what exactly the scam was.

[mogster]

15. I wonder what happens if one actually replies to spam?

And I don't mean spamscam like this, but the usual offers of, say, lower mortgage. Does the reply email work, for instance?
I have never replied to spam, because that confirms that your email is active.

But most of the email is now so contorted to avoid spam filters that it's nearly unreadable, and it all seems so senseless? :shrug:

Look at this, a spam mail I actually saved:
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Subject: cheergirl6969 would like to say hi ovals

From: Guitarist P. Eyeglass

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reply safes crack wiser joker coral also goody panel bombs as crawl child genie yield
lover india soars drops was merry piano eject towns crack ulcer crawl serve
yield candy sacks basis shape zazen man whole truck
envoy balls table and vbweb chuck kings samba upper truck,
diets as input cdrom smell stage

a macro abide holds tacit the wilde panic march swift sabra kebab
as whore seems risks macro taken steel jumpy swell false dairy apace holds heads round
shark crept makes death ought blast layer aorta clasp pilot forum pools jails
sound moved crank plate clock clone clasp joint acted
paste begin sabin as faced sadly canon fired sheet jails,
align stood kneel couch night blast

grins newly falls lodge table abort a death aboil eject
angle the sandy as label kayak

niece
grabs check
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I mean, huh? What's the fewkin point in sending emails like this? :crazy:

[realisticphish]

6. www.419eater.com

these are hilarious... but scary that these idiots actually get money sometimes

[mogster]

11. That's a cool site!

Who's running it? I remember a case where some journalist answered the mails, and outed the scheme. Is it the same guy, I wonder?

I agree that this scamming should be to obvious for most people, but then there are also people that answer spam emails ;-)

[realisticphish]

14. this guy is great

he's actually made some money off this... baits the scammers into sending HIM money before he sends THEM money

he donates the money to charity, when he gets it

[Texasgal]

8. This is also a good site.

Check it out.. funny!

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

[mogster]

16. Thanks for the link!

I didn't know there was so many with scambaiting as a hobby. It sure is needed to raise the attention about this ;-)

[Mrs_Beastman]

9. As I have said before

Working at the bank, I've seen people fall for this.

[mogster]

13. Guess people really want to believe the best, uh?

I can be incredibly gullible myself, sometimes. But not on the net, though ;-)