OT - My First Nigerian Scam Email

Wardad · #1 September 14th, 2005, 01:19 AM

OMG!

This is more significant than: "The new phone books are here!" (Steve Martin in THE JERK)

My first and only Nigerian scam letter:

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From: Wale Williams [mailto:waliam@sify.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 11:56 AM
Subject: Investment

Dear Friend,

I am a member of the contract award committee,of the Department of Petroleum
Resources,Nigeria I am in search of an agent to assist us in the transfer of
(USD 14M) and subsequent investment in properties in your country.

You will be required to
(1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum
(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment
(3) Assist us in purchase of properties.

If you decide to render your service to us in this regard, 20% of the total
sum of USD14M will be for you.Please contact me via my confidential email
address waliam@sify.com for further details.

yours faithfully,

Dr Wale Williams.

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Why don't we give him a butt load of mail?

douglas · #2 September 14th, 2005, 02:02 AM

That's a lot shorter than any of the Nigerian scam's I've had turn up in my inbox. Now if you have some spare time, I've heard that baiting the scammers can be fun. Pretend to be suckered by it at first but point out any inconsistencies you notice, ask why they need x piece of information to deposit money in your bank account, ask for proof of identity, etc. See how much nonsense you can get out of them to laugh at, and make them waste time following up on someone who isn't actually going to fall for it in the end.

Atrocities · #3 September 14th, 2005, 04:20 AM

Welcome to the club.

Alienboy · #4 September 14th, 2005, 06:58 AM

Quote:

douglas said:
That's a lot shorter than any of the Nigerian scam's I've had turn up in my inbox. Now if you have some spare time, I've heard that baiting the scammers can be fun. Pretend to be suckered by it at first but point out any inconsistencies you notice, ask why they need x piece of information to deposit money in your bank account, ask for proof of identity, etc. See how much nonsense you can get out of them to laugh at, and make them waste time following up on someone who isn't actually going to fall for it in the end.

Yep,... lots of fun doing all the above,... for about five minutes! My,... how my day has become so boring! lol.

Randallw · #5 September 14th, 2005, 07:33 AM

Courtesy of RvB

"Excuse me sir, I am Nygeerian royyalti and I need you to send me money. Please ignore the fact that I can't spell Nygeerian....or Royyalti".

Atrocities · #6 September 14th, 2005, 10:51 AM

Greetings Friend, my name is Hock A Loogie, and I am a senior bank administrator for one of the largest banks here in Setaskam.

I am coming to you today to tell you of a great offer that only you know of. (Although I have emailed it to over ten million others.)

I want you to send me money, and lots of it so that I can access this account that has millions of dollars in it left over from the terrorists of 9'11.

Although I am a Senior Vice President of our bank, I need for you to email me not at our banks email address, but at a YAHOO account I have set up for just this illegal purpose.

Please do not notify others that you and I are working together. Your significant other will call this a scam, but you and I both know that it is not.

I humbally await your response.
RunningAScamOnYou@yahoo.com

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What is sad is the fact that I actually know two people who fell for this offer. My brother, and his firend John. I warned them both that it was a scam but John went ahead and sent the guy money. A lot of money. Chris sent some money but later realized he had been scammed and opted out. John sent even more money. He had to file bankruptcy last year because of it. Just goes to show you, people are stupid.

The clever ones are the ones that look like ISP or Banks that need you to update your records. I nearly fell for one but something told me to think. How did my bank get my email account. That question saved me a lot of hell.

NullAshton · #7 September 14th, 2005, 10:54 AM

I just look at them, and wonder when did I ever sign up for that bank? Also, gmail is really good at finding these scams. I just look at the part of the message it shows to me, and volia! Gibberish is a perfect sign that it's a scam. Just select everything, and if you see a bunch of text hilighted at the bottom, it's a scam.

Parasite · #8 September 15th, 2005, 06:12 PM

Check out "Blue Frog Antispam" by "Blue Security". From what I have heard, you and all others with this system voluntarily turn your system into a Email drone and launch DOS attacks on the people that send out spam mails. I think there were legal issues with it and I have not installed it. It sounds great though, especially for the "Eye-for-an-Eye" crowd.

narf poit chez BOOM · #9 September 15th, 2005, 07:29 PM

FYI: Illegal.

Baron Munchausen · #10 September 14th, 2005, 02:40 PM

It may be the 'first' but it won't be the ONLY for long. These people trade mailing lists just like any other business community. Once they have your email address you may be certain that you will keep getting these 'solicitations' long after they have ceased being a source of amusement. Expect the phishing scams and the plain-old-spam (Buy V1@gra! etc...) to start up soon, also.