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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 01:46 PM
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Proposal to make you rich!!!! You must act NOW!!
Edited on Mon Oct-27-03 02:06 PM by Booberdawg
Latest in spam shit mail I received today. This one will make you rich!! (Sorry - this one won't increase the size or length of your penis)

From David Taylor

My Name is David Taylor I Work in online banking section of a
bank I seek your assistance in helping me transfer the sum of
($8.5million) Eight million five hundred thousand US dollars into your
country.

These funds are ready laying in account manage by me for disbursement to you On our agreement you will open an online bank account in other for me to successfully transfer the funds out to you.

If my proposal interest you Please reply to my email address below for
further instruction on how we can proceed - <email redacted>

Regards,

David Taylor.

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acmavm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 01:55 PM
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1. I got two of the same, but one was from a dude who's brother was being
persecuted by an African government (forget who) and he needs help getting millions out of the country and the second (complete with phone number) was from guy who's friend, brother, or whatever, was a Christian-type guy in some place, and he also needed help getting millions out of the country. Of course, I would be rewarded handsomely for my help. All I had to do was contact them.

Do people still fall for this stuff? I always get rid of it right away because I'm afraid it contains some kind of virus or something. But it does make me laugh.
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:03 PM
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4. I used to work for fraud unit at Insurance Co.
Edited on Mon Oct-27-03 02:09 PM by Booberdawg
As I recall these kind of scams are usually from Nigeria, as are many fraudulent international medical indemnity claims
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Speck Tater Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 01:55 PM
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2. I always forward get rich quick emails to the White House
I figure they could use the extra money to help out in Iraq.
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:04 PM
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5. Good idea!
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burrowowl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 09:27 PM
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22. I think
there was a cartoon showing Bu$hie falling for the scam.
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Pliny The Younger Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 01:57 PM
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3. I'm sure...
...that all 9 Democrat candidates could use the money.
Uh....by the way...you all DO know this is a scam.
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:05 PM
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6. I didn't think I needed to point that out but YES! IT'S A SCAM!!!
That's why I redacted the email address so nobody could respond to it!!
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:05 PM
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7. No thanks. As great as this deal seems
I'm too busy fencing diamonds and repairing defaced US dollars this week for some guy in Sierra Leone to help Mr. Taylor :eyes:.

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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:07 PM
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9. Whaaa? No swamp land or Brooklyn Bridge to sell??
:wtf: What kind of cheesy business do you operate anyway??
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:05 PM
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8. Opps! Accidently posted twice. n/t
Edited on Mon Oct-27-03 02:06 PM by jmm


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donotpassgo Donating Member (867 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:09 PM
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10. My buddy totally f-d with these guys...
http://deancameron.com/nigeria.htm

at least the nigerian versions of these.
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:21 PM
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Ha! Knew it was Nigeria!
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 07:04 PM
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17. ROTF!!
That's funny!
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:09 PM
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19. Hey!
Just checked out your buddy's site, and realized that he was that actor in all those crappy movies!

I'm only kidding. "Ski School" was something of a cult fave when I was back in college. My friends actually memorized dialogue from it.

A decade later, I'm not ashamed to admit this little tidbit.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:21 PM
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11. Get one of those at least once a week.
I usually write them back and tell them that I have a nice bridge in Brooklyn for sale.
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 02:28 PM
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12. Would be a good place to forward the penis enlargement spam
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Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:36 PM
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13. Ahhh, the infamous Nigerian letter.
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progressivejazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:42 PM
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14. Sorry, just not interested. Now, if it made my penis bigger, too...
I might be.
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Booberdawg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 06:52 PM
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15. With that much money you wouldn't need a bigger penis!
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yankeedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:50 PM
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21. That much money IS a bigger penis
nt
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 07:00 PM
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16. WOW! It looks just like a couple emails I received!
I'll post both of them. I'm quitting my job tomorrow! I'm gonna be rich! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!

(note: Yeah, I know it's bogus. Here's both of them. And I left the return addresses on, in hopes that a spambot picks it up and bombards them with Vicodin and penis enlargement spam.)

From: paul_eze_001@hotmail.com
Subject: Spam Alert: Let's talk on Messenger!

MR PAUL EZE DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN BILLS AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOME - TOGO. DEAR FRIEND, COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON,MY NAME IS PAUL EZE,THE MANAGER CREDIT AND FOREIGN BILLS OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK LOME TOGO .I AM WRITING IN RESPECT OF A FOREIGN CUSTOMER OF MY BANK(MR GENE BILLINGS OF AMERICA)WITH ACCOUNT NUMBER ADB100144986-00 WHO PERISHED IN THE PLANE CRASH OF 31 OCTOBER 1999 WITH OTHER PASSENGERS ABOARD AS YOU CAN COMFIRM IT YOURSELF THROUGH THIS WEDSITE. (www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html). SINCE THE DEMISE OF MR BILLINGS,I PERSONALLY HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN COME UP BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AS NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM HIS FUNDS OF USD30M, WHICH HAVE BEEN WITH OUR BANK HERE FOR A VERY LONG TIME.ON THIS NOTE I DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN,AS NO ONE HAS COME UP TO PUT CLAIM AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS FUNDS AND THE BANKING ETHICS HERE DOES NOT ALLOW SUCH MONEY TO STAY MORE THAN FOUR YEARS,BECUASE AFTER FOUR YEARS THE MONEY WILL BECALLED BACK TO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL. IN VIEW OF THIS I GOT YOUR CONTACT THROUGH MY COUNTRY'S FOREIGN TRADE MISSION AFTER I WAS MADE ADEQUATE ARRANGEMENT IN MY MIND THAT YOUR NAME COULD BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THIS CLAIM.THE REQUEST OF THE FOREIGNER AS A NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A TOGOLESE CANNOT STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER. I HAVE CONCLUDED THAT $9M USD OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER IN RESPECT OF PROVIDING AN ACCOUNT,WHILE 5% WILL TAKE CARE OF ANY EXPENSIS THAT MIGHT BE INCURED IN THE PROCEES OF SUCCEEDING THE TRANSFER AND THE REST WILL BE FOR ME.THEREAFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT AS I AM ALMOST DUE FOR RETIREMENT. THEREFORE TO ENDEAVOUR THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT,YOU HAVE TO APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DISEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME,YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED. UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR INTEREST IN THIS GREAT PROJECTE I WILL SEND YOU BY FAX OR E-MAIL A DRAFT COPY OF THE TEXT OF APPLICATION OF CLAIM WHICH YOU WILL SEND TO THE BANK AND THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS HITCH FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEAR AS EFFECTIVE MODALITIES WILL BE PUT IN PLACE TO SUCEED AND ALL STEPS AND DOCUMENTS WILL BE PROCURE WITHIN THE LEGAL CONTEXT OF APPLICABLE LAW TO PERFECT THE CLAIM AND TRANSFER. YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME AS A MATTER OF URGENCY ON MY PRIVATE LINE PURPOSELY AQUIRED FOR THIS BUSINESS FOR ITS CONFIDENTIALITY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU. KIND REGARDS, MR PAUL EZE. Tel 002289031484.

From: barristerolu_2@hotmail.com
Subject: Spam Alert: Let's talk on Messenger!

From:Barr:Bello (Bello's chambers and Solicitor) 56 Rue Boulevard Djankasse B.P.50214 Lome-Togo. (Tel/00228 922 13 44) E MAIL/barristerolu_2@hotmail.com. As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information through the business directory at chamber of commerce and Industry here in Lome-Togo, where i was seaching for a good relaible contact which i will entrust this business oppurtunity into its control,I was elated when i saw your address,and i picked a keen interest with confidence to solicit for your help in executing this oppurtunity. However,i was moved to contact you base on the present situation of this oppurtunity which i may say that it is God given time offer, their is a foreigner who lived here in Lome-Togo long ago called (Robert Fitzpatrick, ) by name,and it happen that the man registered to me as his private personal attorney,unfortunately the man died in plane crash which happened on 31th October, 1999. Confirmable from the below websit (www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html) but, since then i have not had any body coming for the claims as the next of kin. Owing to the death of this man called Robert Fitzpatrick, by name,his bank called on me for his balance with the bank as his attorney since January 2000,to invite his relatives to come and claim the money,i tried all i could to trace his family,but all my efforts proved arbortive,then from January this year 2003,till now,the bank has been presurising me to look for his family because they realise that a lot of swindlers have been forwarding application to claim the money as his next of kin,but it happen that after much verification,they will find out that those people were rogues,because they cannot provide a legal evidence to prove that they were his relative. Moreover,i have decided to use you as his next of kin to claim the money for my own personal use as it happen that his relatives were not available up till now,and i have all his documented memo in my file which will back you up before the bank as his next of kin,i will still obtain a genuine legal evidence which i will do with your name to satisfy that you are the rightful next of kin to the deceased. Furthermore,the amount involved is ($10.500,000.00)Ten Million five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars,therefore i will like for you to furnish me with your full name and address which i will use to secure the legal documents,as soon as i receive your address,i will form an application which you will submitt to the concerned bank as his next of kin.Be rest assured that their is no risk involved as i have perfected and made the neccessary arrangements to back you up in claiming the fund. Finally,you have to maintain the high secrecy this business demands as the bank does not know that i am using you to claim the money on my own,besides,i will compersate you with 25% of the total money for your help and assistance,and i will like to invest my own part of the money in your country base on your advice. Therefore you can now forward the address and your full name,and i will furnish you with the application as soon as you reply this mail. Thanks as i await for your reply. Best Regards, Barr:Olu Bello Esq.

On second thought, think I should sign them up for spam?
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LTR Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 07:14 PM
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18. The irony of all of this is...
...both of these were sent to my private email, which I very rarely use on the web (I have Hotmail and Yahoo boxes for spam collection). Not sure how they got this address.
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yankeedem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-27-03 08:48 PM
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20. The Nigerian email conference must have been this weekend
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