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I received the following in the e-mail this morning and it made me laugh at its gumption and so I thought I would share. I especially appreciate their attempt at appearing like a legitimate, totally legal enterprise and the fact they are only trying to bilk me out of $1000.
Attention: This is from diplomatic agent Lee,
I’m Diplomat Lee Michael; I have been trying to reach you on your telephone about an hour now just to inform you about my successful arrival in John F. Kennedy International Airport with your Two Consignment Boxes worth $10.5 Million us Dollars each which I have been instructed by ECOWAS COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY to be delivered to you. The Airport Authority demanded for all the legal back up papers to prove to them that the Fund is no way related with Drug nor Fraud Money, I have presented the papers I have to them and they are very much pleased with the paper’s I presented but the only thing that is still keeping me here in the airport delivery is Yellow Tag which is not placed on the Two Boxes, one of the Airport Authority has advise that we get the Delivery Tag so that I can exit the airport immediately and make my delivery successful . I try to reason with them and they stated that the Delivery Tag will cost just $1000 Dollars only to get the Two Tag placed on the Boxes as that Tag will enable me get to your destination.
Please try and reach me with my International Roaming Number: +229-99125155 or via email as diplomaticleemichael@diplomats.com
I can not afford to spend more time here due to other delivery I have to take care of in Bangkok. Here I have all papers backing the funds together with my ID CARD which I can accompany you to your Bank were you will deposit the fund successfully with these papers. I have
more vital paper with me but I can only present you the hard
copy when I reach your house as that it’s the Diplomatic rules, such as authorization to deliver.
You can direct the Tag Fee through Western Union to our Head Office as they will get it there for you and they are entitled to receive and
make any payment to foreign countries authority.
GET BACK TO ME WITH THE YELOW TAG FEE IN MY EMAIL NOW
Receiver's Name: Okechukwu Ogugua
Country: Benin Republic
Amount: $1000 US Dollars
Text Question: Urgent
Answer... Shipment
Sender Name.............................
Money Transfer Control Number
(Mtcn).................................
NOTE: You must stop all further contact or communication with every other person or Offices regarding your Funds because it is only me
Diplomat Lee Michael that have the legitimate right and mandate to deliver to you accordingly. These mentioned criminal suspects attempted to secretly divert your Funds into an unknown Account in Europe.
As soon as I received the $1000.00 Payment Information, I will precede my journey to your address without any further delay.
Best Regards,
Diplomate Lee Michael.
I have received several of those types of emails. All asking for personal information and offering up to 55 million dollars being held for "payment" to me. They have come from Bangkok, London, Nigeria (mostly), and Singapore.
Sometimes I wish they were real. *sigh*
That is a new twist. I was under the impression that the request for money wouldn't come in the first contact. They usually wait until they are sure they have you hooked.
I am still waiting!
It was only a matter of time before someone made that alias...
I blame Paizo for creating too good of a bunch of products. Theya re the cause of my money shortfall.
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I recieved this one - it comes to a whole new low.
Switzerland Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Palais des Nations
CH-1211 Geneva 10
Switzerland
Congratulations Beneficiary,
your email has been selected by the United Nations(UN) for a cash grantaward of Six Hundred And Fifty Thousand Five hundred United StateDollar,($650,500.00usd)for this year 2010 award.Your email address wasselected during our random email balloting for the cash grant and if youreceive this notification,it means that you are a lucky beneficiary of ourcash grant award.The united nations authorities has decided to give thisaward to 15 beneficiaries from all over the world to help facilitate andimprove the standard of living to the Commission on the Limits of theContinental Shelf for developing States, in particular the least developedcountries and small island developing States,and compliance with article76 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.This grant isbeing aided by the United Nations development programme and the unitednations trust funds for human security.Your cash grant pin number is(UNO-154/4456/011) Contact Our corresponding office (United Nations Trust Funds ) inAbuja,Nigeria and they will give details on how your funds would beremitted to you. Do contact our payment office immediately with the informations below.Yourgrant numbers fall within your Location file, you are requested to contactthe event manager/Claims Department, send your winning identificationnumbers and fill the verification form below,to enable him verify yourclaims.
1.FULL NAMES OF DONATION BENEFICIARY:..................
2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:........................
3.DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH:.........................
4.WINNING EMAIL:...........................
5.PHONE/FAX NUMBERS:............................
6.NAME AND ADDRESS OF NEXT OF KIN:..............
7.SEX:....................
8.OCCUPATION:...................
9.MARITAL STATUS:..................
10.COUNTRY:..................
11. NATIONALITY:..........
Do contact our payment office immediately with the information's below. *************************************************************************** ***
Payment Officer: Dr. Packer Estrada
Tell: +2347060598302
Email: unitednations.2010@yahoo.com
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Regards,
Mr Ban Ki-moon.
UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL
Here is an email I just received where he is asking for $220 as delivery fee.
8:09 AM
Prof.Charles S.
To silverhair2008 From:Prof.Charles S. (veronica@cbn.org)
Sent: Sun 10/17/10 8:09 AM
To: silverhair2008@hotmail.com
Thanks for your help. I have been waiting for you since to contact me For your compensation gift. Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.000.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now. Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr. Eric Director of Africa Development Bank told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire also many Foreign banks are reluctant to honor Bank Draft usually come from Africa, so he decided that it would be better that he convert the Bank Draft into cash and packaged your funds of USD1.000.000.00 in form of Personal Diplomatic Package and send it to you via special diplomatic means and you will receive your funds in your Country. So I told him to cash the $1.000.000.00. USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing these funds since foreign banks are reluctant to honor Bank Draft that comes from Africa as I will be out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of January 2010. What you have to do now is to contact Achilles Security and Courier as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium. The only money you will send to the Courier Company for them to deliver your Package direct to your contact Address in your country is ($220.00 US) Two Hundred & Twenty United States Dollars only being for the Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far, I would have paid that but they said no because they don't know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You are advice to contact Achilles Security And Courier now for the delivery of your funds with your deposit SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/; Director Name: Dr. Mona Mensha Company Name: Achilles Security And Courier Email Address: (couriercompanyservice24hrs@gmail.com) Phone Number: +2348028301351 You Are To Forward The Following Information’s To Them; 1. YOUR FULL NAME: 2. YOUR HOME OR COMPANY ADDRESS: 3. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER: Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail on this email (courria_service011@yahoo.it) to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $220.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. Note this. The Courier Company doesn't know the contents of the Package. I registered it as a family BOX use. They did not know the contents were money. This is to avoid them diverting your package BOX. Don't let them know the contents of the Consignment Box. Thanks and God bless you and your family. Prof. Charles S.
I've only recieved and ignored a standard Nigerian one.
A writer friend of mine got one and replied, explaining that this was good as he'd just inherited a big old mansion in Louisiana...and then wrote, via e-mail, a lovely Cthulhuian story. He's off their mailing list.
My favorite story about stuff like that is not a e-mail, it's a telescam call. My dad got a call that went something like this:
Caller: "Congratulations, you've just won $600."
Dad: "Really?"
Caller: "All you have to do to claim it is send us $300 for these vitamins."
Dad: "Tell you what, just keep the vitamins and send me $300."
Caller: - click -
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Here is a pestmail by a US Soldier asking me to hold a box of Money he found in Afghanistan for him.
Good day and compliments, I know this letter will definitely come to you as a
huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully
as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my future and
continued existence.Please allow me to introduce myself.I am Sgt.Charles Moore,
a US Marine Sgt.serving in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment
that Patrols the helmand province, Afghanistan. I am desperately in need of
assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you. I am presently in
Afghanistan and I found your contact particulars in an address journal.
I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of $14.5m (Fourteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to you,as far as I can be
assured that it will be safe in your care until I complete my service here.
This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved.
SOURCE OF MONEY:
Some money in US DOLLARS was discovered and concealed in barrels at a location
in helman province when we conducted a foot patrol and it was agreed by all
party present that the money be shared amongst us.This might appear as an
illegal thing to do but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the
risks we have taken with our lives in this hellhole.The above figure was given
to me as my share and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me,
so with the help of a British contact working with the UN here (his office
enjoys some immunity) I was able to get the package out to a safe location
entirely out of trouble spot.
He does not know the real contents of the package as he believes that it
belongs to an American who died in an air raid, who before giving up trusted
me to hand over the package to his close relative. I have now found a secured
way of getting the package out of Afghanistan for you to pick up. I do not
know for how long I will remain here, as I have been lucky to survive 2
suicide bomb attacks by Pure Divine intervention.
This and other reasons put into consideration have prompted me to reach out
for help. If it might be of interest to you then Endeavor to contact me
immediately and we would work out the necessary formalities but I pray that
you are discreet about this mutually benefiting relationship.
Respectfully,
Sgt Charles Moore,
United States Marine Corps. Afghanistan
I've won the Irish National Lottery no less than three times. Desna be praised!