I'm a millionaire

mikew_RIP

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Or so this email states :D

With due respect,


By introduction, My Name is Mr. Besong Denis, a banker by profession From Ghana, currently holding the post of an external auditor in accounting, I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of Twenty-Five Million United State Dollar to your abroad account; this money has been dormant for years in our bank without claim and this bank will automatically transfer this fund to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund after this year if no one comes for it.


Due to my position in this bank, I was called and asked to reveal a successor of some accounts in the bank; on the process, I found out some fund was left without indication of successor in the electronics' files and other book keeping file of the originator account. It was by then I assume it to be a great opportunity to contact you since you are a foreigner so that we can handle this deal together and get this fund transfer abroad for investment.


I assure you that there is no risks involved in this transaction because it is something I studied very well and with my position in the bank, I have the right to register your information as the right owner in the bank electronically file and other bank keeping file documents.


I hereby called for your urgent respond and upon your reply; I will direct you more on how this business will be executed and after the transfer 30% of the total fund will be your share.


This is highly confidential as the success of this business depends on how secret it is kept based on my past experiences.


 

rocketman122

Senior Member
DUUUUDE! MAZAL TOV! dont spend it all in one place.

but you screwed up because as the note says, you should have kept it a secret. dammit!
 

Englischdude

Senior Member
if i could just have one euro for every such email i have received in the past from someones nephew in nigeria wanting to give me millions id be able to retire by now!
Seriously though, the internet is becoming a treacherous place. We have an online marketplace/platform here in austria and every time I advertise something to sell the first response is always from some abroad who is "happy with the price for my article" and needs my full details for a bank transfer. WOnder how many have fallen for that already?!?! :confused:
 

Deleted

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There is a hobby called "Scam baiting". This involves stringing along these criminals for as long as possible with the ultimate prize of getting them to send you a gift (yes really!). You would of course use a fake name & address while enjoying this hobby, the additional aim being that the more you waste their time, the less time they have to steal money from someone less street-wise than yourself.

The "letters archive" in this link are documented stories of scam baiting: 419 Eater - The largest scambaiting community on the planet!

Warning: Be prepared that you may actually fall off your chair laughing. I can recommend following the adventures of a Mr Shiver Metimbers.
 

mikew_RIP

Senior Member
There is a hobby called "Scam baiting". This involves stringing along these criminals for as long as possible with the ultimate prize of getting them to send you a gift (yes really!). You would of course use a fake name & address while enjoying this hobby, the additional aim being that the more you waste their time, the less time they have to steal money from someone less street-wise than yourself.

The "letters archive" in this link are documented stories of scam baiting: 419 Eater - The largest scambaiting community on the planet!

Warning: Be prepared that you may actually fall off your chair laughing. I can recommend following the adventures of a Mr Shiver Metimbers.


Its a game i have played,especially with folding campers on ebay
 

Sandpatch

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We schooled our kid on how to handle scam phone calls. When a caller with a middle-eastern accent phoned last month, our kid instead listened and then asked a knock-knock joke. The caller paused and started again with his scam, to which another knock-knock joke was offered up. Eventually the scamster hung up, very, very confused no doubt. I wish I'd have been able to eavesdrop on the call!
 

Marilynne

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We schooled our kid on how to handle scam phone calls. When a caller with a middle-eastern accent phoned last month, our kid instead listened and then asked a knock-knock joke. The caller paused and started again with his scam, to which another knock-knock joke was offered up. Eventually the scamster hung up, very, very confused no doubt. I wish I'd have been able to eavesdrop on the call!

I use to lay the phone down on the counter and go about my business. An hour or so later I would hang up the phone, now I just let the answering machine answer. Lots of hang ups.
 

mikew_RIP

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I use to lay the phone down on the counter and go about my business. An hour or so later I would hang up the phone, now I just let the answering machine answer. Lots of hang ups.

The selling calls are why i will not have a land line,all the systems to stop the cold calls fall down at sometime,if ime on line and a site insists on a phone number i make one up and i have an yahoo mail acc i give out when i have to but dont want further contact.
 
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