When receiving the money scam spam mails they tend to be very elaborate and a long read to sound convincing. This one, no no... why not just say it like it is?
Hello,
I want to ask your attention to receive money on my behalf and it will be for our mutual benefits.
Please call me if you are interested and on your response, I will send you the full details and more information about myself and the funds.
Yours sincerely,
Lawrence Stephen.
Tel:+44 [..]
Better to be sure the potential victim bothers to read it all I guess :rolleyes:
And just the regular scam for comparison:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am the manager of bill and exchange department of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$18.2m dollars (Eighteen Million Two Hundred Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (DR GEORGE W.BRUMLEY) who died along with his entire family in Monday, July 21, 2003 in a plane crash in Nairobi Kenya?.For more informations about the crash you can visit this site: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html (http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html)
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you,so that the money can be release to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody will come for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed dormant fund.
The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed dormant fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe like me can not stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account ,10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me.Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin to the deceased customer with a text of application that i will send to you,but before i send to you the text of application form,I will like you to send me the following informatios.
1. NAME IN FULL:..............................
2. ADDRESS:.....................................
3. NATIONALITY:..............................
4. AGE:............................................
5. Sex..............................................
6. OCCUPATION:...............................
7. MARITAL STATUS:.........................
8. PRIAVTE PHONE NO.......................
9. PRIVATE FAX NO:..........................
10.YOUR ID OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT...............
So i will like you to send to me those informations for easy and effective communication,also location where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application form.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter,if only you are intrested and ready to help.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Thanks
Yours Faithfully,
MR AMAH BELLO.
Edit: I really like how 18,200,000 is referred to as 18 million and 200 dollars :D
I can't help but read the filler that they put in.
here's 1 from last year
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They were on one other time and it was good back then.
He tells her that over and over again but she still makes him go through
the test. X very much but there was one time when Robin took them all
out to dinner and Mr.
This guy Hanzi called in and tried to get a discussion going but it
wasn't working so Howard hung up on him.
Howard let Richie go and then played the ''Dry Oatmeal'' prank call that
Sal and Richard made to a restaurant one time using George Takei audio
clips. Artie said they should really study this kid's brain.
Gary told Artie that he got a copy of his movie and thought it was very
funny.
Howard saw a picture of this Brandy XXX and said her boobs were huge.
Howard had ''Beth'' on the phone again so he picked up and let Sour
Shoes do his thing.
Howard asked Eric about the money he's spending on those web sites and
Eric said that he does go on there a couple times a week to look at
Brandy DDD and those chicks. Jeff wasn't sure, he hasn't seen hers.
He called in last year and asked them to wish him a happy birthday but
they couldn't come up with anything to wish him a happy birthday about.
The Laughing Game, Audio Clips And Phone Calls. Robin said he's trying
to get invited so that they won't go. He tells her that over and over
again but she still makes him go through the test. Howard asked him
where he goes that he doesn't make a mess.
Gary said he wasn't but it's not that they're not welcome there, he just
didn't have any on his guest list.
He didn't have a sheet of paper in front of him according to Howard.
Howard said he doesn't understand this at all because he's never rubbed
in the bed like that.
He also said that he would pay to see that rant on Broadway.
Ah, other people like me. Those fillers are a blast! Keep 'em coming :roflmao::roflmao:
Just went searching, here is one of my favorite ones:
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Hmmm, "Smite" and "poodle" in close proximity... Is that legal, even in Leicestershire?
For once i truley feel left out :crying: I never get any such emails.....
Quote from: ghoule211;220584For once i truley feel left out :crying: I never get any such emails.....
I don't either on any mails I use regularly. But I have a free mail account I use as a give-away e-mail for registration on less trusted sites. That one is loaded with spam :)
Quote from: delanvital;220593I don't either on any mails I use regularly. But I have a free mail account I use as a give-away e-mail for registration on less trusted sites. That one is loaded with spam :)
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That is a clever idea :) I am quite happy with my own spam-email though.
Well I just checked my Spam address and found this.
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"We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself." Aldous Leonard Huxley
No, hang on, thats one I was expecting. :blush2:
I meant this obviously legitimate email....
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I wish I'd known about this before! What a cracking idea
Thanks for the heads-up :thumbsup2:
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