Email Scam corner

[BlueKwak]

Originally Posted by Spree

I wonder what the hit ratio is for the scammers with these bloody emails?

Does it actually matter? 1 in 100, 1 in 1,000, 1 in 1,000,000 once you've written it and got the email list set up you're away. You can alway sell your email lists as well of course.

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[Rerb]

A Private message

Investment proposal
>From Mike Momougu,
Dear Madam / Sir,
First I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given genuine approval considering. I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you.
I am Mike Momougo from Sierra-Leone. I write you to know my desires to invest in your country; I am the first son of Jonathan K.Momougu, who was the former Minister of Mines and Industry.
My father had a bullet wounds by the rebels on his way traveling to the Capital city Freetown along with my sister. My sister died on the spot while U.N Peace keeping force rescued my father, he later died after eleven months.
Before his death he told to me about the box containing $18.5 million U.S Dollars to look after my self and my Mother and shouldn’t go to Sierra-Leone for my safety.
Why my father deposit the fund in the security company in Ghana is for safety of the fund. Presently, my mother and I are here in West Africa Accra Ghana to notify the security company for the claims for the FUND, and we are staying in the refugee camp.
Therefore I want you to lecture me on how best we can invest this money in your country and as I told you I really wanted to buy a house when I come there.
My father told me it is dangerous to invest this money in Africa to avoid suspicious, due to its bad economy and political instability facing Africa countries that is why I want to invest in abroad. For your foreign assistance I and my mother have agreed to offer 15% of the total amount of the money.
We have all the vital documents covering the deposit fund and the ownership which I can send to you through fax on request.
NOTE: I have never disclosed this to any person apart from you, so you have to keep this matter very confidential. Send me your Private phone and fax numbers for more information.
You can send me mail on my private addresses momougo mikemomougo@myself.com and you can also call me for more information on my number +233-265645936
Best Regards,
Mike Momougu.

[stroppybitch]

Give him a call and reverse the charges Rerb

[Rerb]

Happy New Month. From Richard Wilson.

Attn:


How are you doing today? Kindly accept my apology for sending this unsolicited mail to you. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I source your profile from a human resources profile database of your country.



I believe you might have read the content on the websites, I am Barrister Richard Wilson, a legal Lawyer, personal attorney to Mr.David,who worked with LONATO Company here in Republic of Togo, on the 12TH June 2007, my client, his wife and children unfortunately lost there lives in a Car Explosion, on a summer trip to northern part of our Country, KARA STATE.



I have made several inquiry to locate any of my client extended relatives, this has been proved unsuccessful to my effort to locate my late client relatives. After several of my attempts is unsuccessful , I decided to contact you, to stand as my deceased client relatives,I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$7,245.000.00 (Seven Million Two Hundred And Forty Five Thousand United States Dollars) left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Company in Lome/Togo my residing nationality country by birth, where this huge amount was deposited in a Consignment Luggage, under the coverage of family valuables, The said Security Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have this Consignment Luggage confiscated within the next seven (7) working official days as they don't know the content of the Consignment Luggage, that it is money that is in the Consignment Luggage.


Since i have been unsuccessfully in locating the relatives of my late client, I seek your attention to present you as the next of kin deceased of my late client, so that the proceedings of his Consignment Luggage can be transfer to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfers as I have every necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for the claim.


You are related with my late client or not, all I need is your urgent respond so that we can both achieve this aim together undue the advantage of the trust I have bestowed on you before contacting you. Legal information you need mostly to present to the Security Company as the next of kin to my late client, is with me in my Chambers.



All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction come through, I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, I don't want third party with us, this should be secret between me and you, if we are fast, we will not spend less than 7 working official days.



I await your urgent response through my private email.

Your Full Name:
Your Current Contact Address:
Your Private Cell/Telephone Number:
Your Fax Number:
Your Occupation:
Your Date Of Birth:
Your E-mail Address:


Waiting to hear from you.

[Simon_H]

All I ever get is viagra based emails in my trash box. My wife is starting to get quite worried

[devilsdipstick]

Don't know if this is a scam or just spam.

Hi.
My name is Aurora,
It`s about you or no?
http://domzalski.unl.pl/choosers.html

Good bye ;-)

The link appears to be safe.