• Registered: 2005-10-11

Topic: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

Two recent e-mails I have received:

[1]
"CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
      TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA
FROM THE DESK OF PROFESSOR.CHARLES.C.SOLUDO
THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF CENTRAL BANK (CBN)
HEAD OFFICE ABUJA NIGERIA
DIRECT PHONE LINE: +234-80-29915595
EMAIL: charleswindows@hotmail.com

        IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

We apologise , for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences and inflict that we might have indulge you through. However, we were having some minor problems with our payment system, which is inexplicable, and have held us stranded and indolent, not having the aspiration to devote our 100% assiduity in accrediting foreign contract Payments. We apologies once again.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the federal government of Nigeria, your name and Company was discovered as next on the list of the Outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments.

I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square whole and can be voguish for that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding contract payment is us $65,700,000.00 (sixty-five million seven hundred thousand United States dollars).

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:
1) your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address:
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) A scanned copy of Working I?d/Int'l passport.

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wired to your nominated bank account directly from Central Bank of Nigeria.

you can also call me on my direct number { +234-80-29915595} as soon as you receive this letter for further discussion, do get back to me on this email
charleswindows@hotmail.com

Thanks for your good understanding, hope to have your response shortly.
YOURS SINCERELY, "

[2]
"EuroMillions Lottery SPE.,
Hoge Wei 28, 2011 Zaventem,
Belgium.
Euro Millions are Affiliate of Belgium National Lottery (BNL).


Sir/Madam,


CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON €1,000,000.00.


We are pleased to inform you of the result of EuroMillions Lottery SPE., which was held on the 30th, June 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to e-ticket number: 20123478912A, with Prize Number: 106285612 drew a prize
of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros).
This lucky draw came first in the 2nd Category of the Sweepstake.
You will receive the sum of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) from our authorized bank.


Because of some mix-up with sweepstake prizes, including the time limited placed on the payment of your prize:
€1,000,000.00, we advice that you keep all information about this prize confidential until your funds: €1,000,000.00
have been transferred to you by our bank. You must adhere to this instruction, strictly, to avoid any delay with the
release of your funds to your person. This program has been abused severally in past, so we are doing our best to
forestall further occurrence of false claims.


This sweepstake was conducted under the watchful eyes of 8,000 spectators. Your e-mail address was selected
and came out first by a e-ballot draw from over 250,000 e-mail addresses (personal and corporate e-mail addresses).
This program is sponsored by CFI Networks to compensate faithful internet suffers around the globe.
Congratulations for becoming one of the few lucky winners.
With your permission, your e-mail will also be included in the next sweepstake of €5Million.


You must claim your prize: €1,000,000.00 not later than 14-days from the moment you receive this e-mail.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays with your claim from the bank; please contact them immediately, and quote your
winning and personal information now, and in all your correspondence with the bank.


Here is the contact information:
Bank: Laagste Bank NL,
Attention: Barry .Martins
Karspeldreef 6A, 1101 CJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
E-mail: Laagstbanknl@aim.com
Tel: (+3161) 759 2473.
Fax: (+3184) 718 3535
.
Furnish them with the following:
(i). your name(s),
(ii) Your telephone and fax numbers
(iii) Your contact address
(iv) Your winning information (including amount won).


Congratulations.
Vjertis Von Adrian (Ms.) CPA.
Coordinator: EuroMillions SPE."

and since I have been recently seeking a flat mate, about 4 out of every 5 e-mails I get is a scam from the UK of all places with people wanting me to agree to being paid in advance and being overpaid and then returning a refund for the overpayment. I think I have been getting Nigeria scam e-mails for about the last 5 years.

Am I missing something here?
Some wise financial person please tell me what is down with these people.

StarCat

2 Reply by Xenopope (edited by Xenopope 2006-07-16 07:16:35)

  • From: NOTHING
  • Registered: 2004-09-03

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

hahaha ABORT! ABORT! ROFLZORZZ LAWL



. . . welcome to the wonderful world of e-scams.

Here's one of my favorite. "Full of Health? THEN DON'T CLICK!!" XD

Then there's the one's which cleverly use words in other real emails you have recieved and then there's ones with strange random words for the subject: "assemblage justify" or "available perpetual" . . sometimes they're really freaking funny.

And btw yes I have recieved a similar email like that about the banking 'mixup' from Nigeria - pretty sure many people recieve one like that at some point.

I am as is Void.
  • lyra
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  • From: my own private idaho
  • Registered: 2004-03-25

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

Oh starcat, those are the Nigerian bulk spam junk mails that have been going around for several years now.  I mean, you're not anybody unless you've gotten one!  big_smile  haha 

The rule of thumb that people could benefit from is:   If you don't know the person emailing you, and they don't know you - ESPECIALLY when the email is addressed to Dear Sir/Madam and all that - then delete it.  They have no business being in your inbox, and it's not valid.

I never take spams seriously, but I keep hearing about people who do, especially these Nigerian scam spams.  It's weird.  Just delete it I say.  Nobody's ever actually gotten any money from these Nigerian "ventures."   Eventually this scam will fade away...and a new one will emerge in its place.

"Life's journey is not to arrive at the grave safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, totally worn out, shouting "Holy shit ... what a ride!"  - Anonymous
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  • Registered: 2005-07-09

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

Fun with fraudsters...

General Nigerian 419 Scam Info:

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
This is probably the best FAQ on the subject.

Here's some fun scamming the scammer links...

http://www.haxial.com/fraud/mikeaba.html
This guy used the alias "James Tyberian Kirk" and was able to get the scammer on camera. (This is the one I had in mind when I started to respond LOL!)

http://www.scamorama.com/threebucks.html
This guy got 3 bucks from the scammer.

This one has lots of 419 fun and other fraud/scam related info:
http://www.quatloos.com/brad-c/directory01.htm

  • From: NOTHING
  • Registered: 2004-09-03

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

haha here's one: subject line - "Computer Internet" LOL!! riiiiiiight . .  XD

I am as is Void.
  • From: Brazil
  • Registered: 2006-02-11

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

I received this today, do not download stuff from the link.
What a “Brave New World" , even the “lizzies"  are sending spam... lol
Interesting, 888...

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/1005/snap1zo4.png

Bye, Pictus

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http://pictus.co.nr

Pictus's Website

  • From: Melbourne, Australia
  • Registered: 2005-07-11

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

Starcat wrote:

CONGRATULATIONS: YOU WON €1,000,000.00.

That's given a really great idea. You could give YOURSELF emails with similar themes like the one above.
If you really wanted to win the lottery you would keep sending yourself emails saying that you have already won.
I think this would help in being alignment with what you're asking for.

Does anyone know how to tweak emails so they automatically send themselves at a particular time?

"The universe is on fire with wonder, beauty, and ecstasy." - From the Undines to Humanity
  • Registered: 2005-10-11

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

SOUTHERN SUN INTERNATIONAL,
148 RIVONIA ROAD,
PLOT: 328 REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA.
Email: intlstakes001@aim.com
intlstakes06@aim.com

REF NUMBER: OSL/653/1029/03
BATCH NUMBER: AT-040-SB06-03

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

DEAR WINNER

We are pleased to inform you, that as a result of our recent lottery draws, Your email address attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662 drew lucky number 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently won 2nd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of R15, 000,000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION SOUTH AFRICAN RAND).

PLEASE NOTE:

ALL participants in this lottery program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 60,000 companies and 100,000,000 Individual email addresses from all search engines and websites. This promotional program takes place every year, and is promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities and several other corporate organizations. This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide. For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

We look forward to your active participation in this year RAND50 Million slot. You are requested to contact our clearance officer below with this required information to assist you with your winning and subsequent payments. All winnings must be claimed not later than one month after the date of this notice.

(A)Full Names:
(B)Physical Address:
(C)Place of Work:
(D)Identification, i.e. Drivers License or International Passport.
(E)Telephone, Mobile and Fax Numbers. (VERY NECESSARY)

Also note, in order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all Correspondences.

Furthermore, should there be any change of addresses do inform our agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

NOTE; YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 25 YEARS OF AGE.


Sincerely yours,

Mr. Joel Madimo
(Claims Manager)

TEL: +27 839 820 957
FAX: +27 732 742 076

StarCat
  • From: Melbourne, Australia
  • Registered: 2005-07-11

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

"Does anyone know how to tweak emails so they automatically send themselves at a particular time?"

I finally found out how to do this. To email yourself at some future date, go to http://www.futureme.org/

"The universe is on fire with wonder, beauty, and ecstasy." - From the Undines to Humanity
  • Registered: 2004-04-21

Re: Ok someone please advise me, it seems I am now quite rich

If you receive an email entitled
"Bedtimes" < SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">



Delete it IMMEDIATELY. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer. It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards. It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on your VCR, and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you attempt to play. It will program your phone auto dial to call only 0898 numbers.This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.

IT WILL CAUSE YOUR TOILET TO FLUSH WHILE YOU ARE SHOWERING.
It will drink ALL your beer.
FOR GOD'S SAKE, ARE YOU LISTENING? ?
It will leave dirty underwear on the coffee table when you are expecting company.
It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine. If the "Bedtimes" message opened in a Windows 95/98 environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub. It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, it will also refill your skim milk with whole milk.
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WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.
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And if you don't send this to 5000 people in 20 seconds, you'll fart so hard that your right leg will spasm and shoot straight out in front of you, sending sparks that will ignite the person nearest you.
Send this warning to everyone!!!
THERE'S A LOT OF SADNESS IN THE WORLD!
Right now, as you read this, 17 Million people are having SEX!!!

And look at you - you're on the computer!!

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