Author Topic: Local News: A woman fell for the Nigerian inheritance Email scam. (Read 565 times)

eskimo2 · « **on:** February 20, 2006, 06:08:20 PM »

The just did a story on this woman who fell for it; she owes the bank $47,000 for money that was sent to her as a bad check and then she forwarded it by wire overseas. She has to cover the bad check.

I’ve always wondered how often people fall for these scams. I guess if you send out 50 billion Emails someone is bound to.

eskimo

beet1e · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2006, 06:48:06 PM »

Even in the UK the African scamming industry is a £12m/year business. People become victims of their own greed.

SirLoin · « **Reply #2 on:** February 20, 2006, 06:50:35 PM »

Wasn't tis on People's Court tday?..She loses.

Angus · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2006, 06:58:12 PM »

I had some 50+ letters from these guys.
Funny part is that if you reply in a curious manner, you can actually make contact. So, it really shouldn't be too hard catching them.
Had loads of fun and toyng with them before giving the final word like FBI or Interpol, lol....

dmf · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2006, 07:13:49 PM »

I get those from time to time, but heres my personal favorite.
Did you guys know that 2 years ago the African country of Nimbau ( yes Nimbau) had a cival war and the leader was killed in a car crash trying to escape? Well his children and wife were captured, and she has $150,000,000, that she wants to deposit in my bank acct so I can invest it for her, and of course 10% is for me. All this because back in 1985 my grandfather helped her and her husband build a contracting company in thie rcountry. Funny how my granddad helped them in 1985 since he died back in 1978. Even funnier is the fact that he never worked in consturction, and didn't know diddle squat about buisness.

beet1e · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2006, 07:17:18 PM »

I got one from someone claiming to be in a detention centre in Senegal. Must have been quite a detention centre, what with an internet café for the detainees!

culero · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2006, 08:17:34 PM »

Has anyone seen this SCAM_THE_NIGERIAN_SCAMMERS website?

Warning: not for the weak of belly (I almost ruptured myself LMAO

culero

eskimo2 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2006, 09:10:41 PM »

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Originally posted by culero
Has anyone seen this SCAM_THE_NIGERIAN_SCAMMERS website?

Warning: not for the weak of belly (I almost ruptured myself LMAO

culero

I have a new hero: ebolamonkeyman is awesome!

Man he is hilarious.

eskimo

Maverick · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2006, 09:14:33 PM »

When I was selling my Comanche I had a guy respond to the add in Trade a Plane. It was a modification of the scam based on me selling my plane to him for double the asking price and delivering after I refund half of the price back to him for an additional fee. Oh and he thought I'd fly it accross the ocean to Austrailia do deliver it as well.

WMLute · « **Reply #9 on:** February 21, 2006, 01:52:13 AM »

University of Nigeria

B@tfinkV · « **Reply #10 on:** February 21, 2006, 03:58:52 AM »

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Originally posted by culero
Has anyone seen this SCAM_THE_NIGERIAN_SCAMMERS website?

Warning: not for the weak of belly (I almost ruptured myself LMAO

culero

I've been pissing myself for the last 3 hours.

'wynonaryder syndrome' made me cry.

this dude is also my new hero.

SirLoin · « **Reply #11 on:** February 21, 2006, 05:49:30 AM »

"I Love Humpin Bois"....

I woke my wife up readin that one.

Nilsen · « **Reply #12 on:** February 21, 2006, 07:18:09 AM »

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Originally posted by culero
Has anyone seen this SCAM_THE_NIGERIAN_SCAMMERS website?

Warning: not for the weak of belly (I almost ruptured myself LMAO

culero

bozon · « **Reply #13 on:** February 21, 2006, 09:47:46 AM »

They won the Ignobel prize last year for literature:

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LITERATURE: The Internet entrepreneurs of Nigeria, for creating and then using e-mail to distribute a bold series of short stories, thus introducing millions of readers to a cast of rich characters -- General Sani Abacha, Mrs. Mariam Sanni Abacha, Barrister Jon A Mbeki Esq., and others -- each of whom requires just a small amount of expense money so as to obtain access to the great wealth to which they are entitled and which they would like to share with the kind person who assists them.

http://www.improb.com/ig/ig-pastwinners.html

Bozon

phookat · « **Reply #14 on:** February 21, 2006, 04:55:16 PM »

http://www.419eater.com is another one along the same lines.