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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DREDIOCK on November 16, 2008, 07:33:55 PM
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We've all gotten them.
"I have inherit money but no have bank" etc etc etc
The usual scams.
This one was rather odd
Just got this today
LOL not quite sure what to make of it
From
valmika@eposta.ru
Hello,
My name is Valentin. I'm 26 years old and I live with my mother in Russia.
My mother is disabled and she receive indemnity from goverment which is not enough even for food.
Due to the financial crisis in our country I lost my job and our situation became very difficult.
The price for heating our home is very high and we cannot afford it anymore.
We worried and don't know what to do. I finded several e-mail addreses and thanks to free internet access in our local library I decided to appeal to you for help.
If you have two old sleeping bags, warm blankets, warm clothes in size L or XL, old warm shoes, electric water-boiler, canned and dried food, vitamins, medicines from cold, any hygiene-products, I will be very grateful to you if you can send it to our address:
Valentin V. Mikhailin,
Ryleeva Ulica, 6-45.
Kaluga. 248030,
Russia.
We also need portable stove which heat with burning wood. We have many wood in our region, but we can't buy this stove in local market because it expensive for us. If you have any old portable stove which work with burning wood, we will be happy if you can donate it to us and organize transport of it to our address or help us to buy it in our local market. This ovens made from cast iron and weight about 150kg.
I hope to receive your answer. I also hope that this hard situation will get better very soon in our country.
Valentin.
Russia.
P.S. I want to send you picture of us, but I don't have digital picture which can be sended in email. Please excuse me for that.
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Nevermind.
Seems this person has made Snopes LOL
whats odd to me is no mention of money
Maybe he figures people will just send cash instead?
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/valentin.asp
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OOPS
Wrong forum.
Sorry bout dat
Skuzzy. Move or delete please.
What happend to the delete feature?
I'd have done it myself
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hehe I replied
My dear Valentin,
So sorry to hear of your plight
I would love to help you acquire the goods you are in so dire need of. Ands in fact have many of said items at my disposal that I could send to you.
Unfortunately my country is currently suffering through its own crisis.
And while I have available many of the goods need. I do not have the finances to allow me to send them to you.
If you would please send me $5,000 American dollars I will gladly see to it the goods you so badly need are shipped to you
sincerely,
Drediock Gomez
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Replying to it more than likely just signed you up for more spam since your account will be seen as active.
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I'm a poor old man in Winchestertonfieldville and can barely afford new computer parts. If you have any old but working computers, cars, motorcycles, ATV's, boats, TV's, stereo equipment or similar goods please forward them to:
BaldEagl
Winchestertonfieldville
Thank you for your generosity. You will make my Christmas.
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I am a recovering virtual flight sim addict that needs to return to the real world. Please send me $700000 plus tax so I can purchase a new Cessna 400 and attend flight familiarity to aid in my recovery.
Thank you.
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I have everything boxed up and ready to ship. Please send me $75 for international shipping and I will send it out next day. Thank You. :aok
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I would reply, (before actually sending a care package of spam and canned fruit cocktail)...
Than since my cousin's late brother in law was the petroleum minister in Nigeria and needs to get $30 million (US) out of Nigeria. We would be obliged if you could open a bank account so he could transfer funds, for which you would be compensated with 10% ($3 million dollars). Please send your response via regular mail along with all data that would make it easy for our associates to fraudulently use your and families identities to:
Nigerian 419 Scam Clearing House
1313 Skid Road
Lagos, Nigeria
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sorry, ill take you off m email list
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Did anyone see the story about the guy that was able to actually get the scammer to tattoo things on his buttocks and mail pics? Somehow the Nigerian was dumb enough to think that if he did as the man told him, he would be able to scam the crap out of him. Instead, the scammer got scammed. :rofl
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I heard a good one where the guy called the Nigerian and said he was driving to the bank to wire him money. In the middle of the phone call he simulated a terrible car crash noise... :huh Left the guy to wonder. :huh
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there was a great special on tv about the guy who scams the scammers. Was one of the funniest hours of television i have watched for awhile. Here is the website of the guy. It is a great read. I love this stuff cause as the old phrase goes you can't con a con man, and this guy would be a dangerous con man if he wanted to be.
whoops had a moment there, here
is the link http://www.419eater.com/
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there was a great special on tv about the guy who scams the scammers. Was one of the funniest hours of television i have watched for awhile. Here is the website of the guy. It is a great read. I love this stuff cause as the old phrase goes you can't con a con man, and this guy would be a dangerous con man if he wanted to be.
You forgot the link. ;)
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Hmmm
You want to be careful with this stuff. The Beeb once did a program on a fellow trying to scam the scammers - they had "associates" in the U.K. and he had to go to ground real, real fast to avoid being loaded into a container, in parts.
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all i can say is god bless the USA and the 2nd amendment cause here instead of going to ground a scammer would be going in the ground
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Yeah, that organised crime never hurt no-one.
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damnit, you figured out my scam..
Next time I'll have to come up with a better drunken method to getting rich quick!