I received this hilarious spam

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I, on behalf of Nkulo's family decided to solicit for assistance to move the sum of US$21,500,000.00 (Twenty-one million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) out of this country to your personal account, believing that the funds will be saved in your bank account for my investment...

I think you should advantage of this amazing offer, iGary! :p
 

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CougTek said:
Welcome back i.

Thanks Coug. Truthfully I'm just passing through and paused to add some spam of my own. :wink:

I miss hanging out at this site. I'm sure a lot has happened in the high-tech industry over the past 6 months and I can tell you that I haven't heard about any of it. For the past several months I've been working very hard at mediocre jobs and barely making ends meet (for this I got a university degree?). I'm going to have to take a hard look at canceling my net access next month - even if I had the money I don't have much free time now to use it. Life can change so fast sometimes. I wish I was having better luck in the job-search department.

Wow. Sorry ... that wasn't meant to sound so depressing.

Hope all the old regulars here are still doing well. :)
 

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Glad to see you back i, at least for a little while. It sounds like your life is very busy, I hope you keep your spirits up and stop by whenever you can! :)
 

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Lovely to see you're still around i. There's always net access at the library by the way.

Nice non sequitur above, BTW. :)
 

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Here is another person who fell for the scam, and lost $750,000 ($250,000 of which was money that he scammed from his friends, for which he's going to jail).
 

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Dear Sir,

We gain your particulars from Internet as one of the best Distributors and Suplier of HARD DISC DRIVE 20GB and 40GB in your country.
Our companies are one of the current Government approved Brokers been commisioned to supply this Item to the C&F value of US$35,000 for shipment by Airfreight to Lagos Nigeria. Please let us know if your honourable house is able to supply us HARD DISC DRIVE 20GB or 40GB either Seagate, Samsung or Maxtor brands.PAYMENT: WILL BE MADE PAYABLE TO YOU BY CHEQUE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE THROUGH OUR EXTERNAL ACCOUNT IN U.S.A.

Please if you are presently not in position of this item, you are kindly advise to please help us purchase them from any local distributors in your area and add your own sales commission to the cost.

Now anxiously waiting to recieve by e-mail your COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS in which we are to issue your cheque for immediate payment to your company. Awaiting your urgent reply.

Thanks and Best Regards Mrs Sandra
 

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Hey man, "WILL BE MADE PAYABLE TO YOU BY CHEQUE PAYABLE IN ADVANCE THROUGH OUR EXTERNAL ACCOUNT IN U.S.A." It's in all caps even.
 

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the best piece of spam i ever got was back when ebay would publish your email address. i won an auction and got something with the subject 'ebay transaction failed?'

the body was: 'i hope not, because your subscription did! you are now subscribed to our mailing list'

if i was a spammer that's the attitude i'd strive for
 

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A variation on iGary's it appears

FROM:DIVINE JOSEPH QUATTARA
WEST AFRICA
TEL:00225 0775 2826.

DEAR RV/SIR,

PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOU.

MY NAME IS DIVINE JOSEPH QUATTARA, I GOT YOUR NAME AND CONTACT FROM THE
IVOIRIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.

I PRAYED OVER IT AND SELECTED YOUR NAME AMONG OTHER NAMES DUE TO IT'S
ESTEEMING NATURE AND THE RECOMMENDATIONS GIVEN TO ME AS A REPUTABLE,GOD
FEARING AND TRUSWORTHY PERSON I CAN DO BUSINESS WITH AND BY THEIR
RECOMMENDATIONS I MUST NOT HESISTATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE
AND
SINCERE BUSINESS.

I AM THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS QUATTARA.MY FATHER WAS A VERY
WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN BOUAKE, THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY
COAST BEFORE HE WAS POISIONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATE WHILE ON
OUTING.

WHEN MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 1984, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO
SPECIAL
BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS.

BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN ABIDJAN WHERE.

HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF
US$
5,500,000 (FIVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND,UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)LEFT
IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT IN A LOCAL BANK IN ABIDJAN,THAT HE USED MY NAME
AS
HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN DEPOSIT OF THE FUND.

HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS
PIOSIONED.

THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE
WHERE I
WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE.

SIR,I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.1)TO
PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO 2)TO
SERVE
AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A BOY OF 19 YEARS 3) TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRYAFTER THE
MONEY HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED.

MOREOVER,SIR,I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS
COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF
THIS
FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS.

FURTHER MORE,YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I
BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN(7)DAYS
YOU
SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.

SIR CURRENTLY I AM STAYING IN A CHURCH IN ABIDJAN THROUGH THE
ASSISTANCE
OF A PASTOR WHO KNEW MY FATHER AND WHAT HAPPENED TO ME.

ANTICAIPTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON,THROUGH MY E-MAIL ADDRESS OR
TEL:00225
07 75 28 26.

THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU.

DIVINE JOSEPH QUATTARA


Assassinations, murders, loot. Oh my. Must resist greed :D


It helps that I don't have enough money to waste :mrgrn:
 

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LiamC said:
Assassinations, murders, loot. Oh my. Must resist greed :D
Intrigues everywhere, hehe!
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I have a small collection of Cthulhu items - including three different plush ones, sitting on my desk at work. I do this because several people I work with have stacks of way-too-cute beany babies on their monitors and I just kind of wanted a different take on that decor (anyone ever seen a goth dressed in pink?)

The spam is good.

But just because Lovecraftian horror is an interest of mine, if you've got a moment, you can read the story that gave us Cthulhu in the first place. Also The Strange Case of Charles Dexter Ward, the coining of the term "Ghoul" in Pickman's Model (link is to google cache of a PDF), or maybe the terrible tale of www.gizmology.net/lovecraft/works/h_west.pdf+Herbert+West,+Reanimator+full+text&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8]Herbert West, Re-Animator (ditto)[/url].

Someone with a good deal of time on his hands might even consider to the very large source of most of the above, Gizmology.

Lovecraft's fiction is referenced more-or-less constantly in mainstream media. He's a direct literary descendent of E.A. Poe, but it's his work that basically create the genre of horror fiction. His creations show up everywhere from Robert Howard's Conan novels to Batman (Arkham Asylum).
 

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I'm not a goth.

I wear khaki trousers, black sneakers and solid-color tshirts (yes, one of them is pink) every day of my life. Sometimes I wear a sport coat, when I have to look dressed up.

Google Image Search for Goths. I couldn't possibly be bothered to spend that much time dressing to go out.
 

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Latest ridiculous spam:

Dear sir:

Happy new year!
Do you need saddlery?
Our factory is a saddlery supplier located in changzhou, China.
We are manufacturing many kinds of horse whips,for example:leather
whips,plastic whips,strong whips,soft whips,etc.

Our factory is a very efficient factory. Our aim is that we supply quality
horse whips to our customers with competitive price.

Due to the competitive labor cost in China, we can offer you
substantially the lowest prices. We pride ourselves on quality, and immediate shipment.

Our factory is in CHANGZHOU city, CHANGZHOU is two hours away from
SHANGHAI. We are manufacturing various of horse whips,for example,dressage whip and lunge whip.The first kind of flapper and handle are synthetic or plastic. The second kind of flapper or handle is leather.The rod is frp, plaited with nylon. The lunge whip is 65cm long, the dressage whip is 100cm or 120cm long.

We can produce other kinds of whip by customer order. Now we attach pictures of whip.

The color of whip is black or red or green or amaranth or any color
appointed by client. If the whip's quantity of your order is large, we can
reduce the whip's price. The date of delivery is 45 days. We can provide sample, the original is China.

Packing: in PE bag of each, 200 bags to a carton (or to order).

Please feel free to contact us and tell us what you want, we will always
do our best for you. We can produce most of products that you are looking for.

You may order by mail, fax, E-mail.

ZIP CODE: 213168
TEL(FAX): 0086-519-5185809
E-mail:yaxi011@pub.cz.jsinfo.net
Contact: Mr. Wang Xiaofeng

If you are interested, please contact us.

They then attached a 135k photo of the whips, how lovely of them. Do they expect to get any replies? No really, Viagra I understand. PC performance booster I understand. Horse whips?
 

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NRG = mc² said:
...Viagra I understand. PC performance booster I understand. Horse whips?

That one is VERY similar to a spam message I received about 3 years ago -- nearly identical wording, except it was for dustbins, and also in Changzhou (pron. Chang-Jo). Hmmm...
 

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I've lately been receiving a few odd spam E--mails. The subject titles are pretty absurd, with random titles that look as if they were a romp through an English language dictionary.

I wonder what they are up to with subjects like this. Are they trying to fool E-mail client software or E-mail server software that these messages are NOT spam?


FROM: Alphonso Staley SUBJ: finland ceramium nathaniel

FROM: Hallie Hagen SUBJ: club holography cabbage criss imbroglio

FROM: Mallory Grimes SUBJ: desire arteriosclerosis hotrod crackle curio

FROM: Norberto Burns SUBJ: anniversary dame ineffective john

FROM: Cristina Gregg SUBJ: assume dunham diem ahoy

FROM: Georgina Kerns SUBJ: admonition jeremy inconvenient brazen

FROM: Inez Lund SUBJ: consultant expelled aperiodic chuff

FROM: Thomas SUBJ: sterlet their emnassy gong

FROM: Lauri Shultz SUBJ: eisenhower bangle pakistan fugitive

FROM: Cole SUBJ: novelist leronym poprikhin vermin

FROM: April Rivera SUBJ: chinaman haystack purgatory entrails

FROM: Marcus Dickey SUBJ: admission blaspheme declination gillette

FROM: Christian Costa SUBJ: hardwood paterson freak perk

FROM: Erwin Crocker SUBJ: referenda impression mardi reach

FROM: Jerri SUBJ: peasantry destroyed acid wahoo

FROM: Kari William SUBJ: portland countrymen cunning hue

FROM: Shari Moreland SUBJ: lovely pages snoopy involution

FROM: Yong Milton SUBJ: infant carleton lester sensual extraneous

FROM: Diann Cornell SUBJ: huff centipede hightail magneto

FROM: August Santana SUBJ: progressive bunkmate conceive racial

FROM: Cecil Martinez SUBJ: auschwitz adam foothill bloodstream


Also, inside the message is a pile of random words similar in selection nature to their goofball subject lines.

Below are the contents of one of these messages:
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  • Hello,

    I finally was able to lose the weight I have
    been struggling to lose for years!

    And I couldn't believe how simple it was!
    Amazing patch makes you shed the pounds!
    It's Guaranteed to work or your money back!

    afterglow belly consist arabesque lutz elastic amiss extraordinary uzzsaw hartley lackadaisic envelop gunny boris daffy ernie incurring palpable buckhorn bolshevik conjoin freshwater redtop serene ganges help current immoderate fischbein expository robinson mull aug antiphonal ppearance awoke disyllable equal bristol pinnacle green militant perfect coral duly honeysuckle homeostasis identical philanthropy forestry ott pueblo gun hamilton bypass perplex embank acorn pornography hydroelectric immediate northerly hideous dried nugatory helium fiduciary infernal inquisitive execution pablo deuterate killjoy frostbite concierge poseidon bedroom occurrent immigrate cruddy hireling help cider huh conspicuous alizarin copolymer bathtub bolshoi bessel pyroelectric fairfield deify ethiopia bruegel booby insensible bunyan colombia earthquake rockland defect bloodstream impulsive bagley heraclitus fallow innocent instance germany commonweal anticipate brigadier beck crescendo incinerate centroid congestive elves epileptic deferrable anita dirty nail duff aching connors agway frankfurt alacrity clutter cosmic loquacity escutcheon count freed fleabane imponderable console adelia asynchrony greenware human doltish hospitable danny polaroid felonious impotent bridal ileum implosion arcturus ginsburg seashore avoid cadillac annals layup belfry defray ellis deletion accent congeal limbic amazon infamy psychopathic prophetic each coagulate aphid quadric depict coercion czerniak cottonwood accept incantation losable heat baird pantheism mockup caucasus fomalhaut flashback pete lent line hoarse provoke insignificant reciprocate drag northampton pronounceable lady intermittent mongoose cosh cloakroom join hanover serology locale curium analogy mac placebo retardant hireling bitch belle bowen flout inviolable nine prong acclaim chuff banana jargon lyons fiscal deleterious sequester fluctuate doomsday almagest distributor divisive chaplin drunk acadia indefinite
 

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NRG,

One has to wonder what the hell you're looking online to receive spam about whips. Please consider using AdAware or Spybot after your "suspicious" browsing sessions. :roll:
 

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It specifically says horse whips. When shopping for sex-toys I use a different email address :lol:
 

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Plus, it is absolutely not possible to have internet browsing habits that're more "suspicious" than mine, and *I* don't get email about horse whips very often.

:)
 

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NRG, I don't think I've laughed that hard in a while. :)

How come I get all the boring spam?
 

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The idea is to defeat the latest trend in spam blocking. Spam tends to have a fairly limited vocabulary, and can be readily told from real email by a vocab check. Hence the trend to include lots of random dictionary words in the message.

Unfortunately (for the spammer) this also winds up with a message that seems to have nothing at all to do with viagra or unmentionable enlargers or holidays in Florida, and can be presumed to be pretty useless as advertising.

So why do they bother?

Beats me.
 

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Tannin said:
The idea is to defeat the latest trend in spam blocking. Spam tends to have a fairly limited vocabulary, and can be readily told from real email by a vocab check. Hence the trend to include lots of random dictionary words in the message...

Yes Tannin, that's more or less about what I was thinking (vocabulary).

The numbers of these E-mail absurdities seems to have gone down recently, but I did just receive another one that seems to use a new twist replete with misspellings in the spam portion:

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FROM: Hope Hodges
SUBJ: dolly antlion thistle quack

  • Hello,

    I finlaly was able to lsoe the wieght I have
    been sturggling to lose for years!

    And I couldn't bileeve how simple it was!
    Amizang pacth makes you shed the ponuds!
    It's Guanarteed to work or your menoy back!

    horsedom andesine methodism electrolysis discrepant imaginate backup sarsaparilla conjunct d'art dead delicate hannah ibn brenner archery adkins forfeiture becket courier guild onetime hermeneutic ogre easygoing nguyen berea revision lexical berlitz fanciful heart incredulity fluke kabul cutaneous galenite confiscable claustrophobia hesitate psycho hard counterpoise bali debunk only erratum jukes ain't hoover fanfare gigaherz layoff for champaign distinguish parsifal capital clap dadaist catherwood platelet gamesman croon halfback impropriety malady fluster batik cider horehound clark prayerful deportee forge marjoram adsorption combinator cerulean industrious deception footage behavioral carrel carthaginian gnomonic jamaica frederick accolade appoint deniable acquisitive anthem chou contempt hebe diffident fleshy cyanide hilt quintet montrachet c ecology clarify psychology chance ripley fusible ablution hutchison j chancy mahayana philodendron bauer cellular playmate costa executor ephemeris eavesdropper allele dissonant preachy embryology since citrus alumnus helmsmen garrulous la pontificate cytosine frisky gilchrist send newcastle compute deerstalker handy arachnid angling diminution algaecide deep jove pegasus buckley eastland camp ditch intimal impute implausible disciple adapt homotopy bedevil diplomacy dingo attention grecian percolate illimitable icy corroboree briton crabmeat elinor abutting hater keddah excruciate dewey dairy fiction morrow full pbs pier fife damask climb malleable igneous glutamate eye antipasto pitchstone gabon scotia flabbergast embed lagrangian parachute birthday checkpoint saw capstone graphite oscar cordage bruckner donaldson chateau fool demand puzzle chestnut metcalf addendum baptistery gladys humorous insurrection deprecate gorton fraternal poughkeepsie botanist agee placater madame belgium dakota orchestrate biennium enfant hodgepodge hifalutin playroom biconnected extemporaneous milton cereus pristine geminate cram garland dove
 

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I have a question for you all, what type of person would fall for this type of rubbish,is it maybe the God fearing type of person that goes to church on a Sunday and believes that everything is right with the world as long as he is making money on the side.
 

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That's to beat spam-blockers too (as you have no doubt surmised for yourself, digitally generated one).

Here are some random examples from amongst the hundreds, probably thousands, of clues my spam filter uses. Any of these in the message (or header, it depends on the particular case) and it's flagged as spam and diverted such that it never reaches the in-box.

NO DOCTOR VISIT
LOWEST LIFE INSURANCE QUOTE
ONLOAD="JAVASCRIPT:
CLICK HERE FOR FREE
HTTP://IMG.
YOU OR SOMEONE USING THIS EMAIL

X-MAILER: AOL 7.0
@HOTMAIL.

Those last two are optional, you only turn them on if you want to.

Your "And I couldn't bileeve how simple it was!" is obviously designed to get past a filter for:

AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW SIMPLE IT WAS

These days I have a new spam filter: 100% effective. I just don't read email anymore.

(If you want me, PM me here.)
 

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I recently returned from a 10-day period away from my personal E-mail to find *only* 1800+ messages -- of which 16 were NOT spam.

However, I might add, the last time I was away from my personal E-mail for an extended amount of time (11 days that time), which was back around the end of September / beginning of October when the Nachi / Welch virus first hit, was far worse. Fearing the worst ahead of time, I finally gothome and logged into my E-mail account to find nearly 12 THOUSAND messages, *most* of which were 140 KB ~ 180 KB each! Fortunately, I was able to download a message listing from the mail server and then deleted everything that wasn't spam or virus payloads without downloading any of these messages over my 56K connection.

I noticed from the date/time stamp in the listing that as many as 10 or more messages per minute had come in. But, even as I was cleaning up the mess spam and junk was still streaming in like mad. I had to delete another 40 or 50 messages in less than an hour.
 

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I got this today, I have no idea why...

_____________________________________________________________

I am creating a web directory, The-Insight.com, and would like to include your website Storageforum.net under the "religion/christianity/orthodox" category. If you'd like to be added, please follow this url:

http://www.the-insight.com/add.cgi

We shall put all our efforts into having your link up in less than 24 hours; and if you find our site useful for your visitors, please add a reciprocal link.

Link Back : <a href="http://www.the-insight.com"> The-Insight.com </a> - A Spirituality Web Directory.

Thank you very much,
James T. Monaghan
webmaster
 

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Doesn't this kind of crap ever end? I got this today:

ATTENTION:THIS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL!
DEAR FRIEND,
BEFORE I START, I MUST FIRST APOLOGIES FOR THIS UNSOLICITED MAIL TO
YOU.I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO
STARTING A RELATIONSHIP, THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE RECIEVED SIMILAR MAIL LIKE
THIS,I WOULD WANT YOU TO GIVE THIS ONE A GOOD THOUGHT. I CRAVE YOUR MOST
DESIRED INDULGENCE. MY NAMES ARE ENGINEER UKOT THOMAS UKOT, EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR PROJECT OF THE NIGER-DELTA DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (NDDC), NDDC WAS
SET UP BY THE PRESENT OBASANJO LED GOVERNMENT AS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
INTERVENTION TO HELP IN REBUILDING THE NEGLECTED,BATTARED AND
ENVIROMENTAL POLLUTED REGION OF THE NIGER DELTA. NIGER DELTA IS THE SOUTH-SOUTH
GEOGRAPHICAL AREA OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. THE REGION IS ENDORSED
WITH NATURAL RESOURCES WHICH CONSTITUTE ABOUT 95% OF OUR GROSS NATIONAL
INCOME. CONSEQUENTLY TO THE EXPLORATION OF OIL AND NATURAL GAS, THERE
HAS BEEN ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN THIS REGION. RATHER
UNFORTUNATE, THE REGION LACKS MOST INFRASTRUCTURAL AMENITIES. THESE AND
MUCH MORE HAVE NECESSITATED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NIGER-DELTA
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION. SEQUEL TO THE PASSING OF BILL BY THE NATIONAL HOUSE OF
ASSEMBLY (THE LEGISLATIVE ORGAN OF THE GOVERNMENT) AND DULLY ACCENTED TO
BY THE PRESIDENT, LEGITIMIZING THE OPERATIONS OF THE COMMISSION BY AN
ACT OF LAW. THE COMMISSION HAS, THEREFORE, BEEN CONSTITUTIONALLY
EMPOWERED TO IMPLEMENT A POLICY WHICH WILL RELATIVELY ADDRESS THE LONG
STANDING NEGLECT OF THE REGION. IT MAJOR CONCERN WAS DIRECTED IN THE AREA OF
FLOODING AND COASTAL EROSION, SEDIMENTATION AND SILITATION,SOCIAL
ECONOMIC PROBLEMS,HEALTH PROBLEM, OIL SPILAGE, AIR POLLUTION ETC.
ENCOURAGINGLY, THE COMMISSION HAVING SUCCESSFULLY INHERITED FUNDS FROM FINE
ACCRUING FROM THE VIOLATION OF THE ASSOCIATED GAS EJECTION ACT OF 1979, THE
OIL COMPANIES 0PERATIONAL IN THE REGION HAVE ALSO BEEN MANDATED TO PAY
2% OF THEIR TAXABLE PROFIT TO THE NDDC TREASURY, KEPT IN NDDC'S ACCOUNT
WITH THE APEX BANK OF NIGERIA WITH MY COMMISSION HAVING JURISDICTION
OVER THE FUND. THE FUND HAS SINCE ACCRUDE OVER SIX HUNDRED MILLION
DOLLARS AS AT 2003 FISCAL YEAR. HOWEVER, MY REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS THAT
MYSELF AND COLLEAGUES WANT TO HAVE FIFTY MILLION US DOLLARS
(USD50,000,000.00) GOTTEN FROM INFLATED CONTRACTS ISSUED AND EXECUTED LAST YEAR BY
CONTRACTORS,TRANSFERRED ABROAD. WHICH WE CAN NOT DO AS CIVIL SERVANTS,
WHO ARE NOT ALLOWED BY LAW TO OPERATE A FORIEGN ACCOUNTS AS STIPULATED
IN OUR CODE OF SERVICE,UPON YOUR ACCEPTANCE TO COLLABORATE WITH US, WE
WILL FRONT YOU TO HAVE PERFORMED A CONTRACT WITH THE COMMISSION,
THEREFORE MAKING YOU THE TRUE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND.EVERY DOCUMENT IN
RESPECT OF THE CONTRACT, LEGITIMIZINGS YOU AS THE TRUE BENEFICIARY OF THE
FUND AND AUTHORIZING ITS IMMEDIATE REMITTANCE INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT
SHALL BE OBTAINED AND PERFECTED. YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED TO FURNISH ME
WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: 1. YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS 2. PARTICULARS
OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT 3. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER NOTE, YOU
CAN OPEN A FRESH ACCOUNT FOR THE FUND. ON THE RECEIPT OF THE ABOVE
INFORMATION, THE FUND SHALL BE REMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT WITHIN
10 WORKING DAYS. I MUST ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS SAFE IN ALL
ITS TOTALITY, HOWEVER, ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY IS REQUIRED EVEN AFTER
THE FUND HAS BEEN REMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT. NOTE: FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE YOU SHALL BE COMPENSATED WITH 25% OF THE FUND WHILE 5% IS
FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURED DURING THE TRANSACTION. THOUGH YOU STAND TO
BENEFIT 20% OF THE FUND FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE HOWEVER, OUR ESSENCE OF THIS
TRANSACTION IS PURELY HUMANITARIAN. MYSELF AND COLLEAGUES HAVE STUDIED
THE ETHNIC, POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY,WE ARE
CONVINCED THAT THE PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, WHO HAS BEEN
INSENSITIVE TO THE PLIGHT OF NIGER-DELTA PEOPLE, WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE
RETURNED TO OFFICE FOR A THIRD TERM TENURE IN THE NEXT POLITICAL
DISPENSATION (PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION), THEREFORE RETURNING NIGER-DELTANS TO
BLACK YEARS OF MILITARY RULE. THIS IS CONSEQUENTLY TO FACT THAT HAUSA
DOMINATED NIGERIAN MILITARY AND THEIR POLITICAL CLASS ARE INSENSITIVE TO
THE PLIGHT OF THE NIGER-DELTANS. IT COULD BE RECALLED DURING THE RULE OF
HAUSA, THAT NIGER-DELTA REGION RECORDED THE HIGHEST CHILD IMMORTALITY
IN OUR GENERATION; OUR RIVERS WERE POLLUTED BY THE OIL COMPANIES AND
FISHERY BEING OUR PRIMARY OCCUPATION, THERE WAS ACUTE STARVATION ACROSS
THE REGION. MYSELF AND COLLEAGUES BEING NATIVES OF THIS REGION, HAVE
DECIDED TO SAVE FOR THE RAINING DAYS FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR PEOPLE. ON THE
DEMISE OF THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT IN NIGERIA AND NIGER-DELTA DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION SCRAPPED, WE HAVE PLEDGED TO ESTABLISH A NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION THAT IS NIGER-DELTANS ORIENTED TO SEE TO THE NEEDS OF OUR
PEOPLE. IT IS IN THIS NGO'S ACCOUNT THAT THE FUND SHALL BE REPATRIATED BY
YOU.I AWAIT YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE. THANK YOU...
BEST REGARDS,
ENGINEER UKOT THOMAS UKOT
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR PROJECT (NDDC).
 

NRG = mc²

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this has probably been menioned already in the thread but I wouldn't remember, www.whatsthebloodypoint.com

The guy who owns the site leads on the Nigerian scammers for ages and the results are posted there for all to see.

On a similar note, the other day I bid on a Mac on Ebay for a friend. I placed a big of £300 for a G4-500/640mb ram/Zip/DVD drive etc and minutes later was offered the exact same machine off ebay for £300 by someone. Highly unlikely as such a computer is not very popular and it would cost much more than £300.

I accepted the offer (knowing it was a scam), then the scammer promptly said I must do him a Western Union transfer and that incidentally he was located in Romania. He would then send me the "laptop" (although the machine I was bidding for was not a laptop!)

I then said I'd do the transfer, but what OS was installed on the machine? "Windows XP" was his answer... on a Mac!

Anyway, I managed to get him to run to the Western Union shop several times before I told him to piss off and get a life.

Was satisfying.
 

jtr1962

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NRG = mc² said:
Anyway, I managed to get him to run to the Western Union shop several times before I told him to piss off and get a life.

Was satisfying.

Very nice. :thumbright: I think for good measure I would have also told him that I informed the authorities of his little side business. :diablo: If nothing else, it would have had his heart up a few beats every time a police car was nearby. Bad boys, bad boys, what you gonna do, what you gonna do when they come for you, bad boys. :mrgrn:
 

The JoJo

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NRG = mc² said:
I then said I'd do the transfer, but what OS was installed on the machine? "Windows XP" was his answer... on a Mac!

Anyway, I managed to get him to run to the Western Union shop several times before I told him to piss off and get a life.

Was satisfying.

:mrgrn:

Good work.

We need an emoticon that's smoking a cigarr, sipping on a drink and generally feels very happy and content with himself.
 

Mercutio

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Dredging up a thread from SF's antedeluvian period, one so old that JamesW, honold and PeeWee all posted in it (ddrueding says "Who?"), I give you the awesome and hilarious story of a 419 scammer scammed back.

How scammed was he? If you scroll through the exchange, you'll see that the scam/spam "victim" actually convinced the scammer to carve a Commodore 64 out of a block of wood. There are photos. They are teh awesome.
 

RWIndiana

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Mercutio said:
Dredging up a thread from SF's antedeluvian period, one so old that JamesW, honold and PeeWee all posted in it (ddrueding says "Who?"), I give you the awesome and hilarious story of a 419 scammer scammed back.

How scammed was he? If you scroll through the exchange, you'll see that the scam/spam "victim" actually convinced the scammer to carve a Commodore 64 out of a block of wood. There are photos. They are teh awesome.

Amazing . . . although I actually genuinely feel sorry for the original scammer. :eek:
 
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