Nigerian 419

from JoeUser Forums
I received this email. It is a must read. I'm posting it here because I think people should be aware of this. I have been around the internet for a long time and have recieved a lot of SPAM email, (and I mean A LOT!! LOL)but never have I seen anything like this.
Can you believe a lot of people have fallen for this?!
There are a lot of different types of these letters. This is the newest attempt that I can tell. I have searched around the internet to find a copy of this particular one, but didn't find one. Or even the name of the lawyer...nothing. What I did find is a very big problem. Americans are falling for this crap!! And most are business men and women. They have named it (most commonly) Nigerian 419 scam.
I had answered his email a few times, to see where and how far he was willing to go. He tried to prove himself with a fake website.
He sent me an "application" for me to "feel" out and send back to the finance firm...I emailed the finance firm to see what response I would receive....It was kind of odd....
Again, I ask...How can people be fooled by this! Are Americans so money hungry that we will believe such a wild idea?!
I will post a few of them so everyone will see them. I also have some links to share about these Nigerian scams. One is really funny!



From: barrptgeorge
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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top
Seems we have a case of "Dying over and over."

I got exactly the same email on the work comp today (not the first time, and won't be the last)... Same family, but there were two kids, and they died in a light plane crash.

I found a site on the web a while back, where this guy decided to play along with the scam. It was really funny too. He set up a hotmail account just for the purposes of contacting the scam artist, and the emails went back and forth between the two for weeks and weeks. You should've seen how hard the scammmer tried to get the guys bank account details. It was absolutely hilarious reading the emails he was posting on his website. It was almost done in real time, in that as soon as a reponse from the scammer was received via email, the guy would put it up on the website immediately.

Wish I still had the link to that site.... I'd post it here. It was funny stuff!

Wreckless.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top
I spent most of the afternoon at that website. It was hilarious!
That was the website I mentioned in my post.(the funny one)
They say some funny stuff to these guys and they are still relentless!
The same day, just a little later, I had received one for the last name of Bloom. None of these people work here.....
I still can't fathom the idea that people are falling for this......
Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks David..... thats the one!

Wreckless.
Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
this scam has been going on for a few years now. surprised you hadn't seen it before now
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top
I just received the same offer from this blistering idiot. and they said the French were STUPID. Give me a break
Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
i recieved this same email a week ago and then one today. it's a load of crock. i almost felt like writing him back to tell him off, or since he mention the money would go straight into my bank account (and then i would have to give them their part) maybe saying that what if whoever went along with this just scamed them and kept all the money. i desided it wasn't worth the effort to email back. i hope no one falls for this.