Nigerian Internet Scammers At It Again....Still

now also using chat to cheat unsuspecting victims

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A couple of nights ago, my wife was talking with an online friend in a Christian Chat room...nothing unusual about that, until a person claiming to be a refugee in Africa gate-crashed the conversation and appealed for her to go into a private room, urgently!

It began with: "I'm in danger, my mother, my father, my whole family was murdered by rebels, now they're after me." Well naturally my wife was alarmed and accepted the request to find out more. This person, claiming to be an 18 year old woman, continued with 'details' regarding her plight since the murder of her family, that she was in a Nigerian refugee camp and the pastor who ran it was going to kill her to access the family wealth. " Really", said my wife: " Yes, my father was a businessman and worth around 2.6 million US dollars, I have the account details and now this priest is trying to kill me for it" "OH yeah!" Replied my wife. "Yes, I have snuck into the camp's office to use the computer to see if somebody will help me get my father's money out of the country, then I'll be safe." The person then asked for my wife's bank account details so this '2.6 mill could be deposited in her account...generously offering $500,000 as a reward.

Oh how enticing such an amount would be.....and just how many people would be tempted by such an offer? Half a million would go a long way, but my wife and I were suspicious and closed the chat room before it went any further. We concluded, if this person really had access to this amount of money and a computer, they certainly didn't need our help to secure it. The obvious ploy was to clean out what little we have in the bank

Yahoo News has been covering this subject recently, and though the reported methods are different, it's still worth a look to keep abreast of things and safeguard your funds
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

but my wife and I were suspicious

Gee...I'd bloody-well hope so....

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Gee...I'd bloody-well hope so....


I've always been distrusting of the something for nothing (very little) spiels....the, you give us this much and we'll give ALL this come on's. The thing is, some people aren't and are tempted by oh so attractive offers....dollar signs light up in their eyes before deliberation is engaged.... I guess that's why the sellers of 'get rich quick' schemes meet with so much success.....summed up human nature and straight in for the achilles heel.

The purpose of this thread....this particular internet parasite i appeals to the better nature of people in order to swindle them.....and that sucks. There's still some caring people in the world, here at WC, who are genuinely concerned for the poor souls who are refugees, and to pose as one in dire straights is more likely to result in successful scams, you know, by tugging on their heart strings.

You've said in the past, Jafo, that a fool and his money are easily parted, but that 'could' also be true of a kind hearted person whose nature it is to help others worse off than themselves.

Personally, I'm inherently suspicious, and it'd take considerable leverage with a large crowbar to prise what little I have from my 'araldite' grasp
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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You must have taken "Sheister 101" just like the rest...
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
"There is nothing new under the sun". Just the methods have changed.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
...at it again?

I don't think they've ever stopped.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
at it again?


yep, again today, tomorrow, the day after....and so on....still at it.

They're targeting more and more people via instant messaging, usually in Christian type chat rooms, to add a more personal touch to the 'tales of woe and despair'. My wife, has met some really nice people on one such site who've also been asked for banking details, etc. She was again approached last night with another request for a private chat....only this time I suggested we egg them on and appear willing. Well why not, if they're trying to swindle us, we should get some entertainment value out of it

Anyway, up pops the chat window, complete with a 'personal' pic of a very beautiful African woman, and the spiel begins. The father was a government minister in Sierra Leonne and was assassinated by rebels, her mother was killed too, and now she's on the run cos she witnessed the murders. She must leave the country, could we pay the airfare to Switzerland, where her father stashed huge sums of money, and we'd be reimbursed many thousand times over if we provided the account details. Oh yeah, we could do that (not), and suggested it would be nice to see who we were helping: "Have a webcam?"....."Yes I have."....."Can you turn it on.". "OK" was the reply, after deep deliberation, and there she was (different person to the pic) live. The chat and tears continued to flow, combined with all too frequent questions about the airfare money and our bank details...very pushy. Then a large built man came on in her place, saying he was a policeman and would help her get to the airport once we sent the money....also pushy about the money, but I had the last laugh. "By the way, I have excellent screen capture and got some very good quality photos of you and your accomplice to forward to the Nigerian authorities." Chat room window....instantly closed I guess, with us being so kind and considerate, quite naive and bending over backwards to help (we're in Oz and they're in Africa), they thought they were safe...until that moment. Sometimes it's hard to believe just how brazen some people are....

Dunno how I pulled my end off, though....wanted to crack up laughing the whole way through.....lowly li'l ol' me, out-conning the professional conner
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Way to go Starkers! I did the same thing except just through email once when I was bored and needed a laugh.
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Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm rich.
It says so.


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Just in case it's not read between the lines.....

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Oh, and by the way, I'm not concerned about local law enforcement's token gestures to apprehend me, so you have a nice day and enjoy your new found poverty.

That's it in a nutshell