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Topic: Funniest Nigerian Scam I Have Seen |
Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Oct 2011 1:27 pm |
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IF YOU HAVE BEEN SCAMMED, CONTACT US..
From:
"angel069413@aol.com" <angel069413>
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To: Recipients <angel069413>
SCAMMED VICTIM/US$1,000,000.00 BENEFICIARIES.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 $1,000,000.00.
ATTENTION SIR/MADAM,
CBN./UNITED NATIONS 2006 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United Nations & Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your US$1,000,000.00 compensations funds.
On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the last U.N. meetings held at Abuja-Nigeria. It was alarmed so much by the world in the meetings on the lost of funds by various individuals to the Nigerian scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today. In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the Nigerian Government is now paying 150 victims of these operations US$1,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.
Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the Payments are to be supervised by the 'United Nations' Officials and the Central Bank of Kenya, as the corresponding paying bank is STANDARD CHARTERED BANK. Nairobi Branch -Kenya. According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still have more 36 left to be paid the compensations of US$1,000,000.00 each .Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the operations,
You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him For any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. If you have already been notified of this payment programme previously, do proceed with your claim as required.
As directed by the Global Settlement Committee, You can receive your compensations payments via any of this payment Options you may Choose: (A.)CERTIFIED CHEQUE, (B.)ATM CARD PAYMENTS (C.) WIRE TRANSFERS. We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we hear from you.
Yours faithfully,
Ms. Rosemary V. B
SCAMMED VICTIM/ REF / PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 US$1,000,000.00
Boy, those A-holes really have some nerve. I added the red highlight to the email. Although, this might not be from Nigeria.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 3 Oct 2011 5:32 pm
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I still have the email. How do I get the header info for you?
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 3 Oct 2011 7:17 pm
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| I still have the email. How do I get the header info for you? |
From Windows Live Mail, select the unopened email in the inbox, then right click on it and select Forward As Attachment. With the email open, go to the "Forward" button and locate the tiny down arrow. Click on that little arrow and the option to Forward as attachment appears. Use that option to attach that email to a new message and send it to me, at the obfuscated address: wizard o dela steel @ hot mail . com
He who understands the difference between rural lots and buildings in big cities will reassemble the enigma into an address.
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"Wiz" Feinberg, Moderator SGF Computers Forum
Security Consultant
Twitter: @Wizcrafts
Main web pages: Wiztunes Steel Guitar website | Wiz's Security Blog | My Webmaster Services | Wiz's Security Blog |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 4 Oct 2011 4:58 pm
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I don't have Live Mail, but was able to view, copy & paste the header in the email. Hope this helps.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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Wiz Feinberg
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Mid-Michigan, USA
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Posted 4 Oct 2011 11:30 pm
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The email headers show that this scam was sent from an ISP in France. But, it was first relayed through an email system in Great Britain. There is nothing to show if the message was actually composed in one of those countries, or in Nigeria, from an Internet Cafe.
It was most likely relayed via a spam botnet, rented by higher ups in the Nigerian scam hierarchy. They would have paid for the use of the botnet with money stolen by scammers, from American, Canadian and British citizens.
As you will note, in most Nigerian 419 email scams, the senders do not have the best command of the English language, regarding words, punctuation and spelling, especially the way we use it in the good old USA. They tend to use phrases and words which are considered odd or archaic by our standards.
It is my belief that the people who fall victim to most Nigerian 419 scams are either greedy fools or linguistically unsophisticated. It astonishes me that anybody capable of operating a computer, including posting on forums and composing and receiving email, would overlook the obvious grammatical errors and bizarre words present in 99% of the Nigerian scam emails.
Who in their right mind would accept overpayment, in the form of a certified check, or (fake) PayPal payment, for a steel guitar, then wire a refund to someone in Africa, via Western Union? They are foolish people, thinking they are going to make instant money on a weird deal. That is, until the "certified check" bounces and the bank or check cashing company contacts you for full repayment, plus service charges.
It is bad enough when sellers are scammed out of the money they refunded to the scammers. It gets worse if they actually ship the instrument, or allow a shipper to pick it up. Then, they are out the instrument and money.
It is my hope that the members of these forums will learn from us on the Computers Forum, so they don't fall for the strange come-ons from Nigeria, or from Nigerian Ex-patriots.
One way to protect yourselves is to be careful about posting your actual email address in ads for instruments for sale. Scammers are known to scour items for sale forums for email addresses and phone numbers to contact sellers with scam offers to buy. If you have posted your contact information on the forum, for anybody to see, you need to be alert to possible fraud in email replies or phone calls from unknown buyers. Tis far safer to ask prospective buyers to contact you through the private forum email or PM system.
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"Wiz" Feinberg, Moderator SGF Computers Forum
Security Consultant
Twitter: @Wizcrafts
Main web pages: Wiztunes Steel Guitar website | Wiz's Security Blog | My Webmaster Services | Wiz's Security Blog |
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Richard Sinkler
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aka: Rusty Strings -- Missoula, Montana
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Posted 5 Oct 2011 12:03 pm
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Very good advice. I try to never make my email address visible on the net, but if I have a need to, I create another "throw away" address that I can dump if need be.
On the grammar thing, some of those emails are downright funny.
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Carter D10 8p/8k, Dekley S10 3p/4k C6 setup,Regal RD40 Dobro, Recording King Professional Dobro, NV400, NV112,Ibanez Gio guitar, Epiphone SG Special (open D slide guitar) . Playing for 55 years and still counting. |
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