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Cazd
Junior Member
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 20:30:04
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I have received a scam e-mail which seems to have been generated from info on this forum. I would recommend that whoever is in charge of the site take some action in case someone more trusting than I falls victim. That said, I am playing along in order to gather as much info on the originator. Follows the e-mail received on 25/04/2011....
You received the following message from: angel334 (fastsonja@yahoo.com)
At: http://www.angmeringvillage.co.uk/forums/
Happy Easter My Dear,
Please this message is an urgent message and needed urgent attention, and for security reasons you have to contact me on my direct and personal email address.(angelphilip43@yahoo.com )
Firstly, I must apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified Post-mail, well I will start from introducing myself to you My name is Ms. Angela Philip 23 years old girl a citizen of Abidjan Ivory Coast in West Africa but I am currently and writing you from our neighbouring country Cotonou Republic of Benin, because of the on going political crisis in my country Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire, most of Ivoirians left our country to neighbouring countries for the safety of lives, although life was not so easy here in Benin Republic but I am surviving by the special grace of God.
My main reasons for contacting you is because I have a business proposition for you and your assistance is highly needed to enable me achieve my goals and secure my life and inheritance, my late father was a cocoa merchant and he died during the recent political crisis in my country Ivory Coast as a result of struggling to get most of his asset moved abroad, I am the only child and I lost my Mother when I was 6 years, after going through your profile when I was searching for a reliable person to work with me, I was convinced and decided to contact you as the right person for my assistance with believe that you will never disappoint me in any way.
My point is that I am seriously searching for a very reliable Person, who will assist me in my investment plans over there in your base,
My entire dream is to find somebody in your country whom I can trust with my future life and inheritance especially in the area of my investments.
My late father deposited the total sum of US$ 4,600,000.00 in a fixed suspense account in a private bank in my country Ivory Coast and due to the on going political crisis in my country I was informed by the bank manager that the fund has been shifted for security reasons to one of the affiliate bank here in Cotonou Benin republic and that is why I am here today. I needed to move this fund out of this country as soon as possible and your assistance is needed for my investments in your country, I am ready to relocate out of this country immediately and come over there to your country to secure a business opportunity. I wish to invest in HOSPITAL EQUIPEMENTS / MUSICAL EQUIPMENTS/ AUTOMOBILES /AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS and REAL ESTATE; I need to invest the money abroad because of my situation here, besides we do not have fair investment opportunities here because of frequent political crisis.
Please be informed that this project is operating very legal and it is 100% risk free the funds is legally acquired by my late father and must be invested in legitimate ventures all the legal documents confirming the source and origin of the fund are intact with me. I am willing to offer you 10% of the investment for your assistance.
My question to you is this, are you a sincere person and can I trust in you? If I can trust in you, kindly get back to me immediately for more details.
As soon as I hear from you, I will give you the full details about this project and every information about myself.
I am eagerly waiting to hear from you so that I will give you the full details.
Please in case if you are not in a good position to work with me I will appreciate you inform me immediately so that I will start making an urgent alternative arrangement with another person without much delay waiting for you. Please contact me on email
(angelphilip43@yahoo.com )
I am eagerly waiting for your urgent response.
Remain Blessed.
Faithfully Yours Angela Philip Telephone +22996893594
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lizh
Average Member
United Kingdom
67 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 20:44:06
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| These are quite common and i would be surprised if anyone believes them. They are regularly caught by our spam filter. TBH I would credit it with what it deserves and just delete it. By responding you are confirming your email address to them. |
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Cazd
Junior Member
United Kingdom
11 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 20:54:24
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| I have just stopped working at LA Post office, and can assure you that we dealt with MANY vulnerable people sending non-traceable money all over the World, despite our warnings...... |
We're all in this together - Gods name is irrelevant. |
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neil
Forum Owner / Moderator
United Kingdom
2623 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 21:51:31
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Angel334 has been deleted as a Forum member. Any individual can register for these Forums and then start sending spam emails to members and there is not a great deal forum administrators can do about that, other than to remove them when brought to attention.
Most experts consider that recipients of this type of scam should not respond as it can confirm a person's email address and open them up to further spam and the possibility of finding out more information about that person.
This particular scam is one of the most common types and most of us have received dozens of such messages over the years. From experience, it is often unnecessary to even open up an email - the subject is often a giveaway and can be immediately deleted. |
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BFA
Advanced Member
United Kingdom
410 Posts |
Posted - 26 Apr 2011 : 22:31:56
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There are many sites like this http://www.419baiter.com/games/joyceeze.html that waste the spammers' time so that they have less time to actually spam.
Go to the homepage and you'll find more like this, there's some funny stuff.
One of the funniest ones I ever saw - probably not this particular site - ended up with the guy arranging to meet the spammer at an airport with a board around his neck with the guy's name on. But he asked the spammer to post a photo of himself wearing the board, and he did. Big grin, baseball cap worn side-one and a board around his neck reading "IAMA WAYNE KERR"
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Karl@KCM
Senior Member
United Kingdom
169 Posts |
Posted - 27 Apr 2011 : 12:45:52
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| it drops straight into my spam folder, there seems to be a fresh influx of them at the moment, you would have thought they'd change their method |
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BRAM
Advanced Member
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doroy
Average Member
United Kingdom
42 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2011 : 13:39:13
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Iv'e had one similar saying "WE ARE SORRY YOU HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH YOUR FACEBOOK ACCOUNT. Then click to rectify.
Well I knew I had no problems and deleted. It seems it could come under several headings.
Thanks for the warning BRAM
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Rosebud
Average Member
United Kingdom
88 Posts |
Posted - 02 May 2011 : 15:59:22
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| I've had one from Facebook saying ABUSE HAS COME FROM YOUR ACCOUNT. It went straight into my SPAM folder, and I deleted it with out opening it as I do with anything I don't recognise that goes in there! |
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