How Far Scammers Go.......

[Toni]

Cannot believe this is from Nigeria! Time to get such @x*#?~& scammers behind bars!

Isn't there a way to trace these b........ through the mentioned mail-address??

From: "MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA" <[email protected]> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book

To: @yahoo.com

Date: Tue, 13 Mar:06:58 -0800

Subject: VERY VERY URGENT

ATTN:

DEAR KHUN

PLEASE HANDLE IT' SECRET

MY NAME IS MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA THE WIFE OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER

OF THAILAND.WHO HAVE JUST BIENG OVERTHROWN ON POWER BY THE THAILAND

MILITARY GOVERNMENT ON THE [19TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006.] RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON

EXILE CURRENTLY IN LONDON, WITH MY HUSBAND. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO

ASSIST ME FOR SECURING AND INVEST. I' HAVE THIS HUG OF MONEY IN MY CUSTODY

WHICH I WANT YOU TO INVEST IT' FORME WITHOUT MY HUSBAND CONCERNCE WITH A

TOTAL SUM OF USD$21,000.000 [TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS].

CONVERTED TO THAILAND CURRENCY IS TOTAL SUM OF

ß840,000.000 [EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLION BATH]. AS A POTENTIAL

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY INVESTOR. PLEASE NOTE THIS DEAL MOST BE SEAL BETWEEN

TWO OF US NO ONE WILL HEAR ABOUT EVEN MY HUSBAND DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT IT' IS A SECRET.

SECONDLY AS A POTENTIALOF YOUR COUNTRY,WHICH GUARRANTEES US GOOD

RETURNS AND HUMAN SECURITY AS A RESULT OF THE SOURCE OF THE FUND,I HEREBY

BELIEVING THAT YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH OF US.I WILL

APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINESS TO CARRY OUT THIS TRANSATIONS THE GRATIFICATION

REMARK I DETERMINDED AS I SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.I HAVE MAPED OUT

10%,FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND THAT MIGHT ARISE ON THE PROCESS OF SAFEGUIDIND

ME AND THE MONEYWITH OUT EXPOSING ME I WAITE FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY. SO

THAT I CAN UP-DATE YOU WITH INFORMATION AND FEEL FREE TO ASK IF YOU

HAVE ANY QUESTION CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE MAIL

YOURS SINCERELY

MAIL:[email protected]

MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA.

[DragonQuest]

you know i got something similar from AFRICA, here it is

From : ABBUD ALIM <[email protected]>

Sent : Friday, February 23, 2007 8:50 AM

To : [email protected] <[email protected]>

Subject : GOOD DAY

| | | Inbox

DEAR FRIEND.

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AND I LIKE TO PLEAD YOUR ATTENTION I

AM MR. ABBUD ALIM. I WORK IN THE AUDIT/ACCOUNTING BANK OF AFRICAN (BOA)

OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO. I HAVE A BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF

US. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS USD$22.3 MILLION(TWENTY TWO MILLION THREE

HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO

YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND YOURS TOO.

IN MY DEPARTMENT I CAME A CROSS THIS HUGE MONEY BELONGING TO A DECEASED PERSON

WHO DIED ON A PLANE CRASH IN THE YEAR 2002 AND SINCE THEN NO CLAIM HAS BEEN

PLACED ON HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE. I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE

COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO

THE FUND. THE BANKING LAW STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINS UNCLAIMED FOR

FIVE YEARS IT WILL TRANSFERRED INTO BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND. THE FUND

COULD BE TRANSFERRED IN THESE WAY. YOU SHALL PRESENT YOURSELF AS A NEXT OF KIN

TO THE DECEASED PERSON AS DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER BUSINESS

ASSOCIATES AND THE NAMED NEXT OF KIN. I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU MATERIALS

AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND.

AND I PLEAD AND ADVICE YOU TO KEEP AS A "TOP SECRET". I SHALL BE YOUR GUIDANCE

AND INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSURE A

SMOOTH AND SURE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS TO YOUR BENEFITS.

YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THIS FUND FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS

TRANSACTION WHILE 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES BOTH OF US INCURRED DURING

THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

URGENCY HAS TO BE IMPLIED AND THIS BUSINESS MUST STRICTLY BE A DEAL BETWEEN BOTH

OF US. I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVE YOUR REPLY AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS EMAIL.

MY BEST REGARDS TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

MR. ABBUD ALIM.

[esprit]

Cannot believe this is from Nigeria! Time to get such @x*#?~& scammers behind bars!

Isn't there a way to trace these b........ through the mentioned mail-address??

From: "MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA" <[email protected]> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book

To: @yahoo.com

Date: Tue, 13 Mar:06:58 -0800

Subject: VERY VERY URGENT

ATTN:

DEAR KHUN

PLEASE HANDLE IT' SECRET

MY NAME IS MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA THE WIFE OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER

OF THAILAND.WHO HAVE JUST BIENG OVERTHROWN ON POWER BY THE THAILAND

MILITARY GOVERNMENT ON THE [19TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006.] RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON

EXILE CURRENTLY IN LONDON, WITH MY HUSBAND. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO

ASSIST ME FOR SECURING AND INVEST. I' HAVE THIS HUG OF MONEY IN MY CUSTODY

WHICH I WANT YOU TO INVEST IT' FORME WITHOUT MY HUSBAND CONCERNCE WITH A

TOTAL SUM OF USD$21,000.000 [TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS].

CONVERTED TO THAILAND CURRENCY IS TOTAL SUM OF

ß840,000.000 [EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLION BATH]. AS A POTENTIAL

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY INVESTOR. PLEASE NOTE THIS DEAL MOST BE SEAL BETWEEN

TWO OF US NO ONE WILL HEAR ABOUT EVEN MY HUSBAND DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT IT' IS A SECRET.

SECONDLY AS A POTENTIALOF YOUR COUNTRY,WHICH GUARRANTEES US GOOD

RETURNS AND HUMAN SECURITY AS A RESULT OF THE SOURCE OF THE FUND,I HEREBY

BELIEVING THAT YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH OF US.I WILL

APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINESS TO CARRY OUT THIS TRANSATIONS THE GRATIFICATION

REMARK I DETERMINDED AS I SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.I HAVE MAPED OUT

10%,FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND THAT MIGHT ARISE ON THE PROCESS OF SAFEGUIDIND

ME AND THE MONEYWITH OUT EXPOSING ME I WAITE FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY. SO

THAT I CAN UP-DATE YOU WITH INFORMATION AND FEEL FREE TO ASK IF YOU

HAVE ANY QUESTION CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE MAIL

YOURS SINCERELY

MAIL:[email protected]

MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA.

Why do you think it came from Nigeria ? The email account ( [email protected] )is linked to a Hong Kong domain and the other one ( [email protected] ) is apparently hosted by Trueinternet in Thailand. however that aside it is all annoying to get the endless stream of garbage.

Edited March 17, 2007 by daveupson

[Spectre]

Cannot believe this is from Nigeria! Time to get such @x*#?~& scammers behind bars!

Isn't there a way to trace these b........ through the mentioned mail-address??

From: "MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA" <[email protected]> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book

To: @yahoo.com

Date: Tue, 13 Mar:06:58 -0800

Subject: VERY VERY URGENT

ATTN:

DEAR KHUN

PLEASE HANDLE IT' SECRET

MY NAME IS MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA THE WIFE OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER

OF THAILAND.WHO HAVE JUST BIENG OVERTHROWN ON POWER BY THE THAILAND

MILITARY GOVERNMENT ON THE [19TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006.] RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON

EXILE CURRENTLY IN LONDON, WITH MY HUSBAND. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO

ASSIST ME FOR SECURING AND INVEST. I' HAVE THIS HUG OF MONEY IN MY CUSTODY

WHICH I WANT YOU TO INVEST IT' FORME WITHOUT MY HUSBAND CONCERNCE WITH A

TOTAL SUM OF USD$21,000.000 [TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS].

CONVERTED TO THAILAND CURRENCY IS TOTAL SUM OF

ß840,000.000 [EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLION BATH]. AS A POTENTIAL

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY INVESTOR. PLEASE NOTE THIS DEAL MOST BE SEAL BETWEEN

TWO OF US NO ONE WILL HEAR ABOUT EVEN MY HUSBAND DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT IT' IS A SECRET.

SECONDLY AS A POTENTIALOF YOUR COUNTRY,WHICH GUARRANTEES US GOOD

RETURNS AND HUMAN SECURITY AS A RESULT OF THE SOURCE OF THE FUND,I HEREBY

BELIEVING THAT YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH OF US.I WILL

APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINESS TO CARRY OUT THIS TRANSATIONS THE GRATIFICATION

REMARK I DETERMINDED AS I SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.I HAVE MAPED OUT

10%,FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND THAT MIGHT ARISE ON THE PROCESS OF SAFEGUIDIND

ME AND THE MONEYWITH OUT EXPOSING ME I WAITE FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY. SO

THAT I CAN UP-DATE YOU WITH INFORMATION AND FEEL FREE TO ASK IF YOU

HAVE ANY QUESTION CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE MAIL

YOURS SINCERELY

MAIL:[email protected]

MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA.

Why do you think it came from Nigeria ? The email account ( [email protected] )is linked to a Hong Kong domain and the other one ( [email protected] ) is apparently hosted by Trueinternet in Thailand. however that aside it is all annoying to get the endless stream of garbage.

To learn how to fight back go here: http://www.419eater.com/

If you can post the full e-mail headers...I'll be able to tell you the actual location

[Jockstar]

Cannot believe this is from Nigeria! Time to get such @x*#?~& scammers behind bars!

Isn't there a way to trace these b........ through the mentioned mail-address??

From: "MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA" <[email protected]> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book

To: @yahoo.com

Date: Tue, 13 Mar:06:58 -0800

Subject: VERY VERY URGENT

ATTN:

DEAR KHUN

PLEASE HANDLE IT' SECRET

MY NAME IS MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA THE WIFE OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER

OF THAILAND.WHO HAVE JUST BIENG OVERTHROWN ON POWER BY THE THAILAND

MILITARY GOVERNMENT ON THE [19TH OF SEPTEMBER 2006.] RIGHT NOW WE ARE ON

EXILE CURRENTLY IN LONDON, WITH MY HUSBAND. I AM CONTACTING YOU TO

ASSIST ME FOR SECURING AND INVEST. I' HAVE THIS HUG OF MONEY IN MY CUSTODY

WHICH I WANT YOU TO INVEST IT' FORME WITHOUT MY HUSBAND CONCERNCE WITH A

TOTAL SUM OF USD$21,000.000 [TWENTY ONE MILLION DOLLARS].

CONVERTED TO THAILAND CURRENCY IS TOTAL SUM OF

ß840,000.000 [EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY MILLION BATH]. AS A POTENTIAL

INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY INVESTOR. PLEASE NOTE THIS DEAL MOST BE SEAL BETWEEN

TWO OF US NO ONE WILL HEAR ABOUT EVEN MY HUSBAND DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT IT' IS A SECRET.

SECONDLY AS A POTENTIALOF YOUR COUNTRY,WHICH GUARRANTEES US GOOD

RETURNS AND HUMAN SECURITY AS A RESULT OF THE SOURCE OF THE FUND,I HEREBY

BELIEVING THAT YOUR ASSISTANCE WILL BE PROFITABLE TO BOTH OF US.I WILL

APPRECIATE YOUR WILLINESS TO CARRY OUT THIS TRANSATIONS THE GRATIFICATION

REMARK I DETERMINDED AS I SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.I HAVE MAPED OUT

10%,FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND THAT MIGHT ARISE ON THE PROCESS OF SAFEGUIDIND

ME AND THE MONEYWITH OUT EXPOSING ME I WAITE FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY. SO

THAT I CAN UP-DATE YOU WITH INFORMATION AND FEEL FREE TO ASK IF YOU

HAVE ANY QUESTION CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE MAIL

YOURS SINCERELY

MAIL:[email protected]

MRS.NOI TAKSIN SHINAWATRA.

Why do you think it came from Nigeria ? The email account ( [email protected] )is linked to a Hong Kong domain and the other one ( [email protected] ) is apparently hosted by Trueinternet in Thailand. however that aside it is all annoying to get the endless stream of garbage.

To learn how to fight back go here: http://www.419eater.com/

If you can post the full e-mail headers...I'll be able to tell you the actual location

You beat me to it. I was gonna suggest the same site. Very funny. The guys on there love to bait the scammers.

[Trevor]

These attempts are so amateur, and have been so widely publicised, that anyone foolish -- or greedy -- enough to part with their money deserves to lose it.

UK citizens have lost £150,000,000 to Nigerian scammers according to the BBC.

[pumpuiman]

The site mentioned earlier is hilarious......check out the "trophy room" there's a picture of some Nigerian Lady enticed to balance a fish on her head while biting a loaf of bread.....priceless.

[petedk]

I received this email a few days ago and just thought it was a joke. I didn't realise it was a scam and can't imagine anyone would fall for it.

[oooooo]

this scam has been around for ages and is usually referred to as advance fee fraud, or under the nigerian penal code as 419.

[dr_Pat_Pong]

I received this email a few days ago and just thought it was a joke. I didn't realise it was a scam and can't imagine anyone would fall for it.

I get hundreds of 'offers' which thus far I have resisted

[peter991]

If you are having problems with scam emails, another option is to trace their REAL location.

Without opening the email ... right-click on the email -> Properties -> Details -> Message Source.

Maximise the view to make it easier to read and look for the RECEIVED LINE. For example: Received: from bno27.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl (boi82.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl [83.29.24.82]). In this case, the spammer (and scammer's) IP address is 83.29.24.82 ... enter that address in IP Information.

This is the result:

IP address: 83.29.24.82

Reverse DNS: boi82.neoplus.adsl.tpnet.pl.

Reverse DNS authenticity: [Verified]

ASN: 5617

ASN Name: TPNET (Polish Telecom's commercial IP network)

IP range connectivity: 1

Registrar (per ASN): RIPE

Country (per IP registrar): PL [Poland]

Country Currency: PLN [Poland Zlotych]

Country IP Range: 83.0.0.0 to 83.31.255.255

Country fraud profile: Normal

City (per outside source): Krakow, Malopolskie

Country (per outside source): PL [Poland]

Private (internal) IP? No

IP address registrar: whois.ripe.net

Known Proxy? No

Link for WHOIS: 83.29.24.82

Lots of useful information there. Hope the above is helpful.

This is a free site, which contains all the tools you need.

[mbkudu]

These attempts are so amateur, and have been so widely publicised, that anyone foolish -- or greedy -- enough to part with their money deserves to lose it.

UK citizens have lost £150,000,000 to Nigerian scammers according to the BBC.

Does this tell us something about UK citizens?

[swanks]

The current Patts scams include...

Financing car purchase for 'English teachers' in Bangkok ( You get to hold the vehicle documents and get 30% return )

The car is conveniently lost so after a month the return stops.

It never existed really as the document came from a 'wright off' or was stolen!

An opportunity to buy part of an undeveloped beach ( Which the scammer doesn't own )

25% share in a busy bar ( sold to 10 people)

The first two come from a chap in his early 60's who has made a career as a con artist in the UK for years!

He looks a bit like Harry worth , if you remember him.

The last one I had better not name as it is hearsay although I am sure it is happening and I have been offered my 25% but declined!

Does anyone else know of any good ones?

[Crossy]

I actually got a 'real' 419 letter by snail-mail, came all the way from Nigeria to Belgium.

Odd thing was, it was addressed to me personally at my Brussels house, very few people knew my postal address there. I suspect that the Belgian phone company were selling off subscriber addresses as the envelope was addressed exactly like my phone bill.

[Sulaphat]

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

THIS IS A PERSONAL EMAIL T0 YOU ONLY. I AM THE SON OF SPAM SPADE, THE FORMER LOAN OFFICER OF NIGERIA, WHO WAS KILLED BY A RUSSIAN LADY WHO WANTS TO MEET YOU. HIS MORTGAGE RATES WERE SUPERB, BUT HIS PENIS WAS TOO SHORT, SO HE ORDERED 60,000,000 VIAGRA PILLS AND BEFORE HE COULD TAKE THEM HE WAS ASSASINATED BY 5 MILLION EMAIL ADDRESSES AT NO COST TO YOU. NOW I HAVE THESE 60 MILLION VIAGRA PILLS AND SEEK YOUR HELP IN TRANSFERING THEM TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I AM USING THIS MEDIUM T0 REACH YOU. HOWEVER I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE AND THIS IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL, YOUR CO-OPERATION IS NECESSARY. YOUR RESUME WAS SELECTED AS BEING HIGHLY QUALIFIED, BUT THIS IS NOT SPAM! THIS IS FREEDOM FROM DEBT - CUT YOUR MORTGAGE IN HALF WITH OUR AMAZING REMOTE-CONTROL PASTA POT. THIS OFFER IS FREE. YOU HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO DELETE IT AT ANY TIME.

Y0UR PILLS ARE BEING HELD IN AN INEXPENSIVE DIGITAL CABLE DESCRAMBLER BOX GUARDED BY TEENY TITS CARRYING EXPLOSIVE LOADS. THE LOWEST RATES ARE LOCKED IN, ALONG WITH YOUR FREE GIFT. THESE PILLS MUST BE TRANSFERED TO YOUR ACCOUNT USING A HAND-HELD ORGANIZER WHICH MAY BE OBTAINED FROM A FREE GOVERNMENT-AUCTION WEB SITE. BY VIEWING PHOTOS OF SINGLES IN YOUR AREA, INCLUDING HORNY WIVES, YOU CAN LOOK YOUNGER, LOSE WEIGHT, AND INCREASE YOUR STAMINA WHILE DRIVING PRE-QUALIFIED CUSTOMERS TO YOUR MULTILEVEL PROGRAM AND MAKE OVER $4000 PER MONTH GUARANTEED. THESE PILLS WILL NOT ONLY MAKE YOU LOOK 3" LONGER, THEY WILL GET RID OF YOUR FLEAS AND TICKS FOR GOOD! SIMPLY COPY ANY DVD TO YOUR FREE INTERNET DOMAIN AND BEGIN YOUR ANTI-AGING PROGRAM TODAY.

THE PLAN IS SIMPLE. Y0U WILL USE NORTON SYSTEMWORKS (A $300 VALUE FOR ONLY $38.95) TO PURCHASE 37 MILLION SHARES OF TONER CORP STOCK. THEN YOU WILL MEET ME AT THE WORLD'S SMALLEST DIGITAL CAMERA WITH $30,000 IN CORAL CALCIUM. WARNING: DO NOT TAKE ANY HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE OR YOU WILL NOT QUALIFY FOR YOUR FREE GIFT. ONCE YOU RECONNECT WITH YOUR HIGH-SCHOOL FRIENDS, YOUR FREE CREDIT REPORT WILL BE SENT. WITH THIS REPORT, YOU CAN BUILD YOUR OWN ONLINE CASINO. ONCE INSIDE THE CASINO, YOU WILL SUBSCRIBE TO KARA'S FREE FAN CLUB, WHERE YOU WILL BE ENTERED IN A DRAWING TO PROTECT YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. DO NOT FAIL TO DO THIS, OR I WILL REDUCE THE SIZE OF YOUR PENIS BY THREE INCHES! KARA'S WEB SITE WILL POP UP 6,000 PAGES, ALL OF WHICH YOU WILL HAVE TO CLOSE BY CLICKING THEM. FOR EACH ONE YOU CLICK, TWO MORE WILL APPEAR. AFTER YOU COMPLETE YOUR ONLINE DEGREE (IN 8 MONTHS OR LESS), I WILL SEND YOU A HOT AMATEUR MP3 THAT WILL CONSOLIDATE YOUR DEBT USING ONLINE AUCTIONS. NOT EVEN CNN, CBS, A

BC, NBC, OR OPRAH WILL KNOW OUR SECRET!

N0W Y0U WILL BE READY TO RECEIVE THE PILLS. YOU WILL USE THE AUCTION SITE TO FIRE YOUR BOSS AND CLAIM YOUR PORTABLE DVD PLAYER FROM THE SECRET ANTI-WRINKLE AGENT. NEXT, BOOST YOUR CELLULAR RECEPTION AND DRIVE OUR TEENY LOLITAS WILD WITH HUMAN PHEROMONES MADE FROM PRE-OWNED INKJET CARTRIDGES. YOU WILL TRADE THE PHEROMONES FOR A SINGLE GEORGE FOREMAN GRILL FILLED WITH A FREE THIRTY-DAY SUPPLY, WHICH WILL ENLARGE YOUR PACKAGE EVEN FURTHER. THE HERBAL INGREDIENTS IN THIS PACKAGE WILL INCREASE YOUR REVENUE PROJECTIONS BY 3" AND CLEAN THE INNER WALLS OF YOUR INTESTINES. REMEMBER, THIS IS NOT A SLEEP REMEDY, THIS AMAZING PRODUCT TARGETS THE BACTERIA THAT ACTUALLY CAUSE SNORING!

0UR PSYCHICS ARE STANDING BY TO TAKE YOUR ORDER. GIVE THEM YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER AND WAIT FOR THE BEEP. YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE ULTIMATE SCIENTIFIC BREAKTHROUGH AND A FREE CREDIT CHECK. DEPOSIT THIS CHECK IN A PRE-APPROVED ACCOUNT, AND YOU WILL TAKE HOME 40% OF THE PILLS.

THIS IS A VERY SIMPLE TRANSACTION. THE RESULTS ARE GUARANTEED. THIS IS A COMPLETELY SECURE INVESTMENT. I HOPE YOU WILL HELP ME AND MY FAMILY AS WE ARE IN DESPERATE NEED. PLEASE REPLY ASAP.

SINCERELY,

S0N OF SPAM

P.S., IF YOU WANT TO BE REMOVED FROM THIS MAILING LIST, SIMPLY GO TO WWW.UNSUBSCRIBE.COM.

[dgoz]

I quite like those scam emails. I like to play along with it for a few weeks and get their hopes up by pretending to be a rich philanthropist and then pull the plug at the last minute.

[LinkPopularity]

I quite like those scam emails. I like to play along with it for a few weeks and get their hopes up by pretending to be a rich philanthropist and then pull the plug at the last minute.

yes, I also get loads of those scams, like orders for 10 full containers, but of course I need to provide for a VISA for their agent first AND pay for the flight ... hihaa ... 1 more illegal piece of scum in our country and on my expenses ... lol ...

most of the time I just ignore them, but from time to time I have my fun with them, give them a little scamming shit in return

Edited March 18, 2007 by LinkPopularity

[brahmburgers]

Such spams predate the internet. It was started by Nigerians and is still mostly Nigerians, but many others (Ghana, eastern Europe, et. al.) are now trying to prey on the gullability of westerners.

I once played along with one - hoping the guy would meet me in London, but I think he smelled the ruse at the 11th hour. At least one person did get a scammer to come to Amsterdam and got the guy's photo. Alright! ...don't know what happened beyond that.

[ronw]

If you watch sport on satellite, you will see one of the biggest scams around....."PROFITABLE PLOTS"

Smug folk telling you how to make money buying small chunks of land.....and thousands fall for it!

It is on tele...so it must be true..

A little forethought should make this scam transparent....If someone owns land, and can sell plots at a huge profit, why would they want to reduce their own profits by sharing it with strangers?

DOH!!!

[bkkmadness]

I actually got a 'real' 419 letter by snail-mail, came all the way from Nigeria to Belgium.

Odd thing was, it was addressed to me personally at my Brussels house, very few people knew my postal address there. I suspect that the Belgian phone company were selling off subscriber addresses as the envelope was addressed exactly like my phone bill.

Maybe they hacked the Belgian phone company system?

[TAWP]

Such spams predate the internet. It was started by Nigerians and is still mostly Nigerians, but many others (Ghana, eastern Europe, et. al.) are now trying to prey on the gullability of westerners.

I once played along with one - hoping the guy would meet me in London, but I think he smelled the ruse at the 11th hour. At least one person did get a scammer to come to Amsterdam and got the guy's photo. Alright! ...don't know what happened beyond that.

A swedish journalist did that, meet them in Paris, took their pictures and published a big article. 3 big dark african guys that one doesn't want to mess with. Most likely not the brain behind the operation but the muscle should the target become difficult on their way to the bank.

[rgs2001uk]

The current Patts scams include...

Financing car purchase for 'English teachers' in Bangkok ( You get to hold the vehicle documents and get 30% return )

The car is conveniently lost so after a month the return stops.

It never existed really as the document came from a 'wright off' or was stolen!

An opportunity to buy part of an undeveloped beach ( Which the scammer doesn't own )

25% share in a busy bar ( sold to 10 people)

The first two come from a chap in his early 60's who has made a career as a con artist in the UK for years!

He looks a bit like Harry worth , if you remember him.

The last one I had better not name as it is hearsay although I am sure it is happening and I have been offered my 25% but declined!

Does anyone else know of any good ones?

my favourite goes like this.

you will be approached asking if you can help out a friend who has a house and or piece of land worth 5,6,7,8 million baht, take your pick. he has a cash flow problem and needs to raise 2,3 million etc pretty quick, doesnt want to use the bank (tax reasons etc), he will pay you back 250k, 400k etc per month and sign his land/house over to you first.

my reply to this is , i would love to help you friend but i dont know him, but i know you, and i know how much your house/land is worth, so you sign your house/land over to me minus 2 million baht, and you lend him the money, as he is such a good friend of yours and as you say is 100% trustworthy.

watch them back off, when you next see your new friend, he will tell you his friend managed to get it sorted out, no have problem now.

the con is based on the old something for nothing, greed, the easiest human emotion to play on.

you go to the amphor office with you bag of cash, the property is signed over to you, you might recieve 1 months payments, then nothing. great you think, a 6 million baht house for only 3 million, its only later you find out its only worth 1 million.

obviously, the figures can be played with depending on the gullability of the prospective lender.

[Nebukanezar]

These attempts are so amateur, and have been so widely publicised, that anyone foolish -- or greedy -- enough to part with their money deserves to lose it.

UK citizens have lost £150,000,000 to Nigerian scammers according to the BBC.

Haha, Sum num naa! Just a fraction of the money England scammed out of Africa over the centuries.

[wrassell]

I quite like those scam emails. I like to play along with it for a few weeks and get their hopes up by pretending to be a rich philanthropist and then pull the plug at the last minute.

Yea man, I done the same thing a couple of times. My gig is I act like I am retarded (maybe I am) I convince them I have an ATM account that nets out a few hundred a day. But I am so slow that they have to explain to me every thing in detail about five times. I do things like asking them several times how to send money Western union. It ends up being a waste of time on their part, and I get to have a little fun with the crooks. I don't do it to all of them because I get about 1 e-mail a day from these ######ers.

Don't underestimate these people they can be very ruthless and many of them would just as soon look at you as kill you. Poverty and bad government make people do these kind of things, I am sure if they had better thinks to do they would do them.

[swanks]

my favourite goes like this.

you will be approached asking if you can help out a friend who has a house and or piece of land worth 5,6,7,8 million baht, take your pick. he has a cash flow problem and needs to raise 2,3 million etc pretty quick, doesn't want to use the bank (tax reasons etc), he will pay you back 250k, 400k etc per month and sign his land/house over to you first.

my reply to this is , i would love to help you friend but i don't know him, but i know you, and i know how much your house/land is worth, so you sign your house/land over to me minus 2 million baht, and you lend him the money, as he is such a good friend of yours and as you say is 100% trustworthy.

watch them back off, when you next see your new friend, he will tell you his friend managed to get it sorted out, no have problem now.

the con is based on the old something for nothing, greed, the easiest human emotion to play on.

you go to the amphor office with you bag of cash, the property is signed over to you, you might receive 1 months payments, then nothing. great you think, a 6 million baht house for only 3 million, its only later you find out its only worth 1 million.

obviously, the figures can be played with depending on the gullibility of the prospective lender.

That's brilliant RGS !

Turning it round gets rid of the disadvantage of embarrassment and not wanting to let someone down .

I wonder how many are greedy and fall for it though !

A good way to sell a house in a flat market maybe?