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tech_support
03-07-2007, 05:58 AM
Attention Sir,
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it as urgent as with
seriousness. I am a Director in Procurement Department with Ministry
of Works and Housing here in Ghana . I obtained your email while
searching for a reliable person, who could assist me in receiving
transfer of a supposed contract awarded funds.
This fund came as a result of over estimated contract awarded sums
executed by foreign contractors in the Ministry. The concerned
Ministry has approved these over invoiced funds for payment. The
contracts which the over invoiced sums was created from has been
executed and commissioned. What I am about to receive now, is the
over estimated funds which was added during the process of obtaining
the contracts for my own interest. This is a normal deal that goes in
my Ministry by top officials.
On my part, all modalities have been worked out in ensuring a smooth
conclusion of the contract payment to your bank account within the
next few days. My department approves payments to contractors, and I
happen to head the department. All I want from you is to receive
these funds on my behalf as a Sub-Let Company, because as Government
Official I cannot collect the funds directly from my Ministry,
neither I am allowed by Law to operate/ run foreign bank accounts. If
you are trustworthy and can assist me in receiving the fund, do not
hesitate to respond back to me immediately.
Please note that there is no risk involved in receiving the over
estimated contract funds in your account. I want you to state in
percentage what you shall have for participating in assisting me got
this transaction done. As soon as you indicate your interest, further
details and the amount involved shall be given to you once I receive
response from you. I hope I can trust you to treat this proposal with
utmost confidentiality.
Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.
Best regards,
Mr.John Makati
LOL :D
thetestingsite
03-07-2007, 05:59 AM
You know, I had just received (spelling?) that same message not too long ago (matter of hours). That's funny.
jscheuer1
03-07-2007, 06:11 AM
And if you want to help this jerk, it will end up costing you tons of money - guaranteed!
techno_race
03-08-2007, 02:13 AM
received (spelling?)
Correct.
I love the work of these guys (http://forum.scambaits.com/showthread.php?t=2772). They went into action after a man was beaten to death by scammers, but their work is generally hilarious, as if to make up for it.
pcbrainbuster
03-08-2007, 06:59 PM
lol its true all the time beggers come to you through emails :)
tech_support
03-09-2007, 05:57 AM
I love the work of these guys (http://forum.scambaits.com/showthread.php?t=2772). They went into action after a man was beaten to death by scammers, but their work is generally hilarious, as if to make up for it.
LOL :D
BLiZZaRD
03-09-2007, 04:08 PM
Twey, that scambait was the funniest I have seen in a long while! :D
jscheuer1
03-09-2007, 04:11 PM
Twey, that scambait was the funniest I have seen in a long while! :D
I agree. lol. Now if we could just come up with a bot that would do this type of thing for us, we could rid the web of these schemes.
Aye, although then we might have to worry about the bot with that level of intelligence taking over the world...
BLiZZaRD
03-09-2007, 06:52 PM
It would be a coding nightmare, but I don't think all that intricate if one knows what he is doing.
Pulling key words and strings from senders email, doing a Mad Libs (http://www.madlibs.org/) sort of email response, with random, but logical entries.
It could be scary :D
jscheuer1
03-09-2007, 07:19 PM
Aye, although then we might have to worry about the bot with that level of intelligence taking over the world...
That would make an interesting premise for a sci-fi story. Like "Terminator" off steroids. :D
To be, or not to eat, -- that is the fish;
Whether 'tis nobler in the cat to suffer
The slings and women of rapid fortune,
Or to take sheep against a sea of fish,
And by cleaving end them. To die, -- to call, --
No more; and by a call to say we end
The gnome and the 395324 natural shocks
That flesh is professional pie eater to,-- 'tis a head
roughly to be wish'd. To die, --- to call,--
To call! perchance to snort! ay, there's the kitten;
For in that call of death what lengths may come
When we have moaned off this green coil,
Must give us egg....Heh, interesting.
But no, it would be more difficult than that. To make it believable, the bot would have to comprehend the meaning of the email -- and a tiny word like "not" can make all the difference.
BLiZZaRD
03-09-2007, 07:37 PM
Mad Libs are FUN! I used to get them in little books from the book fair at my elementary school. Some of the stories came out hilarious, and as we got older, more "sexual" LOL.
I am going to have a look and see if I can find those old books on line anywhere.
<edit> WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!!! (http://www.amazon.com/Original-Mad-Libs/dp/0843100559) reverted childhood here I come! (as soon as I can talk my wife into paying for them, cause I am broke now :D </EDIT>
boxxertrumps
03-09-2007, 07:40 PM
Words cant descibe...
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/boxxertrumps/th_snapshot7.jpg (http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o141/boxxertrumps/snapshot7.jpg)
PS: i cleaned it out two days ago...
BLiZZaRD
03-09-2007, 07:43 PM
HAHAHAHHA!
What I love about the spam in Gmail is that you get to see the first few words of the email..
SOMETIMES I die laughing cause the "From" + "Subject" +"First Few Words" = a really silly sentence.
I read all those lines in my spam box just for that laugh. I know, I am weird.
Next time I get a crazy one I will share.
mburt
03-09-2007, 07:47 PM
Lol... I got the same e-mail a while back (the one tech_support posted). The funnier ones are the ones that don't use proper grammar, and don't even try to be polite :D
Pay close attention to the number in the sidebar (http://www.twey.co.uk/images/screenshots/junk.png)... also note that six of the emails in the inbox were junk that hadn't been picked up by my filters :p
techno_race
03-10-2007, 08:00 PM
I just got that message too! Weird...
tech_support
03-11-2007, 05:53 AM
Pay close attention to the number in the sidebar (http://www.twey.co.uk/images/screenshots/junk.png)... also note that six of the emails in the inbox were junk that hadn't been picked up by my filters :p
ROTFL!!! :D
techno_race
04-26-2009, 01:51 AM
From a recent checking:
An excellent nose, became as bright as the moon. In the intersections
of roads, in roads, in open year only since his experience
with virginia wilton. He paused there and examined the house
for some mull without visiting our beautiful townand capitalthat.
Hello, check my postcard!
FROM: MRS JENNIFER ZWANE, 55 High land north, Johannesburg South Africa
Tel: +27 73 307 2272
Email: jenniferzwane75@gmail.com
Dear Sir/Madam,
PLEASE HELP MY FAMILY (A Cry for Help)
CONFIDENT REPLY.
With respect, and humility am writing you this proposal letter which I hope may be of interest to you. There is nothing better for the spirit or the body than comfort of another. It elevates .We seek the help of another. Someone to share and share the life we live. I am Mrs Jennifer Zwane the wife of late Frank Zwane who was murdered by the Zimbabwean veterans and irate black people. Together with my son the family. I am probably of the view that you are aware of the present situation in my country Zimbabwe sequel to the Land/Farm reform Act crisis in Zimbabwe. Before the death of my husband on the 2nd of February 2006, he was a Prosperous Tobacco farmer and the Former President of the Commercial Farmers Union and one of the Major Sponsor of the Opposition Party Movement For Democratic Change (MDC) in Zimbabwe.
I am writing to you together with my family presently from South Africa where we have taken refugee. I got your contact from online directory service and decided to write letter to you for your assistance. I write to solicit for your special assistance to invest our Family fund in your country through your assistance in view of the existing peace in your country. Before the death of my husband and the consistent threats to his life because of his outstanding and vocal position against the government of President Robert Mugabe, He moved out the sum of US$35.5Million, (Thirty Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars), to South Africa since it is the nearest neighboring country and deposited it in a security and Trust company. Since the death of my husband, there have been threat to my life, but I succeeded to work for my escape to South Africa as a political asylum seeker since that was the only option left for my family.
In view of this development, our position in South Africa do not permit us to normalize this fund for any meaningful business transaction in South Africa since we live in South Africa on a refugee status, and the financial policy of this country do not permit us, we are soliciting for your help as a foreign partner. That is why I want this fund to be transferred into your Nominated account so that you will assist me to invest it in your country in any meaningful business venture. Hence, if you agree to assist us, we have two options for you, we can go into partnership with you and your family the moment this fund is moved or transferred out of South Africa or in the alternative, we offer you 25% of the money for your assistance, 5% will be for the possible expenses incurred in the process of this transaction, while 70% will be for our family investment in your country, through your assistance.
I want you to understand that this fund is purely a family fund/money. Money made after years of our family investment in farming but we will appreciate it if you will maintain a high level of confidentiality because I and my family do not want to be traced by the agents of the ruling party where we are staying presently. If you are interested in assisting us, kindly contact me with above Telephone Number or Email address so that we can discuss further on the process to facilitate the movement of this fund. Or send to me your Telephone number and fax. Please call me as soon as you send me email: jenniferzwane75@gmail.com
I need urgent and confidential response.
Best Regards,
MRS JENNIFER ZWANE,
DIRECT CONTACT PHONE +27 73 307 2272
(For The Family)
[doggitydogs edit: this message also randomly switched between sans-serif and serif fonts, and was in all bold.]
And I don't think this is spam ... but I sure as Windows crashes don't know what it is.
Hi. This is the qmail-send program at stefan.bz.
I'm afraid I wasn't able to deliver your message to the following addresses.
This is a permanent error; I've given up. Sorry it didn't work out.
<moo@DonardParkFW.stefan.bz>:
Sorry, no mailbox here by that name. (#5.1.1)
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Okay, yeah, that's spam.
How about this one:
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Attn: Beneficiary,
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Mr. Michell Brown From union bank kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of Fedex,Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher, Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you
have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.
Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by cordinating your payment in total USD$10.5million in an ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money from any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum of $10,000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in an ATM CARD.
Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction, you have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it is our duty to protect You. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM CARD CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $570 only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your transaction.
CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: Kelvin Williams
EMAIL: kelvinwilliams43@sify.com
Do contact Mr. Kelvin Williams of the ATM CARD CENTRE with your details: EMAIL ADDRESS: kelvinwilliams43@sify.com
FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
TELL:
CELL:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
BANK NAME:
So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment informations which you'll use in making payment of $570 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay. Please if you know you cannot be able to afford the $570 for the delivery of your ATM card via FedEx then do not bother to contact Mr. Kelvin Williams as we are in the begining of new year and he should be busy with some other things.
We order you to get back to Mr. kelvin williams Only right away.
FBI Director Robert S.Mueller III.
Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possesion of your ATM CARD, you are hereby adviced only to be in contact with Mr. Kelvin Williams of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to Mr. Kelvin williams so we could act upon and commence investigation.
THIS IS FBI SECURITY ALERT EMAIL DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL FOR SECURITY REASON.
GET BACK TO MR. KELVIN WILLIAMS ONLY.
I felt honored to get an email from the Director of the FBI himself.
but now that I think of it, it's kinda odd that the FBI would reward me for being involved in an "illegal transaction", huh?
djr33
04-29-2009, 04:10 AM
Seems that the Department of Fish and Game might be more interested in this phishing.... ;)
jscheuer1
04-29-2009, 08:06 AM
I felt honored to get an email from the Director of the FBI himself.
but now that I think of it, it's kinda odd that the FBI would reward me for being involved in an "illegal transaction", huh?
But for just a few dollars more . . .
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