I can't be the only person this has happens too...

I get these emails every once in a while from somebody claiming to be the "son of the late queen of <insert random 3rd world country here>".

Seems that the goverment is after the money he inherited at his mother's death, and the only way he can keep it is if *I* open a US bank account for him.

Of course, for my troubles, I will get half of the inheritence worth over 10,000,000,000 US dollars.

It is very important that I *don't* ever tell anybody about this (ooops), as it could put my entire family in serious harm. :uzi:

Has anybody else gotten any emails like these?

Yeah. It's a scam. Just delete and move on.

Without a doubt a scam... it's just funny how low these guys will go :D

That exact spam was exposed on national British tv (BBC) on Panaroma, any watch that? Of course you have to forward them some setup cash first.

I've gotten the EXACT same e-mail a number of times. It for sure is a scam, I'm still curious as to what type of scam it is. I could imagin something like: "Simply send us $100.00 to send you the money" Or something along those lines :)

Its amazing though, they keep sending out the e-mails, so it must be profitable for them.

Well, there must be some *very* gullable people out there that actually believe that is true. hehe

But... I bet some people have tried it :stickout

There are so many scams out there its unbelievable. This by far has to be the funniest I read so far!

The exact scam is that you have to come to their country to open the bank account. Being American, any money going into your account can be moved to the U.S. by you. And of course you have to deposit money to open the account. Then you take the document the person gives you for the other account, goto the other bank to get the other money transfered. While you are doing that, the person is withdrawing the money you just deposited in your new account. Then you find the documents they gave you are fake....there are no $millions$.

Some people even get killed over in these places, so yeah it's dangerous. Once a guy offered to fax the documents to me, so I agreed. I immediately took the documents to the local FBI office. No reward though :bawling:

These are the famous Nigerian Scam letters. Originally sent via postal mail, then by fax, and now by email, they've branched out to include other third world countries.

The US Secret Service has a unit that has been trying to stamp these out for years. There is more info about them on ustreas.gov

Yeah that Nigerian scam has been going on for quite some time. Seems this is a new variant of it.

Unfortunatly, I have never recieved any such scams. Makes me feel left out :bawling:

Wazeh,

I'll be sure to forward the next one of them I get to you :D That way you can feel a part of a gang too.. I must have gotten that one at least a dozen times over the years.

The best (or maybe that should be worst) one I've gotten lately was the three little children trying to collect money for their dying father's much needed operation and to pay the bills so they don't lose their house... Oddly enough they seem to know enough about bulkmailing to try and hide their return address...

Greg Moore

lol :D ...

somebody called our house and told my dad, the same thing but they told us that there is a mining company that supposedly have billions of dollars and was in some bank in africa and we need to pay them $50,000 to get the money that was supposedly "frozen" in an african gov't bank and they said that once they receive our $50,000 they will go ahead and give us part of the loot.. haha

so my dad told them if they can send him a plane ticket to africa so he can fly over there and pay them and they said no you send the money thru wire transfer and my dad told them that it is not the way he does business.


blah blah....

Some requested to see one of these whenever it came up again.. here it is:

Enjoy!

CONTACT ADDRESS:

SIKIRU LAWAL


FLAT 7,KING BRUCE CORNER,

31,OLIVIA STREET

JOHNANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.

Telefax:+27839833131.

Dear Sir,

FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION

l got your contact through a lady in the E-mail directory Section of the Togo Chamber of Commerce and believed that you must be a trustworthy and reliable person that will not intimidate me or betray my trust after hearing this news.

l am a native of Konovo in the Kerema Local District of Sierra Leone in West Africa region and the first son of late Major Salim LAWAL, who died about eight months now.

My Father served in the Military regime of Major Johnny Koroma that ousted the civilian government of President Ahmad Kabbah, as a special duty officer overseeing the affairs of the AFRC Military Force that overthrown the then civilian government.

However they were forcefully ousted by the ECOMOG peace keeping force that came to restore peace and he was granted political asylum to reside in JOHNANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA. (A West African neighbouring Country) until his death and where we are still residing up till now.

As the first son among Eleven Children from two (2) wives of my late father, l and the entire family wish to let you know that we inherited our father’s wealth amoung others is cash sum of US$12,000,000 (Twelve Million U.S.Dollars) This money was his own share of the money siphoned by the Military Regime during his service days in their military tenure,purportedly meant for the welfare of the AFRC force. under a diplomatic connections, the money were brought down from Sierra Leone to Lome Togo and deposited with a financial security company for safe keeping with the help of his friend in the security company.

His (my father) intention was to open an bank account in Switzerland and transfer the money for foreign investments, but later declined from his intention as his illness deteriorated which eventually lead to his death.

However, l was just contacted by this friend of my father (in the security company) advising me to move the money out of Togo to a foreign country due to the political situation here in Africa.

Now my problem is to negotiate with a foreign partner who is reliable and honest to confide upon my intention to move this money out immediately, as l do not want this money here, neither would l like to involve any local person/s in this affair, because it is private and l do not want to lay hands on this money until I concluded all arrangement with a foreign Partner to move this money to a safe overseas bank.

Please my reason of contacting you is to request for your cooperation and assistance to help me move this money out to foreign bank account of yours, by PROVIDING me a bank account either company’s or private account where the fund can be remitted to, Alternatively, you can open an account with $100 dollars in your name and send the account details to enable me arrange for the transfer.

Note that the modalities of this transaction is subject to negotiation between us and we have decided to give out US$2 Million Dollars to any one who wish to help my family finalize this Project.

To prove my sincerity, l will like you to visit Togo in person to see things by yourself, because seeing is believing and also to bear in mind that my father was never accused in any form of embezzlement by our country’s government or any government/ person, but made this money during his service days in the Military regime and this deal is confidential.

Please be rest assured that there is no risk of any sort behind this money as the money is just as mine, just that l do not want to spend it here in Africa.

Please do contact me immediately for more directives on modalities on how we can move this money immediately.

You can reach me on +27839833131. and e-mail: sikirulaw@lycos.com

Also, remember the confidentiality and urgency my letter required while l expect to hear from you.

Thanks and remain blessed,

SIKIRU LAWAL.

Yep, that's the one. :) I don't think they've ever even changed the words in the years it's been running.

Greg Moore

Originally posted by Jason_Berresford
Its amazing though, they keep sending out the e-mails, so it must be profitable for them.
Not at all, Jason. Spam costs nothing to send. Zilch, zero, nada. With a personal computer and an Internet connection, the only cost is time (unless they bought one of those CDs with millions of names).

That's one of the problems, it costs nothing to annoy millions of people in the hopes of finding a few suckers.

Here is the best way to deal with this :-)

Send them an email replying, OH I'm excited, I would love this offer! But for me to take out money for this, I will need to avoid the IRS who has been watching me closely, therefor please open a foreign bank account in your name with $100 in it so I can avoid the IRS, and I will gladly send the money.. Awaiting my new foreign bank account....

I got it once also, you can tell its a scam, no doubt. And I also have heard of people going over to Nigeria and being killed, it was on a local newscast here in NYC not long ago. Hey reply with your phone number, let them call, turn on the caller ID and when you get a call from Africa answer the phone "Federal Bureau of Investigation, how may I direct your call?" LOL or even better, "Central Intelligence Agency" or "Republican National party", that should really scare them too....LOL

Yep, i have recieved one of those as well :) has anyone tried faxing something or ringing them?

Kindest Regards,
ValuableHost
Originally posted by CoreyC
Some requested to see one of these whenever it came up again.. here it is:

Enjoy!

CONTACT ADDRESS:

SIKIRU LAWAL


FLAT 7,KING BRUCE CORNER,

31,OLIVIA STREET

JOHNANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA.

Telefax:+27839833131.

Dear Sir,

FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION

l got your contact through a lady in the E-mail directory Section of the Togo Chamber of Commerce and believed that you must be a trustworthy and reliable person that will not intimidate me or betray my trust after hearing this news.

l am a native of Konovo in the Kerema Local District of Sierra Leone in West Africa region and the first son of late Major Salim LAWAL, who died about eight months now.

My Father served in the Military regime of Major Johnny Koroma that ousted the civilian government of President Ahmad Kabbah, as a special duty officer overseeing the affairs of the AFRC Military Force that overthrown the then civilian government.

However they were forcefully ousted by the ECOMOG peace keeping force that came to restore peace and he was granted political asylum to reside in JOHNANNESBURG SOUTH AFRICA. (A West African neighbouring Country) until his death and where we are still residing up till now.

As the first son among Eleven Children from two (2) wives of my late father, l and the entire family wish to let you know that we inherited our father’s wealth amoung others is cash sum of US$12,000,000 (Twelve Million U.S.Dollars) This money was his own share of the money siphoned by the Military Regime during his service days in their military tenure,purportedly meant for the welfare of the AFRC force. under a diplomatic connections, the money were brought down from Sierra Leone to Lome Togo and deposited with a financial security company for safe keeping with the help of his friend in the security company.

His (my father) intention was to open an bank account in Switzerland and transfer the money for foreign investments, but later declined from his intention as his illness deteriorated which eventually lead to his death.

However, l was just contacted by this friend of my father (in the security company) advising me to move the money out of Togo to a foreign country due to the political situation here in Africa.

Now my problem is to negotiate with a foreign partner who is reliable and honest to confide upon my intention to move this money out immediately, as l do not want this money here, neither would l like to involve any local person/s in this affair, because it is private and l do not want to lay hands on this money until I concluded all arrangement with a foreign Partner to move this money to a safe overseas bank.

Please my reason of contacting you is to request for your cooperation and assistance to help me move this money out to foreign bank account of yours, by PROVIDING me a bank account either company’s or private account where the fund can be remitted to, Alternatively, you can open an account with $100 dollars in your name and send the account details to enable me arrange for the transfer.

Note that the modalities of this transaction is subject to negotiation between us and we have decided to give out US$2 Million Dollars to any one who wish to help my family finalize this Project.

To prove my sincerity, l will like you to visit Togo in person to see things by yourself, because seeing is believing and also to bear in mind that my father was never accused in any form of embezzlement by our country’s government or any government/ person, but made this money during his service days in the Military regime and this deal is confidential.

Please be rest assured that there is no risk of any sort behind this money as the money is just as mine, just that l do not want to spend it here in Africa.

Please do contact me immediately for more directives on modalities on how we can move this money immediately.

You can reach me on +27839833131. and e-mail: sikirulaw@lycos.com

Also, remember the confidentiality and urgency my letter required while l expect to hear from you.

Thanks and remain blessed,

SIKIRU LAWAL. :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Originally posted by Fred
I got it once also, you can tell its a scam, no doubt. And I also have heard of people going over to Nigeria and being killed, it was on a local newscast here in NYC not long ago. Hey reply with your phone number, let them call, turn on the caller ID and when you get a call from Africa answer the phone "Federal Bureau of Investigation, how may I direct your call?" LOL or even better, "Central Intelligence Agency" or "Republican National party", that should really scare them too....LOL

You must have some kick ass Caller ID in your area... all mine shows on international calls is OUT OF AREA.

I actually laugh at the fact that somebody in this world will be stupid enough to actually fall for this, it simply proves there is no limit to human stupidity.

the extent of human stupidity is simply unknown to any scientist out there, could you actually guess how stupid any one person on this earth is?, imagine you may think you do daft/stupid things in your life, but there will always be somebody that has far surpassed your level of stupidity. :D :cool:

Aloha

whhooooo whhooo
I answered one
now I live on Maui on the beach I got 3 million though

whhhheeee

so it works really

if you like send a list of five names and a $100 to each name and soon you to will have a


YEAH SCAM ya notice scam is very close to SCUM
hehhehe
that is the other one I love getting also the old pyramid or helicopter game

OH to those who are thinking wow somebody actually won please send me a check for $1000 and I will send you the person who I got my millions from.

hehehhehehe
OH I need to wake up and get some coffe

now for those that got this far and realized all this is a joke congrats
please go forward and make babies to populate the earth with smart ones

for those that got this far and still are not sure if you should send me the money or if I really won
yes please send me the money and do not have children we do not need anymore like you ;)


ouch but so true !!!!

loool :(
Originally posted by Honu
Aloha

whhooooo whhooo
I answered one
now I live on Maui on the beach I got 3 million though

whhhheeee

so it works really

if you like send a list of five names and a $100 to each name and soon you to will have a


YEAH SCAM ya notice scam is very close to SCUM
hehhehe
that is the other one I love getting also the old pyramid or helicopter game

OH to those who are thinking wow somebody actually won please send me a check for $1000 and I will send you the person who I got my millions from.

hehehhehehe
OH I need to wake up and get some coffe

now for those that got this far and realized all this is a joke congrats
please go forward and make babies to populate the earth with smart ones

for those that got this far and still are not sure if you should send me the money or if I really won
yes please send me the money and do not have children we do not need anymore like you ;)


ouch but so true !!!! :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

Originally posted by Hostexp
loool :(
:angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:

ya didn't like that :bawling: :bawling: or ????

Originally posted by Wazeh
.... Makes me feel left out :bawling:
OK, Wazeh, just for you. Go to the members' list. Send every member of these forums $100.
You are too intelligent to fall for some story. So, just send the money.
Gary

Originally posted by Wazeh

Unfortunatly, I have never recieved any such scams. Makes me feel left out :bawling:

You must have not submited yourself to the 'E-mail directory Section of the Togo Chamber of Commerce' yet. :D

It was very touching made me :bawling: :(
Originally posted by Honu


ya didn't like that :bawling: :bawling: or ????