f**kin fraud emails...hate them

[M3RAN]

i get this all the time and what pisses me off is how do they get ur name?

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL


You may be surprised to receive this message from me
since you don't know me in person, but for the purpose
of introduction, I am Mr. FRANK TAMBO, the son of late
MR.KUTA TAMBO, who was murdered in a land dispute in
ZIMBABWE. Your contact was given to me at the SOUTH
AFRICA EXCHANGE NETWORK ON LINE here in Johannesburg
as reliable and trustworthy to deal with, and then I
decided to write you. My late father was among the few
black Zimbabwean rich farmers murdered in cold blood
by the agent of the ruling government of president
ROBERT MUGABE for his alleged support and sympathy for
Zimbabwean opposition party.

Before the death of my father, he took me to SOUTH
AFRICA to deposit the sum of (THIRTY MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ($30M) with a security and finance
company, as if he knew the looming danger in Zimbabwe.
the money was deposited as a gem or precious stone to
avoid much demurrage from the security firm. This
money was earmarked for the purchase of new machinery
and chemicals for the farms and the establishment of
new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

This land problem arose when president R. MUGABE
introduced a new land Act. Which wholly affects the
White rich farmers and some few blacks vehemently
condemned the 'MODUS OPERANDI' adopted by the
Government. This resulted to rampant killing and mob
actions. I and my family who are currently staying in
South Africa as a refugee or an asylum seeker have
decided to transfer this money to a foreign country
where we can invest it. I am faced with the dilemma of
investing this amount of money in South Africa for
Fear of encountering the same experience in future
since both countries have the same political history.

Moreover, the South African monetary policy/law does
not allow such investment hence I am seeking for an
Asylum or refugee. I must let you know that this
business is 100% risk free and the nature of your
business does not necessary matter. So if you are
willing to assist us, I and my family have agreed to
give you 20% of the Total money, 40% will be for a
joint business venture and another 35% will be for my
family and me which we Shall also invest in your
country and the remaining 5% will be mapped out for
all expenses we may incurred During the transaction.

Therefore, if you are willing and interested to render
the needed assistance, endeavor to reply through my
email address or the above Tel Number. I also need
your private phone and fax number for easy
communication. Remember that this is highly
confidential and the success of this business depends
on how secret it is kept.

Expecting your reply soonest.

Best Regard.

MR FRANK TAMBO
(FOR THE FAMILY)

[Wardy!]

Yeah 419ers are annoying, the name 419 comes from the law number I think that they are breaking, they are very common and mostly are Nigerians.

You'd be amazed by the ammount of people that fall for these scams...

But the worst is happening now with people emailing about the tsunami asking to donate money to bank accounts and to send in money to address' which are just scams. How these people can live with themselves I don't know.

There are soo many scams out now that it gets harder and harder for the casual PC user to notice if they are real or not, I almost got tricked into an email scam to do with Ebay, where there was a link in the email which was spoofed and sent you to a private website that lo0oked just like ebay and even looked like it in the address bar but it wasnt real, the biggest give away was they wanted credit card info verifying and they wanted the pin number too! cheeky f*ckers.

They prey on people that do not know the difference between real and scams, they make me sick.

[M3RAN]

there was a show on the nigerian scammers a while ago. BBC investigators actaully replied to these emails and made arrangements to meet these people to hand over the money release the so n so item in question from the bank etc.....they made them go all the way to amsterdam! when they did join they simply wanted the money to go and release the money with out the investigators there! ye right

[ajsuk]

I saw that, it was funny, like scamming the scammers, I love that stuff

[BigOL]

Give this a go and see what score you get. I got 8/10

[pugrob]

I got 8/10 too

interesting to see the tricks they can use to catch people out

[Wardy!]

9/10 failed on the captial one email.

Its hard to test from seeing a screenshot, usually I'll look at the source of the email to check links look real, as you can display a link but the hyperlink is totally different...

[chi_chee]

i just simply delete any mail that i dont wanna read........anything that MSN, anyone sends me that i dont know off, i get rid off......cant get safer then that!

[M3RAN]

i've never had one of these before...and there based in UK...i saw this on Watchdog months ago...something on the lines of this anyway

From: DAVID ALEZ
Euro-Afro-American-Sweepstake Lottery
Headquarters: 1a, Bexon Court Carlton
Nottingham shire Nottingham NG4 1SQ Essex
United Kingdom
Customer Service: 580 NCA 85914

Ref: EAASL/014/060/532 /Batch: 762901-PCD03

CONGRATULATIONS!!!



We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 5th of Febuary, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 27522465896-6453 with serial number 3772-554 drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45 which consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EU2,000,000.00EUROS (TWO MILLION EUROS)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

For security purpose and clarity, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of Brunei. We look forward to your active participation in our next year USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact our clearance office to assist you with the claim and transfer of your winnings fund into your instructed account by acknowledging the receipt of this mail with the email address below.

Note that, all winnings must be claimed not later than 27th of May 2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be null and void. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF

AGE.

Sincerely yours,

DAVIS ALEZ.
Payment Officer
Contact Barrister Cindy Nelly
[e-mail]





(funny how at the top its DAVID and at the bottom is DAVIS, and funny how i have never entered no afro american Lottery, i've only bought the lottery in my life 3 times & that was the national Lottery) also its based in a flat? haha if anyone lives in the area go give a knock and say ye fool where is my money... location

www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=461015&y=341487&z=0&sv=NG4+1SQ&st=2&pc=NG4+1SQ&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf

[Jay-C]

Not to mention its sent from Nottingham in ESSEX

.....and it must be a real slick attorney's office to need a 'yahoo' email address!

There are certainly some idiots out there

[chi_chee]

if your gonna try scam then at least dont make a stupid mistake!

[M3RAN]

must be my luck i've won again, got another email!!!!

JUNOSTAKERS LOTTERY
NEW GATE 21B
GAUTENG PROVINCE


FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: EGS/2551256003/03
BATCH: 14/0017/IPD

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION

Be informed that you have emerged a winner of our
Lottery International Program that was drawn three
days from the day of this notice.

Attached to ticket number 7,35,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 42,
with serial Number 2113-05 matched the winning numbers
7,23,5,45,8 BONUS NO: 42, and consequently won our
Stakers International lottery in the 3rd category.

Approved is a lump sum of Twenty Milllion
Rand(ZAR20,000,000) in cash prize accredited to file
REF NO. JSL/2554259003/07 that should be released to
you. This is from the total prize money of
(ZAR300,000,000) shared among the fifteen
International winners in this category. Participants
were selected through a referral program and winners
were picked by a computer ballot system drawn form
25,000 names from Australia, New Zealand, America,
Asia, Europe,Africa and North America, as part our
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names,
we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your
money released to you.

To begin your claim, please contact the claims
department:
MICHAEL.F.NYALA.

(Claims Manager)
Phone:[phone]


NB: Prizes must be claimed not later than 8 working
days. After these stipulated days, all funds will be
returned as unclaimed prizes and will channeled for
charity. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your winning
reference batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with the claims officer.

Congratulations and thank you for being part of our
International promotions program.

Best regards,

RICHARD DEWAR
(JUNOSTAKERS PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR)

[chi_chee]

u lucky b*tch!!!!!.................hehe

;D

[Blackpug]

You must be worth a fortune! ;D

[M3RAN]

now there becoming poets and using very cruel methods to get money

A sad Dads poem...
>
> This is a beautiful poem. There is an appeal
> from a Zimbabwean couple
> at the bottom of message, not asking for
> anything more than that you hand the poem on.
>
>
> The husband wrote the poem.
>
> TO MY CHILD
> Just for this morning, I am going to
> smile when I see your face
> and laugh when I feel like crying.
>
>
> Just for this morning, I will let you
> choose what you want to wear,
> and smile and say how perfect it is.
>
>
> Just for this morning, I am going to
> step over the laundry
> and pick you up and take you to the park to
> play.
>
>
> Just for this morning, I will leave the
> dishes in the sink,
> and let you teach me how to put that puzzle
>
> of yours together.
>
> Just for this afternoon, I will unplug the telephone;
> and keep the computer off, and sit with
> you in the backyard and blow bubbles.
>
>
> Just for this afternoon, I will not yell once,
> not even a tiny grumble when you scream and
> whine for the ice cream truck,
> and I will buy you one if he comes
> by.
>
>
> Just for this afternoon, I won't worry
> about what you are going to be when you grow up, or
>
> second guess every decision I have made where you are
>
> concerned.
>
> Just for this afternoon, I will let you
> help me bake cookies, and I won't stand over you
>
> trying to fix them.
>
>
> Just for this afternoon, I will take us
> to McDonald's and buy us both a Happy Meal so you can
>
> have both toys.
>
>
> Just for this evening, I will hold you in
> my arms and tell you a story about how you were
>
> born and how much I love you.
>
>
> Just for this evening, I will let you
> splash in the tub and not get angry.
>
>
> Just for this evening, I will let you
> stay up late while we sit on the porch
> and count all the stars.
>
>
> Just for this evening, I will snuggle
> beside you for hours, and miss my favourite TV
>
> shows.
>
> Just for this evening when I run my
> finger through your hair as you pray, I will simply
>be
> grateful that God has given me the greatest gift ever
>
> given.
>
> I will think about the mothers and fathers who are
>searching for their missing children,
> the mothers and fathers who are visiting their
>children's graves instead of their bedrooms.
> The mothers and fathers who are in hospital rooms
>
> watching their children suffer senselessly and
>screaming inside that little body.
>
>And when I kiss you goodnight I will hold
>you a little tighter, a little longer.
>It is then, that I will thank God for you,
>and ask him for nothing, except one more
>day.............
>
>Hi! I am a 29-year-old father. My wife and I
>have had a wonderful life together. God blessed us
>with a child too. Our daughter's name is Rachel and
>she is 10 years old. Not long ago did the doctors
> detect brain cancer
>in her little body. There is only one way to save her
>and that is an operation. Sadly we don't have
>the money for the operation. AOL and Zdnet (in
>Zimbabwe) have agreed to help us. The only way they
>can help is this: If you send this email to other
>people AOL will track this email and count how many
>people get
>it. Every person that opens this email and sends it to
>at least 3 people will give us 32c. (in Zimbabwe
>dollars)
>
>Please help us.
>George Arlington
>P.O. Box 233
>Phone:[phone] or 2279
>
>Victoria Falls
>Fax:[phone] or cell 011405930
>Zimbabwe
>Email : [e-mail]