This takes the cake...

[hitmanwa]

Anyone else gotten an email like this? I've not seen anything quite so funny in a long time.

"Dear friend,
I came to know about you in my private search for a
reliable person capable to handle a confidential
matter like this,meanwhile I will not fail to state
that I am sorry for encroaching in your privacy.
I am Barrister Tony Chuck the Head of Trustee and Depository
Institutional Fund Services of My Bank . I am
writing following an Opportunity in my office that
will be of immense benefit to both of us. In my
department we discovered an abandoned sum of
6.5million British Pounds Sterling
(Six Million Five hundred thousand British Pounds) in an
account that belongs to one of our foreign customers
Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American who unfortunately
lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including
his wife and only daughter. You shall read more about
the crash on visiting this site.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
and
http://www.nativefederation.org/hist...mThompson.html
Since we got information about his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin or relatives to come over
and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or
relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines. Unfortunately, I learnt that his supposed
next of kin being his only daughter died along with
him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the
knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is
therefore upon this discovery that I and two other
officials in this department now decided to do
business with you and release the money to you as the
next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety
keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go back
into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that
such money remained after six years the money will be
transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds.
We agreed that 30% of this money will be for you as
foreign partner,while the balance will be for me and
my colleagues.
I will visit your country for the disbursement
according to the percentages indicated above once this
money gets into your account.
Please be honest to me and trust is our watchword in
this transaction.
Note this transaction is confidential and risk free.
As soon as you receive this mail you should contact
me.
Please all necessary arrangement for the smooth
release of these funds to you has been finalized. We
will discuss much in details when I do receive your
response.

Thanks,

Barrister Tony Chuck."

[WSUCougar]

Too many to count. Normally they come from Africa, where it must be quite the little cottage industry.

[oykib]

how about this gem...

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[Subby]

Actually I am pretty sure this takes the cake:

[WSUCougar]

...and promptly eats it.

[Pumpy Tudors]

hxxp://www.419eater.com

This site is dedicated to people who string these scammers along. One common tactic is to get the scammers to e-mail pictures of themselves holding funny signs. It's a funny site to check out, although it may be marginally NSFW, particularly because of the words on the signs that these scammers are holding.

Anyway, if you're at work, maybe you shouldn't visit the site, or maybe you should at least use caution. If you get a chance, though, the site IS worth checking out. These scammers will jump through hoops to get money from unsuspecting people.

[WSUCougar]

That site is indeed a riot, Pumpy (I've seen it before). It's worth the time investment for the added laughs.

[Pumpy Tudors]

Dola

I actually knew somebody about a year ago who fell for one of these Nigerian scams. She was a 20-year-old college student whom I really thought would know better. Her life was very difficult for a while, especially since she was single, pregnant with her first child, and going to school about 1500 miles away from her family and friends. Due in part to this scam, she ended up having to leave a very good school in New Orleans to move back north and live with her mother. It was really sad, but at least she seemed happy to be moving back home. I trust that she'll never fall for anything like that again, but you never know.

Edit: Not a dola.

[cartman]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

hxxp://www.419eater.com

This site is dedicated to people who string these scammers along. One common tactic is to get the scammers to e-mail pictures of themselves holding funny signs. It's a funny site to check out, although it may be marginally NSFW, particularly because of the words on the signs that these scammers are holding.

Anyway, if you're at work, maybe you shouldn't visit the site, or maybe you should at least use caution. If you get a chance, though, the site IS worth checking out. These scammers will jump through hoops to get money from unsuspecting people.

Another site like that is hxxp://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/

Same warnings and disclaimers apply

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Pumpy Tudors

Dola

I actually knew somebody about a year ago who fell for one of these Nigerian scams. She was a 20-year-old college student who I really thought would know better. Her life was very difficult for a while, especially since she was single, pregnant with her first child, and going to school about 1500 miles away from her family and friends. Due in part to this scam, she ended up having to leave a very good school in New Orleans to move back north and live with her mother. It was really sad, but at least she seemed happy to be moving back home. I trust that she'll never fall for anything like that again, but you never know.

Edit: Not a dola.

That is sad. That's why a part of a me is always depressed when I see these things. Sure they are laughably ridiculous and that 419 Eater website is hillarious, but the fact that so many of these are sent out each day simply must mean that there are a lot more people like this girl here who get burned by these assholes.

[WSUCougar]

And for the French-speaking contingent, recieved today...

ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
De Mlle ROSE CAMARA
cher monsieur,
nous vous contactons suite aux informations que nous avons recueillies a
votre sujet sur le net. Je suis ROSE CAMARA 25 ans avec mon jeune frère.
nous sommes en possession d'une grande somme de15.5 millions de dollars
comptant que nous voulons investir dans votre pays sous votre garde.
Cet argent a été hérité de notre défunt père DR JOHNSON CAMARA qui était le
chef comptable de la société d'extraction de diamant de Sierra Leone
pendant nos 8 années de guerre civile quand le chef JOHNNY CAMARA était le
président du pays. Cet argent est sans origine criminelle car on l'a en
grande partie eu de la vente au marché noir de la poussière alluviale d'or
pendant la guerre. Cet argent a été déplacé et logé dans une société de
sécurité et de finances en Côte d'Ivoire a Abidjan par voie diplomatique
dans une caisse métallique enregistrée sous l'étiquette objets de valeur de
famille pour des raisons de sécurité.
Nous voulons maintenant déplacer cet argent à l'étranger et l'investir dans
des affaires profitables, car le moment est maintenant venu pour un tel
mouvement. Là où nous avons besoin de votre aide
1.Premièrement, pour nous aider a réclamer cette expédition de la société de
valeurs mobilières en tant que l'associé étranger de notre défunt père et
pour avoir l'argent a payé a votre compte nommé. 2. Pour m'aider a
investir l'argent dans des entreprises profitables ou des affaires dans
votre pays.
Pour votre aimable assistance vous obtiendrez 15% du montant total et 5%
pour toutes les dépenses que vous aurez a faire, y compris les appels
téléphoniques, fax/emails ou n'importe quel autre argent dépensé pendant le
transfert de ces fonds a votre compte nommé.
A votre réponse et accord pour m'aider, nous vous donnerons d'autres détails
au sujet de cette transaction mais vous devez traiter cette transaction
comme fortement confidentielle pour des raisons de sécurité.
Bonne réception.
ROSE CAMARA