Thread: From the junk mail pile

I've not seen this one and thought I would share. I love how this is written .... if not for this guy I may have fallen for those other scam emails, but now I may have a sizable pile of loot coming my way!

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"RE: RELEASE OF YOUR OVERDUE PAYMENT"


Dear Beneficiary


Have you truly executed a contract with the federal government of Nigeria ? Do you really have a relation that died in Nigeria of whom you are claiming an inheritance fund? Do you truly win lotto in Nigeria ?

Please, be sincere with yourself. These medium are being used to scam innocent people. But those that genuinely executed a contract with the federal government of Nigeria , or have a relation inheritance funds to claim or won lotto in Nigeria are being abandoned half way with levies and taxes while claiming their funds. This was due to lot of abnormalities that had happened in the Central Bank of Nigeria , private banks and financial institutions these recent years, where some top officials of the banks collaborated with imposters to extort money from our creditors.

Consequently we have been mandated by Mr. President of FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA in accordance with ECOWAS protocol 126 signed in Freetown Sierra Leone by members states in September 1996 to investigate, verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to foreign contractors and Nigerian business associates whose payment is overdue. These are those who have shown sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund and we hope you have done so.

We await your immediate response to release your overdue fund.


Yours Sincerely,

Micheal Miller,

Bilingual Secretary.

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Wow, the next generation of scam spam from Nigeria. I think someone should "trip" on their plug in to the net and leave them in the dark for a while.

There was a case in the UK where a guy, who was tired of the constant Nigerian emails coming through, emailed one of them back and asked them to take a picture of themselves holding a piece of paper with a code word written on it so he would know that this was genuine.

The real amusement factor came when he told them that the code word would be "pr*ck" or some such other phrase.... So these guys were taking pictures of themselves holding up these banners with these words written on them and grinning like idiots, expecting to recieve someones bank details or whatever, when actually all that was happening was this guy was posting their pictures on the net with a copy of the email they sent.

If you search for Nigerian email scam revenge on google there are some funny sites that come up.

In seriousness, these guys are criminals who are trying to take advantage of innocent and gullible people, and like every other criminal they deserve their comeuppance.

What will they try next,I like the "please take a picture with the code thing",LOL

According to some emails I have received, I have won numerous lotteries in countries I have never been to. Just think, if I send them a check (one email requested a personal check and not a money order) so they "could deposit the funds directly in to my account," yah right, I might be able to afford a Mastro Livi!