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dodgy mail anyone?

  • 08-05-2006 10:14pm
    #1
    solidgear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 81 ✭✭


    I know this ain't the right forum for the topic, however there is nowhere else related to it but here, Since jioning in posts in this forum, I have been getting an influx of mails from Africa which are dodgy in there nature,(Financial to be procise). has anyone else had this issue from joining in this forum?


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  • #2
    robindch
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 24,427 Mod ✭✭✭✭robindch


    > Since jioning in posts in this forum, I have been getting an influx of mails
    > from Africa which are dodgy in there nature, (Financial to be procise).

    I haven't received anything myself but I can't help but wonder if this might be Pastor (sic) Benny Hinn looking in:

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/4619733.stm

    ?


  • #3
    MOGSA
    Closed Accounts Posts: 108 ✭✭MOGSA


    Unfortunately I receive dodgey mail regularly, especially from Nigeria where my software company has reasonable interests.

    The perpetrators like to 'google' with your name appearing on the bottom of letterheads and contracts and see what comes up.

    The last one was from a rather pompous fella in Europe with a devious plot to discredit me otherwise - so you will just have to get used them, no matter how spurious!


  • #4
    hairyheretic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭hairyheretic


    419 scammers?

    The basic format would be "I am a lawyer to someone who died and left a lot of money. Pretend to be their long lost grand nephew and I'll cut you in for 20%" .. something along those lines?

    They're garbage .. ignore them. I'd say its just coincidence that you're getting them now. I tend to get them myself every month or so, though generally just 1 at a time.


  • #5
    bmoferrall
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 498 ✭✭bmoferrall


    solidgear wrote:
    I know this ain't the right forum for the topic, however there is nowhere else related to it but here, Since jioning in posts in this forum, I have been getting an influx of mails from Africa which are dodgy in there nature,(Financial to be procise). has anyone else had this issue from joining in this forum?
    Maybe experience tells them Christians are especially gullible :confused:
    Loosen thy purse strings for...Puss-in-Boots
    10123744.jpg

    'Tis a cross you're just gonna have to bear :D


  • #6
    Esel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,081 ✭✭✭✭Esel
    Not Your Ornery Onager


    Edit your profile to make your e-mail address unavailable.

    Not your ornery onager



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  • #7
    BrianCalgary
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,196 ✭✭✭BrianCalgary


    There is th eother one from the 'Nigerian' minister who has 20,000,000 dollars he has to get out of the country scam. They ask you for your banking information to take money to pay the expenses to transfer the whole amount of which you will keep 10-20%.

    Delete them.


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