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  • 23-09-2008 1:19pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭


    Today I received my first scam e-mail...much to my amusement:

    From Mr Terry Anderson
    The Branch Manager
    Eco Bank Ghana Ltd,
    Kaneshie Branch
    Accra-Ghana

    Good Day

    This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I got your contact from yahoo tourist search while I was searching for a foreign partner. I am assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity when I prayed to God about you.

    I am Mr Terry Anderson the branch manager Eco Bank Ghana Limited,Kaneshie branch Accra.I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$2,750.000.00 into your account abroad. This fund is what my branch made as there operational profit during last year.

    I have already submitted an approved 2007 End of Year financial report to my Head Office here in Accra and they never knew of the said excess fund in my branch.Since then,i have placed this fund on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.As a manager here with kaneshie branch,I cannot be directly connected to this money and it's transfer out of my country, thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account.

    If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response.Also you can forward your telephone number for speedy relation on this matter.I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this.It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer.All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

    Bear in mind that l am still working in this bank, your confidentiality is highly needed in this transaction. Pls trust and honest is the watchword of this our transaction.

    Thanks and best regards,
    Mr.Terry Anderson.

    NB:REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:

    Excellent! Free money! So what are your favourite scams that you have heard of? On a slightly serious note, is there anywhere to forward this to in case people start falling for it? Or is there even a point?

    Or should I just take the opportunity and stop looking a gift horse in the mouth? :D

    🤪



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,931 ✭✭✭Prof.Badass


    First Post! Wooooooot!

    *acts like it's a big deal!*

    I love writing back to them. I tell them they can find my contact details here: * provides link to sick porn site*.

    This one guy kept mailing me back telling me it was really serious, so i sent him a one word e-mail; "penis".

    He replied saying "good day to you sir." :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,151 ✭✭✭Thomas_S_Hunterson


    Scam-bait the bastards a la the folks on http://www.419eater.com


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    Just reply and keep going with it...


    I've been doing it with 4 or 5 car adverts on carzone.
    Great wasting their time with my free time :D


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    I want to know who actually goes "OMG, I'm gonne be rich. I'm gonna send all my bank details to this fine gentleman who I have never met because he is going to then give a suspiciously large ammount of monies. YAY!!!"


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    There was an old woman who was on some chat show before as she had been scammed by 15 or 20 internet scams and had lost all her money..

    and they were feeling sorry for her..

    I just wanted to remove her from the gene pool asap really.


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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,193 ✭✭✭Turd Ferguson


    ClioV6 wrote: »
    There was an old woman who was on some chat show before as she had been scammed by 15 or 20 internet scams and had lost all her money..

    and they were feeling sorry for her..

    I just wanted to remove her from the gene pool asap really.

    Old people like that should come with a delete button...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    I want to know who actually goes "OMG, I'm gonne be rich. I'm gonna send all my bank details to this fine gentleman who I have never met because he is going to then give a suspiciously large ammount of monies. YAY!!!"

    But he said that I had one the Ugandan state lottery.
    I dont remember entering it, but shurly this can only be an error in my favour.
    All the nice man wanted was my bank account details, sort code, and a once off administration fee of €5000.

    My billions of Ugandan Dollars are due to arrive any day now.


    Any day now...


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 459 ✭✭b0bsquish


    That sneaky old wimmin!! She scammed the chat show out of money. Why cant the other scammers do the same?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,859 ✭✭✭Duckjob


    Sabre0001 wrote: »
    Today I received my first scam e-mail...much to my amusement:

    From Mr Terry Anderson
    The Branch Manager
    Eco Bank Ghana Ltd,
    Kaneshie Branch
    Accra-Ghana

    Good Day

    This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I got your contact from yahoo tourist search while I was searching for a foreign partner. I am assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity when I prayed to God about you.

    I am Mr Terry Anderson the branch manager Eco Bank Ghana Limited,Kaneshie branch Accra.I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$2,750.000.00 into your account abroad. This fund is what my branch made as there operational profit during last year.

    I have already submitted an approved 2007 End of Year financial report to my Head Office here in Accra and they never knew of the said excess fund in my branch.Since then,i have placed this fund on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.As a manager here with kaneshie branch,I cannot be directly connected to this money and it's transfer out of my country, thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account.

    If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response.Also you can forward your telephone number for speedy relation on this matter.I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this.It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer.All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

    Bear in mind that l am still working in this bank, your confidentiality is highly needed in this transaction. Pls trust and honest is the watchword of this our transaction.

    Thanks and best regards,
    Mr.Terry Anderson.

    NB:REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:

    Excellent! Free money! So what are your favourite scams that you have heard of? On a slightly serious note, is there anywhere to forward this to in case people start falling for it? Or is there even a point?

    Or should I just take the opportunity and stop looking a gift horse in the mouth? :D



    If you're on to Terry again, can you ask him if the 50k I sent him is enough to cover the ancilliary transaction costs or does he need me to send more?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    Sabre0001 wrote: »
    Today I received my first scam e-mail...much to my amusement:

    From Mr Terry Anderson
    The Branch Manager
    Eco Bank Ghana Ltd,
    Kaneshie Branch
    Accra-Ghana

    Good Day

    This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I got your contact from yahoo tourist search while I was searching for a foreign partner. I am assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity when I prayed to God about you.

    I am Mr Terry Anderson the branch manager Eco Bank Ghana Limited,Kaneshie branch Accra.I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$2,750.000.00 into your account abroad. This fund is what my branch made as there operational profit during last year.

    I have already submitted an approved 2007 End of Year financial report to my Head Office here in Accra and they never knew of the said excess fund in my branch.Since then,i have placed this fund on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.As a manager here with kaneshie branch,I cannot be directly connected to this money and it's transfer out of my country, thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account.

    If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response.Also you can forward your telephone number for speedy relation on this matter.I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this.It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer to your nominated bank account anywhere you feel safer.All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund.

    Bear in mind that l am still working in this bank, your confidentiality is highly needed in this transaction. Pls trust and honest is the watchword of this our transaction.

    Thanks and best regards,
    Mr.Terry Anderson.

    NB:REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:

    Excellent! Free money! So what are your favourite scams that you have heard of? On a slightly serious note, is there anywhere to forward this to in case people start falling for it? Or is there even a point?

    Or should I just take the opportunity and stop looking a gift horse in the mouth? :D

    Time to open a Swiss bank account?:D


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,639 ✭✭✭LightningBolt


    Do you know what'd be really funny? A millionaire deciding to act the bollox and actually do one of these for real! I'm sure they'd get a great kick out of a few people replying telling them to go and fcuk off!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,844 ✭✭✭Honey-ec


    Anyone who genuinely thinks they've won a lottery/competition that they never even entered to begin with deserves to be scammed, imo.

    Do you remember that idiot who fell for the Nigerian scam last year, lost all his money, went to Ghana to try and get it back and then managed to get himself kidnapped and held for ransom by the scammers???!!! Sorry mate, but being scammed once is bad enough but to go back for seconds??? ****ing eejit. I actually LOLed reading about that one in the paper.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    Honey-ec wrote: »
    Do you remember that idiot who fell for the Nigerian scam last year, lost all his money, went to Ghana to try and get it back and then managed to get himself kidnapped and held for ransom by the scammers???!!! Sorry mate, but being scammed once is bad enough but to go back for seconds??? ****ing eejit. I actually LOLed reading about that one in the paper.

    Hadn't heard about that..

    Heh.. :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,844 ✭✭✭Honey-ec


    Wazdakka wrote: »
    Hadn't heard about that..

    Heh.. :D

    Yep, here's the full (in)glorious story...

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7073108.stm

    Seriously, I think I'd have tried to come up with a few more bob to have it kept out of the papers if it was me...


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