this is starting to annoy me now...

Kastro

every day i check my email, i have sum spammy basterdin emails ive banned them all but they keep comming back, the most amusing one has to be, :

"MR. PULEDI MPEZI.
PACIFIC BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA,
9TH FLOOR, HEERENGRACHT TOWER,
STANDARD BANK CENTER,
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA.

I am Mr. Puledi Mpezi, Provincial Director Pacific
Bank of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch. I have
urgent and very confidential business proposition for
you.

On June 6, 1998, an American Oil consultant/contractor
with the South Africa Mining Corporation, Mr. Charles
Andason made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for
twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty- five Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,
we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the South Africa Mining
Corporation that Mr. Charles Andason died from an
automobile accident. On further investigation, I found
out that he died without making a WILL, and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mr. Charles Andason did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of
US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum
at the end of each year. No one will ever come
forward to claim it. According to South Africa Law,
at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will
revert to the ownership of the South Africa Government
if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to
stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Charles Andason so
that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get
into the hands of some corrupt government officials.
This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately
your full names and address so that the Attorney will
prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which
will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall
employ the service of two Attorneys for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary
documents and letter of probate/administration in your
favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of
the world which you will provide will then facilitate
the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into
your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for
me and 40% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the Attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address below.. Upon your response, I shall then
provide you with more details and relevant documents
that will help you understand the transaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest
assured that this transaction would be most profitable
for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share in your country.
Sincerely
Puledi Mpezi"

sum laugh, i bet sum sad cunnnts would fall for it as well.
Kas.

Gordon

The people that send these are easily gotten rid of.

The last person I had that sent me mails like this I dealt with in the stupid and dumb way. This is one answer per day or two days by the way.
Me- WOW that souneds cooel, how do I do it agaen?
Him - Well just read my letter I wrote you
Me - Gosh that sounds cooel, is it legal!!!11
Him - Yes of course it is please contact me and give me your bank details etc
Me- gosh really, tell me how it works??!1
Him - As I mentioned, please read the letter I wrote you.
Me - WOW thast soundeds cooel, give me your bank details and your pin number and I will do it for you.
Him - No it doesnt work like that, please reread the mail I sent you
Me - Gosh, is it legal?
Him - Please do not dishonour me, it is perfectly legal
Me - Oh ok please phone me on 003531 (pearse st. Garda station number) My name is Garda Oreilly
Him - Garda, I phoned that number and I got a police station, I am very very embarrassed and wish that you would not contact me because you are dishonouring me.

heh sweet

I now have a "BARRISTER SAMUEL BASSEY" emailing me but he doesn't seem to want to play with me after I gave him the Garda phone number either

Great fun I say, they are here to give us a laugh.

Gordon

Maybe they are sending those mails to you, Kastro, because of your amazingly active signature pictures!

Makaveli

lol nice one Gordon.
What's funnier is the fact that they actually rang the number you gave.

Neil3030

Originally posted by Gordon
The people that send these are easily gotten rid of.

The last person I had that sent me mails like this I dealt with in the stupid and dumb way. This is one answer per day or two days by the way.
Me- WOW that souneds cooel, how do I do it agaen?
Him - Well just read my letter I wrote you
Me - Gosh that sounds cooel, is it legal!!!11
Him - Yes of course it is please contact me and give me your bank details etc
Me- gosh really, tell me how it works??!1
Him - As I mentioned, please read the letter I wrote you.
Me - WOW thast soundeds cooel, give me your bank details and your pin number and I will do it for you.
Him - No it doesnt work like that, please reread the mail I sent you
Me - Gosh, is it legal?
Him - Please do not dishonour me, it is perfectly legal
Me - Oh ok please phone me on 003531 (pearse st. Garda station number) My name is Garda Oreilly
Him - Garda, I phoned that number and I got a police station, I am very very embarrassed and wish that you would not contact me because you are dishonouring me.

heh sweet

I now have a "BARRISTER SAMUEL BASSEY" emailing me but he doesn't seem to want to play with me after I gave him the Garda phone number either

Great fun I say, they are here to give us a laugh.

hehehe trés funneh!!
Well done

byte

Nice one, Gordon!

/me almost roffled!

Thorbar

There are some really stupid people in the world and a few of them have fallen for the above stunt. Take a look at this.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/27243.html

oeNeo

hahahah what an idiot :rolleyes:

NeVeR

i got something like that ,,

saying a oil tycoon died and they need to send his money somewhere, bla bla bla,,


i will try Gordon trick next time

Hahaha

Good joke.

tman

pld gordon!
i can't wait till i get my next batch of spam:D

Samba

HeHe good one Gordon,

Althrough i prefer to waste their time and money.

If you have an old sim card and phone lying around give them the number and make sure you get them to ring you when it is suitable for you, at peak call cost time in their country of course.


Me: Hello

Idiot: Hello Mr.****** this is bla bla bla
Me: so explain everything to me from the start, how exactly does it work.

Idiot:Three minute Rant.

Me:(when he has finished) Sorry your breaking up on me! hello HAYLOE I CANT HEAR YOU.

Another 2 minutes wasted.

Me: Sorry i missed about half of what you said.

Idiot: Explains again

Me: Pulls the reception trick again

Me: Sorry youll have to call me back.


I did this around four times over and then asked him repeatedly to ring me back because i had to think about it.

In Total it must have been close to an hour of Phone conversations with him.

Needless to say after this he never rang me back again, but did email me telling me that i should have my phone checked


Mobile phone cost from Nigeria to Ireland at peak rate lasting close to 60 mins. Ouch is all i can say

Gordon

Hah!! love it!

Hmm, just had a thought. There are Immarsat phones that connect to aeroplane phones and phones on the boats 0087 I think they are. Tell him "Yeah, I'm on a boat, my name is "Purser" just call me there."

Twonk- "Ye hello can I speak to Purser"
Semen- "Ye just wait 5 minutes he's waaaaaaaaaaayy over the other side of the big big ship"

0087 calls cost around €10 per minute! cackle cackle. (Ahem not that I endorse this product and or service tick box here. Do not try this at home kids)

Samba

hehe nice,

Anyone know somebody with a Sattalite phone?

You could divert your phone to some sneaky number

Victor

Originally posted by Samba
Mobile phone cost from Nigeria to Ireland at peak rate lasting close to 60 mins. Ouch is all i can say

Do you actually expect him to be paying his phone bill? And whos to say he isn't using some low cost phone service?

Seraphina

Originally posted by Victor
Do you actually expect him to be paying his phone bill? And whos to say he isn't using some low cost phone service?

ah you're ruining the fun man, quit ruining it!

Thorbar

How about trying to extract as much information from him and report it to the Nigerian goverment but I don't know if that would do much good.

Samba

Originally posted by Victor
Do you actually expect him to be paying his phone bill? And whos to say he isn't using some low cost phone service?

I do not know Victor but one thing i do know is that someone is paying for it.

And even if he does use low cost call cards etc. it is still quite expensive to ring a mobile especially from another continent.

Ive tried that Thor they come up with the funniest excuses as to why.

Hobbes

This is the best one -> http://www.haxial.com/fraud/mikeaba.html

The guy strung him along telling him he was James T Kirk, that he had murdered his wife and needed the money fast. Ended up getting the guy to fly to Holland to meet him.

Gordon

lol

Gordon

Samba, I actually have a working Immarsat number.

Shiminay

This is one I got recently - I was going to reply because she sounds like she's in serious trouble...

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Original Message

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Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE
Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2002 03:40:11 -0700 (MST)
From: l_organa@royal.alderan.gal
Reply-To: l_organa@royal.alderan.gal
To: [email removed for protection]

FROM:PRNCSS. L ORGANA

DEAR friend.

I AM PRINCESS LEIA ORGANA ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE ROYAL FAMILY OF ALDERAN (ALDRN).

I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.

I WAS FALSLEY IMPRISONED UPON THE IMPERIAL BATTLESTATION ("DEATH STAR") WHEN MY PLANET WAS HIDEOUSLYDESTROYED AND ENDED BY THE BVERY BAD SITH LORD VADER.

I ESCAPED ALONG WITH THE AID OF BRAVE REBELS AND WOOKIES, AND AM NOW I AM LYING LOW DUE TO THE SITUATIONIN THE 4TH MOON OF YAVIN TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER.

I HAVE CONTROL HERE OF THE SUM OF $25, MILLIONNN IN IMPERIAL CREDITS DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMAPNY FORSAFEKEEPING ON TATOOINE.

THE FUNDS WERE SHIPPED BY A COURIER SERVICE AS DIPLOMATIC ITEMS OF HIGH VALUES TO PREVENT THEM FROMKNOWING THE CONTENT.

WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO friend IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST ME BY RECEIVING THE MONEYON OUR BEHALF ON TATOOINE AND ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY IN ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS LIKE MOISTURE FARMSAND STOCK IN MULTI-PLANETARY COMPANIES AND OTHER SAFE LUCRATIVE INVESTMENT IN YOUR SECTOR.

MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOUWILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU.

IN CONCLUSION,IN THE EVENT YOU ARE INTRESTED TO ASSIST ME I WILL LIKE YOU TO CONTACT MY LAWYER WHO I HAVESTATIONED IN MOS EISLEY TO WITHNESS THE TRANSACTION TO IT'S CONCLUTION.

YOU CAN REACH HIM ON HIS DIRECT LINE VIA MAIL [/email]wattosjunkyard@mosespa.tatooine.gal , HIS NAME IS WATTO THETOYDARIAN, I HAVE THE FULL TRUST IN HIM.

FINALLY, I HAVE SET ASIDE 15% OF THE TOTAL SUM OF THE FUNDS FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,AND 5% FOR ANY ESPENCESTHAT SHALL BE INCURED DURING THIS TRANSACTION.PLEASE BE FREE TO DISCUSS WITH MY LAWYER.

I SINCERELY WILL APPRECAITE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

HELP US, friend, YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOPE.
BEST REGARDS,
PRNCSS. L. ORGANA

tman

HELP US, friend, YOU ARE OUR ONLY HOPE.

lol, help us obi wan

it seems that as soon as i read this post i stopped getting those scam emails:(

Samba

Originally posted by Gordon
Samba, I actually have a working Immarsat number.

O.k so how about next time somone gets, post it up here we all orchestrate somthing not only costly to them but also to give us somthing to laugh about?

TacT

/me grins evily and rubs hands in an evil manner while looking evil & twisted "eggscellent"

The thing about toying with these guys is unfortunately lets say they have managed to scam 10,000 from someone, well I'd say that the old phone calls won't do much damage to that. Although it is worth it to throw the dirt right back in their faces :cool:

Gordon

Well, I'm just sick and tired of getting feckin spam mail and if there is anything I can do to give me something back for receiving such spa mail then I will do it. If I could flood the spammers' inbox I would, but it is impossible - this is the only type of spam I can actually safely antispam-back.

harryhawk

hobbes - absolutely brilliant!!