African offering me €18m. Humourous people needed

NADA · 21-04-2009 03:48PM #1

So I got an email from a nigerian or some **** like that asking me would I like to claim 18 million dollars. So I decided to write back just for the skit. Can't find the first email I got but here's what I replied:

"Hi

My name is Jonny. I got your email about the unclaimed valuables and would be interested in claiming them. Can you give me more information?

Jonny
"

What I got back is this

Dear Mr Jonny,

     Thanks for the mail and understanding i know you are very serious with this deal like want i have said before Nobody should know i am involved in this deal in the company, and i will supply you with all the information and documents covering the Deposit of the Consignment here in this company but which of this boxes should we moved first from here, is it the one with No.1201 containing $10.3 million Dollars or the one with No.1202 containing $8 million Dollars? so that i can send you the document immediately then you write to the management.
    But before i will do this i need to know whom I'm dealing with more better like sending your ID, where from, your mobile contact for easy communication than i will send you the document covering the fund, how to write the company and the company contact.

Regards

Mr Idem J. Kama.

and

Dear Mr Jonny,
 
   How are you today i send you an email yesterday but is like somebody in my company has access to my hotmail box so want you will do is to get back to me with this box.

    I need to know whom I'm dealing with more better like sending your ID card or international passport, the country you are from, your mobile contact for easy communication than i will send you the document covering the fund, how to write the company and the company contact.

    I know you are very serious with this deal like want i have said before Nobody should know i am involved in this deal in the company, and i will supply you with all the information and documents covering the Deposit of the Consignment here in this company but which of this boxes should we moved first from here, is it the one with No.1201 containing $10.3 million Dollars or the one with No.1202 containing $8 million Dollars? so that i can send you the document immediately then you write to the management.
  
Regards

Mr Kama.

Now I am looking for ideas on how I can take this further and waste as much of this guys time as possible? I know you guys are all very capable when it comes to taking the piss and what to write back!

Insect Overlord · 21-04-2009 03:51PM

Sounds like Mr Kama knows you're on to him already, TBH.

TheInquisitor · 21-04-2009 03:52PM

Fake name ,fake number, Fake address.... He'll get in trouble then for trying to sell your information or at least waste his time making fake documents with this fake information.

Say you'll be visiting the city his in in 2 days, and have a lot of cash on you for a big business deal and can you meet him because he's the only person you know

Mr. Presentable · 21-04-2009 03:56PM

This was fun

http://www.mikeindustries.com/blog/archive/2005/01/playing-along-with-email-scams

Stercus Accidit · 21-04-2009 04:05PM

You'll get many times more spam once you go on the active e-mail list.

Well done.

Mr. Presentable · 21-04-2009 04:13PM

As was this

http://www.419baiter.com/games/moore.html

Dudess · 21-04-2009 04:18PM

So I got an email from an italian or some **** like that...

Mr.Lizard · 21-04-2009 04:24PM

Dudess wrote: »

So I got an email from an italian or some **** like that...

Racist.

Abi · 21-04-2009 04:26PM

Ya never know. He could be telling the truth. Those fancy cars dont grow on trees.

You could tell him his money is worthless here now. The country went tïts up and we've switched back to bartering. We swop live stock, fruit, veg, eggs and Africans. Then ask if he'd like to stay at yours, 'friend'.

Paddy Samurai · 21-04-2009 04:28PM

NADA wrote: »

I know you are very serious with this deal like want i have said before Nobody should know i am involved in this deal in the company, and i will supply you with all the information and documents covering the Deposit of the Consignment here in this company but which of this boxes should we moved first from here, is it the one with No.1201 containing $10.3 million Dollars or the one with No.1202 containing $8 million Dollars?

Ask him can he send you the box no?, for the box containing............... "The Mythical and fabulously wealthy Celtic Tiger",that you have heard about.
If he can find it,plenty of people will have the dosh to fall for this scam again and again.
Let the good times rollllll!.

My name is URL · 21-04-2009 04:40PM

What I do is forward all mail from addresses which I mark as (419) spam to a seperate mail account and auto-send 100 replies for every 1 I recieve.

AnonoBoy · 21-04-2009 04:44PM

I just got this Irish guy trying to scam me. Help me have some fun with him:

Dear Sir,

During the course of the audit of your Company’s financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2008, there were a number of issues that came to our attention that need to be reported to you as director of the company.

This report deals with the following areas

* Weaknesses in the internal controls and accounting systems
* Significant audit risks that have an impact on the audit report
* Unadjusted misstatements
* Any VAT/PAYE issues
* Qualitative aspects of the company’s accounting practices and financial reporting
* Matters specifically required by other ISAs (UK and Ireland) to be communicated to the directors’

This letter was prepared for the sole use of the company, the content must not be disclosed to any third party, without our prior written consent and we assume no responsibility to any other person.

Finally we would like to thank you and your staff for the assistance offered to us during the course of our work.

If you have any queries in relation to the above, please contact us at any time.

Yours faithfully

Auditors,
Revenue Service,
9/15 Upper O'Connell Street,
Dublin 1.

:rolleyes: Who do these clowns think they're trying to fool?

Earthhorse · 21-04-2009 04:48PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Who do these clowns think they're trying to fool?

Ask them to take a picture of themselves with a levy on top of their income to prove it's really them.

Capt'n Midnight · 21-04-2009 06:04PM

Tell the African you can only pay in Dollars
String him out a bit and then ask if Zimbabwean dollars are ok.

magick · 21-04-2009 06:37PM

say ur scared of all these fraud emails going around and as a sign of good faith, take a picture of himself with a shoe on his head and a sign saying "boards.ie FTW"

AckwelFoley · 21-04-2009 06:57PM

Had a look through it.

Seems legit.

Can i get some of the action?

MIN2511 · 21-04-2009 07:58PM

Name is definitely Nigerian!
Ask him for an address, bank acct details, phone number e.t.c.
Also he should send you the legal documents, when he does pm me!
In Nigeria there's a Goverment body which 'allegedly' combats fraud. We could play a prank and tell him they are onto him, depending on his location i can get someone to pretend to be EFCC-this sounds really mean reading it

galwayrush · 21-04-2009 08:12PM

Only 18 Million, used to be way more, obviously the bull**** is affected by the credit crunch as well:rolleyes:

tech77 · 21-04-2009 08:16PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I just got this Irish guy trying to scam me. Help me have some fun with him:

:rolleyes: Who do these clowns think they're trying to fool?

Impeccable spelling, punctuation and grammar though-
almost read like a real business letter at times.

They're getting better- you have to give them that.

tech77 · 21-04-2009 08:21PM

Dudess wrote: »

So I got an email from an italian or some **** like that...

Yeah, those damn italian 419 scammers...

Dudess · 21-04-2009 08:57PM

Well I was just referring to the silly "Nigerian or some **** like that" comment. The guy most likely IS Nigerian but "or some **** like that"... LOL

Fiend-Foe · 21-04-2009 08:58PM

Lots of great stuff here http://www.419eater.com/.

I had a great one going for a while with a guy I worked with in on it, we were both playing the guy for ages, had him send us a passport scan. It was one he got on the web somewhere with sample written across it in big red letters.

If anybody is stupid enought to fall for this stuff they deserve to be scammed tbh

stovelid · 21-04-2009 09:39PM

Consider this: one day it may be a real, exiled Nigerian prince, and somewhere, a non-cynical workmate is going to become a multimillionaire while you're all laughing it up with your nerd mates over on 419eater.

galwayrush · 21-04-2009 09:41PM

stovelid wrote: »

Consider this: one day it may be a real, exiled Nigerian prince, and somewhere, a non-cynical workmate is going to become a multimillionaire while you're all laughing it up with your nerd mates over on 419eater.

Nope, the Irish Tax Man will be laughing.:rolleyes:

Woooly · 21-04-2009 10:10PM

Reminded me of this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5MTFauI8INY

AnonoBoy · 21-04-2009 10:46PM

stovelid wrote: »

Consider this: one day it may be a real, exiled Nigerian prince, and somewhere, a non-cynical workmate is going to become a multimillionaire while you're all laughing it up with your nerd mates over on 419eater.

Flight of the Conchords already did that gag!

O'Coonassa · 21-04-2009 11:03PM

If you're not the greedy eejit he's fishing for then really you should stay out of it (unless of course you have a clear idea of what it's like to survive in a non-welfare state on less than a couple of dollars a day with unemployment running at 30 or 40%)

stovelid · 21-04-2009 11:07PM

AnonoBoy wrote: »

Flight of the Conchords already did that gag!

They invented sarcasm? Good lads themselves.

shreddedloops · 21-04-2009 11:54PM

O'Coonassa wrote: »

If you're not the greedy eejit he's fishing for then really you should stay out of it (unless of course you have a clear idea of what it's like to survive in a non-welfare state on less than a couple of dollars a day with unemployment running at 30 or 40%)

Are you actually condoning (spelling??) these scams?? :eek:

NADA · 22-04-2009 12:22AM

Dear IDEM KAMA

Sorry I took so long to get back to you but for the past few days I couldn't stop choking my chicken. He was really giving me a hard time Also before I forward my details onto you I would like you to send me a photo of your passport. Just so I can who I am dealing with could you send me a photo of you with a shoe on your head holding a sign saying "boardsie ftw" also just so I know this is not some sort of automated message. If you can simply do this I will send you my phone number. Would it not be simpler if I just gave you my bank details and you transferred the money to me? Or is that not possible. Either way I am willing to pay for send you 1000€ to fly to berlin germany. A flight from your country cannot be any more than that. If it is let me know. But in order for me to send this money you need to complete that task so that I can see you and feel like I can trust you.

That is my latest reply.

Capt'n Midnight · 22-04-2009 01:21AM

stovelid wrote: »

Consider this: one day it may be a real, exiled Nigerian prince, and somewhere, a non-cynical workmate is going to become a multimillionaire while you're all laughing it up with your nerd mates over on 419eater.

http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/new_car.png

"Somewhere out there is a company that has actually figured out how to enlarge penises, and it's helpless to reach potential customers."

African offering me €18m. Humourous people needed

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