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#4438788 - 09/13/18 07:31 PM Nigerian Email  
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Oh wait, no this is from Ghana so it might be legit!! wink




Hello! Reply Asap,

I am Mr. Collins Kwame, a banker here in Ghana. I write you this proposal in good faith hoping that I will rely on you. In 2007, Mr. Hudson who has your country in his file as his place of origin, made a fixed deposit of Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars (US$8,500,000.00 with my bank. I was his account officer. Unfortunately, while on a business trip, he died in a deadly Tsunami earthquake in Sichuan China, in 2008 that killed many people.

The management of our bank have been finding a means to reach him so as ascertain if he will want to roll over the deposit or have the contract sum withdrawn, when I discovered that this will happen, I learnt of his death, so I have tried to think up a procedure to preserve this fund and use the proceed for charity. Some directors have been trying to find out from me the information about this account and the owner, but I have kept it closed because, I know that if they become aware, they will corner the funds for themselves.

Therefore, I am seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to benefit from his fund at his death since you are from the same country with him, so that my bank head quarters will pay the funds to you. I have done enough inside bank arrangement and only have to put in your details into the information network in the bank computers and reflect you as his next of kin.

I immensely request for your optimum honesty and cooperation and Let me know your mind on this, and please do treat this information as Top secret. We shall go over the details once I receive your urgent response to my email - [co_kwame@hotmail.com], we can as well discuss this on phone. Send me your phone number for easy communication anticipating your communication.

Best Regards,
Mr. Collins Kwame.


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#4438794 - 09/13/18 07:42 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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WOW haven't got one of those in years...What I was getting until i changed my phone number was some one with bad English saying he is from the Government and needed to validate some information...And you could hear a ton of people in the back ground talking all with bad accents,,I know the Gov't doesn't call and with the accent it was laughable ,,Until I got like 28 calls in one day and the numbers kept changing but the area code was the Cayman Islands..Next day had the cable company change my number and haven't got one since I feel bad knowing some senior citizens fall for these scams..I'm hitting 70 but at least still got most of my marbles


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#4438795 - 09/13/18 07:54 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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You're too late, just so you know, don't bother, I've already claimed it and have sent Kwame the US$56,000 that is required to release the funds. Winnah!


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#4438801 - 09/13/18 08:26 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Totally fake. Everyone knows banks always capitalize USA DOLLARS when sending correspondence.


The opinions of this poster are largely based on facts and portray a possible version of the actual events.

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#4438820 - 09/13/18 09:30 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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"deadly Tsunami earthquake" I laughed, it hurt then I read the rest of it... I might need a pain pill now


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#4438902 - 09/14/18 09:45 AM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Funny stuff.
Hard to believe anyone would fall for those, and yet, recently in Hong Kong

Online Romance Scam, Wow !!!

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#4438904 - 09/14/18 09:57 AM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: KRT_Bong]  
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Originally Posted by KRT_Bong
"deadly Tsunami earthquake" I laughed, it hurt then I read the rest of it... I might need a pain pill now


No kidding. The closest point of Sichuan China to the nearest large body of water is about 450 miles .


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#4439231 - 09/16/18 03:29 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Clearing my Spam folder this morning and I see this subject line: "providing you hardon to trounce other males"


Oh my.....


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#4642636 - 02/16/24 12:29 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Noticed another funny spam email in my spam folder:


Good day,

I am Mr. David J.C.Cheng, Trained and working as an Account Officer with (DBS). I write to contact you about a foreigner bearing the same name as yours, who died over a decade ago leaving behind an estate/capital usd12,800,000 here in DBS.

However, the Investor died intestate, no next-of-kin, nobody came forward all these years to lay claim to the inheritance. I have decided to work with you to secure the funds, and propose a 40% offer for you.

If you are interested, email me the following information stated below:-

1. RE-CONFIRM YOUR FULL NAMES:
2. CONTACT ADDRESS:
3. TELEPHONE NUMBER

regards,
Mr. David James C. Cheng


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#4642637 - 02/16/24 12:52 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Ok, serious question here.


What kind of person would actually fall for a scam like this???


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#4642638 - 02/16/24 12:58 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Ok, serious question here.


What kind of person would actually fall for a scam like this???



Have you ever looked into this "internet" thing? You should, you will find that the world has no shortage of all sorts of wackos, weirdos and gullible simpletons. wink


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#4642641 - 02/16/24 01:40 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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This is result of folks not taking those emails seriously

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#4642660 - 02/16/24 06:43 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: PanzerMeyer]  
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Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Ok, serious question here.


What kind of person would actually fall for a scam like this???


More than you'd think mate. It's a big issue here. Had it happen to an old neighbour of mine a few years ago. She was 80+, had the old courier fraud thing put upon her. The perps pick old sounding names from the phonebook etc. My neighbour was Audrey. Old name. Ring her, bamboozle her with legal stuff about police and the banks and how she had to withdraw 30k and give it to a courier who will make it safe somewhere.

Luckily the little Asian courier turned up at her door when I was walking my very scary looking gsd past her house. She was in a state and asked me what was happening..... Well... Me and and dog detained the male until police arrived. He got two years. Not enough and Audrey died a year later from dementia type causes. I still think that incident sped up her decline she was never the same after.

My dog taught me that day he didn't forget his training 🤭

#4642682 - 02/17/24 10:00 AM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: RossUK]  
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Originally Posted by RossUK
Originally Posted by PanzerMeyer
Ok, serious question here.


What kind of person would actually fall for a scam like this???


More than you'd think mate. It's a big issue here. Had it happen to an old neighbour of mine a few years ago. She was 80+, had the old courier fraud thing put upon her. The perps pick old sounding names from the phonebook etc. My neighbour was Audrey. Old name. Ring her, bamboozle her with legal stuff about police and the banks and how she had to withdraw 30k and give it to a courier who will make it safe somewhere.

Luckily the little Asian courier turned up at her door when I was walking my very scary looking gsd past her house. She was in a state and asked me what was happening..... Well... Me and and dog detained the male until police arrived. He got two years. Not enough and Audrey died a year later from dementia type causes. I still think that incident sped up her decline she was never the same after.

My dog taught me that day he didn't forget his training 🤭



Well done you and your GSD! did he file a witness statement? smile

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Scams are so sophisticated now that I thought these '419' scams had disappeared from the crime scene.

I recall the detrimental effect that falling for a scam had on the mental wellbeing of my Father-in-Law, a 'squared away' ex-Army Major. That was the false Microsoft 'you have a problem with your computer' one, endemic at the time. The vulnerability of older people is their inherent trust, especially for those who seem to be in authority.

It is a sad world when trust and empathy are seen as a weakness.



#4642734 - 02/18/24 03:13 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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The stuff that gets me PO'd is the pseudo government type, OPEN and RESPOND immediately mail crap from semi-legal insurance and referral type agencies. I just toss it all, but no doubt many elderly folks just do what these "officials" tell them.


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#4642795 - 02/19/24 10:41 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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It isn’t just the elderly or foolish that get scammed.


https://lifehacker.com/money/anyone-can-get-scammed-and-how-to-avoid-it


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#4642835 - 02/21/24 05:15 AM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Some scammers do it by mail. This was in our mailbox today. Want you to answer questions like your income and what telephone service you use and personal things. Sending it back it will conform to them there is someone at this address so they got a live target to burglarize.

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#4642836 - 02/21/24 05:18 AM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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Uuhhhh, that’s not a scam.


Good people sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.

Someday your life will flash in front of your eyes. Make sure it is worth watching.
#4642853 - 02/21/24 04:28 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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#4642854 - 02/21/24 04:48 PM Re: Nigerian Email [Re: F4UDash4]  
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