Scam Alert!
 

I'd already heard about this one but this is the 2nd time I got this in my email. GC'ers BEWARE!!

NP.

PS
I think we should do a mass email to this guy kinda like when you write your congressman about something? This should piss'em off!(mumbling under my breath...Sorry sons of *iches!:mad:
************************************************

MR JUBRIL MOMOH,
Zenith Bank Ltd
Lagos-Nigeria,
TEL-2348033297717
Email:jubril.momoh@caramail.com , momoh2@zwallet

Dear Sir,


I am Mr.JUBRIL MOMOH, External consultant to of Zennith Bank, Lagos,
Nigeria. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for
you. On June 6, 1997, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with
the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr.BRUNO GONZALEZ,
a Canadian National made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit
for twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,500,000.00
(Twenty- five Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only)
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 Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation that Mr. BRUNO GOZALEZ 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. BRUNO GONZALEZ
did not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$25,500,000.00 has carefully been moved out
of my bank to a security company for safe-keeping. No one
will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian
Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will
revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as an
Foreigner to stand in as the owner of the money I deposited
it in a security company in two trunk boxes though the
security company does not know the contents of the boxes as
I tagged them to be photographic materials for export.
I am writing you because I as a public servant can not
operate a foreign account or have an account that is more
than $1m.I want to present you as the owner of the boxes in
the security company so you can be able to claim them
with the help of my attorney.All these are to make sure
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 which will put you in place as the
as the owner of the boxes.
The money will be moved out for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 35% for you and 5% will take care of all
expenses.There is no risk at all as all
the paperwork for this transaction will be done by me and
this will guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my
email address. upon your response, I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you
understand the transaction.
Please observe with utmost confidentiality, and be 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.
Please Respond through telephone number 234-8033297717.
All reply mails should only be addressed to the email addresses above.


Thanks and regards.
Mr. JUBRIL MOMOH

Oh yes this famous email. I emailed whomever wrote it back and told them to f off. I think it is funny that he is so concernced about the money. Why doesn't he just spend it? Or maybe I missed something in the email. I can't believe people fall for this crap.
This thread got me thinking of some rants...
I also hate when I get petitions in email--- it's not a legal document because there are no handwritten sigs on the email petition. :rolleyes:
I also hate the forwards that say if I forward a bunch of people then some little girl or whomever that has cancer or needs an organ transplant will get it because some company will pay for it if the forward is sent to enough people.:mad:
I feel much better now.:)

i work for a venture capitalist firm and i honestly get on the info email about 10 of these a week. they are so annoying!

I got the same thing as well. I hate it when someone you don't know email you for financial assistance.:mad:

There is a website somewhere that tells you about all these email scams. Some of them are too hilarious believe and there are some that aren't, but they are scams. There was one about a woman who child was born without a body, just a head, who was soliciting help. The site also features this phony coupons, fundraising chains and Bill Gates wanting to give you something. If you get an email that smells of SCAM, delete it. If it is too good to be true, then probably it is. As for that website I mentioned, I forgot the address. If I can remember it, I shall post. http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/screams.gif http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/sad/aeh.gif :mad:

Hi! CatStarESP4 again! I found the site through trial and error. The link is below!
http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/ http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/jump.gif

I saw a report on this. So many people have been scammed through e-mail solicitations like this. Keep in mind that if something seems too good to be true, it usually is.

Emails cannot be tracked .....(hoax)
 

If someone sends you an email and states if you reply that tall of those replies cannot be tracked from one or two solo computers across the world. I cannot stand when I get those emails! :eek:

Here's an problem with emails. When a complete stranger uses your friends'/familys' email addresses to send viruses to your computer. Several months ago, my mom received what we thought was a legitimate email from a cousin of ours. It contains "files" to be downloaded. I foolishly downloaded the files and released a virus into the computer. It turned out that someone used his email to possibly infect our system. We had to use the system recovery disk several times to repair the damages before we had to junk it. My advise is to be careful when you open an email and downloading files. Delete spam! Also get an anti-virus software http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/pyth.gif :eek: :o

Some additional websites:

http://www.truthorfiction.com/

One I use the most!!!

http://hoaxinfo.com/

It's gotten so bad with these e-mails that I RARELY forward anything on...even something that could (theoretically) be true!

:mad: :mad:
Got this today. Beware folks.

BTW I know caps means yelling but this is how it was sent to me and I'm not going to edit it.
**************************************
ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA
2/8 GIDADO DRIVE,GRA,
KANO - NIGERIA.

PLEASE AS YOU READ KINDLY OPEN THE WEBSITE FOR THISDAY
NEWSPAPER OF TUESDAY,SEPTEMBER 24TH.,2002. VOL 8,NO.2711 FRONT PAGE. AT (http://WWW.THISDAYONLINE.COM).PLEASE EXCUSE MY INTRUSION INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE AS I WRITE YOU THIS LETTER IN GOOD FAITH AND TO THE GLORY OF ALMIGHTY
ALLAH WHO THUS BROUGHT ME OUT CLEAN AFTER ALL THE
ALLEGATIONS LEVELLED AGAINST ME AFTER THE DEATH OF MY FATHER GENERAL SANI ABACHA (FORMER NIGERIAN MILITARY HEAD OF STATES).MY RELEASE FROM PRISON WAS NECESSITATED BY THE EFFORTS OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT CHIEF ANYIM PIUS ANYIM AND THE SPEAKER OF THE LOWER HOUSE ALHAJI GHALI NA'ABBA.


SINCE MY FATHER'S DEATH AND MY DETENTION FOR CLOSE TO THREE YEARS, MY FAMILY HAS BEEN LOOSING A LOT OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS WHO ARE BENT ON DEALING WITH OUR FAMILY. AFTER MY RELEASE THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA HAS MADE ME SIGN SOME DOCUMENTS THAT WILL ENABLE THEM EXTRACT THE SUM OF ONE BILLION FIVE HUNDRED MILLION US DOLLARS FROM MY FATHER'S BANK
ACCOUNTS IN NDON,SWITZERLAND,LUXEMBIURG,LIECHTENSTEIN AND JESEY ETC. MY FAMILY AND I ARE LOOKING FOR A TUSTWORTHY FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN ASSIST US BY TAKING POSESSION OF THE TOTAL SUM OF US$75,000,000.00 (SEVENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ), WHICH THE GOVERNMENT DID NOT KNOW ABOUT. BECAUSE IN THEIR HINKING
THEY WANT TO LEAVE ONLY ONE HUNDRED MILLION TO MY FAMILY THIS MONEY IS PRESENTLY IN THE POSSESSION OF A SECURITY COMPANY ABROAD. THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE, ACQUIRED BY MY LATE FATHER AND IS NOW KEPT SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY. THE
SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL OTHER ACCOUNTS OF MY FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER COUNTRIES ALSO TRIED DOING LIKE WISE. THIS BID BY
SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS FAMILY HAS MADE IT NECESSARY THAT I SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN INVESTING IT ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY.

THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION AND WE MUST ALL
WORK TOGETHER. SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL CASH,EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT IT FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE. I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION WITH THE SECUITY COMPANY.


HOWEVER, BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH ME AND ALSO ALL CONTENTIOUS ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO WORK.AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU
ALL NECESSARY DETAILS AS TO HOW WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION. PLEASE, DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS, AS ALL NECESSARY MODALITIES ARE IN PLACE, AND I ASSURE YOU OF ALL SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS
TRANSACTION.PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES ABSOLUTE
CONFIDENTIALITY AND YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ASSISTING ME PLEASE SEND ME YOUR CONCENT AND TELEPHONE NUMBER.

PLEASE, YOU MAY ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT MY
TRUST IN YOU BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION, SHOULD YOU
NOT BE INTERESTED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.


THANK YOU.

ALHAJI MOHAMMED ABACHA

How could you EXPOSE this poor man's transaction and break his trust! LOL! How can anyone be so (fill in the blank) to fall for this type of BS?

Which is the worst MORON? The One sending or the one replying:(

When I was a COP, someone would come to the door soliting something. After hearing their Speel, I asked to see their permit. What permit? Well being a COP. you are in violation of Staute So-SO!

OOps off front pourch and not in area very long!:D

Once again, if it sounds to good to be True, It Aint!:eek:

I even got one of these on a FAX yesterday.

Ditto. Dont open those emails and don't reply. If you reply you will get a zillion more of them. Just delete them.

If anyone gets these emails, delete and trash them. It will save you some aggravation later!

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ALERT!
 

I hate those hoax e-mail warnings, but this one is important.



If a man comes to your front door and says he is conducting a survey and asks you to show him your boobs, do not show him your boobs. This is a scam, he only wants to see your boobs. I wish I'd seen this yesterday.



I feel so stupid.



Signed,

The Blonde

Justamom, that was hilarious! :)

www.snopes.com is the best website to check out any of those, also any random urban legends you hear floating around that your friends SWEAR are true...

Re: ALERT!
 

Hey that's a scam? I had no idea!

just kidding ;) :p

THE EIGHT BASIC TYPES OF CHAIN LETTERS:


Chain Letter Type 1:

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Make a wish!!!






























Really, go on and make one!!!


























Oh please.... they?ll never go out with you!!!


























Wish something else!!!


























Not that, you moron!!!


























Something else! Quick!!!


























Is your finger getting tired yet?






























STOP!!!!






Wasn?t that fun? Hope you made a great wish. Now, to make you feel guilty, here?s what I?ll do. First of all, if you don?t send this to 5096 people in the next 5 seconds, you will be attacked by a mad goat and then thrown off a high building into a pile of garbage. It?s true! Because, you know, THIS letter isn?t like all of those fake ones, THIS one is TRUE!! Really!!! Here?s how it goes:

*Send this to 1 person: One person will be mad at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

*Send this to 2-5 people: 2-5 people will be mad at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

*5-10 people: 5-10 people will be mad at you for sending them a stupid chain letter.

*10-20 people: 10-20 people will be mad at you for sending them a stupid chain letter, and may form a plot on your life.

*20 to 674,951 people: 20 to 674,951 people will be mad at you for sending them a stupid chain letter, and will napalm your house.

Thanks!!!! Good Luck!!!



Chain Letter Type 2:


Hello, and thank you for reading this letter. You see, there is a starving little boy in Baklaliviatatlaglooshen who has no arms, no legs, no parents, and no goats. This little boy?s life could be saved, because for every time you pass this on, a dollar will be donated to the Little Starving Legless Armless Goatless Boy from Baklaliviatatlaglooshen Fund. Remember, we have no way of counting letters sent and this is all bull. So go on, reach out. Send this to 5 people in the next 47 seconds. Oh, and a reminder - if you accidentally send this to 4 or 6 people, you will die instantly. Thanks again!!


Chain Letter Type 3:

Hi there!! This chain letter has been in existence since 1897. This is absolutely incredible because there was no email then and probably not as many little 8 year olds writing chain letters. So this is how it works. Pass this on to 15,067 people in the next 7 minutes or something horrible will happen to you like:


Stupid Horror Story #1 Miranda Pinsley was walking home from school on Saturday. She had recently received this letter and ignored it. She then tripped in a crack in the sidewalk, fell into the sewer, was gushed down a drainpipe in a flood of sewerage, and went flying out over a waterfall. Not only did she smell nasty, she died. This Could Happen To You!!!

Stupid Horror Story #2 Dexter Bip, a 13 year old boy, got a chain letter in his mail and ignored it. Later that day, he was hit by a car and so was his girlfriend. They both died. Their families were so upset that everyone related to them (even by marriage) went crazy and pent the rest of their miserable lives in an institution. This Could Happen To You!!! Remember, you could end up like Pinsley and Bip did. Just send this letter to all of your loser friends, and everything will be OK.


Chain Letter Type 4:


As if you care, here is a poem that I wrote. Send it to every one of your friends.

Friends
-A friend is someone who is always at your side,

-A friend is someone who likes you even though you have body odor,

-A friend is someone who likes you even though you?re disgustingly ugly,

-A friend is someone who cleans up for you after you?ve soiled yourself,

-A friend is someone who stays with you all night while you cry about your loser life,

-A friend is someone who pretends they like you when they really think you should be attacked by a mad goat and then thrown in a pile of garbage,

-A friend is someone who scrubs your toilet and vacuums and then gets the check and leaves and doesn?t speak much English, no sorry- that?s the cleaning lady,

-A friend is not someone who sends you chain letters because he wants his wish of being rich to come true.

Now pass this on! If you don?t, you?ll be eaten by wild camels.


Chain Letter Type 5:

This e-mail is wicked-cool! It was started by Microsoft to test its e-mail tracking system because, you know, a big high-tech company like Microsoft always sends important new software out over the internet to be available to any moron who can operate a computer, right? Plus, they have formed a secret merger with Disney Corp., who has agreed to give up millions of dollars in revenue by giving everyone who reads this e-mail, passes it on, looks at it, knows someone that looked at it, or is related to someone who is a friend of someone who looks at it A FREE, ALL-EXPENSES-PAID TRIP to Disneyland, DisneyWorld, or EuroDisney! So pass this on to everyone you know that is gullible enough to believe this (or not)! Even if it?s not true, hey- insulting all of your friends by implying that they are gullible by sending this to them is worth the improbable chance that you could go to Disneyland! Even if you lose all of your friends because they are tired of receiving this kind of junk from you, it?s worth the chance, right? And just for good measure, if you don?t send this on, Microsoft will send its specially trained attack-ostritches to pilfer your house and eat all of your family, SO SEND IT ON!!!!!


Chain Letter Type 6:

VIRUS WARNING!!! If you receive an email entitled ?Bad times,? delete it immediately. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer. It demagnetizes the stripes on ALL of your credit cards. It reprograms your ATM access code, screws up the tracking on your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD?s you attempt to play. It will re-calibrate your refrigerator?s coolness settings so all your ice cream melts and your milk curdles. It mixes antifreeze into your aquarium and puts dirty socks on the table when company is coming over. It uses your credit cards, forges your signature, and dates your boy/girlfriend. It will program your phone AutoDial to call only your mother-in-law?s number. It will make mad goats come into your home to raid your refrigerator and soil your furniture. So be careful! Forward this to all of your friends, relatives, neighbors, family, enemies, plumbers, garbage men, stock brokers, doctors, and any other acquaintances! It?s for their own good! Thank you.

Chain Letter Type 7:

Here is a cute picture I drew.

( /)
( / )
( / )
( /<> )
( / / )
/ __
( ) ( )



It's a decapitated angel. Now, send it to everyone you know so that their day can be brightened just like yours was!

Chain Letter Type 8:

This is the funniest thing in the world! In exactly 87 seconds, you have to send this to 275 people, then if you press (space bar + tab + backspace + page up) a clip will pop up on your screen of a mad goat attacking Bill Gates and butting him into a pile of garbage! I couldn?t stop laughing, even though since I?m typing this I obviously couldn?t have seen it yet, and there is absolutely no way to attach a clip in a way that you have to send the email before you see the clip, it?s still true! And you know what else is true? I am Batman! And if you stay online doing absolutely nothing for one hour after sending this, I?ll email you a gift certificate for five million dollars to spend at Wal-Mart! Just forget the fact that I have no way of finding the email addresses of people who send this out, and the fact that stores will recognize a fake gift certificate. Just send this out, you?ll be glad you did!


:)

Omigod! I just received one of those famous emails asking for money to help their country! I just deleted it after I read it and will empty my trash of it right now! Anyone else receive like this one lately!

http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmili...d/nixweiss.gif

OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
CONTRACT AWARDING &
PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF
WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)
HEADQUARTERS LOME REPUBLIC OF TOGO.
TEL:+228-918-20-53

Attn:

Dear Sir
I am GIWA KOFFI the chairman, contract awarding and procurement

committee of economic community of west African states with
headquarters in Lome Togo Forgive my indignation if this massage
comes to you as a surprise and if it might offend you with out
your prior consent and writing through this channel. I got your
information in business directories from Togolese chamber of
commerce and industries when l was searching for a
reliable,honest and trustworthy person to entrust this business
with.l was simply inspired and motivated to pick your contact
from many name and lists in the directory . after discussing my
view and your profile with my colleagues , they were very much
satisfied and we decided to contact you immediately for this
mutual business relationship. We wish to transfer the sum of
USD20,000.000.00(TWENTY MILLION US DOLLARS)to your company
account or personal account.

This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills
awarded by us
for the supply of ammunitions, hard/ soft wares, pharmaceutical
and medical items, light and heavy duty vehicles, apparels and
other administrative logistics etc for ECOMOG in
sierra–Leone and Liberia during the peace keeping projects
this deal was deliberately hatched out and carefully protected
with all attendant lope holes sealed off.

As the chairman of (CAC), l have the cooperation and mandate of
the
financial director of the organisation. We arranged and over
invoiced the
contract funds supplied by different companies from different
countries
during the crisis.It was our consensus to seek the assistance of
a willing foreigner to provide us with the facilities to
transfer this money out of west Africa this is born out of our
belief in the non- stable and spurious political nature of this
sub-region.The original contractors have been duly paid by
banque centarle des eta ts de l, afrique del ouest (central bank
of the west African states) through our banker –ECO-BANK
this balance is suspended in the escrow accounts awaiting claims
by any foreign company of our choice. We intend to pay out this
fund NOW as the organisation is winding up its activities since
the aim of returning PEACE to the countries and the coast has
been achieved.

Based on the law and ethics of employments, we as civil servants
working under this organisation, are not allowed to operate a
foreign account.This is the more reason why needed your
assistance to provide an account that can sustain this fund for
safe keeping and our future investment with your comprehensive
advise, assistance and partnership in your country.It is however
agreed, as the account owner in this deal to allow you 30% of
the total sum as compensation, 65% will be held on trust for us
while 5% will be used to defray any incidental charges and cost
during the course of the transaction .

This transaction will be successfully concluded within 14 days
if you
accord us your unalloyed and due co-operation you should provide
the
following YOUR COMPANY NAME WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS OR PERSONAL
NAME , TEL AND FAX NUMBERS, the name of your bank its address,
TEL/FAX AND TELEX NUMBER. THE COMPLETE MAIL ADDRESS OF THE
BENEFICIARY upon the receipt of this information, the document
and approvals with texts will be sent to you for confirmation
and then forwarded to the organisation for ratification and
Subsequent payment, as with the case of all organised
(sensitive) and
conspired deal, so we solicit for your unreserved
Confidentiality and
Utmost secret in this business .

We hope to retire peacefully and lead a honourable business life
after ward.There is no risk involve. Call me upon the receipt of
this massage for more details on my telephone number
++228-918-2053for more details reply A.S.A.P. you can also send
email immediately.



Thanks for your proper understanding.
Best Regards
God Bless You.
Mr GIWA KOFFI
TEL .00228 9182053

[QUOTE]Originally posted by LuaBlanca
[B]THE EIGHT BASIC TYPES OF CHAIN LETTERS:

LOLOL!!!!http://www.handykult.de/plaudersmilies.de/lach.gif

heheheh LuaBlanca....that's funny. :)


I get the Nigerian heir who wants me to help him launder money e-mail ALL THE TIME. It's amazing how many persecuted Nigerian millionaires there are out there! :p

Someone mentioned the website you can visit to read funny accounts of how people responded to the scammers' e-mails. These scam mail recipients posed as English royalty, tv characters and such in an attempt to have a bit of fun with the scammers. Here's the link!

http://www.scamorama.com/

I myself use the CIAC Hoaxbusters and also the Snopes websites (linked to in previous posts) to help educate some of my friends and colleagues regarding lame forwarded e-mails.


On a slightly different note, if your friend sends you an e-greeting card from "newfunpages.com" don't click on the link to view it! The e-greeting card is real; my friend really did send me a greeting. However, this website is specifically set up to harvest e-mail addresses for spam purposes. Immediately after receiving the e-greeting I started getting a FLOOD of spam from newfunpages.com. Grr! It was only then I realized that newfunpages wasn't on the up and up. If you want to send an e-greeting, go to yahoo greetings or americangreetings.com. DON'T give your friend's e-mail address to a spam harvester! :p


.....Kelly :)