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NinjaPoodle 05-15-2003 01:31 PM

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

Sadeyes21 05-15-2003 04:47 PM

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.:)

mu_agd 05-15-2003 05:01 PM

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!

sigtau305 05-15-2003 08:23 PM

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

CatStarESP4 05-17-2003 04:50 AM

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:

CatStarESP4 05-17-2003 05:40 AM

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

Peaches-n-Cream 05-17-2003 04:43 PM

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.

bsp-mich24 05-18-2003 12:37 AM

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:

CatStarESP4 05-21-2003 10:06 PM

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

polarpi 05-25-2003 12:32 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by CatStarESP4
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

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!

NinjaPoodle 09-11-2003 06:27 PM

: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

bethany1982 09-11-2003 06:33 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NinjaPoodle
:

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?

Tom Earp 09-11-2003 06:35 PM

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:

DeltAlum 09-11-2003 07:07 PM

I even got one of these on a FAX yesterday.

madmax 09-11-2003 07:29 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Tom Earp
Which is the worst MORON? The One sending or the one replying:(


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


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