Anyone had THIS spam yet?

[Phantasm66]

Dear Sir,

Greetings to you and your family. I want you to read this mail with a compassionate heart and understanding that any action you take is geared towards rendering humanitarian assistance to a man who is in distress with his family. My name is Mr. Milton Teahjay, a Liberian and former Deputy Minister of Information under President Charles Taylor former Liberian President.

I was responsible for the diamond deals with the RUF rebel group of Sierra Leone. I was handling the diamond sales on behalf of President Taylor who in turn supplies ammunition to the rebels. This is what the international community and United Nations code-named: Conflict Diamond. It was while I was discharging this duty that I diverted the sum of US$ 11,000,000.00 (ELEVEN Million United States Dollars) for myself. I deposited the money with a bank in Europe in my wife's name (NOT SWISS BANK) from prying eyes in SWISS BANK/FINANCE COMPANY and traveled back to my country where I continued with my duties. I informed President Taylor that the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSL) seized the diamond consignment and made report to the United Nations. Though I never returned back to my country, because some how Mr. Taylor got wind of the information that I siphoned the money from the sale proceed of the Diamond.

My aim is to look for a trusted foreign partner outside to help me move the fund out for investment. It is based on my decision to move the fund out for investment that I am contacting you to assist me in taking the funds to your country .All you need do is to open a bank account through which the money will be lodged before transfer into your nominated Bank account. I am willing to compensate you with 15% of the total sum for your assistance and want to let you understand that the future of myself and family depends solely on this money .In this transaction confidentiality is very essential for us to achieve our goal. It is important that you maintain utmost good faith and trust .You must also not circumvent the transaction in any way.

In conclusion I will like you to understand that you shall bear no risk whatsoever in this business and as such there is nothing for you to be afraid of.

I await your swift response to this email.

Milton Teahjay

I was wondering why this person bothered with this (so obvious) scam, but then I remembered how truly stupid some people I work with are, and then I realised that whoever sends this e-mail is probably a millionaire my now.

 

[Phantasm66]

But... I mean... COME ON!

Anyone who has THAT amount of money ( US$ 11,000,000.00 )doesn't need to get you to help them - they can probably BUY whatever and whoever they want. They are ALL POWERFUL.

The problem is that a lot of people out there are just too stupid and too gullible to see this kind of thing for what it is. Believe me, the kinds of questions I get asked at work, I am sure that there are many people out there who fall for this sort of thing.

 

[filthy_mcnasty]

i get these things quite frequently. apparently these sort of things target university addresses for the most part. it's a pretty common piece of junk at my school at least, so much so that our school has a filter specifically for this and now we dont get the crap anymore =).

 

[olefarte]

I think you should go for it Phant, sounds like a deal to me. HeHe.

 

[StormBringer]

I get many variations of similar ones. Matter of fact I was just discussing this type of spam with Didou earlier today in the IRC channel.

 

[acidosmosis]

I have gotten a lot of emails like that. Most said I would be able to keep around $1 million dollars for holding about $30 million in my account for so many days.

Tempting, but not that tempting.

 

[SNGX1275]

I've gotten a similar one once, but it seems I now exclusively get about 15 porn spams a day.

 

[Nic]

How about this one ...

Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day!

I got your contact on my private search for a reliable and trusted person to handle a transaction of this nature. I know that the contents of the mail might sound so strange, but I want to Assure you that every word of it is true.

I am the Director of Operation of Citi Bank Plc. We had a customer,a Foreigner (Swedish) resident in Nigeria. He was a contractor to one of the government parastatals. He has in his account with my bank the sum of US$20M.

Unfortunately, the man died a year ago and has been buried. Our banking law implies that upon the death of a customer, all deposit of the customer shall be transferred to his nearest next of kin. It was however, surprising to us that since his death, no one has come to claim his fund as his next of kin. We have equally made several attempts to locate any possible next of kin to the man, but to no avail. Until today, the fund still remain unclaimed.

Consequently, I want to inform you that since the funds have remained unclaimed, it is my intention to retrieve the money. But due to our banking policy,I cannot personally retrieve the money as I occupy a high position in the banking industry. I Dr KunleGeorge was conferred with the National Honor of Member of the Order the Federal Republic[MFR} by the Federal Government of Nigeria. This award is an affirmation of my high level of professionalism and ethical standard, as well as my other contributions to the society at large. So an attempt by me to retrieve the funds personally will be a serious jeopardy of my integrity in office as everybody and the government has held me to a high esteem, as evident in the MFR award recently conferred on me.

Having noticed this, I in collaboration with another top executive of the bank, Mr. Godwin Emefiele who was recently elevated to the position of Deputy Managing Director have perfectly covered up the account till this moment otherwise it would have been frozen.

Our intention now is to front you as the next of kin to the deceased customer so that the money will be paid to you. We will use our position, authority and influence in the bank to actualize this, getting all necessary internal and external documentation to back up your being fronted as the next of kin. This is herefore assuring you that there is no risk whatsoever involved in this transaction.

What we need now is your response of your interest to participate. Thereafter we will furnish you with the details of the procedure. As soon as you receive this message, kindly get back to me indicating your interest, them I will furnish you with the whole procedure to ensure you that this deal is successfully concluded. For your assistance, we have agreed to give you 20percent of the total sum. Time is of great essence to us in this transaction; hence you are expected to get back to us immediately on your participation so that we can move ahead. In the case you decide not to participate, we solicit that you equally get back to us to save us time so that can contact another person. Considering, the nature of this transaction and our position in office we ask that you try to keep this transaction secret between only us.

I await your response. Please reply to my alternate email address kunlegeorge@brownpride.com as a matter of urgency.

Regards,

Dr. Kunle George Citi Bank Plc.(Director of Operations Citi Bank Plc.)

 

[Phantasm66]

I got your contact on my private search for a reliable and trusted person to handle a transaction of this nature. I know that the contents of the mail might sound so strange, but I want to Assure you that every word of it is true.

LOL!

 

[Nic]

Here's the email address header for that junk ...

"xug@blueyonder.co.uk;xut@blueyonder.co.uk;"
"xvc@blueyonder.co.uk;xvm@blueyonder.co.uk;"
"xwp@blueyonder.co.uk;xvw@blueyonder.co.uk;"
"xvx@blueyonder.co.uk;xxk@blueyonder.co.uk;"
"xxr@blueyonder.co.uk;xyj@blueyonder.co.uk;"
"xyy@blueyonder.co.uk;xzo@blueyonder.co.uk"

I got your contact on my private search for a reliable and trusted person to handle a transaction of this nature.

My name isn't mentioned anywhere, and they are obviously generating random addresses in the hope that some are valid.

Might be a good idea to mix strange characters and numbers into your email address if you want to avoid people guessing yours.

Good Tip: Set up junk (temporary) email aliases in case you need to use them on untrustworthy websites. If you get spammed on that address, then simply delete the offending email alias.

 

[lalaji]

Yeah. I agree nic. I have 2 hotmail accounts. One for important stuff and the other for all the sites im not so sure about. Definitely a good tip.

 

[Didou]

DR.PHILIP GOMA(B.Sc/M.Sc).
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
SOUTH AFRICA MINERAL & NATURAL RESOURECS.
E-MAIL:gomaphilip@telstra.com.

I am DR. PHILIP GOMA a native of Cape Town in South Africa and Director of Project Implementation with the SouthAfrica Department of Mining & Natural Resources.I apologize using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.Be informed that a member of the
South Africa Export Promotion Council(SEPC)who was on the Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable particulars to me.I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described Hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of
this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as Director and with the cooperation of four other top officials,we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars($8.5M)which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company /individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds.More so we are handicapped in the circumstances as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $8.5million represents the balance of the total contract value executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm which we the officials over invoiced deliberately.Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor leaving the balance in the tune of the saidamount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application through the Ministry of Justice here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction,Your share will be 30% of $8.5million,60% for us and 10% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality,Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me,Endeavor to contact me immediately through my email address: gomaphilip@mail2phil.com. to confirm if you are interested in this deal.

If you are not it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal.I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat this matter very confidential because we will not
comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service.

Once again remember that time is of great essence in this transaction,Positive response should be accompanied with your most private telephone and fax numbers so I can reach you immediately with more informations.

Yours Truly,
DR. PHILIP GOMA.

E-mail: gomaphilip@mail2phil.com

 

[jshields13]

I definitely agree about having a junk e-mail address. I always give out my hotmail address, and use the one my ISP gave me only with trusted friends. I can always change the hotmail if I need to. As to the spam, I think some people see the $$$ only and don't bother to think any further.

 

[lowman]

Gullible

I have to agree with Phantasm66...there are some people out there who actually fall for this stuff. It's not their fault really, they are just clueless and to be honest - you can't learn common sense - you either have it or not, and no college will be able to teach it to you. I actually read the scambaiting thread in this forum, and went to 419eater.com and read up on it...and I decided to try it...I have been stringing "Mr. Komolo" around for 3 days now, and am trying to get him to send me a picture of him holding a sign advertising my prank call website (which will be up soon - real mature stuff for a 33 year old to be doing - huh?)

Anyway...that's my 2 cents...




:hotbounce :hotbounce :hotbounce

 

[OS samurai]

My buddy got this messege last night I knew it was a hoax when I read it

 

[young&wild]

Came across several similar ones over the past few years. I never ever bother to read these junks. Just delete them.

 

[MrGaribaldi]

Hey, I fell for some of those 419'ers.














































Back when I was twelve.

Haven't fallen for anyone since that though
Sorry, just couldn't resist

 

[Tarkus]

Yeah, I quit my job on Friday, and am sitting around waiting for the millions to roll into my bank account. I was assured they would be depositing the money real soon after I gave them my bank account number. I'll be rolling dough on Monday.

 

[SubKamran]

Common spam for me, except it's mostly Nigerian royalty begging for my uber 1337 banking skillz.

[edit] Tarkus, nice sig :grinthumb

 

[jshields13]

Just came across this article. Thought you all might appreciate it. Hope this link works!! http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2732615

 

[OS samurai]

Thanks for the link, that is really sad

 

[El Duce]

I've gotten variations of that email a dozen or so times. It always gives me a huge laugh. I guess if there is someone dumb enough to write it and expect a response, there is someone else dumb enough to believe it.
Personally, I operate several websites with which I get a number of configurable POP email boxes. I can add or delete them in a couple of clicks. I regularly rotate them for use on questionable websites. My version of the hotmail spam address defense.