A Suspicious Mail

Post by **Abdul_Moti** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 10:56 am

this week I got a mail from a person named 'TB', this person is a refugee in Senegal. told me about (his/her) -gender is confidental- late parents' bank account with a total 5 million of money. told me that I am trusted for the money and his/herself. I need your help, since I don't experienced for mails like this. I'll forward the mail if you are willing to assist me. (send me mail first, I won't tell your e-mail)

Post by **Tekka** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:11 am

It's a scam...

Just trash the mail.

Post by **Kimiko** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:18 am

Wikipedia: Advance-fee fraud

Post by **Tekka** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 12:31 pm

And once you're informed, check out 419eater.com/'s letters section. Some of the thing they get the scammers to do are hilarious.

Post by **Duran** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:26 pm

Abdul_Moti wrote:this week I got a mail from a person named 'TB', this person is a refugee in Senegal. told me about (his/her) -gender is confidental- late parents' bank account with a total 5 million of money. told me that I am trusted for the money and his/herself. I need your help, since I don't experienced for mails like this. I'll forward the mail if you are willing to assist me. (send me mail first, I won't tell your e-mail)

Why should this be a concern? Just trash the mail.

Post by **Abdul_Moti** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:01 am

Thanks for the info, comrade. Even I'm planning to get those people to their 'real home' they mentioned. Now I only need to cooperate with the intel while luring them. I sensed ' A Good Thing ' will occur soon.

add:
don't mess with this successor of the Special Forces colonel, frauders!

Post by **Dadalama** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 9:39 am

reminds me of a story arch from the Achewood comics. The one starting on 03/05/2007 (I am not taking any chances with cursing).

Post by **Deques** » Sun Oct 25, 2009 5:06 pm

I won! I won! I finally won this lottery, here is the proof!!!
Ops, I shouldnt have shared this, doh!

Post by **Delvar** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 6:08 am

Deques wrote:I won! I won! I finally won this lottery, here is the proof!!!
Ops, I shouldnt have shared this, doh!

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/7513/winningnote.jpg

They put a lot of effort into this!

It's really amazing how many people are unaware of these scams and are taken advantage of by these people. It's not their fault, either. Only a small number of people seem to know about or are suspicious of this type of thing. It's the same with sales scams... they take advantage of people who don't know a lot about it.

Post by **Tyrfillich** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 12:15 am

I'd suggest you guys read through this: http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ = dude trying to sell his laptop on eBay, and a scammer tried to rip him off... unfortunately our erstwhile hero knows how to spot scammers and has a history of practical jokes...

Post by **Dr. Sheexy** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:16 am

P-P-P-POWERBOOK!

Man, it never gets old reading that thing. Definitely one of the best things on the internet.

It should be required reading material.

Post by **NightshadeTea** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 2:19 am

You have just received Approval +1 for that comment. P-P-P-P-POWERBOOK is both amazing AND informative!

Post by **Abdul_Moti** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:59 am

What a really nice counterstrike, however not all stories ended well. We (or they) still can't contact the hero.