Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
I just got the following and what a laugh. From: Miss Jenifer Thoya Dearest One, Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your name and contact from the Ivorian Chamber of Commerce and Industry http://www.christiancoders.com with my prayes and fasting,I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trustworthy person I can do business with and by their recommendations, I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.
Thanks and God bless. Your sincerely, Anyone else getting this little tid-bit of joy? I haven't been chit chatting much here over the years, and ain't it a hoot that so many here think I diserve this cash. Cha-right! ------------------ |
MastaLlama Member Posts: 671 From: Houston, TX USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
so go open a bank account and leave liek $2 in it. Send "her" the account info and see if you get anything out of it! LOL |
Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
I'm too lazy to do that. ------------------ |
ArchAngel Member Posts: 3450 From: SV, CA, USA Registered: 01-29-2002 |
haha, I got that too and was wondering what the CCN link was doing there. I read the logs of people who turned the scam back on the scammer. ------------------ |
Cohort X Member Posts: 126 From: The Great Pacific Northwest Registered: 09-16-2006 |
I got one of those too. I'd recommend NOT opening a bank account. Let me tell you what would happen. You'd get a money order for like $50,000 or whatever and you'd see it in your account, then they would need you to send them a check for something like $2400. It turns out the wire transfer was based on a bad check so after a couple weeks your account is at negative $2400 and you are on the hook for insufficient funds fees and the like. They use some specific amounts I can't recall off the top of my head because it is just below some federal offense limit where it's not worth it for your government to track them down and verify what happened. They exploit the fact that 90% of banks haven't updated their core credit verification system in over thirty years. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud#Fake_checks_and_check_cashing_scams Con artists thrive on people thinking they are smarter than the them and getting in way over their head. Don't respond, and DO NOT try to game them. |
MastaLlama Member Posts: 671 From: Houston, TX USA Registered: 08-10-2005 |
In truth, I was kidding. Although, even when I responded to such emails, I never received a reply, and I own a legitimate business that could easily take care of the check. Granted, at the time I was working with the FBI and they told me to respond to the emails...but, alas, no reply. Me working with the FBI is a weird story I can tell you guys sometime. |
Angel Member Posts: 699 From: The Blissful State Of Me? Registered: 05-21-2001 |
Well good laugh nonetheless what? ------------------ |
InsanePoet Member Posts: 638 From: Vermont, USA Registered: 03-12-2003 |
I got the EXACT same spam email. ------------------ |