Interesting Scam

[AngieDoogles]

I just got this scam email in my inbox. Notice the bold section...

Dearest in Christ,

I know that this mail may reach you by surprise.As we don?t know ourself previously.
I am the above name person from India. I am married to mr Timothy santa who was the Ambassador of Jamaica for nineten years in cote divoire.We were married for fiften years without a child. He died in december 27th 2005 after a brief illness that lasted for only two weeks .

Before his death we are happy husband and wife Christian family. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.
When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of ( USD $12.7Million ) twelve Million seven hundred thousand U.S. Dollars into a box for security reason and the money still with the security company here in abidjan cote d?ivoire.

Meanwhile, i have not tell any body the content of this deposit in the security company.I am telling you the content reason that i want you to assist me use the fund to the work of the GOD.And i want you to bear in mind that,God is spirit,and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth:John 4 vs 24.

Recently, my Doctor told me that i have serious sickness which is Cadiac problem.The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness Having known my condition I decided to donate his fund to your church or individual that will utilize this money according to my direction.
I want you and your church to use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to know that Blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don?t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don?t want my husband?s efforts to be used by self acclaimed Christians.

I don?t want in a way that this money will be used ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision to hand you over this Fund. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the hand of the Lord Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my problems and I shall hold my peace.

I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my streignt. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.

Please do give urgent response to this mail without any delay.I want to give you number to call me but i don?t want in a way my husband relations will know that i am giving you this money.I have a sister nurse who is fearful to the lord that will be helping giving you information of this deposit.Her name id sister (name)

As soon i hear from you i will offer you the contact of the security company where the box is deposited. Hopefull to hear from you soonest, Remain Blessed always.

Yours Sister in Christ.
plmease email back



What a smart scammer! lol, you'd think if this person wanted to use a template scam letter, they'd at least look to make sure there were no "fill in the blank" type things. I guess they didn't read it before they sent it.

[AngieDoogles]

By the way, I put this in the "Vent" section because I get mail like this ALL THE TIME in my campus email. It gets very frustrating! At least I always have fun reading them for grammatical errors and because they are usually a bit amusing, especially when there are overly obvious signs that it's a scam, like this one. I just hate that some innocent people actually fall for scams like this and that these scammers are so heartless that they feed on people's religion and emotions to try to get their money...

[judy]

I just got a similar one. I was so tempted to tell her off, but realized that I don't really want to share my energy with one of these bottom feeders. These scammers are just are so vile that it's best to keep away from them.

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by judy

I just got a similar one. I was so tempted to tell her off, but realized that I don't really want to share my energy with one of these bottom feeders. These scammers are just are so vile that it's best to keep away from them.

I read an article once about an organization that scammed scammers. I wish I could remember what it was called. They donated all of the money they made to charities and sent any information they collected to the FBI...

[Janet]

Thankfully I haven't rec'd things like that in ages. Sorry that some of you are.

[Mandy]

Its horrible to recieve scam mails! I get them all the time UGH!!!

[judy]

Originally Posted by AngieDoogles

I read an article once about an organization that scammed scammers. I wish I could remember what it was called. They donated all of the money they made to charities and sent any information they collected to the FBI...

What a great idea! YT is trying to scam a scmmer right now, but I'm going to google and see if there is such an organization.

[DianaB]

My college aged daughter found an ad in the newspaper for a secretary and sent her resume in (via internet) and they contacted her and told her that the first thing she would need to have for this job is to open a new bank account. Then they would pay her more than she earned and she would need to send some money back to someone. She had never heard of these kind of scams. I warned her to stay away from it. I think that it's sad all of the ways that someone tries to cheat us out of our hard earned money.

[Tink]

What amazes me is that people actually fall for this stuff! When I worked at the bank we had a couple different people who came in trying to get money orders to "claim their winnings," or wanted to cash bogus checks from fake lottery wins. Some people are just so desperate to grab an easy dollar that common sense goes right out the window and they end up losing what little they do have.

[AngieDoogles]

Alright, so I found the article I mentioned earlier on this thread and it's even funnier than I remembered!

Here's the link: Click here!

And this is the link to ALL of the correspondence between the scammer and the "anti-scammer" Click here. You should read the induction agreement about halfway down the page. It's hilarious that he actually signed that!

[Marilyn]

For some reason I get these crazy e-mails all the time on all my e-mail addresses. If my spam catcher misses them, I just hit delete. It's awful that they do this. I'm sick of the e-mails for investments, pharmacies, penis enlargement. How disgusting!!!

[Mandy]

Originally Posted by Marilyn

For some reason I get these crazy e-mails all the time on all my e-mail addresses. If my spam catcher misses them, I just hit delete. It's awful that they do this. I'm sick of the e-mails for investments, pharmacies, penis enlargement. How disgusting!!!

I get the same ones, ohhhhh and lets not forget the viagra ones I too am very disgusted with them.

[judy]

Originally Posted by AngieDoogles

Alright, so I found the article I mentioned earlier on this thread and it's even funnier than I remembered!

Here's the link: Click here!

And this is the link to ALL of the correspondence between the scammer and the "anti-scammer" Click here. You should read the induction agreement about halfway down the page. It's hilarious that he actually signed that!

I went to the 2 sites. HYSTERICAL! The scammer works harder than if he just got a job. The anti-scammer does advise not responding or trying to bait these people because they can be dangerous. Good advice.

[AngieDoogles]

Originally Posted by judy

I went to the 2 sites. HYSTERICAL! The scammer works harder than if he just got a job. The anti-scammer does advise not responding or trying to bait these people because they can be dangerous. Good advice.

Oh I definitely agree. I wouldn't want anyone to try to bait these people. Much too risky. But it was funny to read. lol

[judy]

Here's a new one I got today:

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Tony Anthony 41 years of age I am
compelled to contact you as result of a lifetime
business relationship I wished to establish with you
honorable self. I am a God fearing gentleman of the
confidence that God will certainly create an enabling
environment in our midst through which his name will be
glorified.

I am the Eastern regional Auditor General of the
International commercial Bank Of Ghana. I am a
Christian. I write you this letter in good faith
believing both of us will work with one accord for the
realization of this project.. I am in control of the
sum of Twelve million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand
US Dollars ($12,850,000.00) that was an excess of
profit made by our Eastern region branch office in the
last quarters of the year 2006.

Due to the present political position of this country,
I have carefully placed the afore said fund in an
Escrow Call Deposit Account and did not declare this to
my head office, Can I really trust you to hold this
money for me until I arrive your country and pick it up
myself? This is where the problem lies. You will be
entitled to 35% of the total money as your commission
if you will be human enough to work with me. If you
accept my offer you can contact me immediately

All I need is your formidable current account where the
money will be moved accordingly. I will discretely give
you all the information concerning the account and the
deposit so that you can apply to my headquarters
directly for the re-location of the money. There is
practically no risk involved; it will be a bank-to-bank
transfer. I hope you understand my situation.
Thank you and God bless.

Very truly yours,
Mr.Tony Anthony


I would love to write back to him and tell him exactly where I think he should put that money, but I wouldn't respond to one of these vile people.

I find it hard to understand why there is no place within our government to report these scammers to. That just doesn't seem right. I know mail fraud is against the law. Maybe they haven't brought the laws up to date as far as the internet goes, but who who do we discuss that with?