[Closed] Hilarious junk mail

LOL

wonder if that works

When I get those emails it always reminds me of

I was a bit sceptical until I saw ''$4.520m''
It's legit, no one would go through the trouble of making up a number that only has one zero in it.

EDIT: LOL... I am stupid

Originally posted by HollyMichelle
When I get those emails it always reminds me of

LOL Good one! ♠_biggrin:

Obvious scam....here are a few reasons why.

Originally posted by scammer
I got your information when I was searching for an oversea partner among other names.

He later asks for your details so he obviously didn't actually get your information from anywhere.

Originally posted by scammer
I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace.

Notice the source of these funds is extra money he isn't declaring. One important feature of a "devoted christian" is honesty. Read the account of Ananias and Sapphira for confirmation. He is either not so "devoted" or he is outright lying.

In fact, him telling you that he is a christian along with other irrelevant information such as.....

Originally posted by scammer
I am 48 years old married with four lovely kids.

......is a typical ploy these type of scammers use in an attempt to build trust/rapport.

He goes on to say twice that there are no risks involved. Any time a combination of large amount of money and dishonesty are involved there is nearly always risk.

This is probably a standard money laundering scam, much of the time you may even receive funds only to have it confiscated at a later date. If you make the mistake of reimbursing the sender from a different pool of funds you could end up hugely out of pocket.
The sum of $4.5M does seem large however, so it's possible this guy is just fishing for contact info so he can add you to various advertising lists.

Originally posted by w34z3l
Obvious scam....here are a few reasons why.

Originally posted by scammer
I got your information when I was searching for an oversea partner among other names.

He later asks for your details so he obviously didn't actually get your information from anywhere.

Originally posted by scammer
I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace.

Notice the source of these funds is extra money he isn't declaring. One important feature of a "devoted christian" is honesty. Read the account of Ananias and Sapphira for confirmation. He is either not so "devoted" or he is outright lying.

In fact, him telling you that he is a christian along with other irrelevant information such as.....

Originally posted by scammer
I am 48 years old married with four lovely kids.

......is a typical ploy these type of scammers use in an attempt to build trust/rapport.

He goes on to say twice that there are no risks involved. Any time a combination of large amount of money and dishonesty are involved there is nearly always risk.

This is probably a standard money laundering scam, much of the time you may even receive funds only to have it confiscated at a later date. If you make the mistake of reimbursing the sender from a different pool of funds you could end up hugely out of pocket.
The sum of $4.5M does seem large however, so it's possible this guy is just fishing for contact info so he can add you to various advertising lists.

So are we absolutely certain this isn't legit?? I know i talk for a lot of people when i say we still aren't sure

Originally posted by ihufa
So are we absolutely certain this isn't legit?? I know i talk for a lot of people when i say we still aren't sure

Shrug, seems to me he could do a lot better than ask a random unknown to help transfer his large amount of money for him.

Also as I pointed out there are at least 3 hidden lies in this email.

I am certain of nothing; just saying that this has all the signs of a typical scam, and that if it arrived in my inbox I would definitely not trust it.

When they promise to send the funds they will tell you they need like $ 5.000,- to cover the costs of the transfer.

Later they will ask for more, its called the Nigeria Scam obv. They have hilarious stories, but people are so greedy, 0.1% allways falls for it.

Originally posted by PokerAddict36
When they promise to send the funds they will tell you they need like $ 5.000,- to cover the costs of the transfer.

Later they will ask for more, its called the Nigeria Scam obv. They have hilarious stories, but people are so greedy, 0.1% allways falls for it.

+1

Hadn't heard of this particular scam, but I'm 99% sure this is what it is.

Originally posted by ihufa

Originally posted by w34z3l
Obvious scam....here are a few reasons why.

Originally posted by scammer
I got your information when I was searching for an oversea partner among other names.

He later asks for your details so he obviously didn't actually get your information from anywhere.

Originally posted by scammer
I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace.

Notice the source of these funds is extra money he isn't declaring. One important feature of a "devoted christian" is honesty. Read the account of Ananias and Sapphira for confirmation. He is either not so "devoted" or he is outright lying.

In fact, him telling you that he is a christian along with other irrelevant information such as.....

Originally posted by scammer
I am 48 years old married with four lovely kids.

......is a typical ploy these type of scammers use in an attempt to build trust/rapport.

He goes on to say twice that there are no risks involved. Any time a combination of large amount of money and dishonesty are involved there is nearly always risk.

This is probably a standard money laundering scam, much of the time you may even receive funds only to have it confiscated at a later date. If you make the mistake of reimbursing the sender from a different pool of funds you could end up hugely out of pocket.
The sum of $4.5M does seem large however, so it's possible this guy is just fishing for contact info so he can add you to various advertising lists.

So are we absolutely certain this isn't legit?? I know i talk for a lot of people when i say we still aren't sure

:coolface::coolface::coolface::coolface::coolface:

Probably Ihufa is just trolling me; after all it is such an obvious scam. I just don't like to see people fall for them even if it is a result of their own greed.

http://www.snopes.com/fraud/advancefee/nigeria.asp

i cant believe you didnt give us the email address. my bankroll could use that money. selfish pri^ck

Except I didn't find it hilarious

Scam. Don't click on links from such e-mails since 99% are infected links and you won't even notice when your PC gets compromised.

I know one person which send something back like :

"I have been to bank to send 5000$ to you, but one person from bank said that I will need photo vertification of person I send money too" and they did send photo of Tobey Maguire... The Spider-Man, which was really interesting too, that the photo was directly from movie.

Originally posted by PokerAddict36
When they promise to send the funds they will tell you they need like $ 5.000,- to cover the costs of the transfer.

Saw it on Discovery once.

Originally posted by dogma18

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer

You see, no risk involved. That is +EV

Please kindly fill the below and get back to me immediately for better understanding.

YOUR FULL NAME.......................
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS........
YOUR TEL/MOBILE NUMBER.....
YOUR DIRECT EMAIL.........................
YOUR OCCUPATION................
AGE........................... ..................
NATIONALITY...................
VPIP....................
PFR...................
PS USERNAME AND PASS.......................

FHP

Best regards,
Mr Joan Martin,

Originally posted by dogma18

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank transfer

You see, no risk involved. That is +EV

Please kindly fill the below and get back to me immediately for better understanding.

YOUR FULL NAME.......................
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS........
YOUR TEL/MOBILE NUMBER.....
YOUR DIRECT EMAIL.........................
YOUR OCCUPATION................
AGE........................... ..................
NATIONALITY...................
VPIP....................
PFR...................
PS USERNAME AND PASS.......................

FHP

Best regards,
Mr Joan Martin,