I'm a millionaire!!!!! ....again

[stsinner]

I was so excited to get this email today.. I immediately clicked on the link and gave them all my information.. I can't wait until I can quit my job and retire.. and get an L lens.. I've been lucky enough to get a few of these in the past, and I gave them all the information they asked for then, too, but for some reason they haven't sent me the money they promised yet.. This time, though, I think they really mean it. John really sounds like a nice guy, and I can't wait until I get my 20%:
Hello

Friend, Now what we need to do to achieve success in this business is just
TRUST.
The deceased Mr. Yuan Baojing was my client and before he was convicted and
executed by the Chinese Government for murder in March 17, 2006, he had a coded
account with my bank that he operated secretly with an Indonesian business
associate. Below is a helpful web link that will enable know more about the
deceased.

Xinhua - English
I and the account officer to this account are aware of this account which
contains the sum of $84,000.000.00. EIGHTY FOUR MILLION US DOLLARS and I have
decided to let you have 20% of the total sum of money. I will let you know the
bank name that I work, more about me and how we can commence this business as
soon as I get a positive response from you with the answers to the questions I
have asked below.

For us to move ahead with this transaction, I will need to know more about
you. I will need you to kindly provide me with a brief profile of yourself
for my confidence, a kind of back ground introduction. Are you married, do
you have children, what you do you do and how old are you??? As soon as I
hear back from you, I will provide you with a more detailed explanation of
this business.

Have a pleasant day as I wait to hear back from you shortly.
Best regards,

John

 

[MikeBcos]

Excellent! You going to share the wealth?

 

[mrodgers]

...but for some reason they haven't sent me the money they promised yet..

I don't understand why you wouldn't have received anything yet. Surely it is just some misunderstanding. Perhaps with the bank accounts, they got a number wrong.

I'm happy for you with this. I respond to every email I receive. I haven't gotten any such as yours yet...... but you should see me naked!!!

 

[thereforeiamx]

LOL. funny enough, i've gotten something really similar to that a month ago in the mail. creepy how sleazy people are.

 

[LarissaPhotography]

My question is who actually believes that stuff to make it worth their time to compose the email?

 

[thereforeiamx]

of course he's kidding

 

[mrodgers]

My question is who actually believes that stuff to make it worth their time to compose the email?

Our more "mature" generation, as in Grandma who is too trusting of everything and wouldn't think twice about it being a scam.

 

[Battou]

My question is who actually believes that stuff to make it worth their time to compose the email?

They where composed once, the rest are all copypasted from a website (I believe) with minor details deviated.

Sad part is, they will never hold a candle to the one I got

 

[TwoRails]

How can I get a hold of this "John?" -- maybe he has some for me!! :shock:

 

[DReali]

there was an interesting article i read about these scams. they tell you they'll give you a share of the money as soon as you give the them around $10,000 for the bank transfer fees (or some other ridiculous reason).
people who caught on and got fed up started preplying to these e-mails stating that they would send them the money only after the scammers sent a photo of themselves with a tattoo or holding a sign that contained a certain code-phrase. heres a site you guys might find interesting: ScamBaiting at it's finest - Scam Baiting for Fun and Justice theScamBaiter.com

click on "mugu museum" at the top too see the photos

 

[stsinner]

LOL... Look at this dummy:

Leamington man loses $150,000 in Nigerian scam




By Trevor Wilhelm, The Windsor StarJanuary 14, 2009Comments (7)





An emotional John Rempel tells his story of how he has lost $150,000 of the family's money to a Nigerian scam.

Photograph by: Nick Brancaccio, The Windsor Star




A Leamington man has fallen prey to international scam artists who strung him along for more than a year with the promise of millions in cash, but ultimately bilked him and his family of $150,000.
John Rempel said he quit his truck driving job, lost friends, borrowed money and crossed the globe in pursuit of a non-existent inheritance, after he was contacted by e-mail in what is known as a Nigerian 419 scam.
Rempel said he borrowed $55,000 from an uncle in Mexico and his parents gave him $60,000 on credit to cover fees for transferring $12.8 million into his name.
“They’re in it now because of me,” said Rempel, 22, breaking into sobs. “If it wasn’t for me, nobody would be in this mess. You think things will work out, but it doesn’t. It’s a very bad feeling. I had lots of friends.
“I never get calls anymore from my friends. You know, a bad reputation.”
His troubles began in July 2007. He said he got an e-mail from someone claiming to be a lawyer with a client named David Rempel who died in a 2005 bomb attack in London, England, and left behind $12.8 million.
“They used to come in the mail,” said Leamington police Const. Kevin O’Neil. “Now the majority of these are sent through e-mail. Keeping up with the times, using all the wonderful technology that’s available to them.”
“I was told once that they send out 30,000 e-mails a day, around the world, and they hope for just one or two responses. Once you return a phone call or return an e-mail, these people now have their hooks into you.”
The lawyer said his client had no family but wanted to leave the money to a Rempel. It was his lucky day.
“It sounded all good so I called him,” said Rempel. “He sounded very happy and said God bless you.”
The man then told him he had to pay $2,500 to transfer the money into his name. Then there were several more documents. Some cost $5,000.
He was told to open an account at a bank in London. That required a $5,000 minimum deposit. The crooks later sent him an e-mail with a link to what he was told were details of his new account. Some money had been transferred there for “safe keeping.”
“Everything was good,” said Rempel.
Then he got an e-mail from a government department — he’s not sure which country — saying he owed $250,000 on tax on his inheritance. Rempel spoke to his contact, who told him they negotiated the fee down to $25,000.
Rempel went to Mexico where his uncle owns a farm. His uncle gave him $10,000 cash and money for a plane ticket. He was going to London to make sure it was legitimate.
“I had $10,000 in cash in my pocket and my uncle sent another $25,000 when I was over there.”
In London, Rempel met some people and handed over the $10,000.
They met Rempel the next day with a suitcase. They said it had $10.6 million in shrink-wrapped U.S. bills. Rempel wanted more proof. His new friends pulled out one bill and “cleansed” it with a liquid “formula,” which washed off some kind of stamp. Rempel was told that process made the money “legal tender.”
“I was like holy crap, is that mine?” he said. “They said ‘yes sir, it’s yours.’ It all sounded legit.”
Rempel returned to his hotel room clutching the formula and waited for the others so they could cleanse all his money. They never showed, and later told him they got held up. In the meantime, Rempel dropped the formula. The bottle broke. He called his contact who said he’d get more. Rempel returned to Leamington and waited.
A few weeks later Rempel got a call. They found more formula. It would cost $120,000.
“I thought, ‘let’s work on it, nothing is impossible,’” said Rempel.
His contacts were willing to meet associates in different countries to get cash for the formula. It would require several plane tickets, worth $6,000 each.
Rempel was told they collected $100,000, but still needed $20,000. There was a guy in Nigeria who had it, but another plane ticket was required. The contact later told him he could only get $15,000 and “begged” Rempel for the last $5,000.
Rempel borrowed money. He stopped making Visa and car payments.
They called a week later and said the money was ready to go. They just needed $6,900 for travel costs and to rent trunks to ship the money.
Later, the men called to say they were at the airport in New York. Security stopped them and they needed $12,500 for a bribe. Finally, Rempel had enough.
“I said, ‘no way I’m cleaned out.’”
Rempel, his parents and 10-year-old brother Ike drove to New York. They spent a day searching the airport for the men, with no luck. They returned home and called police.
“I really thought in my heart this was true,” said Rempel.
— with files from Dalson Chen

 

[Double H]

here is another site that has a lot of fun at baiting scammers:
Welcome to the 419 Eater

 

[BoblyBill]

My question is who actually believes that stuff to make it worth their time to compose the email?

My grandma is one of them. She is getting to the point where she has gone off and gotten my Grandpa and herself into thousands of dollars in debt.

 

[abraxas]

My grandma is one of them. She is getting to the point where she has gone off and gotten my Grandpa and herself into thousands of dollars in debt.

That's terrible. I feel for her and I hope she has stopped. There's someone I love very much that would probably do something like that- She's out buying a lottery ticket as I type.

 

[icassell]

Thought you might want to attend this.

3rd Annual Nigerian EMail Conference