the mo beats experience Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 I've just received this email Hello, I am Barrister Erik More, I am the personal Attorney to late, Mr.Michael Blair a national of your country, who was a contractor with the Niger Delta Development Commission. On the 12th of December 2003, my late client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Warri/Portharcourt Road. Unfortunately they All lost their lives in the event of the fatal accident. Since then I made several enquiries in your Embassy here to locate any of my late client's extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail. I have contact you to assist me in receiving the money and properties left behind by my late client as a last resort, before they get confiscated. His Bank here has the intention of declaring his account with them dormant/unserviceable and subsequently frozen his huge deposit with them. My Late client has a deposit of US$15m (fifteen million U.S. dollars) with this Bank. The Bank issued me a notice to provide my late client’s Next-of-Kin or have the account confiscated within the next 21 banking days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my client for over one full year now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next-of-Kin of the deceased having come from the same country, so that the proceeds of his bank account valued at $15 million can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. I propose 60% of the total sum comes to me, while you get 30% for your involvement, 10% shall be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I shall make all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up our claim that you are the Next-of-Kin available through the Federal High Court, all procedures have been worked out. All I require is your honest cooperation as a sincere Partner to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me via this email to enable us discuss further. Best regards, Barrister Erik More. PMP, whats that all about? Anyone else ever had anything like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDave Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Get them all the time at work. 419 Eater Scam O Rama 419 Fraud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheswiththeband Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 money laundering! we have to watch the same video on it once a year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 money laundering! we have to watch the same video on it once a year! - 419's are "Advance Fee Fraud", not Money Laundering, as there is no real money to be laundered.. Was mentioned before on here - clickey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheswiththeband Posted October 17, 2005 Share Posted October 17, 2005 Ah well, the thought was there. just shows how much I listen when watching that tripe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tea&Biscuits Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 We also get them all the time at our Uni, usually from West Africa. We also get alot of mail about voodoo and how if we dont let people on to some of our courses that we will be cursed blah blah, although we got a serious one recently about an actual student who comes to this Uni and how he was a voodoo priest and had very serious info about what he got up to, we had to hand it into the police....dont know what happened though! But yea it makes you wonder if anyone ever responds to these emails, or if the people sending them make any money???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Old Git Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 But yea it makes you wonder if anyone ever responds to these emails, or if the people sending them make any money???? Unfortunately people do send money and the scammers can make plenty of money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lonan3 Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 In the words of W C Fields, "You can't cheat an honest man." The people who respond are not only stupid, they're also greedy. IMO they deserve all they get. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 I was hoping the one I got was real....replied a couple of times but they started asking silly questions. Gutted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amadeus Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 But yea it makes you wonder if anyone ever responds to these emails, or if the people sending them make any money???? Indications are that Advance Fee Fraud grosses hundreds of millions of dollars annually and the losses are continuing to escalate. In all likelihood, there are victims who do not report their losses to authorities due to either fear or embarrassment. From 419eater.com. It's one of Nigerias biggest "Industries", so to say... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
integer Posted October 18, 2005 Share Posted October 18, 2005 Wind 'em up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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