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  • dacouch
    dacouch Posts: 21,636 Forumite
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    It makes you wonder whether people in Nigeria receive emails from Sir Nigel Smithers who is the Honourable Minister of HMRC advising them he has millions of sterling that UK citizens have not claimed back wanting their help to get the money out of the UK
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    I Got this one a couple of days ago:-

    "Hello Dear Friend,

    Compliment of the day to you and your entire family.I am the Chairman of the Contract Award Committee, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources Nigeria, I am Directed to search for an agent to assist us in the transfer of (US$35 MILLION) THIRTY - FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS. This money came from some of the Contract we awarded to some foreign companies which have been duly executed and paid.I will like to present you as the beneficiary of these US$35 Million and subsequently use the money to invest in properties in any country of your choice.
    You will be required to:

    (1) Assist in the transfer and receiving of the said sum into your bank account.
    (2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment.
    (3) Assist us in purchase of properties.
    If you decide to render your service to us in this regard,30% of the total sum will be offered to you.

    More so,i will need the following information from you to process the transfer of these money to you as the beneficiary.

    1.Your Full Names.
    2.Your Contact Address.
    3.Your Personal Telephone Number.

    Please, quickly get back to me to let me know if you are willing to help me.

    Regards,

    Mr. David Abbey.
    Tel:+234 8030499249"
    Chairman Contract Award Committee {CCAC}
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • peter_the_piper
    peter_the_piper Posts: 30,269 Forumite
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    This ones a pretty feeble one,
    ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

    It was Resolved and Agreed that your inheritance/Contract Fund would be released on a
    special method of payment which tag Name Reads,
    SWIFT CREDIT CARD.

    Send Your Name,Address,Phone and fax number,for the next of kin,to claim your fund.
    Call me +xxx-8086-691-168

    DR PETER OBI.

    If they can't send me one promising all the money in the world, why bother. I feel insulted.
    I'd rather be an Optimist and be proved wrong than a Pessimist and be proved right.
  • trisontana
    trisontana Posts: 9,472 Forumite
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    Be prepared to shed a few tears over this very sad story:-

    Dearest From Miss Flornic
    How are you today?To introduce myself again, I'm 23years old, single and unmarried. I lost my mother at the very young age of 3, and being the only daughter, I have neither brothers nor sisters. I was a student in my 2nd year studying fashion designs/modelling in a college before the ugly incident that took the life of my father. And since then I've been passing through a very difficult and painful period of my life.
    I am very pleased to meet you and request you to accept me as your friend and to be My guadian,Please i wish to invest in your country and i am pleading with you to be my Adviser/Guidian.
    Honestly i don't really know which area to invest in because i am still schooling and i have never invested before and don't have any idea on investement issues this is why i need you to be my guidian/adviser .

    I am Miss Flornic Ede the only daugther of late Mr and Mrs Lambert Ede from the republic of sierra loene. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal.

    When my mother died on the 21st October 1992, my father took me so special because I am motherless. Before the death of my father on 27th June 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $6.500.000 left in a Bank here in Cote d'ivoire, that he used my name as her only daugther for the next of kin in deposit of the Fund.

    Further more he also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was been poisoned.He then advised that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice who will assist me transfer this fund and use it for investment purpose, then I would want you to provide your personal contacts including your phone/fax number for easier communication.

    I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
    1) I want you to help me transfer this money from the Bank here and transfer it into your account for onward investment in your country.
    2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal guardian until I finished my studies as I'm just 23 years old..
    3) You are going to procure admission for me to continue my studies in one of the known university in your country.
    4) Moreover, I am willing to offer you 25% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successfully transfer to you from the Bank here. And I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I have your response.
    Anticipating to hear from you soon.
    Thanks and God bless.
    Best regards,
    Miss Flornic Ede
    What part of "A whop bop-a-lu a whop bam boo" don't you understand?
  • Mupette
    Mupette Posts: 4,599 Forumite
    Aww i was starting to get worried that no one loved me.

    Hi There ..i just joined this new site and have posted some more pics then the one in this email
    i would love to chat with you and get to know you .. please visit my page and contact me there
    Turns out we live 15miles apart :)
    (link not inc) omg a friend :D didnt want to look at the piccys tho

    then it turns out my world of warcraft account i helped by doing something..
    "You received 100000 gold and 1 experience points for your help in summoning the BlizzardYou were the 32th to help summon the Blizzard, 48 more people are needed to summon the Blizzard." New Feature: Reply to this email to comment on this post. To see the comment thread, follow the link below: ( www.no going to display web site.com) Sincerely, Blizzard, Inc. Copyright 2004-2010 Blizzard, Inc. All rights reserved.




    *removed links as they are useless and hopefully already reported


    Haven't had a letter for a while about me owning lots and lots of money.... hopefully my turn again soon
    GNU
    Terry Pratchett
    ((((Ripples))))
  • Plushchris
    Plushchris Posts: 3,592 Forumite
    You can have quite a laugh with these idiots if you are careful!

    Check out 419eater.com for some laughs..

    I went through a phase of "baiting" some of them a while ago, it was good fun, I got one of them to make me a Sega Mega Drive out of clay!

    Art1.jpg

    He Didnt want to post it to me for some reason...

    UCHEARTWORKS.jpg

    Oh well, it kept him busy for a while! :D
    Missing Tesco R&R since Feb '07 :A & now a "Tesco veteran" apparently! ;)
  • missprice
    missprice Posts: 3,736 Forumite
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    i love to bait these people too

    usually i tell them to just send me the cheque please
    and Honest i will give you some back, even though once the money hits my account its legally all mine.

    but sometimes i get a rise outta them by giving completely false information.
    its only my competitions email they use, so they can carry on
    its a bit of fun on the boring days
    63 mortgage payments to go.

    Zero wins 2016 😥
  • Oooh! I want play!

    Aloha!

    Give me your love, and I'll never misplace it. I'll never give you a reason to say "WHY". Trust me with your heart, and it will never be broken. Give it to me, and I will hide it in the safest of places. Come to me and let's be one. I will love you every mile of the way. I think that is the meaning of love. Do you find yourself thinking of your second part all the time? Do you desire to find it with all your might? The most beautiful thing to me is to see two people in harmony. It feels so good to be in love and get love in return. THERE WILL NEVER BE A DAY WHERE I WOULD FALL OUT OF LOVE WITH YOU ... BECAUSE BABY YOU WILL BE MY EVERYTHING ... I WILL LOVE YOU MORE THAT ANY THING ... I WILL LOVE YOU BABY!! I MISS YOU SO MUCH SWEET HEART ...
    See you later
    Katya M

    How lovely! Maybe she can help my husband out too :D
    Mortgage Overpayment Challenge 2010: £150/month :: £98000 to go

    Debt Target 2010: Credit Card £1200
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