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axxxr Posts: > 500

This one has to be the best Nigerian e-mail scam!

There's an e-mail going around that asks people to help rescue a Nigerian military official who took a secret flight to the Russian space station, only to end up stranded.

If you send $3,000 to help get him back to Earth, the message says, you can share in the $15 million in "flight pay and interest" he gets.

Sound too good to be true? The people at the New York State Consumer Protection Board think so, too.

They have named the hoax the most outrageous example of advance-fee e-mails, which are also known as the Nigerian, or 419, scam. The messages often claim to be from a representative of a former government or royal official from Africa, and say that for a few thousands dollars, millions will be put into your bank account.

Of course, you have to send the scammers your account numbers and other information first.

The title was awarded as part of a contest to show how dangerous such e-mail scams can be.

E-mail about the stranded man claims that he has been in orbit since 1990.

The FBI reports that individual victims of these advance-fee scams often lose thousands of dollars, more than any other type of Internet fraud.

http://www.nysconsumer.gov./PressReleases/2004/May282004.htm

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[ This Message was edited by: axxxr on 2004-06-04 02:44 ]
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Posted: 2004-06-04 03:41:41
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Lynx69 Posts: > 500

If they pay out $15 million, why dont they use that $15 million to get him back to Earth..if it was true

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Posted: 2004-06-04 03:49:22
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buckle247 Posts: > 500

who the hell would give a way $3000 and bank details. It is so obviously a scam, even a child could work it out.
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Posted: 2004-06-04 22:33:02
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jontyf Posts: 468

Well im a child (12)
And umm... I fell for it
Haha only joking
But im not dat smat
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Posted: 2004-06-04 23:34:41
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Payalnik Posts: 380

Why don't Nigerian government spend money on destroying that scammers? The country is getting a very very bad reputation! This message was posted from a R520
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Posted: 2004-06-04 23:39:01
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jontyf Posts: 468

Indeed it is my freind
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Posted: 2004-06-04 23:52:50
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axxxr Posts: > 500

Nigerian scammers can’t wait for the PlayStation 3

Best comment spam ever:

Quote:Dear Sir,
I came across your site on a web search on behalf of the staff and company it is our wish to commence with you.
i am intrested in buying a thousand piece of your PLAYSTATION3 i will need a sample of the product.
Do not worry about the shipping cost i will pay through my credit card.
mail me back to know if you ship to Nigeria.
looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Yours Ever
Evander (miss)

Not even sure where to begin with this one…

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Posted: 2004-10-05 20:44:39
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Sammy_boy Posts: > 500

I've posted this before, so apologies for the repeat - there's a website which actually baits and winds up these Nigerian '419' scammers - and a couple have even managed to get some money OUT of them! It's at www.419eater.com , some of it is a bit long winded but hilarious!

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Posted: 2004-10-05 21:02:07
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govigov Posts: > 500

i have read this in a magasine.... it is suppoesed to be soo good that people fall for it...
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Posted: 2004-10-06 20:21:12
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axxxr Posts: > 500

Via: pcauthority.com

New Variation on Nigerian Email Scam Involves Saddam's Oil For Food Cash

A variation of the infamous Nigerian scam starring Saddam Hussein and various henchmen is circulating via email, according to a security firm.

According to BlackSpider Technologies, spam hitting the UK is offering a share in the private fortunes of Hussein and his closest aids in return for hiding large amounts of money in British bank accounts.

The millions were supposedly made by senior Iraqi officials during the oil for food program of the United Nations. The email goes on to claim that the recent elections in Iraq put the legal wheels in motion to seize the money, requiring the ex-aids to search for another hiding spot for their ill-gotten gains.

The email opens with, "I am Dr Samir Hassan leading counsel to some member of the deposed former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein is soliciting for private individual who will be willing to keep some million of dollars stash in their private hoses [sic] in their secret places of this cabinet ministers".

The scam promises 10 percent to anyone who will help hide the funds by providing their bank account so a transfer can be made. No such transfer will take place, of course; instead, the scam will siphon money from the victim's bank account or demand up-front "good faith" payments in cash.

"It's a rather more sinister variation on the Nigerian 419 advanced fee fraud," said John Cheney, the chief executive of BlackSpider, in a statement. "Spammers are starting to play on political or religious beliefs, rather than just personal greed, to pull off financial scams."

He also said that if past history was any guide, to expect more of the same. "Although the number of these emails in circulation is relatively low, it's likely to increase over the next few weeks."

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Posted: 2005-02-22 22:25:19
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