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Postby Classic Finn » Sun Sep 17, 2006 4:26 pm

I keep getting email like this all the time.. is there anyway to prevent this?


From: Dr. Macarthy Oyebo
12 Northumberland Avenue
London WC2N 5BX
FAX NUMBER: +44-87-1715-1289

Hello Friend,


Urgent Funds for Investment.
I am Dr. Macarthy Oyebo, a member of the Contract Review Panel, Federal
Ministry Of Environment (FME), Nigeria. I am contacting you to be our
reliable partner/agent to assist us to receive and investment of Twenty
Seven million Three hundred Thousand United States Dollars only into your
designated bank account in subsequent investments in education,
properties, agriculture, construction, software design and supply, or any
business of your choice, to initiate a proper and structured relationship
in your country. I am presently on two months official duty in London.

You will be required to;
(1). Assist in the transfer/receive of the above amount in your designated
bank account (virgin or existing account).
(2). Advised on lucrative areas for investment with a large yearly
turn-over profit .
(3). Assist us in the purchase of properties .
(4). The fund is intended to be invested through you/your agency in the
purchase of facilities and assets in your country.
(5). This transaction will result in you being paid a commission of 25%
off the investment capital.
(6). The transaction desire absolute confidentiality and professionalism
in the handling of this matter.
Please let me know what your response will be to an offer to receive
investment funds in cash and if the above investment proposals interest
you and you sincerely wish to advice and assist, I urgently want you to
send me the information as stated below so that we can commence
the mutual beneficial transaction without delay and onward transfer of the
funds into your designated bank account;
(1). Your Full Names and Address
(2). Your Telephone and Fax Numbers and if available your cell phone Number.
You shall be given 25% of the total sum of US$27.3M for the services
rendered as soon as the funds are confirmed in your bank account within or
less than 14 days of the final commencement/take-off of the
transaction/project. Moreover, our investment shall also be under your
sole supervision since you know what to invest in making profits in your
country.
Your swift copy of your email should be forwarded to:
[email protected] or my FAX NUMBER: +44-87-1715-1289.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Macarthy Oyebo


These are annoying as can be...

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Postby anonymous2 » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:26 pm

Yes all the time. It is a scam,delete them. If anyone sorry enough to give them their social security #{states only},and other information, It can mean identity theft. My wife works for a police department,and files hundreds of cases of identity theft a year. Your social security # is on ALL of your important papers,and can be accessed online,personally,or computer hacked{free credit reports ring a bell} Even banks,and other accounts will never ask you for your social security # ,unless face to face. The less info you put on your computer ,also give hackers less to work with. Just don't make it easy for criminals. I send it back with a message that it has been forwarded to the FBI,CIA. It has gone from 10 a week to 1 a month now for me. Or set up an e-mail message block word list. Examples: financial,banking,money, Nigeria, etc. That seems to work

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Postby mikeschn » Sun Sep 17, 2006 6:46 pm

Or turn it around and scam the scammers... or at the very least waste their time...

Pick your favorite movie star, create a phoney name, and you've got all the material you need to tie up one of those scammers for weeks if not months...

There is a forum that does just that, (don't have the URL handy right now) and there's a couple really good stories floating around here...

I like the one where Dan, from the TV show Roseanne, died when his plane went down, but not before he fedex'd his laptop to his lawyer... Anyone remember the URL to that story?

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Postby Classic Finn » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:36 pm

Yup I deleted it all ... I seem to get these all the time.. other ones also that are medicines and pills and then the cheap stock junk...

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Postby Kevin A » Sun Sep 17, 2006 7:52 pm

mikeschn wrote:Or turn it around and scam the scammers... or at the very least waste their time...

Pick your favorite movie star, create a phoney name, and you've got all the material you need to tie up one of those scammers for weeks if not months...

There is a forum that does just that, (don't have the URL handy right now) and there's a couple really good stories floating around here...

I like the one where Dan, from the TV show Roseanne, died when his plane went down, but not before he fedex'd his laptop to his lawyer... Anyone remember the URL to that story?

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Here's one of them... http://www.419eater.com/
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Postby Nitetimes » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:32 pm

Kevin beat me to it. Excellent site but it gets time consuming reading it. If you find yourself with some spare time go in and read about the safaris. Some of them are hysterical! 8) 8)

May spend a little time doing that myself this winter, I really enjoy being a pr!ck sometimes. :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Postby GHOSTSSX » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:40 pm

May spend a little time doing that myself this winter, I really enjoy being a pr!ck sometimes. :lol: :lol: :lol:


You mean like when we used to take all of the blow-ins and reader info cards and put the "friend" of the week's info on it?!?!?! :twisted:

The internet makes this SOOOOO much easier!!! :thumbsup:

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Postby Nitetimes » Sun Sep 17, 2006 10:51 pm

Yep, kinda like that only much more fun.
What these guys/girls won't do once you convince them you're gonna send the money. It's just too funny. 8) 8)
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Postby Podunkfla » Mon Sep 18, 2006 1:10 am

Classic Finn... You may find Trend Micro's anti-spam software helps a lot. It probably stops 98% of the spam from getting to me. It learns over time and you can tell it what is spam too, as well as what not to block. It stores the bad stuff in a "spam" folder so you can check if it blocked something it shouldn't have. I've tried a bunch of them, and this is the best so far, by a long shot. Best of all is it's FREE for individual users: http://www.trendmicro.com/form/anti-spam/download.asp

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