I am going to be rich email/scam/fraud

[oldborn]

What do you think how many people really reply on this, how many people get fraud on ebay/alibaba.
Let me start with those emails:

My name is Mr. Patrick Chan. I work with the Hang Seng Bank. There is a sum of $22,500,000.00 in my bank Hang Seng Bank", Hong Kong. There were no beneficiaries stated concerning this fund which means no one would ever come to claim it. That is why I ask that we work together.

I do solicit for your assistance in effecting this transaction. I intend to give 30% of the total funds as compensation for your assistance. I will notify you on the full transaction on receipt of your response if interested, and I shall send you the details and necessary procedures with which to make the transfer. Should you be interested? Please send me your details to :chanprivacy07@aol.com

1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address
chanprivacy07@aol.com

Kind Regards
Patrick Chan.

 

[oldborn]

Another example, I reported that dude from States on ebay, but I really enjoy how he is get cought He was selling Cervelo P3 with awesome Zipp 808 wheels, powertap, and Dura Ace for 1800$

Hello,

The buy it now price for the item including shipping is $1,800. Transaction will be handled by ebay, so we can both be protected and able to exchange feedback after transaction is successfully closed!
I will offer a 30 days inspection period for the item, so if by any reason you are not satisfied with it, you can return it against a full refund!
If you do want the deal, just please email me your full name and full shipping address and I will start the transaction under ebay. You will be after contacted by them with further instructions on how to safely complete this sale.

Thank you,

Gregory

_________________________________________________________________
The high bidder is not a serious person . the price is 1800$ .let me know your info so i can start this transaction,

thanks
_________________________________________________________________
If you do want the deal, just please email me your full name and full shipping address and I will start the transaction under ebay. You will be after contacted by them with further instructions on how to safely complete this sale.

Thank you,

Gregory

 

[The Hitch]

The saddest ones are when they send texts to elderly women, claiming to be a grandson stuck without money and needing it wired to a certain account. Many fall for that unfortunately.

 

[craig1985]

Subject : MR SULEMAN BELLO

FROM THE OFFICE MR SULEMAN BELLO
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.

TRANSFER OF ($ 25,200.000.00) TWENTY FIVE MILLION, TWO HUNDREN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

I AM SULEMAN BELLO, THE AUDITOR GENERAL OF AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK HERE IN BURKINA FASO. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR AUDITING, I DISCOVERED A FLOATING FUND IN AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THE BANK BY MR JOHN KOROVO AND AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE RECORDS I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT DIED IN THE (BEIRUT-BOUND CHARTER JET) PLANE CRASH ON THE 25TH DECEMBER 2003 IN COTONOU (REPUBLIC OF BENIN).

AND NOBODY HAS OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN, THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR JOHN KOROVO A FOREIGNER, AND A TRADER WHO TRADE ON GOLD AND MINING, HE DIED, SINCE 2003 AND NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT OR ANY THING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT MR JOHN KOROVO DIE ALONG WITH HIS TIRED FAMILY. THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS (USD 25.2 M) TWENTY-FIVE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY , I AM CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL PERSON HERE, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGNER WITH VALID INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE AND FOREIGN ACCOUNT BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN US DOLLARS AND THE FORMER OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT MR JOHN KOROVO IS A FOREIGNER TOO, AND THE MONEY CAN ONLY BE APPROVED INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT.

I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER, NEVER CHEAT ME AS SOON AS THIS FUND HIT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. WITH MY INFLUENCE AND THE POSITION OF THE BANK OFFICIAL WE CAN TRANSFER THIS MONEY TO ANY FOREIGNER'S RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHICH YOU CAN PROVIDE WITH ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT PENDING OUR PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR SHARING. THE BANK OFFICIAL WILL PROVE ALL DOCUMENTS OF TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THIS FUND LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE AND TO BUILD CONFIDENCE.

ON THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS GRATIFICATION, WHILE 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF THEEXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO TELEPHONE BILLS, WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME.

SO ON THE INDICATION OF YOUR WILLINGNESS I WANT YOU TO FORWARD TO ME YOUR :FULL NAME: SEX: COMPANY: IF ANY FULL CONTACT ADDRESS: PHONE: CELL: FAX: CITY: STATE:ZIP CODE COUNTRY: OCCUPATION AND ALL THE NECESSARYINFORMATION WILL BE SENT TO YOU ON THE ACCEPTANCE TO CHAMPION THIS TRANSACTION WITH ME.

THANKS
YOURS TRULY

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/suleman-bello-scam.shtml

 

[oldborn]

Jesus craig I never receive one of these, I am to lazy to read that stuff and sucks in economy.
I mostly like alibaba type fraud simple as that:

Below is the price for the items you want to buy from our company.

Cervelo R3SL.....$1,300Usd
Specialized S works tarmac....$1500Usd
Trek Madonne 6,5....$1,200Usd
Cost of Shipping/Insurance....100Usd.
The Bikes is brand new and come in its new and original box with complete accessories.The Bikes also have one year international warranty policy on it.

Due to our promotional sales, our website has been shut down and now under re-construction for the promotional market. Further more, we do not work with third party, but we'll appreciate a direct dealing with the buyer.

We are a Malaysia company trying to create a very large business community for our company to trade and to offer our reliable service to our customers worldwide. Our products service are good and affordable.

Below are our company terms and condition regarding the bikes you are buying from our company.



I remember this scam cos when I ask him about BB width, he told me 75mm

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I always love the ones from banks that there is a problem with your account and please send all your personal info ASAP.

Um thank you, but I happen to know which banks we have accounts at. And I also know that our bank in the US does not conduct official business via email -- if I wish to give them any instructions, I have to call and identify myself on the phone via password etc.

Susan

 

[rickshaw]

Ah, The Nigerians! Sadly...

I always love the ones from banks that there is a problem with your account and please send all your personal info ASAP.

Um thank you, but I happen to know which banks we have accounts at. And I also know that our bank in the US does not conduct official business via email -- if I wish to give them any instructions, I have to call and identify myself on the phone via password etc.

Susan

I know an otherwise intelligent person who did as told above. Lapse of concentration? Early morning emailing? The mistake was caught and fixed before too much damage could be done, after paying a computer expert for many hours of expensive work.

I remember these Nigerian scams from before the Internet was born. Back in the 1980s they were sent by surface mail or FAX.

As I am in the lodging business now I see a scam where the scammer wants to book a large group of rooms for multiple nights, I give him a full quote, he "pays" with CC, then something happens and I am supposed to give a refund, only they never really paid me anything. The best ones were: 1)7 newly ordained Greek priests coming to my area for 10 days in January (it is totally frozen here and even the locals leave if they can). 2) Large group coming for 5 days for a marine safety conference "in your area". (I'm about 1500 miles from any ocean). Usually it is the president of the company making the reservation and he has a gmail / yahoo / generic email account. Name like, "mr.William george"

They ALL appeal to our innate greed.... Who, me?

 

[Sylvester]

Subject : MR SULEMAN BELLO

FROM THE OFFICE MR SULEMAN BELLO
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB).
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.

TRANSFER OF ($ 25,200.000.00) TWENTY FIVE MILLION, TWO HUNDREN THOUSAND DOLLARS.

(...)

ON THE CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO 30&#37]10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO TAKE CARE OF THEEXPENSES THAT MAY ARISE DURING THE TIME OF TRANSFER AND ALSO TELEPHONE BILLS[/B], WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR ME.

I love the "and also telephone bills" part!

 

[sublimit]

I used to get the African bank transfer stuff all the time with a yahoo E-mail account a few years back before I closed it.

I've also had the the 'You have won a $1,000,000' lottery prize - draw enhanced by google, yahoo etc scam where they ask you to E-mail details of your passport to a Yahoo web based account so they can verify you're legit lol. Except I never entered a comp in the first place.

Nice try but seriously..

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I remember these Nigerian scams from before the Internet was born. Back in the 1980s they were sent by surface mail or FAX.

And before that they were the Spanish Prisoner...... going back for centuries. There really is nothing new.

Susan

 

[JRTinMA]

Those scam emails are stupid but imagine my surprise to find out somebody tried to withdraw my rightful inheritance from The Bank of Ghana. No worries though I responded with the information to protect my rightful inheritance. I'm rich *****, I got mo money than Oprah!

Attention: Beneficiary,

Please confirm this information. Did you ask anybody to come and claim your fund? really this men were unexpected
to me because their visit was impromptu,i ask them why they came to see me in person and they said that they
came to collect the inheritance/ contract funds bill sum of us$10.million which rightfully belongs to you as shown in
your file with us, on your behalf and by your authorization.Note that they actually tendered some vital documents which
proved that you actually sent them for the collection of these funds.

Below is list of the documents which they tendered to the bank yesterday:
1. Letter of administration.
2. High court injunction.
3. Order to release.
Due to the nature of my job,i cannot afford to make any mistake in releasing these funds to anyone except you who is
the recognized true beneficiary to these funds. I have asked these men to come back so that i will confirm from you first.

Note that they are trying to pay all the charges in regards your funds and claim your funds. Please your urgent confirmation
is highly needed now before your fund will be released to them in the next 48 hours,and please if you know that you never
instructed them kindly get back to me immediately.

Please quote this payment codes (CODE:B.O.G/2011/0110) in all conversation or else you will not be recognized as a
beneficiary/contractor with this Government and note any further message without the reference code should be disregarded
to avoid any fraudulent hijack of information.

I await your urgent response.

Regards,
Mr. Kwesi Bekoe Amissh-Arthur
Governor Bank of Ghana

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

But, but, that was MY inheritance! He promised it all to me!

Susan

 

[JRTinMA]

But, but, that was MY inheritance! He promised it all to me!

Susan

That must have been you in Ghana lolz!

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Tell you what: send me all your bank account and credit card numbers and I will be more than happy to share the inheritance with you.....

Susan

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I just had one on my CN mail account, that there was irregular activity on my online account with an Italian bank, and I had to download the attached document right away!!!! Or else!!!!!

Guess I'll find out what the "or else!!!!!" is. Altho I don't actually have any kind of account with an Italian bank....

Susan

 

[krebs303]

Nobody wants to share with me
But they do want me to respond to this:

I'm not sure what the attachment is in the e-mail but I don't think I'll open it.

I'd rather have the $22 million

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Lol, I got that one too! And I haven't even been in the state of New York since 2008 or 2009.........

Silly me, I deleted it before I could open the attachment.

Susan

 

[krebs303]

I have become very popular

 

[Amsterhammer]

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"Does somebody want to transfer millions of dollars into your account?
Does someone want to pay you to cash cheques and send them the money?
Met a new friend/penpal on a friendship/dating site who's asking you for money?
Has a dying person contacted you wanting your help to give his money to charity?
Have you sold an item and are asked to accept a payment larger than the item amount?

IT'S A SCAM!

Don't fall for common scams like this - fight them!"

 

[krebs303]

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one my favorite sites

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Are there actually people who don't know they are scams?

I hae gotten the New York traffic ticket one a number of times lately. And on my CN mail account I now get a of Italian and British banks claiming something or other (Well, actually the spam filter on both my mail accounts gets them).

Susan

 

[knewcleardaze]

I have won Swiss lotteries that I haven't entered!

 

[Martin318is]

Its usually pretty easy to spot - the link in the email says something like http://www.hsbc.co.uk and if you look at the properties of the link its usually more like http://www.scumbagscamsite.com/gimmeyourcashyoumoron

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

Oh I got that HSBC one the other day.

Do you suppose people actually don't know where they have bank accounts? Or hope that somebody else opened up an account in their name and they will get the money? I really can't understand how anyone could fall for this stuff.

Susan

 

[oldborn]

Greed I think. When I read thousdans post of people beeing scam on alibaba.com http://resources.alibaba.com/discussion_board/103289/Report_Verify_Fraud.htm it makes me wonder how one can buy load of iphone 4 for 20 or so $ Lot of people get scam on alibaba, just read it if having times awesome
People in those situations choose to ignore common sense IMHO.

I think they are happy if among 10 000 people they scam 1 or 2.