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Nov. 2nd, 2003 09:57 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teleidoplexSpam, scam, and money laundering...this e-mail has it all!
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a Private Investigator based in Europe. A group of Government Officials from an African Country contacted me with a Proposal. I am to Make contact with you and state their offer, if your Interest is Genuine, you will be contacted for your Account details to which will be transferred the sum of $33,600,000.00 USD. (20% of which is yours)You are then required to forward the remaining balance (Minus the Interest, handling and tax clearance charges, which Will be offset by Us & Deducted from the transferred sum) to a nominated Bank account in the Cayman Islands. I don't think I need to spell out the importance of Secrecy in this Matter considering the amount involved. Let me state clearly here that the account that you would be providing does not need to have funds in it; it is only needed to be active and be able to receive funds. So, if I don't hear from you within three days I will assume you are not interested and will solicit for a new partner, but if you know you are
interested let me know. List your phone & fax Numbers so we may communicate with you. This is important as we would Have to talk about the modalities of the transaction.
Waiting to hear from you.
Armstrong Pete
peteam1@tiscali.co.uk
Okay, so I received this to my iu account today (grr...I'm starting to get spam there, which sucks!), and as near as I can tell it's a scam to get bank account information disguised as a money laundering scheme.
God, this is such a strange little pocket of reality!
But, in case it is real, I've included the return e-mail for any of you who might wish to break into the lucrative field of money laundering. I mean, just because I think the randomly capitalized words suggest jokitude doesn't mean this guy isn't legit. Really.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a Private Investigator based in Europe. A group of Government Officials from an African Country contacted me with a Proposal. I am to Make contact with you and state their offer, if your Interest is Genuine, you will be contacted for your Account details to which will be transferred the sum of $33,600,000.00 USD. (20% of which is yours)You are then required to forward the remaining balance (Minus the Interest, handling and tax clearance charges, which Will be offset by Us & Deducted from the transferred sum) to a nominated Bank account in the Cayman Islands. I don't think I need to spell out the importance of Secrecy in this Matter considering the amount involved. Let me state clearly here that the account that you would be providing does not need to have funds in it; it is only needed to be active and be able to receive funds. So, if I don't hear from you within three days I will assume you are not interested and will solicit for a new partner, but if you know you are
interested let me know. List your phone & fax Numbers so we may communicate with you. This is important as we would Have to talk about the modalities of the transaction.
Waiting to hear from you.
Armstrong Pete
peteam1@tiscali.co.uk
Okay, so I received this to my iu account today (grr...I'm starting to get spam there, which sucks!), and as near as I can tell it's a scam to get bank account information disguised as a money laundering scheme.
God, this is such a strange little pocket of reality!
But, in case it is real, I've included the return e-mail for any of you who might wish to break into the lucrative field of money laundering. I mean, just because I think the randomly capitalized words suggest jokitude doesn't mean this guy isn't legit. Really.
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Date: 2003-11-02 03:31 pm (UTC)http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm
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Date: 2003-11-02 03:48 pm (UTC)And regrettably, I had a client drive himself to poverty because of a similar scam involving faux foreign lotto winnings. Poor guy!
El Gordo Lottery Scam
Date: 2003-11-03 04:30 pm (UTC)Go watch the Spanish Prisoner
Date: 2003-11-03 07:09 pm (UTC)