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Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Member
Username: Ferraristuff
Post Number: 453
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, May 10, 2003 - 7:36 am: | |
>>>Seems a little fishy. . .
Understatement of the year Jason!
In all our years of operating internet stores, we have yet to get a "real" order from Indonesia, sad but true...
Jack |
Jason Williams (Pristines4)
Member
Username: Pristines4
Post Number: 262
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, May 07, 2003 - 1:57 pm: | |
I have someone who claims to be from Indonesia who wants to order 50 units of a side-mounted tachometer.
Seems a little fishy. . . |
Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Member
Username: Ferraristuff
Post Number: 436
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 4:02 pm: | |
And ANOTHER one from Gambia...
Ordered 12 x the same VINTAGE toy... US$ 2100
Boy, I'm getting RICH today with all these bogus orders...
Jack |
Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Member
Username: Ferraristuff
Post Number: 435
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Tuesday, May 06, 2003 - 3:34 pm: | |
It seems to be THAT time of the year again...
Just received an order from Nigeria for 20 of the same Ferrari shirts, same size too... The guy is offended that I refuse to ship as the credit card he is using was stolen in the USA...
Also, within minutes of the above, received an order from Gambia for some $ 1700 worth of tin toys... Slight variation on this one... English, stolen, credit card.
Yeah! Right!
Jack |
Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraristuff
Post Number: 54
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 9:50 am: | |
I was just re-reading the Iraqi variety and noticed that he is emailing you from a refugee camp?
Wow!
Didn't know they had internet connections in those camps there...
;-)
Jack |
Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Junior Member
Username: Ferraristuff
Post Number: 53
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 9:45 am: | |
It's pretty simple really:
This is what they claim:
1) MILLIONS of $$$$ stashed away in an account that nobody knows about
2) They are being monitored too closely to be able to get to the money
3) They need YOUR help
4) In return for your help they will split the proceeds 50/50 with you
5) They need 5 x your blank letter head (complete with bank account # etc.) SIGNED...
6) They will use that in order to be able to transfer the funds into your account
This is what they actually do:
1 - 5 as above
6) Use the blank, signed, letterhead to fill in their letter to YOUR bank directing your bank to transfer XXX,XXX.XX $ to THEIR bank account
7) Laugh themselves to death after having partied all night
The scam has been around for years, mainly from West African countries like Ghana and Nigeria so now we have the Iraqi variety as well.
In the good old days they used to send simple letters but as technology progresses, email is all the hype. We get 3 or 4 of them a week.
That's the basic story behind it but I am sure that there are a number of variations around.
Does anybody know anybody who has ever "fallen" for this?
Jack |
Jason Williams (Pristines4)
Junior Member
Username: Pristines4
Post Number: 236
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 9:32 am: | |
Always. |
Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
New member
Username: Ferraristuff
Post Number: 42
Registered: 4-2003
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 8:56 pm: | |
Are you guys interested to hear the story behind the scam?
Jack
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Jason Williams (Pristines4)
Junior Member
Username: Pristines4
Post Number: 235
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Friday, April 18, 2003 - 8:07 pm: | |
I got one today too.
"My Dear Friend,
ASSALAMALEKU I NEED YOUR HELP AS BROHTER
PLEASE, I am Mrs. Mariam Abacha, the widow of the Late Gen. Sanni Abacha former Nigerian Military Head of State who died mysteriously as a result of Cardiac Arrest. Since after my husband's death my family is under restriction of movement and that not withstanding, we are being molested, policed and our
Bank Account both here and abroad are being frozen by the Nigerian Civilian Government. Furthermore, my elder son was arrested and detained though he was released on probation late last year .
Following the recent discovery of my husband's Bank Account by the Nigerian Government with Swiss Bank in which the huge sum of US$700 MILLION and DM 450 Million was logged. I therefore decided to contact you in confidence that I was able to move out and deposit to a diplomatic freighting company the sum of US$45 Million Dollars, which was secretly defaced and is sealed in two Metal Boxes for security reasons.
I therefore personally, appeal to you seriously and religiously for your urgent assistance to move this money into your country where I believe it will be safe since I cannot leave the country due to the restriction of movement imposed on the members of my family by the Nigerian Government.
I have agreed to offer you 10% of the total sum while 90% is to be held on trust by you until we can decide on a suitable business investment in your country subsequent to our free movement by the Nigerian Government. Please reply urgently and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerety.
Best Regards.
Mrs. M Abacha" |
Sunny Garofalo (Jaguarxj6)
Member
Username: Jaguarxj6
Post Number: 273
Registered: 2-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 10:31 pm: | |
Haahahahaah!! This scam has been going on for years under various guises. Sometimes from South Africa, many times from Nigeria, sometimes other African or Middle Eastern states.
In light of the current situation, it still proves one thing. The sender is a complete moron and should be shot. |
Jordan Witherspoon (Jordan747_400)
Member
Username: Jordan747_400
Post Number: 663
Registered: 12-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 6:07 pm: | |
lmao! |
chris cummings (Entelechy)
Junior Member
Username: Entelechy
Post Number: 186
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 1:23 pm: | |
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha |
Charles Barton (Airbarton)
Member
Username: Airbarton
Post Number: 390
Registered: 11-2002
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 11:36 am: | |
Interesting scam! Is this for real or did you make it up? |
Martin - Cavallino Motors (Miami348ts)
Advanced Member
Username: Miami348ts
Post Number: 4245
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, April 09, 2003 - 10:01 am: | |
Dear Sir/Madam
I am Ali AL-Mustafa from KONO district north of Baghdad IRAQ from the
family of late Alhaji Ali Al-Shammery THE FORMAL MINISTER OF PETROLEUM
AND NATURAL RESOURCES.
MY late father Alhaji Zaki AL-Mustafa before his death he hold a very
sensitive position in government in IRAQ ,My father has a bullet shot by
the the American soldiers on his way to KUWAIT THE NEGHBOURING COUNTRY OF
IRAQ,He was later conveyed to a government hospital in KUWAIT for a
medical treatmet where he later died, in the hospital bed my father
reveal and confide in me TWO METALLIC BOXES ( consignment) deposited
with a trust and finance house in Europe . containing ($45,000,000.00)
FOURTY - FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY.
Nobody in the trust and finance house knows the real content of the metal
boxes because my father wisely declared them as ART WORK AND FARMILY
TREASURES from the national museum of monument. since the death of my
father the rebel has held us hostage until now.
I am presently in the refugee camp now seeking for your help and
assistance for you to come to my aid ,I proposed that you stand as my
proxy person ,that is my late fathers foreign partner, so as to get the
metal boxes out of the trust and finance house and transfer it to your
country where we can make use of it in a lucrative business investment in
your country that you may propose to me.
This transaction is now only known by you, myself and my old sick
mother whom is now with me in the camp waiting for the time I get this
fund out of the trust house, the secrecy and Confidentiality should be
maintained for the successful claim/transfer of this fund. I will be
handing over to you the original CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT which the finance
house gave to my father, these fund was deposited with a SECRET CODE that
means it will be more easy for you to retrieve the fund and I withhold
the secret code for security reasons as you show interest the secret code
and the certificates of deposit will be given to you after solid
arrangement with both of us then you can now proceed to the finance
house in Europe to RECEIVE the consignment for investment in your country .
Please send me your FULL NAME ,PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS for
more confidential discussions.
Best Regards,
Mr.Ali AL-Mustafa.
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