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  1. abarthracer

    abarthracer Formula Junior

    Dec 6, 2003
    373
    Falmouth, Cape Cod
    Full Name:
    david S.
    Has anyone else received this email?? Obviously I didn't respond nor go to any of the links, but obviously FChat contact list has been compromised, thought Rob/whomever should know. Just passing along info.
    From: [email protected]
    Subject: urgent
    Date: February 9, 2008 3:38:47 AM EST
    To: my email removed
    This is a message from aisha at FerrariChat.com ( http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/index.php ). The FerrariChat.com owners cannot accept any responsibility for the contents of the email.

    To email aisha, you can use this online form:
    http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/sendmessage.php?do=mailmember&u=60022

    OR, by email:
    mailto:[email protected]

    This is the message:

    From Kante Aisha Fatima
    Abidjan, cote D` Ivoire


    Dearest one,sorry for reaching you through this means it is because i needed your attention.I am Mel Aisha Fatima the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. George Kante mel My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special.Before the death of my father on August in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Three million,five hundred thousand United States Dollars. USD(US$3.5 million) packed in two trunk boxes in one of the prime security company here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the trunk boxes. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates.He also made me to understand that the officials of this company do not know the real content of these boxes, that he deposited the boxes as our family valuables for security reasons.That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose . Sir,please I am honourably seeking your assistance To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19 years with regards to this trunks boxes and To see if you can make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas.Once more i apologize for reaching you through this means and hope you will understand my position and help me. Anticipating to hear from you soon at my email address [email protected]
    Thanks and God bless.
    Best regards,
    Mel Aisha Fatima
     
  2. Abarth

    Abarth Karting

    Nov 18, 2007
    58
    Sweden
    HAHAHA.
    That’s your first one?
    I’ve got at least 10 of those emails the last 6 months.
    Get rid of it, I don’t believe it necessarily contains a virus, it’s just some sort of scam that’s used to make less intelligent people handing over their account numbers or something like that.
    It’s pretty amusing reading those mails, considering that they offer you 10-20% (for doing nothing) from the $100000000000000 they can get to because bla bla passed away and bla and so on I'm unhappy rich boy uhuuuu.

    I know someone who replied to such mail, asked for half the money first and then to do as they wished.
    No replies back to him and no money, and he didn’t think he’d get any either.
     
  3. Fan512bbi

    Fan512bbi Two Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Mar 25, 2004
    20,938
    Wales-UK
    Full Name:
    Steve.
    I get them also, in the last one i recieved her father was not poisoned but died in the Concorde crash in France.
     
  4. Far Out

    Far Out F1 Veteran

    Feb 18, 2007
    9,768
    Stuttgart, Germany
    Full Name:
    Florian
    If you have a bit of time on your hands, read this: http://www.419eater.com/html/joe_eboh.htm This is the site of some guys who reverse the whole thing and try to get money from the scammers. The linked story is one of the most hilarious things on the net, I still laugh today thinking about it
     
  5. Fan512bbi

    Fan512bbi Two Time F1 World Champ
    BANNED

    Mar 25, 2004
    20,938
    Wales-UK
    Full Name:
    Steve.
    I laughed untill tears ran down my face, brilliant :D
     
  6. 2NA

    2NA F1 World Champ
    Consultant Owner Professional Ferrari Technician

    Dec 29, 2006
    18,221
    Twin Cities
    Full Name:
    Tim Keseluk
    If you do a search you'll find a thread by UroTrash where he strings a Nigerian scammer along.
     
  7. sparta49

    sparta49 F1 Veteran
    Owner

    Mar 3, 2001
    7,804
    LA
    Full Name:
    Frank
    I get emails like this on a regular basis but for the first 2 weeks of January I was getting 2 or 3 daily. I think I have surpassed Bill Gates and Warren Buffett on my net worth now . :) :)
     
  8. Abarth

    Abarth Karting

    Nov 18, 2007
    58
    Sweden
    The best one so far.
     
  9. MGD416

    MGD416 Formula 3

    Jun 4, 2006
    2,385
    that was probably the funniest thing I have read in a really realy long time. I just wasted an hour, but it was a damn funny hour. Tears poured out of my eyes when I read why he liked filling out forms and if he enjoyed the refreshing taste of pepsi.... aheha
     

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