These Scams

quick update on my loan application with ‘barrywire’. After a few attempts to get them to send me the loan application forms, and them asking me to send details ‘in order to proceed’, the correspondance stopped. Damn; I was having so much fun.
Oh well, at least I’ve still got a few Nigerian email scams on the hook until they work out I’m pulling their chain.

Cheers,
Marc.
[email protected]

“we get sent lemons; it’s up to us to make lemonade”

Basically, they pretend they have access to an unclaimed deceased estate of several million dollars. They tell you that you can become a part recipient of it if you agree to help them access the estate, and of course, you will need to provide details and open a bank account to have the money sent to you.
Usually they offer you about 50% of the money, they get the rest.
Once you agree, they ask for money for ‘expenses’ to get the ball rolling – usually a few thousand dollars.
Then, later on, there will be a problem, whereby you need to send a bit more money to rectify this problem (quite often a bribe to an official, they will tell you).
Very gullible people will keep sending the extra money to fix the problems, and will never see the money again. Their greed catches them out.
Now that you know the scam, do as I do; have some fun at their expense for a while until they wise up to you and stop answering your emails.

They will usually take the form of an email with a name you’ve never heard of, with a message which goes something like; “your most urgent reply”, or as below, this one arrived just today, which simply said; “hello”;

“Hello.

You will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this letter as a genuine request from a family in dire need of your humble assistance.I am Benson Dime. A Citizen of Zimbabwe,I am now seeking political assylum. I got your contact through the Information Exchange Online.

I am the only son of Collins Dime, a wealthy black farmer and senior politician with the opposition political party in my country, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC). Our wicked President Robert Mugabe murdered my father, before I ran way from my country because I have become his next target to eliminate. My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in The MDC, a party wanting to end the several years of brutal Dictatorship government of President Robert Mugabe. You will read more stories about President Mugabe’s brutal acts by visiting this web site:http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

My father was accused of assisting the White farmers in fighting the government. Few weeks after his arrest, he was reported dead. The government claimed he died of heart attack and his body was never seen for proper autopsy, they buried him in the government cemetery. My father’s associate Mr. Martin Olds a White farmer from Britain assisted me in fighting my father’s death through the Court and media.

The Government saw us as a big threat to them and decided to eliminate us. Mr. Olds was attacked and murdered in his House, but fortunately, before they came looking for me, I received the news and I left the country through the border to save my life.
Here is my reason for contacting you. Before the death of my father, he deposited the sum of Ten Million US Dollars (US$10,000,000.00) with a security company,The money was deposited as a gem/precious stone in a metal trunk box to avoid seizure and much demurrage from the security company organization. This money was earmarked for the purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the farms and the establishment of new farms in Lesotho and Swaziland.

The government seized my father’s farms and bank account before his arrest and Murder. He told me everything concerning the funds while he was still in detention. This is why I need your assistance in securing the funds there in your Country, so that I can arrange on how to come over to your country for the investment of the fund, I am willing to offer you 25% of the total fund for your assistance.as you may know that the financial law and regulations of the government does not give we assylum seekers financial rights to such huge sum of money. In view of this, The monetary policy/law does not allow such investment by an asylum seeker or refugee. Please, let me know if you can assist me, so that I can give you more details on how we shall proceed.

As I wait for your urgent Responsepls contact me with this email ([email protected]), please treat this information as top secret.

Yours truly,
Collins Dime.”

I will have a bit of fun with good ol’ Benson for a while. Should I ask him for 60% of the money?

Cheers,
Marc.
[email protected]

“we get sent lemons; it’s up to us to make lemonade”

Hey, I don’t want to appear too greedy – he might get upset. Can’t have that.

Cheers,
Marc.
[email protected]

“we get sent lemons; it’s up to us to make lemonade”