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Off-Topic Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: CP5670 on February 21, 2003, 11:03:20 am
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This has to be one of the weirdest emails I have recieved recently... :wtf:
From: "bqxvsule audu" [email protected]
Subject: very urgent and important ejs
To: [email protected] ;[email protected]
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
EMAIL: [email protected]
Dear Sir,
SEEKING YOUR IMMEDIATE ASSISTANCE.
Please Permit me to make your acquaintance in so
informal a manner. This is necessitated by my urgent
need to reach a dependable and trust wordy foreign
partner. This request may seem strange and
unsolicited but I will crave your indulgence and pray
that you view it seriously. My name is MR SULE AUDU of the Democratic
Republic of Congo and One of the> close aides to the former President of the Democratic Republic of Congo LAURENT KABILA of blessed
memory, may his soul rest in peace.
Due to the military campaign of LAURENT KABILA to
force out the rebels in my country, I and some of my
colleagues were instructed by Late President Kabila
to go abroad to purchase arms and ammunition worth of
Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars only (US$20,500,000.00) to fight the rebel
group. But when President Kabila was killed in a
bloody shoot-out by one of his aide a day before we
were schedule to travel out of Congo, We immediately> decided to divert the fund into a private security> company here in Congo for safe keeping. The security
of the said amount is presently being threatened here
following the arrest and seizure of properties of Col.
Rasheidi Karesava (One of the aides to Laurent Kabila)> a tribesman, and some other Military Personnel from
our same tribe, by the new President of the Democratic
Republic of Congo, the son of late President Laurent
Kabila, Joseph Kabila.
In view of this, we need a reliable and trustworthy
foreign partner who can assist us to move this money
out of my country as the beneficiary.
WE have sufficient ''CONTACTS'' to move the fund under
Diplomatic Cover to a security company in the europe
in your name. This is to ensure that the Diplomatic
Baggage is marked ''CONFIDENTIAL'' and it will not
pass through normal custom/airport screening and
clearance.
Our inability to move this money out of Congo all
This while lies on our lack of trust on our supposed
good friends (western countries) who suddenly became
hostile to those of us who worked with the late
President Kabila, immediately after his son took
office. Though we have neither seen nor met each
other, the information We gathered from an associate
who has worked in your country has encouraged and
convinced us that with your sincere assistance, this
transaction will be properly handled with modesty
and honesty to a huge success within two weeks. The
said money is a state fund and therefore requires a
total confidentiality.> Thus, if you are willing to assist us move this fund
out of Congo, you can contact me through my email
address above with your telephone, fax number and
personal information to enable us discuss the
modalities and what will be your share
(percentage) for assisting us.
I must use this opportunity and medium to implore You
to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this Matter
extraordinarily confidential, Whatever your Decision,
while I await your prompt response. Thank you and
GodBless.
Best Regards
MR SULE AUDU
arehwyrqfilhlvsxpeqyut
SPAM: ---- Start SpamAssassin results
SPAM: 6.10 hits, 5 required;
SPAM: * 2.0 -- BODY: Nigerian scam key phrase (million dollars)
SPAM: * 1.8 -- BODY: Contains 'Dear (something)'
SPAM: * 0.4 -- BODY: Nigerian scam key phrase ($NN,NNN,NNN.NN)
SPAM: * 0.2 -- BODY: Only $$$
SPAM: * 0.1 -- BODY: Contains 'Dear Somebody'
SPAM: * 1.6 -- BODY: Spam phrases score is 05 to 08 (medium)
SPAM: [score: 6]
SPAM:
SPAM: ---- End of SpamAssassin results
I don't see anything on advertising, so I guess the only purpose of it is to make you give out your personal information, and I bet half of the people who recieved this will fall for it. :p
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:lol:
If anyone falls for that, I'm almost inclined to say that they deserve it.
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that's as bad as that one about the Nigerian Government wanting to transfer like 40 million dollars to your account or something like that
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I recieved that e-mail on an account. It was quite amusing since the account was for a university society I was/am involved with and so did not have a persons name. Just wait, you might get a follow up e-mail to that one, I did.
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That should be interesting... :D
Whatever your Decision, while I await your prompt response.
The guy doesn't even know how to write; if you are trying to fool people, at least make it look professional. :rolleyes: :D
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Looks like the Nigerian 419 scam has moved to the Congo. If you do sign up for this scam you probably wouldn`t just lose your money. People have been kidnapped for ransom and even killed as part of the Nigerian version.
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...........You do realise he's trying to make it look like an African wrote it, right?
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Originally posted by an0n
...........You do realise he's trying to make it look like an African wrote it, right?
That's what came to my mind, but I just decided not to say it.
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Still, I think that if he can write English at all, he would know better than to capitalize practically every other word, especially seeing as he is supposedly some government official. :p
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perhaps
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Originally posted by karajorma
Looks like the Nigerian 419 scam has moved to the Congo. If you do sign up for this scam you probably wouldn`t just lose your money. People have been kidnapped for ransom and even killed as part of the Nigerian version.
for a frickin' spam conspiracy? :wtf:
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You might be surprise to the lengths that some people will go to for making money.
I guy of unknown name passed himself of a a business exec supposedly in the process of moving a new into the local region here near where I live. And as such this guy was looking for a temporary point for which telephone calls and mail could be sent until the rest of the business was fully up and running. This guy happened to walk into my mum's office and payed for access to the offices admin services while this 'company' was sorting itself out (since this is technically what my mother does, payed admin and secretarial work for clients).
At first everything went smoothly, but as time went by 'tish' as we knew him kept popping by less and less. And roughly around this same time (about 12 months after he first walked into the office) we started to get the odd 'tense' call from people who tish owed money to through this company (which was still being set up). Eventually it got to the point where we had threatening calls and one guy actually travelled all the way down from somewhere up north (near newcastle upon tyne) and barged into the office to give to give us a 'piece of his mind'. He left with a broken arm after myself and kevin threw him back out just before the police arrived.
Shortly following that I was informed that 'tish' was under investigation by the inland revenue for something like 2 dozen counts of known fraud. We never saw him or hear from him again, and fortunately for our selves the IR understood the situation and that we'd basically been con'd.
But at the time no one suspected anything, it seemed that... normal.
A good con artist doesn't leave any visible tracks during the time at which you are being con'd, it's not until after that you realise just how stupid you had been. The same has and always will be true. The was said to be something like 8 million US dollars made collectively by con artists in the first month alone following September 11th (2001)
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Originally posted by CP5670
if he can write English at all, he would know better than to capitalize practically every other word
Well... (http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,13200.msg249093.html#msg249093)
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Originally posted by Stunaep
for a frickin' spam conspiracy? :wtf:
Basically they get the people to give them money to pay for bribes etc and eventually pursuade them to fly out to Nigeria to sort out one of the problems.
When they do they kidnap them and send ransom demands back to the family.
There's more info in this article (http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29410.html)
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to quote american showman, P.T. Barnum, "there's one born every minute".
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I got one like that except about some guy from South Africa and 50,000,000!! SEE! WEST AFRICA SPAM IS RICHER!
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There's another one which involves trafficing diamonds out of Angola instead.
The really weird thing is I heard about it from someone who recieved it at work. Someone who works for a state owned Angolan company :D
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I got one like that except about some guy from South Africa and 50,000,000!! SEE! WEST AFRICA SPAM IS RICHER!
Still, how much percentage of that do you recieve for helping them? The smaller governments may give you more... :D