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Old 16-03-2018, 07:15 PM   #1
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Default recieved email - cant be a scam , they said so !

ok so I received this email in my spam folder
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From: "Mrs. Mercy Smith" <michele.bongarzone@alice.it>
To: undisclosed-recipients
Attention,

This is to inform you that we have been working towards the eradication of
fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of
African Unity (OAU) United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and FBI.

We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of African
countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Burkina Faso Ghana and
Senegal with cote d'ivoire ) and they are all in Government custody now, they
will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice.

During the course of investigation, they were able to recovered some funds from
these scam artists and IMF organization have ordered the funds recovered to be
shared among the 10 Lucky people listed around the World as a compensation.

This notice is been directed to you because your email address was found in one
of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation, maybe
you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensated with sum of
($300,000.00) Three hundred thousand US Dollars valid into an (ATM Card Number
695179102227445160).

Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a
compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM
VISA CARD and deliver to your postal address with the Pin code as to enable you
withdrawal maximum of $5,000 on each withdrawal from any Bank ATM Machine of
your choice, until all the funds are exhausted.

The ATM Card with Security Pin number shall be delivered to you via courier
Service, depending your choice.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the
agent in-charge (Mr.Jackson Cole) Kindly look below to find appropriate contact
information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. Jackson Cole
Phone +229 69264645
Email: (jacksoncole153@gmail.com)


You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR AGE:
ADDRESS:
YOUR COUNTRY:
CITY:
DIRECT CONTACT PHONE NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:

We advice you to stop all communications with everyone regarding your payment
as we have short listed to deliver to you and now urge you to comply and
receive your ATM Card funds.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions while I wait to hear
from you today.

Yours in Services
Mrs. Mercy Smith
so cant be a scam they said so
timely reminder all don't get caught !!
and don't feed the

spamming scammers
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the

rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually

just remember don't be afraid to try something new.
Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic!

I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !!
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Old 16-03-2018, 09:10 PM   #2
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Well they must have enough success to keep doing these sorts of scams.
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Old 16-03-2018, 10:30 PM   #3
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That's awesome mate, what are you going to do with the money?
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Old 16-03-2018, 10:53 PM   #4
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Well done, lucky man, what a windfall ( you’ve got great contacts ).
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Old 17-03-2018, 12:52 AM   #5
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Default Re: recieved email - cant be a scam , they said so !

But it can't be a scam i tells ya
These honest people have located all the scammers that have Never taken any money from me , and if i get in fast i have a chance that all this money that was Never taken could end up being returned
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yes still (as money n time permit) doing the

rebuilding the zh fairlane with a clevo 400m 4v heads injected whipple blown with aode 4 speed trans to a 9" ....... we'll get there eventually

just remember don't be afraid to try something new.
Remember, amateurs built the Ark...Professionals built the Titanic!

I have taken up meditation... at least it's better than sitting around doing nothing !!
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Old 17-03-2018, 12:41 PM   #6
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Default Re: recieved email - cant be a scam , they said so !

I recently won a share in a $45,000,000 lottery win in the U.K. I also get a lot of emails from the same place telling me my Apple ID account needs this & that. I have never owned anything Apple & never will. Where these people get my info to begin with makes me wonder. Oh well, off to Ford to order a few 2018 Mustangs.
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Old 17-03-2018, 01:26 PM   #7
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Default Re: recieved email - cant be a scam , they said so !

You are all mocking these type of emails.

The sad thing is that thousands of people (mainly the elderly and/or vulnerable) fall for this every day. These are the sort of people who simply can't afford to lose tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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Old 17-03-2018, 04:01 PM   #8
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ok so I received this email in my spam folder

so cant be a scam they said so
timely reminder all don't get caught !!
and don't feed the

spamming scammers
Of all things. Look at the kind and caring letter I just received:

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My wife and I won the Euro Millions Lottery of Ј53 Million British Pounds and we have voluntarily decided to donate Ђ1,000,000EUR(One Million Euros) to 5 individuals randomly as part of our own charity project.

To verify our lottery winnings,please see our interview by visiting the web page below:

telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/11511467/Lincolnshire-couple-win-53m-on-EuroMillions.html

Your email address was among the emails which were submitted to us by the Google, Inc as a web user; if you have received our email, kindly send us the below details so that we can transfer your Ђ1,000,000.00 EUR(One Million Euros) to you in your own country.

Full Names:
Mobile No:
Age:
Address:
Occupation:
Country:

Send your response to: richardmxwel2@outlook.com

Best Regards,
Richard & Angela Maxwell
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Old 18-03-2018, 02:02 AM   #9
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Default Re: recieved email - cant be a scam , they said so !

Here's a funny forum dedicated to Scam Baiting:
http://www.419eater.com/

They convince scammers to get funny tattoos, like " I give BJ's", or hold up messages such as " I Felch Wombats for Charlie Manson", "I can't believe it's not butter" and " Shiver me timbers" (with a patch over an eye). All part of a qualifying process, with photographic proof, before money will be sent to them.

I ended up with sore stomach muscles from laughing hard, last time I visited.
Even standing on high morale ground, feeling sorry for these desperate people, it'll still make you laugh.

Link to a thread, that doesn't require register/log in :

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=212620

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Old 29-03-2018, 07:49 PM   #10
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Default Re: recieved email - cant be a scam , they said so !

lve followed 419eater (both .com & .net)for a very long time. loads of aussies involved in scammers on 'safaris', some of which are quite hilarious indeed. 'baits' gets to be quite enertaining. can be 'you are that stupid your willing to get a tat on ur forehead to prove who u are?' or. willing to have photos of you holding a sign saying something ridiculous.
can be an entertaining time l assure you, if nothing else to remind you how desperate some are & at the same time how stupid some can be be.
cheers
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