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Man, I LOVE scammers!!

pdpfilms

pdpfilms

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Jun 29, 2004
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Nice. Got an email the other day from a "Dr Emeka Idei" the other day. It was a very gracious offer to include me in his plan to make "$28,000,000 MILLION US DOLLARS!"...(is that actually $28 Trillion? You decide!) Give it a read:

Hello,
Before i proceed i would want to inform you that this is not a scam and most importantly you will NOT spend any cent from your pocket as i have already involved an investor that would sponsor the project until succesfull conclussion. I want you to quote the above to me and disregard me if ever i demand any amount from you to cover any sort of expenses.
I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics.But please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.
I discovered a dormant account in my office, as Group finance director with a prominent Bank here in Nigeria. It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth $28,000,000 MILLION US DOLLAR in an account offshore. If you can be a collaborator to this please indicate interest immediately for us to proceed. First transfer to your account Will be $10million. You will keep 30% percent interest of the total Fund.10% for charity both in Africa and in your country while the remaining 5% will be set aside to settle expenses to be incured during the transfer process.
Your contact phone numbers and name will be necessary for this effect.Upon the receipt of your reply, I will send to you a detailed information about the transaction.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is 100% risk and trouble free andthat you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within 7 to 9 banking days.
Regards and respect,
Director Affairs Corporate
Governance Committe
Dr Emeka Ikedi
Please send your correspondence to my personal email...ikediemeka_101@yahoo.com.
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I had no choice but to accept his kind offer, and replied with the following email.

Dr. Ikedi,
Thank you for your kind proposal. You Nigerians sure are nice to be spreading the wealth to Western countries rather than keeping it yourselves to fix the problems within your own continent. Nevertheless, I'm interested! Please tell me how I can make $28,000,000 MILLION US DOLLARs!

Your Friend,
Orson Welles
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I decided my name should be Orson Welles. Unfortunately, I didn't change the name assigned to my email address (my real name), so it showed up in his "from" field. He responds with the following email.
Dear (My Real Name, spelled incorrectly)

Dear Margie Ziereis,

I received your email,

Dont worry as we proceed further you will see that you would not be emotionally, mentally,financially or physically be disappointed involving your self in this project

Please state the below information of yours which I would use to procure relevant documents of this project from the security company in your favor.

1) Full Name and address
2) Contact Phone numbers
3) Occupation
4) Position in your work place
5) Age and Marital Statues

Expecting your response,

Regards,

Dr Emeka Ikedi
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Great! I've been accepted by his generous charitable program! My response:
Who is Margie Ziereis? I do not want to share my $28,000,000 MILLION US DOLLARS.

And what exactly do you want that information for? I just don't want to be scammed, that's all. Here's part of it:
1) Full Name and Address:
Orson Welles (I use the name [my real name] as an alias for emails)
6116 7th Ave
Kenosha, WI USA

2) Contact Phone Numbers:
I do not own a telephone, i'm sorry.

3) Occupation
Screenwriter

4) Position in your workplace
Rear left of room

5) Age and Marital Status
34 single

I'm glad to hear that I'll be rewarded in all ways including physically. Can you please explain to me again where this money is coming from and how i can get it as quick as possible?
Thank you and good luckings!
-orson
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At this point, I'm waiting on his response. I can't wait to see where this goes. Any suggestions on future messages from experienced scammer-scammers?

This is going to be fun:D :D ;)
 
Nice Job. Keep us updated. :)

Try to get scammers to believe that you actaully want their scam is almost as fun as talking to tele-marketers. :D :p
 
I get those emails from time to time. Next one I will play along and see what happens. Keep us updated though!
 
lol wow this is great, i got aton of them while trying to sell my laptop on ebay i just sent them an email full of curses a paragraph long insulting them for insulting my intelligence (who would actually be stupid enough to beleive them?) but what you did is much better i think im gonna try that!:rolleyes:
 
Hahaha, this is great! I do the same kind of thing to telemarketers, I have a great time messing with them.
 
Uh oh, not good:
Dear Orson Welles,

I am sorry that i can not work with a person that can not be communicated on phone when need be,

Your position in the offfice does not mean your physical position,what i wanted to know is your rank in the office.

Regards,

Emeka Ikedi
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Let's see if I can salvage the project:

Dr. Ikedi,
Please do not regard my lack of owning a telephone as a sign that I do not want to participate. When I was young, I had a terrible accident with a LiteBrite that damaged my inner ear, and now I am deaf. Because of this, I do not own any telephones or vocal communication devices. However i do own a TextPhone, and would be more than willing to communicate with that.
I do not work in an office, but out of my own home. While I may not be a manager or CEO, I still make lots of money. In fact, you may have heard of the move War of the Worlds? I helped in writing that screenplay, and many others. I hope that my wealth does not frighten you away from the project, as I'm sure we could be great partners.
Please let me know when a good time to call on the TextPhone wold be, and we can proceed from there.

Thank you,
Orson
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haha. i always assumed these things were mass produced and that you wouldn't actually receive responses so tailored to what you said. keep us posted.
 
jelloshotsrule said:
haha. i always assumed these things were mass produced and that you wouldn't actually receive responses so tailored to what you said. keep us posted.
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Well they do have to make some attempt at appearing to establish a genuine relationship with you in order for the scam to work, so personal responses are a must. It's all about the customer service!
 
I'm too lazy to look it up - what is your relationship (if any) to the address in Kenosha, WI. Also, it would be beneficial if you made sure that the address does not belong to another person. You don't want to be responsible for a little old grandma getting roughed up (yes, they do have an American presence).

Also, I like your recovery on the phone. I don't know if they will understand the LiteBrite concept - if available in Nigeria, it may have been marketed under a different name. Perhaps a more generic explanation - a children's toy.

Remember, if they don't get back to you soon, you may have to get a bit desperate to make lots of money. Early communication is key to developing a good relationship (unless she gets a restraining order, but that's another story for another day;))
 
Update:

I've concluded that having received my real name and by using my real email address, it would be to risky to continue this particuler antiscam. However, I set up a new gmail account and am pretending he sent the same email to that account as well (I'm guessing thousands were sent out and there's no way for him to keep track). Here's the NEW antiscam.

Dear Mr. Emeka,

I am sorry I have not emailed back sooner. Your proposal sounds like a promising one. How can we get started?

Thank you,
Steven Jobbs
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pdpfilms said:
Update:

I've concluded that having received my real name and by using my real email address, it would be to risky to continue this particuler antiscam. However, I set up a new gmail account and am pretending he sent the same email to that account as well (I'm guessing thousands were sent out and there's no way for him to keep track). Here's the NEW antiscam.
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We should all pretend we are Steven Jobbs :D
 
nbs2 said:
I'm too lazy to look it up - what is your relationship (if any) to the address in Kenosha, WI. Also, it would be beneficial if you made sure that the address does not belong to another person. You don't want to be responsible for a little old grandma getting roughed up (yes, they do have an American presence).
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Yeah, the last thing I want is to cause someone harm from this. The address is the birthplace of Orson Welles, who wrote, directed, produced, and starred in "Citizen Kane". I doubt anyone lives there as it's probably been converted into a historic site for the town. Haha- I'd love to see this guy put all the effort into coming to the states, getting to Wisconsin, and then showing up at "Orson Welles Birthplace! $5 entry fee, no flash photography please!". Nevertheless, I'm calling this one off and starting up the Steven Jobbs angle. Stay tuned!
 
Alright, he bought the second email, and replied with the same one as above. Heeeeere we go!

Emeka,
That sounds reasonable. What sort of line of credit are you looking for? As a banker, I know there are hundreds of different kinds. Equitable Creditless, Accredited Buisnessly Joint Fund, Triple Bypass Line of Credit, Sorted Managed Account for Credit (Section 14(c)), Credit for Lack of Equity, Credited Accounting Major, Simplex HypoDirect Line for Crediting, or the popular Mutually Artificial Monetary Interaction Account. If there is any particular account you're looking for, let me know. if not, we can proceed with the basic option.

Here is my information.

Steven Jobbs
767 5th Ave
New York, NY 10153

My home phone was just cut off due to recent Ice Storms in Manhattan- it should be repaired in less than a week. However I can be reached on my mobile phone which is (309) 294-3721.

I am a Bank Manager in Manhattan, NYC. I am at the second highest position in this particular CitiBank, which is the third largest in the city.

I am 46 and married.

You'll have to forgive me as because of the Ice Storm my scanner has no power. I only have a laptop for right now, until next week when they repair the lines. I will attach my passport at that time, do not worry.

Please provide me with your phone number so that we can have further communications. I also need to see the copy of your passport you said you attached, as it did not come through in the last email.
Thank you for choosing me as your businesspartner. I await your reply.

Best Sincerlys,
Steven Jobbs
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Note- The phone number provided was created using www.J2.com. It's a free voicemail-only account. It will cost him bunches of money to dial, provide a means to hear his pathetic schemes in speech, and frustrate him as Mr. Jobbs will never answer the phone. Also, notice the name of the last credit account option... "Mutually Artificial Monetary Interaction Account"... there couldn't be a better description for what's going on right here.

All the information above has been completely made up. Not a single line of it is based in truth. The types of credit accounts were made up, the address is the Manhattan Apple Store, the job does not exist. It's all fun and games.
 
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