Preserved Topic: WTF is this?

I received the below text an in email the other day. I don't know if it's spam. It doesn't fir the spam profile.... odd. Really odd:

quote:

---

I MR. EZRA KOFFI have decided to bestow this trust on you. During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my
department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on november 1997 in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this development.

Although personally,I keep this information secret within myself and partners to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful. During the time of execution. The said amount was US$10M(Ten million united states dollars).

As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information through the business directory at chamber of commerce and Industry here in Lome- Togo where I was seaching for a good relaible contact to do the business with.I was elated the time I saw your address to propose the business to you.

Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.

In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant,we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank,where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. The sharing rate of this money will be discussed later upon your favourable response showing your zealous determination to assist us but the first priority is your total acceptance and commitment to assist.

Please,you have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you. I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask us to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment,either in your country or any country you advice us to invest in.All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you.

Best Regard,
MR. EZRA KOFFI.

---

I mean... WTF?

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

Arr... right. Fair enough.

Yeah...there's been a siilar one floating around tell you that Bill Gates has decided to give some of his money away, and the more people you can refer ot the email, the more money you get. It runs exactly like an AllAdvantage scheme, 1st level referee, 2nd level referee, blah, blah, blah....

Koan 63, written on the wall of cell number 250:
Those who Believe
Can
Those who Try
Do
Those who Love
Live

Dracusis: Its a variant on the Nigerian scam - you can be ripped off in a number of different ways:

1. You transfer an amount of money to them and in return they will send you back tens times the amount - you never hear back from them.

2. You send them your account details for them to transfer lots of cash into - instead they drain your account.

3. You fly out to S. Africa to pick up a big case of cash to bring back - you end up being found face down in a ditch (this seems to be the S. African variant).

I checked a while ago but it is so widely spread that people like Scotland Yard are just not interested in you forwarding emails to them.

Check the archives as this has come up before. Worth a section in the FAQ?

___________________
Emps

FAQs: Emperor

Here is the one I recieved at that time: http://www.sashadesign.com/temp/letter.txt

Just ignore it.

Sasha »

Yes, I got one to my hotmail adress as well. I thought it was some kind of spam when I got it, so I deleted it. Now i am sure that it is.
Could anyone be stupid enough to believe in these kind of emails?

Kasta sten i glashus? Jag?

quote:

---

Could anyone be stupid enough to believe in these kind of emails?

---

Unfortunately, yes. It's a little flaw humans have.

Greed.

The poster has demanded we remove all his contributions, less he takes legal action.
We have done so.
Now Tyberius Prime expects him to start complaining that we removed his 'free speech' since this message will replace all of his posts, past and future.
Don't follow his example - seek real life help first.

Woohoo I can't wait to try your breast enhancements too InI?

Its scary how gullable people are. People are just willing to throw away everything they've worked hard for just for a get rich quick sheme. Fortunately theres people like me to come up with these schemes and take the money ...

-Jestah
Cell 277

Yeah, but you need money before someone can take it off you. All I've got is an overdue telephone bill! ~sigh~....

"Six arrested over 'Nigerian e-mail' fraud"
News: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/zd/20020524/tc_zd/5108178

This is one of the oldest ones, I've been getting it for years. At first the amounts lost and/or blocked were more modest, but over the dot-com years the numbers grew to mammoth proportions. The nationalities seem to change also, but the core is always the same, we gots millions, and we need *your* help to move it!

Here, from scambuster, back in 1996!
Link: http://www.scambusters.org/NigerianFee.html

Your pal, -doc-

I got one these... no wait... I had five of these with the same letter as them all about a year ago. I did save them for future reference but it was my in my darkshadow yahoo account, which I lost the password to .

It's just got a big fat SCAM on them, just delete it or save it for future reference, like what I did and if you get more report it.

Put it this way.. If someone you've never met in your life approaches you and asks you to help them cash in on a lot of money and all it's going to cost you is a bit of your time, and access to your bank account... Run... far and fast...

I've been talking to this Ezra Koffi character the last couple of days. I told him to send me $10,000 to show me his goodwill, a plane ticket to Togo so I could meet him face to face, or give me his bank account number.

Kinda reminded me of one I got a week or so back... Said some relative of mine (that I have never heard of) died and willed me 550,000USD. All I had to do to receive it is send a copy of my driver's license and/or social security card. I still have the email if anyone is interested lol. Needless to say, it served as a great laugh.


________________________________________________________________
-- Jack of all trades, master of that which has my attention at
the moment.

Home Sweet Home