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  • Steve Plantz
    SE MN
    Posts: 12240
    #1244741

    I just got this in an e-mail and thought I would share it here with you guys for a good laugh, are there really people out there so stupid that they would actually fall for this scam!

    Quote:


    REQUEST BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.
    Good day,
    How are you and your family today? I hope that you are all
    okay? I found information about you and decided to contact
    you for an important assistance. I am Prince m nkomo. a
    citizen of Zimbabwe, but i am contacting from a neiboring
    country here in IVORY CAOST where i am now
    sicking political assylum.

    I am the only son of Kenneth Nkomo, a wealthy farmer and
    senior politician with the opposition political party in
    my country, Movement for Democratic Change [MDC]. My
    father was murdered by our wicked President, Robert Mugabe
    and I fled my country because I have become hisnext target
    to eliminate.

    My father was a fighter for Justice and a moving force in
    the MDC, a part 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 sites;
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html My father
    was accused of Treason and also 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 treat 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 had to flee through the border to
    South Africa to save my life. My arrival here in IVORY
    COAST still remains like a miracle to me.

    Here, is my reasons for contacting you, I am having a huge
    sum of money in the total sum of $13.6Million presently
    lodge with the security company in holland,My father kept
    this money in in two trunk boxes in disguise as family
    treasures and could not bank them,because of the situation
    in my country. My father’s business, farms and banks
    account were seized by the government before his arrest
    and murder.

    He told me everything concerning the funds while he was
    still in detention and I have made several arrangements
    concerning the shipment of the boxes out of my country
    because we cannot invest it there. I
    was on the process when I fled the country. I need your
    assistance in securing the funds there in your country, so
    that I can arrange on how to come overto your country to
    invest with the fund I am willing to offer you 30% of the
    $13.6Million for your assistance.

    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 response, please treat this information as
    top secret .

    Regards,
    Prince m nkomo.
    ————————————————–
    Nuevo DepĆ³sito a un mes 6% T.A.E. de ING
    http://ingdirect.ozu.es/
    ————————————————–
    Correo enviado desde http://www.ozu.es


    wade_kuehl
    Northwest Iowa
    Posts: 6167
    #317310

    Steve,

    I average 20 a week. If you got one expect more…

    nick
    Lakeville, MN
    Posts: 4977
    #317314

    If you’re bored and want some real amusement check out this site http://www.419eater.com/ I read teh steve ebe (something like that spelling) story, it was a long read, but totally great.

    Brian Klawitter
    Keymaster
    Minnesota/Wisconsin Mississippi River
    Posts: 59992
    #317322

    Golly, I started spending some of my 13 mill…

    I like the ones where they want you to go to a website and enter your credit card id and password. I have to remind the blonds in my house that these are fake….

    sgt._rock
    Rochester, MN
    Posts: 2517
    #317327

    Only $13mill??? You need a bigger boat.

    cherilovell
    Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
    Posts: 1495
    #317339

    Got a similar e-mail last week.
    Here is a little fact I found out about yours – only because they had it on the news. The Ivory Coast was offically changed to Cote d’Lvoire. If you call it Ivory Coast, they find offensive, rude, and it is punishable by some time in their prison – it is actually a law on their books.

    jay55447
    Plymouth MN.
    Posts: 1031
    #317343

    I got one a few years back and have got many since. The first one I got I was nervous so I actually called the FBI and reported it. They said if you contact them they will get you to give them your bank account number so they can transfer the money to your account. From there they procede to steel what ever moneys you have. The agent I talked to said a few people have fallen for this already. The most was a older guy who got it for 10,000. I guess they arent the easyest guys to catch either.

    john23
    St. Paul, MN
    Posts: 2578
    #317491

    There’s a website filled with stories about a guy that messes with these scammers. It could potentially be offensive to you, but once you’ve heard about what these scammers do to people you tend to lose sympathy for them. Typically, the owner of this site gets them to take a picture of themselves holding a card with a funny name or something … nothing terrible. My favorite is the guy standing in front of a rainbow with an umbrella, holding a sign that says, “It’s raining men.” Anyway, it’s at http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com

    raysresort
    Sauk City, WI
    Posts: 86
    #317502

    I get these emails at least once a month. Hard to believe anyone could be dumb enough to actually fall for it but they are.
    I just keep blocking senders and domains.

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