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Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 2868
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:16 am: |     |
But, OH, what have they done to the Queen's English over there!
From Mr.JOHN BROWN
Fund Payment Department
Barclays Group
54 Lombard Street,
London EC3P 3AH
Attention: Beneficiary/contractor,
I am Mr.JOHN BROWN fund payment department Barclays Group
LONDON UK,This is to notify you that after due
consultation with board of directors (Barclays Group bank
London); they now agree that this fund $12million
should be transfer to hit your nominated bank in your
country. Actually the fund came as a result of your
unclaimed money in our bank here in Barclays Group BANK LONDON
base on random sampling carried our by
www.foundmoney.com. We therefore appeal to you since
your name appear in our list of payment to urgently
contact the above address for urgent attendant.
This is to make sure (Barclays Group bank London) did not make
any mistakes in transferring of your funds to your
nominated bank account so long as you are the
beneficiary. Contact Mr.ERIC WILSON with this email
:barclaysgroupbank@consultant.com
because (Barclays Group bank London) is not mandated
to take nor embezzled anybody´s fund that was lodged
in her bank. We therefore ask you to send to us the
below information to enable Mr.ERIC WILSON to arrange
for the transfer of your fund to your nominated bank
account in your country with the help of Barclays Group BANK´S
directives. You can visit; www.unclaimed-money.com if
you are not convinced.
Send the below information to us ASAP.
1. YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
2. YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. YOUR AGE
4. YOUR PASSPORT FOR IDENTIFICATION
5. DETAILS OF YOUR BANK CHOICE
Forward all your information to Mr.ERIC WILSON,S
office for urgent payment-mail:barclaysgroupbank@consultant.com
Congratulations
Mr.JOHN BROWN
Never thought staying home sick could be so lucrative. Now where did I put my passport........
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buzzsaw
Citizen
Username: Buzzsaw
Post Number: 3569
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:47 am: | |
You can trust him because his name is in all caps. |
Parkbench87
Citizen
Username: Parkbench87
Post Number: 3324
Registered: 7-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:50 am: | |
Plus he has a very common name so this has to be legit! |
MBJ
Citizen
Username: Mbj
Post Number: 94
Registered: 10-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:52 am: | |
Congrats! Obviously any offer that contains a statement like the following has to be legit:
"..because (Barclays Group bank London) is not mandated to take nor embezzled anybody´s fund that was lodged in her bank."
Best of luck! |
greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6568
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 10:55 am: | |
I didn't know the guy from Nigeria moved to London! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11978
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 12:39 pm: | |
I hear that these scams have become Nigeria's second-largest industry, after petroleum. Fascinating.
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greenetree
Supporter
Username: Greenetree
Post Number: 6571
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 12:41 pm: | |
I want to know who these people are that fall for it. Maybe they could be on Jerry Springer or something. I would definitely watch that! |
Brett Weir
Citizen
Username: Brett_weir
Post Number: 1196
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 12:58 pm: | |
Report it to the F.B.I., they have a West-African task force that monitors confidence scams. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1020
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 1:06 pm: | |
The best thing to do is send the email, with full headers attached, to the originating company (if it is a yahoo account, abuse@yahoo.com, you get the idea).
You can also play along for a little while, torturing and tormenting these morons... because believe it or not, they DO succeed in stealing money from people; usually elderly folks that don't quite understand what's going on.
www.ebolamonkeyman.com
http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/ |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11979
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 1:58 pm: | |
The return addresses are often forged, so reporting the spam is useless.
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Eric
Citizen
Username: Ericactive
Post Number: 83
Registered: 7-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:07 pm: | |
Check out
http://www.419eater.com/
There's a story here where the scammer got scammed by the scammee and actually sent him money. |
Stevef
Citizen
Username: Stevef
Post Number: 156
Registered: 5-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:08 pm: | |
How would the con man get in touch with his victim if the address were forged? |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2231
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 4:23 pm: | |
You'd be better off finding out who owns consultant.com and getting in touch with them...
You could contact Gerld Gorman, at att.net (if he's the real registrant).
Domain Name: consultant.com
Created on..............: 12 Sep 1997 00:00:00
Expires on..............: 11 Sep 2006 00:00:00
Registrant Info:
NJDomains, Abuse Contact: abuse@mail.com
Gerald Gorman
33 Knightsbridge Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
US
Phone: 9086960929
Fax..: none
Email: abuse@mail.com_gerald.gorman@att.net
Administrative Info:
NJDomains, Abuse Contact: abuse@mail.com
Gerald Gorman
33 Knightsbridge Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
US
Phone: 9086960929
Fax..: none
Email: abuse@mail.com_gerald.gorman@att.net
Technical Info:
NJDomains, Abuse Contact: abuse@mail.com
Gerald Gorman
33 Knightsbridge Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854
US
Phone: 9086960929
Fax..: none
Email: abuse@mail.com_gerald.gorman@att.net
Status: Locked
Domain servers in listed order:
udns1.ultradns.net
udns2.ultradns.net
Whois-Services: ec91a8a2-9d0f-4543-8dab-13de721c37ad@whois-services.com
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Innisowen
Citizen
Username: Innisowen
Post Number: 1355
Registered: 3-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 4:29 pm: | |
That's no big deal.
MY offer letter came from the head of the Ministry of Petroleum in Nigeria.
My swindler is bigger than yours. |
Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 2234
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 4:30 pm: | |
I get these several times a day. I'm a bigger suck.. oh wait. Nevermind. |
Alberto
Citizen
Username: Buckwheat
Post Number: 88
Registered: 12-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:03 pm: | |
I WAS A CORPORTE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT BARCLAYS FOR 7 YEARS - CONGRATULATIONS!
DEPOSIT IT IN THE KNIGHTSBRIDGE PRIVATE BANKING OFFICE IN LONDON.
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Eats Shoots & Leaves
Citizen
Username: Mfpark
Post Number: 2873
Registered: 9-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:10 pm: | |
LOL! I hear they have good controls at Knightsbridge. I will certainly consider your kind and freely given advise. |
Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1022
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 5:44 pm: | |
Tom,
Actually you're incorrect - the scammers need to be able to communicate with you and will continue to use the account... until someone reports it and shuts it down.
I always report the email addresses, and it usually results in the scammer losing that email account. Of course, they come back with another one - but it DOES mess up 'transactions' that they have in progress with some poor unsuspecting person. |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 11985
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:18 pm: | |
Yeah, you're right. These scammers need reliable email, unlike spammers.
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Case
Citizen
Username: Case
Post Number: 1024
Registered: 2-2005
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 8:42 pm: | |
It seems like a very small thing to take away a scammer's email... but anything I can do that will annoy these scumbags is a good thing.
I don't know why I hate them so much.... but I really, really do.
The best time I have is when I convince them to meet me at the Abidjan airport; lots of fun. |
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