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Topic Started: Jul 8 2008, 02:23 AM (436 Views)
Puffles
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I know a lot of you probably delete the messages in your email inbox that claim you've received an inheritance from an African prince, or that you've won billions of dollars in some obscure lottery game nobody's ever heard of. But why delete them, when you can lead the scammers on into thinking they've caught you with their bait? It's quite fun, and you can even hint that you know they're scamming, and laugh when they don't catch on and reply back to you. Here's a fun little conversation that I just had with a man offering me a bank draft worth 1.2 million USD.

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Attention:Beneficiary

Re-Your bank draft worth Us$1.2Million



I am in receipt of your message with reference to your International certified bank draft worth (US$1,200,000.00) One Million Two hundred Thousand United States Dollars only which was entrusted under my care by my associates before he traveled to Dominican Republic. He has directed me to send the draft to you once you compliment on his message by responding to me.



However, I will like to explain to you the procedures and process applicable for your draft delivery to avoid getting the draft into the wrong hands or losing it on transit. You are on this note advised to come down here to pick up the draft yourself on my address below:



Name: Mr. Philip Watson

Address: 12 Ave.Sainte Rita, B.p 12456

City: Cotonou

Country: Republic of Benin.



In the light of the above, if it will not be possible for you to come down here to pick it up, your draft will be delivered to your nominated address through the services of the diplomatic service companies which will take three to four days to get to your doorstep but you are to pay for the cost of shipment to the courier company before the delivery could be effected. I have verified on the cost and will send that to you on your request. So make your choice and get back to me as soon as possible because I don't want to keep this draft for a long time.God bless you.



Best Regards,

Mr.Philip Watson

+229 9345 4536


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Why have I been chosen to receive this money?


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Attention:Beneficiary,



Re:Your bank draft of Us$1.200,000.00



Well all i know is that i was entrusted your bank draft along with three others to send to the beneficiary which you are one of them.I am surprise about this your question because you confirmed this message to me by sending me a message in that regards which you receiv from your friend direct from Dominican Republic where he is currently.



I wouldnt know why as i have to ask you because he told me that the four drafts are as a compensation to those that have assisted him in one way or the other before he has finally succeded in getting his contracted money transfered after many years of working towards it.So i awaits to hear from you as i will advice you to get back with the options you will like your draft to be sent to you.

Regards,

Mr Philipe Watson


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You should capitalize your I's and use proper punctuation, it makes you seem more professional that way.

So, what are my options?


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Attention:Beneficiary,



Re-Your bank draft worth Us$1.2Million



Thanks for your corrections.The options you have is either to come down here and pick up your draft or have it delivered through the effective diplomatic courier service company which will cost you Us$110.



Regards,

Mr Philip Watson


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I currently do not have $110. Where do I have to go to pick up my draft personally?


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Attention:Beneficiary



Re-Your bank draft worth Us$1.2Million



You have to come down to Republic of Benin as i enclosed in my previous messages.It is in the Western part of Africa.Thus:



Name: Mr. Philip Watson

Address: 12 Ave.Sainte Rita, B.p 12456

City: Cotonou

Country: Republic of Benin.

West Africa.


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Understood. Could you please be so kind as to provide me with instructions on how to get to there from the airport?

Also, can we schedule a meeting time?


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Attention:Beneficiary,



You can enter airport taxi right from the airport and ask the taxi of the address.It is a well know area in Cotonou.I awaits to see you.

Regards,

Mr Philip

Note that he knows that I don't have $110, but he still thinks I'm buying a round trip plane ticket to Africa.

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Can we schedule a meeting time?

I asked that in my last message. I don't appreciate the fact that you're ignoring some of my questions.


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Attention:Beneficiary,



Anytime you land at the airport,get intouch with me and we will have a meeting.I will like you to forward to me your intinery so that i will know exactly when you are landing and we can work out a meeting time with that.

Regards,

Mr Philip


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Understood. Do I have to bring anything with me, such as papers to verify my identity, or money to cover the cost of possible fees?


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Attention:Beneficiary,



Your i.d card or your international passport is ok for the identification.

Regards,

Mr Philip

WARNING: Explicit Language
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Understood. Finally, I would like to ask you a favor. Since I'm currently not in possession of $110, as I have previously stated, I obviously will need you to buy a round trip plane ticket for me. I will make this well worth your while by paying you $10,000 after I receive and cash my bank draft, so you'll make a great deal of money off of this.

As I'm sure a gentleman like yourself is aware, there are ways of insuring that you will in fact receive your $10,000 in the event that I am able to successfully cash my bank draft. I will gladly employ any methods that you choose, within reason and within the legal limitations of both our countries. Assuming that the draft you speak of is in fact real, you should have no problem with this. In addition to my lack of money, I'm also insisting that my plane ticket be purchased by you to weed out the very slim chance that you are a loathsome, depraved internet scammer, who can kiss my motherfucking ass, you goddamned piece of vile, pus-laden excrement. May the fires of a thousand hells rain down upon you and your children and your children's children, carrying with them destruction and despair wherever you fucking go, you rancid, putrefying sack of monkey shit. I fart in your general direction.

Good day, sir.

EDIT: Let's see if he still responds to me.

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Hello, sir. I was wondering if you still have my bank draft.

No way he's gonna actually still think I want to do business with him, right?

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Attention:



I think i dont deserve the insults received from you just because i willingly accepted to assist and send your draft.I have decided to face my work here as my happines is that among the four drafts that was left under my care for delivery,i have succesfully sent two of them.So i think i have done all i can.Anyday you wish and think like a human beign to ask for your draft before it expires,you are free but i cannever accept such insults anymore.Goodday



Philip

Seriously?

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You need to work on your reading comprehension skills.

I called you a scammer, because you don't actually have a bank draft worth 1.2 million dollars. You just want my bank account info, so that you can steal the money from my bank account. If you really wished to send me money, you would have it delivered wirelessly, and you would deduct any fees necessary by subtracting that amount from the amount that you were sending to me. You would not charge me any money before I received the money in my account, and you would not need to meet with me in person to get my bank account info. Only a true idiot would fall for the sort of shit that you're trying to pull. Now go fuck yourself.

By the way, you keep changing the spelling of your own fucking name! Are you retarded? You might want to learn how to write as if you actually speak English fluently, and you might want to remember how to spell your goddamn fake name the next time you want to scam someone. Or better yet, you might want to actually get a real fucking job.

I await your response. Thank you for your time.


See? Wasn't that fun? So, the next time you get an email from a scammer, why don't you try it?
Edited by Puffles, Jul 9 2008, 08:46 PM.
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The Cookie Crusher
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Puffles
Jul 8 2008, 02:23 AM
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Mr. Philip Watson


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Mr Philipe Watson


Heh, I thought this was funny. If you are going to send a scam to people, at least spell the name right!
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Big_footy
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Thank you for this, it made my day. :)

But I think I'll just keep deleting these scams.
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Hefaistus
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I laughed my ass of with that :p
Don't have a similar case... I do have found a good way to get rid of beggars, without having to put them on ignore. Especially in WoW. If they ask for gold, just tell 'em that they can buy it for real money. They always say nvm within the minute. And I walk away with a smile on my face :p
Edited by Hefaistus, Jul 8 2008, 02:58 PM.
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Jamie
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Haha, that was great, yeah I really like to annoy scammers in WoW to, so funny.
Edited by Jamie, Jul 8 2008, 03:44 PM.
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Puffles
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Hefaistus
Jul 8 2008, 02:57 PM
I laughed my ass of with that :p
Don't have a similar case... I do have found a good way to get rid of beggars, without having to put them on ignore. Especially in WoW. If they ask for gold, just tell 'em that they can buy it for real money. They always say nvm within the minute. And I walk away with a smile on my face :p
When people ask me for gold in an MMO, I politely ask them for gold back. When they say that their character is poor, I state that that shouldn't matter, because they're obviously under the impression that gold is always given out by anyone to anyone else who wants it. They walk away at that point.

I've never understood why people beg for gold, anyway. Isn't it more fun and more profitable to play the game than to beg?
Edited by Puffles, Jul 8 2008, 04:10 PM.
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Hefaistus
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They think that it's more profitable by standing around doing nothing and asking for money instead of actually getting off their lazy asses. It is annoying, but sometimes it actually gets quite amusing. In WoW all mounts are soulbound the moment you get them. However there was still a guy that asked if I could buy him a mount. That was the best beg I ever have gotten.
It took me 10 minutes before I stopped laughing. Especially considering that he was a paladin, who get their mounts for free!
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Long time ago, I tried to sell my PS2. Suddenly, someone emailed me, and claimed that he was living in England, and that he wanted to give his friends son, a PS2, as a birthday present.

Then we wrote together for some days, and I started noticing, that his friend's son, had magically "turned" into a daughter. So I made him think that I would sell my PS2.. :S And the most wierd thing of all, was that he wanted to give me 1000$ for my PS2.. what's up with that? He could buy a PS3 for less than 800$..

Well, I can't remember it all, but that's what I can remember.

Ohh, and sometimes he misspelled his name, as the scammer you had a conversation with did, Puffles :)
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Teal
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Freaking. Hilarius.

That is all.
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Nathan
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That's some funny stuff :P
I must try that sometime.
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