The following scam email (I have checked!) dropped into our message box at work this morning, and as I haven't seen this particular one before I thought I would give everyone the 'heads up'....
RE: Privileged and Confidential
Hello,
My Name is Mr. Robert King. I work with Guernsey International Fund
Managers Ltd (A Government Owned Funds Management Corporation)
In my Portfolio, I handle our Investor's Capital Funds that gives me the
opportunity to make 1.3% from the Return On Investments (ROI).
Nevertheless, the ROI are paid to our Investors on the expiration of every
3 years. On this note, I have acquired a total sum of £35million
(Thirty-Five Million Great Britain Pounds Sterling) representing the 1.3%
of ROI and hereinafter need someone that will be ready to work with me to
receive the aforementioned funds on my behalf without my establishment
knowing that I am the bona fide owner of the funds.However, there is no
risk involved as well as legal implication. Our sharing ratio will be
60:40 if interested.
I look forward to hearing from you shortly.
Kind Regards,
Mr. Robert King.
Obviously, anyone receiving such an email should simply delete it, and not respond in any way. ;)
Don'tcha just love these variations on the Nigerian Scam?
Is anyone, ever taken in by these things?
Written by one, no doubt?
:o :o :o :o :o
I can't believe they're still going with this one!! I got something very similar in the post (snail mail) in the days before info highway. Got to be 10 years ago. Was obvious scam then, do people really fall for it? Amazing.
Quote from: Alishka_Maxwell on April 28, 2007, 14:53:31
Don'tcha just love these variations on the Nigerian Scam?
Is anyone, ever taken in by these things?
In the UK the average victim is conned out of more than £50,000.
A spokesman for the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS) estimated that £150m is lost to the UK economy every year through this kind of scam.
In the US it is currently estimated at over $1 million per day is lost to these scams.
There are also some people who agree fly abroad to meet the people sending the emails who are robbed and/or kidnapped & held for ransom & on rare ocassions murdered by these people.
Most of the common Nigerian scams are discussed in detail here http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/index.htm
I've applied in the wifes name!
Only kiddin!
;D ;D ;D
::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::) ::)
here's a good one
Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home
Dr. Bakare Tunde
Astronautics Project Manager
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Plot 555
Misau Street
PMB 437
Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA
Dear Mr. Sir,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIALI am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.
In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account or subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70 percent to other accounts in due course.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include downpayment in this financial quarter.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234 (0) 9-234-2220 only.
Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde
Astronautics Project Manager
tip@nasrda.gov.ng
http://www.nasrda.gov.ng/
You mean it's a scam ???
I've just given them my account number to transfer the money in to .
Oh.... Bugger..... :-[
;D ;D
It beats me why people still think these scams are legitamate ???
Kev your a cheeky boy :P ;D
that's a cracker, rhubarb, we get them saying all the family's been killed off but I've never seen this one.. ;D ;D
Quote from: manicscousers on April 29, 2007, 21:32:05
that's a cracker, rhubarb, we get them saying all the family's been killed off but I've never seen this one.. ;D ;D
The joke's on us a bit - because the Nigerians DO have a space program ::) tho as with a lot of things there not very much of the money gets to Mission Control...