Nigerian Officials in need of help to transport $50 Million

Rachel Maxwell · Post by **Rachel Maxwell** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:29 am

Am I the only person in the world who hasn't received one of these emails? I think I'm out of it...I get emails that I've won a 500 dollar gift certificate from Visa and a new Ford, but none from a Nigerian or Hungarian official. I'm hurt.

darcie · Post by **darcie** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:10 pm

They started awhile ago, so maybe they figure most people have caught on by now?

I can't remember the last time I got one, but then I use a spam email account to register on any site that seems suspicious. I really don't even read that mail. So um... if you really want that or any other spam, maybe try signing up with a bunch of those ***FREE IPHONE when you sign up for 12 other things and buy 8 other products*** websites?

Rachel Maxwell · Post by **Rachel Maxwell** » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:13 pm

Ooh goody I love spam. Riiight. I signed on to get 'Breaking News' a while back and now I have 60 new messages whenever I sign on.

EK · Post by EK » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:20 pm

Hah the famed Nigerian scam. I've never actually recieved it myself.

Laura Ingalls · Post by **Laura Ingalls** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 12:35 pm

We've gotten SOOO many spam emails from Nigeria.

It's ridiculous - who do they think would actually fall for that? We also get a lot of emails like this one:

Here writes Lady peggy morrison,suffering from cancerous ailment. I am
a widow my husband Sir Richard Morrison an Englishman who is dead. My

husband was into private practice all his life before his death. My
husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the
less-privileged individuals as he had passion for people who can not
help themselves due to physical disability or financial
predicament I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from
this relationship, which never came. When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of 20 Million which were derived from his vast
estates
and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK. Presently,
this money is still with the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I
have limited
days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. I have
decided to donate this fund to you and I took this decision because I

do not have any child that will inherit this money. please assure me
that you will act just as I have stated herein.
Hope to hear from you thanks. contact my private email address

It's always some poor widow with cancer - no children - whose dead husband from the UK/Africa/New Orleans etc. wanted to give his millions to needy people.

Oh, for our kindness we usually get like 20% of the fortune. $\:D/$ Doesn't that sound like a great opportunity????

EK · Post by EK » Sat Jul 14, 2007 1:25 pm

lol that's so trippy- why would she donate it to you...if she dosen't know you...but then again scammers think we're stupid.

FrayedAroundTheEdges · Sat Jul 14, 2007 5:00 pm

haha the cancerous thing reminded me of that Drake & Josh ep where thay fight over the foam finger from the Padre's game*

Drake: If an English orphan was dying SHE WOULDNT BE AT A PADRES GAME!! lol

i just checked my email this morning an i got them too but i was too lazy to read them

Kait · Post by **Kait** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 10:09 pm

Laura Ingalls wrote:We've gotten SOOO many spam emails from Nigeria. It's ridiculous - who do they think would actually fall for that? We also get a lot of emails like this one:

Here writes Lady peggy morrison,suffering from cancerous ailment. I am
a widow my husband Sir Richard Morrison an Englishman who is dead. My

husband was into private practice all his life before his death. My
husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the
less-privileged individuals as he had passion for people who can not
help themselves due to physical disability or financial
predicament I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from
this relationship, which never came. When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of 20 Million which were derived from his vast
estates
and investment in capital market with his bank here in UK. Presently,
this money is still with the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I
have limited
days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. I have
decided to donate this fund to you and I took this decision because I

do not have any child that will inherit this money. please assure me
that you will act just as I have stated herein.
Hope to hear from you thanks. contact my private email address
It's always some poor widow with cancer - no children - whose dead husband from the UK/Africa/New Orleans etc. wanted to give his millions to needy people. Oh, for our kindness we usually get like 20% of the fortune. $\:D/$ Doesn't that sound like a great opportunity????

My mom gets TONS of spam on her Yahoo email, (some of it pretty bad

) but she gets quite a few like the one above.

HELLLLOOOO! We aren't DUMB! sheesh.

redcanadian87 · Post by **redcanadian87** » Sat Jul 14, 2007 11:43 pm

Some times it sounds fairly convincing...

Just kidding.

Maybe cause I've got good protection, but I haven't gotten any spam in a long time. Any I do get goes to my junk folder, and I get rid of it right away.

WINDSHEAR · Post by **WINDSHEAR** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:21 pm

I've gotten a few of the genuine Nigerian scam emails. $\:D/$

One was a request for use of your bank account to transfer money into the US from Nigeria. And if you did that,... you'd get 10% of 500,000.

Which is $50,000.

I'd be set for life. $\:D/$ If it were true. In reality, I'd be ripped off for life.

btw... y'all might find this interesting. I actually know of a guy who lost $200,000 to the Nigerian scammers.

EK · Post by EK » Mon Jul 16, 2007 8:54 pm

...200K...woah. This guy must be beyond rich...

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:28 pm

The worst ones are where they pose as Christians involved in ministry, and go on talking about Jesus and quoting the Bible, etc.

Blasphemous and despicable beyond words.

Jeremy

Kait · Post by **Kait** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:31 pm

WINDSHEAR wrote: btw... y'all might find this interesting. I actually know of a guy who lost $200,000 to the Nigerian scammers.

*is thinking that Windy knows every kind of person that there is to know in this world. *

$\:D/$

Tyrell · Post by **Tyrell** » Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:43 pm

I've gotten quite a few..

I always answer and tell them how their life's story has affected me and I wanted to help but I already had millions of dollars and didn't need anymore. $\:D/$

WINDSHEAR · Post by **WINDSHEAR** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 6:00 pm

helen stoner wrote:...200K...woah. This guy must be beyond rich...

it was his life savings... he's about 70 now. And living in a hovel.

Jeremy, I totally agree. Absolutely despicable.

Christina,... that's scary.

Tyrelll, that's really cool $\:D/$ have any of them responded?

Candy · Post by **Candy** » Fri Jul 20, 2007 9:48 pm

Then there's the one that's been going around for 5 years about this 6 year old with cancer

Tyrell · Post by **Tyrell** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 12:38 am

WINDSHEAR wrote:Tyrelll, that's really cool $\:D/$ have any of them responded?

No, but then I had e-mails asking for charity donations.

Nasri · Post by **Nasri** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:15 am

helen stoner wrote:Hah the famed Nigerian scam. I've never actually recieved it myself.

I know that bad but I know many people from there so try not to say anything offense about them.

Kait · Post by **Kait** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 9:17 am

We aren't saying anything bad about Nigerians. It could be "the famed American scam" but it just happens that these people purport to be from Nigeria. So no offense is meant to anyone.