The Peon Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I just got this in my Myspace.com profile I made yesterday ( I was bored ). Who in in the planet earth would fall for this? Is this some sort of sick joke? I cant believe the nigerian money scam has mutated into this garbage... ----------------- Original Message ----------------- From: becky Date: Mar 15, 2006 8:35 PM Hello,My Real name is becky micheal Iam into computer engineeering Iam 26 years Old i leave in new jersey but i was born in mexico I contacting you and showing some intrest in you.Cos when i went through ur profile i really liked it and found both of us %99 compatible,the only %1 missing is that right now am not home,am stucked up in africa and i need help to get back home.if you can give me a try and help me back home am sure we can makes something work outa this. . I am a single woman looking for a caring and loving man to spend time with. I am a very passionate and loving person whos looking for the same. I like watching movies and going to dinner and I am open to any suggestions. I am also very open and honest so if you have any questions just ask Someone whos outgoing about everything and anything. Someone whos caring, loving, and loves to be touched in every way. Someone who likes to go out but I am also very open and honest so if you have any questions just ask Someone whos outgoing about everything and anything. Someone whos caring, loving, and loves to be touched in every way. Someone who likes to go out but at the same time stay in for a quiet evening. Someone who likes to pamper and also be pampered.thats will help me out from the problem i am into.....? i really dont wanna tell anyone about this cuz it's a shameful thing for me to say out but i will tell u briefly................. i lost my mum 6 months ago and dad is from africa and mum is america, i was born in mexico i school in nj, ever since when mum died i was so loanly, So i decided to go and look for dad in africa. but unfortunately for me i couldent find him so i lodged in a hotel here in africa so all the money i had with me was used for the hotel bills , the hotel manager seized my passport and my travelling document that until i pay up the bills they will give my document back to me and i will return to the state i will be very greatful if u can help me out. Hello babe u really have to help me out as soon as possible ok the hotel manager has siezed all my documents including my return ticket back to the states he says that untill i pay the bills he will give them back to me babe i promise to be very honest to you i will also like you to pick me up at the airport ok cus i will like to stay with you for a while if only i will be welcomed by you and your people u just tell me the nearest airport to you... i reall feel sad here the hotel manager is hurting me here to pay him his money hun i own him $450.. he told me that when i pay him his money i will get back my document back .. hun please help me out of here..if u wana help me to pay the hotel bills this is the details IF YOU WANT TO SEND THE MONEY ,YOU SEND THE MONEY THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER.................OK IF U WANT TO SEND THE MONEY SEND IT TO THIS NAME THIS NAME IS FOR THE CASHIER OF THE HOTEL AND HE IS THE ONE TO COLLECT THE MONEY OUT FROM THE BANK ..... SENDERS NAME........? RECEIVERS NAME.... FIRST NAME........TEMPLER LAST NAME........EBHOTEMHEN COUNTRY...........NIGERIA STATE.............LAGOS ZIP CODE..........23401 TEXT QUESTION....:WHAT IS THE COLOUR ? ANSWER............:BLUE I WANT YOU TO SEND THE CONTROL NUMBER TO MY MAILBOX OK I WILL BE WAITING FOR IT OK............THANKS MAY GOD HELP YOU TOO my yahoo chat id...becky_colo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ecoli Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 hmm... couldn;t find anything on snopes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 You'd think a 26-year-old could have better grammar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Peon Posted March 16, 2006 Author Share Posted March 16, 2006 hmm... couldn;t find anything on snopes.. http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp That's the original scam from years ago. You can see how it mutated like a virus to continue infecting idiotic minds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 You should contact her via yahoo chat and tell her you wired US$5000 to US Consul General Brian Browne in Lagos. All she has to do is go over to the American embassy or call Brian at (234)-1-2610195 and all her troubles will be over. You'd think a 26-year-old could have better grammar.She must be a model. She sure doesn't write like a nerd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpinestar Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp That's the original scam from years ago. You can see how it mutated like a virus to continue infecting idiotic minds. Many americans will buy it, if scams didn't work they wouldnt be doing it on such scale. I mean honestly, take a look at how many US citizens still buy 6 minute abs videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 alpinestar, I could use one of those 6 minute videos so I look good for Becky. Someone who likes to go out but at the same time stay in for a quiet evening. Frustratingly, every time I manage to superposition I collapse into a single location when someone notices. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Frustratingly, every time I manage to superposition I collapse into a single location when someone notices. I've never met a probability wave before! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Someone who likes to go out but at the same time stay in for a quiet evening. Frustratingly' date=' every time I manage to superposition I collapse into a single location when someone notices.[/quote']Maybe she wants to "go out" to a Nigerian hotel so the two of you can "stay in for a quiet evening". This would reduce the likelihood of collapsing her wave function. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcol Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 When I want to stay in for an evening, she says "haven't you finished yet?" and I have to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pHoToN_gUrL Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I just got this in my Myspace.com profile I made yesterday ( I was bored ). Who in in the planet earth would fall for this? Is this some sort of sick joke? I cant believe the nigerian money scam has mutated into this garbage... Yes, it's sick joke.... the person who wrote this is a total idiot...tell her this: "Your joke really sucks babe." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeluc Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Hey The Peon. Would you mind messaging me the email that sent you that? I would love to play around with "Becky" I've heard funny stories of people messing with Nigerian scammers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 I've got another funny e-mail chain thing. But it's rather long so It may take up too much space if I post it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Peon Posted March 17, 2006 Author Share Posted March 17, 2006 I've got another funny e-mail chain thing. But it's rather long so It may take up too much space if I post it. By all means please do. Hey The Peon. Would you mind messaging me the email that sent you that? I would love to play around with "Becky" I've heard funny stories of people messing with Nigerian scammers.... She/He did not provide me with an email, but on the bottom is "its" yahoo ID. You might be able to scavange the email from that. When the scammer was referring to mailing, it was referring to mailing the cash to the address provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starbug1 Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 The Nigerian scam is hugely successful. According to a 1997 newspaper article:"We have confirmed losses just in the United States of over $100 million in the last 15 months' date='" said Special Agent James Caldwell, of the Secret Service financial crimes division. "And that's just the ones we know of. We figure a lot of people don't report them." But this is a new scam, right? People are falling for it because they've yet to catch on? Wrong. Very, very wrong. [/quote'] This is the part that got me. I can't believe so many people bought into it. It's probably double or triple that since, adding in all the unreported incidences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xeluc Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 *devious laugh* Oh boy this will be fun. See, part of me says: How on earth could someone fall for something like this? Then the other part of me replies: Dude, look at the people around you and ask yourself that again... I think it's sad. So sad in fact that I'm going to go out of my way to make some Nigerian VERY angry. I mean the laugh factor is decent too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 i got a nice fake lottery e-mail today. it actually looked semi genuine. but i have played the lottery once in my life and that was 2 years ago. even then i never gave out my address or e-mail or anything like that. also i don't believe a lottery would work out of a yahoo email account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daecon Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Whenever I get a spam e-mail like that, I always reply with this: Hello, my name is Basmati Kasaar. I am suffering from rare and deadly diseases, poor scores on final exams, extreme virginity, fear of being kidnapped and executed by anal electrocution, and guilt for not forwarding out 50 billion ****ing chain letters sent to me by people who actually believe that if you send them on, then that poor ****ing 6 year old girl in Arkansas with a breast on her forehead will be able to raise enough money to have it removed before her redneck parents sell her off to the traveling freak show. Do you honestly believe that Bill Gates is going to give you and everyone you send his email to $1000? How stupid are you? Ooooh, looky here! If I scroll down this page and make a wish, I'll get laid by every Playboy Bunny in the magazine! What a bunch of ****ing bullshit. So basically, this message is a big **** YOU to all the people out there who have nothing better to do than to send me stupid chain mail forwards. Maybe the evil chain letter leprechauns will come into my apartment and sodomize me in my sleep for not continuing the chain which was started by Ceaser in 5 A.D. and was brought to this country by midget pilgrims on the Mayflower and if it makes it to the year 2000, it'll be in the Guinness Book of World Records for longest continuous streak of blatant stupidity.**** them! If you're going to forward something, at least send me something mildly ****ing amusing. I've seen all the 'send this to 50 of your closest friends, and this poor, wretched excuse for a human being will somehow receive a Nickel from some omniscient being'. I don't ****ing care. Show a little intelligence and think about what you're actually contributing to by sending out forwards. Chances are it's your own unpopularity. THE FOUR BASIC TYPES OF CHAIN LETTERS: (( Chain Letter Type 1: ))) (scroll down) Make a wish!!! Keep Scrolling No, really, go on and make one!!! Oh please, they'll never go out with you!!! Wish something else!!! Not that, you pervert!! STOP!!!! Wasn't that fun? Hope you made a great wish Now, to make you feel guilty, here's what I'll do. First of all, if you don't send this to 5096 people in the next 5 seconds, you will be raped by a mad goat and thrown off a high building into a pile of manure. It's true! Because, THIS letter isn't like those fake ones, THIS one is TRUE!! Really!!! Here's how it goes: *Send this to 1 person: One person will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter. *Send this to 2-5 people: 2-5 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter. *Send this to 5-10 people: 5-10 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter, and may form a plot on your life. *Send this to 10-20 people: 10-20 people will be pissed off at you for sending them a stupid chain letter and will napalm your house. Thanks!!!! Good Luck!!! ((( Chain Letter Type 2 ))) Hello, and thank you for reading this letter. You see, there is a starving little boy in Baklaliviatatlaglooshen who has no arms, no legs, no parents, and no goats. This little boy's life could be saved, because for every time you pass this on, a dollar will be donated to the Little Starving Legless Armless Goatless Boy from Baklaliviatatlaglooshen Fund. Oh, and remember, we have absolutely no way of counting the emails sent and this is all a complete load of bullshit. So go on, reach out. Send this to 5 people in the next 47 seconds. Oh, and a reminder - if you accidentally send this to 4 or 6 people, you will die instantly. Thanks again!! ((( Chain Letter Type 3 ))) Hi there!! This chain letter has been in existence since 1897. This is absolutely incredible because there was no email then and probably not as many sad pricks with nothing better to do. So this is how it works... Pass this on to 15,067 people in the next 7 minutes or something horrible will happen to you like: *Bizarre Horror Story #1 Miranda Pinsley was walking home from school on Saturday. She had recently received this letter and ignored it. She then tripped in a crack in the sidewalk, fell into the sewer, was gushed down a drainpipe in a flood of poopie, and went flying out over a waterfall. Not only did she smell nasty, she died. This Could Happen To You!!! *Bizarre Horror Story #2 Dexter Bip, a 13 year old boy, got a chain letter in his mail and ignored it. Later that day, he was hit by a car and so was his boyfriend (hey, some people swing that way). They both died and went to hell and were cursed to eat adorable kittens every day for eternity. This Could Happen To You Too!!! Remember, you could end up just like Pinsley and Bip. Just send this letter to all of your loser friends, and everything will be okay. ((( Chain Letter Type 4 ))) As if you care, here is a poem that I wrote. Send it to all your friends. FRIENDS: A friend is someone who is always at your side. A friend is someone who likes you even though you stink of shit, and your breath smells like you've been eating catfood. A friend is someone who likes you even though you're as ugly as a hat full of assholes. A friend is someone who cleans up for you after you've soiled yourself. A friend is someone who stays with you all night while you cry about your sad, sad life. A friend is someone who pretends they like you when they really think you should be raped by mad goats, then thrown to vicious dogs. A friend is someone who scrubs your toilet, vacuums and then gets the check and leaves and doesn't speak much English...no, sorry that's the cleaning lady. A friend is NOT someone who sends you chain letters because he wants his wish of being rich to come true. Now pass this on! If you don't, you'll never have sex ever again! The point being? If you get some chain letter that's threatening to leave you shagless or luckless for the rest of your life, delete it. If it's funny, send it on. Don't piss people off by making them feel guilty about a leper in Botswana with no teeth, who's been tied to a dead elephant for 27 years, whose only savior is the 5 cents per letter he'll receive if you forward this mail, otherwise you'll end up like Miranda. Right? 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Cap'n Refsmmat Posted March 17, 2006 Share Posted March 17, 2006 Ten points for Transdecimal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradGrrl Posted March 18, 2006 Share Posted March 18, 2006 Many americans will buy it, if scams didn't work they wouldnt be doing it on such scale. I mean honestly, take a look at how many US citizens still buy 6 minute abs videos. LOL:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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