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Old 11-02-2007, 04:03 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default It may have worked if they only had the dog dieing too

This is the latest scam email I received. Had the dog died she probably could have made millions marketing it as a county western song!

Dear Sir,
My name is Grace Smith I am 24 years old, from London -England, where I school and work as a fashion designer for part time job after my school. I am the only daughter of my parents, my father died in a fatal auto accident on his way to see my aged sick mother at the hospital where she was admitted for Cancer treatments, my mother also died when she heard about the death of my father the same day at the hospital.
Before the death of my father, he had Willed part of his Real Estate Business, Petrol Stations and a total sum of £50,700,000.00 (Fifty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling) to me. After the death of my father,things have become very hard for me paying my school fees, putting food on the table and taking care of my other needs which my fashion designer work I do as a part time work after my school can not help, I went to the bank where my late father deposited the funds on my behalf to withdraw some amount of money to take care of my self and pay for my school fees and other bills.
I was shocked when the Bank Manager explained to me that I will not be able to withdraw from the deposited money, because my father had put a clause on the Will, which he used in depositing the funds with them, saying that before I will be given access to the money, I will either have to be 30 years old or I will be given access to the money, if I get married before the age of 30 , in which case, my husband will be legible to collect the money on my behalf by standing in as my late fathers next of kin to claim the deposited funds on my behalf.
Today I am only 24 years old. And I have no access to the money till I'm 30 years. So, I?m contacting you to stand as my husband to claim this fund on my behalf if you are already married , you can still help me by standing in as my late fathers next of kin to the deposited funds. So, please get back to me as to know how you will be remunerated as I will part with 40% of the total sum £50,700,000.00 (Fifty Million, Seven Hundred Thousand Pounds Sterling),while 10% will be mapped out for any expenses that we're to use to receive the money from the deposited Bank.
Please remember that I am writing you this email purely on the ground of trust so we can achieve this deal together. This transaction will last for two weeks after you get back to me on how serious you are to claim these funds on my behalf.Please reply to my same E-mail:
gsmith2luv@gmail.com
Yours Truly,
Grace Smith.
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Old 11-02-2007, 11:00 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: It may have worked if they only had the dog dieing too

These are getting so old! Somehow they are even getting past my spam filters
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Old 11-11-2007, 06:44 PM   #3 (permalink)
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I'm amazed at how low people will stoop I still get about 1-2 of those e-mails a week!
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Old 11-12-2007, 03:06 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Default Re: It may have worked if they only had the dog dieing too

I am getting really fast with the delete key when I see them.
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Old 11-12-2007, 04:59 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: It may have worked if they only had the dog dieing too

My friend's father in law gave $180,000 to the jamaican lottery to collect his prize. These things make a lot of money taking advantage of weak people.
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Old 11-16-2007, 07:21 AM   #6 (permalink)
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Default Re: It may have worked if they only had the dog dieing too

I love these kinds of posts.

My all time favorites are the official sounding ones from Nigeria or other third world nations. Emails from Generals, Princes, Kings and other royalty seeking to escape the nation, in need of putting a few million in your account. Having been born just yesterday I'll just send them all my financial details and go for it, right! ?

Funny thing is Nigeria isn't even a nation anymore. There are no kings, no princes, no royalty of any kind. The nation has no generals and no military of any threat to anyone.

Can you really feel sorry for anyone taken by such things?

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Old 11-16-2007, 12:59 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Nigeria doesn't have anymore Kings??? Thanks for the update J-, I'm gonna have to tell King Iwannaripuoff that I'm gonna have to pass on his offer. Thanks for the heads up, saved me a fortune!
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Old 11-17-2007, 07:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Can you really feel sorry for anyone taken by such things?

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They prey on the weak so yes I do have empathy for some of the victims. Some victims are just plain greedy but my friends father-in-law had one foot in a nursing home and this incident was the last straw. He had enough of his wits about him to live on his own but not enough to avoid these things. The old are the most common victims, hence the sob story that accompanies these scams. Lonely old people trying to help someone out.

I set my mom up with email and now I am wondering if it was a mistake.

By the way, we all have refunds coming from the irs. It said so in an email I get every day.
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