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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I was one who received the Nigerian scam/spam emails from "mike01". I like to entice these guys into sending me photographs of themselves and I have quite a rogues gallery. I wrote him back and received another email with a photograph. Here is a link with his two emails and his photographs. http://home.earthlink.net/~brianrxm.../niger29.htm |
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Forum Mom
  United States
5877 Posts |
We have taken steps to prevent anything like this happening in the future. Thank you all for being so understanding.  |
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New Member
United States
21 Posts |
Darn, I was going to spend my 3.5 mil with National Dealer and his nice coins. Maybe someday  |
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Valued Member
United States
363 Posts |
Why, I think Mike looks like such a nice young man; his passport seems to be in order and everything; are you SURE this is a scam?  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1079 Posts |
Wow you guys and gals are quick, well done!!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
867 Posts |
Huh, I didn't get this lovely offer! Should I feel offended?  Rachel [:p] |
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Valued Member
United States
123 Posts |
I got it too. I have enjoyed the long line of "Nigerian Scam Letters" (actually, this one is from Ivory Coast) that have appeared over the years; some of them are quite funny. Most spam is just boring; at least these things show some creativity.
I have also seen letters from Russia along the same lines - the Nigerians aren't the only ones doing this anymore.
Heather
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Banned
New Zealand
306 Posts |
I also got the same email.As seen as I saw the reference to the Ivory Coast,I could tell that it was spam.I don't buy into these fraudsters' tricks.There are plenty of suckers that do get taken in however.Of course,I am not one of those!
Aidan.
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Valued Member
United States
393 Posts |
When I got the email and saw the id "mike01" trying to entrust me with 3.5 million dollars I thought it was our Mike just messing with us. You know how clever he is with his alien avatars. Rick Edited by tnwalker10
02/15/2006 1:22 pm
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Rest in Peace
United States
3730 Posts |
I have been getting these things for years. At first I wrote back "funny" little answers, however I was told that was the wrong thing to do in that it will trigger more e-mails. And, it has.
It's really too bad these guys can't be nailed, but I've heard they originate their message from foreign countries, and are tough to catch.
Anyway, thanks for getting rid of this one as far as our forum is concerned.
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
So, nobody thought I was really giving up 3.5 Million? I'm sooooo disappointed that no one wanted it!LOL...I feel slighted as nobody offered it to me.[:0]
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Valued Member
Australia
281 Posts |
If I had a dollar for every Nigerian, Ivory coast, south African and Hong kong scam I have received over the years I would have $3.5 million. :D
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
I never end up getting the millions offered!
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Pillar Of The Community
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Kyra you work at a bank so they knew you already had the keys to the vault and didn't need the money!!! "As for this scam, well they apparently have crossed me off the list for failing to take there free money in the past few years. Guess a guy just gets so many opportunities and thats it?
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Valued Member
United States
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What's amazing is that this scam works. Enough people fall for it that the scammers keep it going. I read an article a year or two ago in Reader's Digest, written by a man who believed the offer was legitimate. He actually traveled to Nigeria to meet these people. Of course, they got a lot of his money, but from the way he re-told the incident, it sounds like he was lucky he got out of there alive.
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Posted 02/14/2006 5:24 pm
