Why am I getting so many opportunities to have millions of dollars? (deposit, account)

[titaniummd]

Originally Posted by molochai2580

I got one the other night about working from home for a company in the UK. They needed people to cash the checks of their US customers..... It actually didn't have any spelling errors in it, though I had to laugh when I read it.


I usually just empty my junk mail folder, but every once in awhile I'll open one of the scam emails just to get a good laugh.

Here is another one.

I guess they have nothing better to do at the Internet Cafe in Nigeria.

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA {Swift Card Consults Payment Center]
ATM PAYMENT CENTER
A.T.M. DEPARTMENT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA L70 INL TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS NIGERIA.

Email: ATMpaymastergeneral@live.com

Attention Beneficiary,

07th May, 2008

Following our quarterly auditing and verification for the fiscal year, it was discovered that your fund is still pending in our coffers. Prior to your inability to comply fully with procedural requisites. Hence your contract/inheritance payment not paid to you as and when due.

Further in our investigation, we found out that you are still transacting with none authorized personnel in the bank. This jeopardizes our effort to secure the release of your fund to you. We sternly advise that all such illicit acts be stopped!!!

This card center will send you an Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card, which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM anywhere in the world. It is globally rated and accepted. Maximum to withdrawn is Five Thousand US Dollars ($5, 000.00) per day.

Please contact the Card Payment Center providing below required information:

Full name
Phone and fax number
Address(where ATM card will be delivered to(P.O. Box not acceptable) Age and current occupation
Copy of some form of identification

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out $5,300,000.00 as first part payment for this fiscal year 2008. Your full and honest cooperation is highly solicited to affect a hitch free delivery of your ATM Card.

All contacts to:
Sadiq Waziri
Paymaster General
Email: ATMpaymastergeneral@live.com

Yours truly,
Sadiq Waziri.

[titaniummd]

DEAR BELOVED,

I am presently residing in my home town for treatment as I have being
diagnosed by specialists that I have a little time left as the
Esophageal cancer in me is growing fast.My name is Louisa Starkins and I am from
Glasgow,United Kingdom.This ailment has defiled all forms of medical
treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live,
according to medical experts and that is why I have decided to take this bold
step.

I lost my husband,Mr.Patrick Starkins in 2003 after a very brief
illness and we had no issues before his untimely demise.I have at present, no
living relative or next of kin to lay claim to my assets and most
importantly,a substantial amount left me by my late husband. Since his
death in 2003,I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which is against my religion.So now that I cannot go on,I want
to give this out as my last donation before I move on.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared
for anyone (not even myself) but my business.Though I am very rich, I
was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on
my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all
this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to
have or make all the money in the world.Now I feel so terrible about this
things hence my decision.

I want to believe that you will be capable of handling this task for
me.I will wait to hear from you to know if you are capable of doing this
favour for me.May the Lord bless you as you decide to do this .I will
await your response and thank you for deciding to be used by the Lord
for this task.I would throw more light on this donations as soon as i get
your response.I cannot reveal much at this stage for obvious
reasons.So please forgive me but I promise to give you more details as soon as I
hear from you.

Your response should be channeled to my alternative email which is;
louisasat33@live.com

Remain blessed.
Louisa Starkins

Yes, Louisa, I will contact you very soon.

[cobolt]

Ha HA!! I know. What tripe! I don't even click on these things. If the address is not in my contacts, I hit delete...simple as that. But I do get a kick out of the subject lines. What's scarier is those emails from paypal or bank of whoever, that could be plausible. I still hit delete, but scammers are either very stupid or rather stealthy.

[ania]

I had one a few years ago that included my last name (which is no part of my user id and is not listed publically) - that fact that my last name was used freaked me out. Anyway, they stated that some distant relative of mine was in a car accident in Nigeria, and this Nigerian lawyer could help me get the deceased's money, for a fee of course, since the deceased had no other relatives. Obviously a tale to get my money, but still a bit concerning since my name is quite unusual.... Thankfully, no more of those detailed ones have come my way.

[fp1978]

I'll tell you why. Because jobs are so tight right now, and people are in so much debt that they are desperate for any chance of financial relief, and these con artists know this and are trying to take advantage of it.

[Shuffler]

In addition to all of the 'lottery' spam I get, I also saw a new one last week that I'd heard about. I was selling a motorcycle on Craigslist and somebody inquired, to which I responded with my contact info.

They then sent back an email stating that they wanted to buy the bike, sight unseen, and would wire me the funds with extra funds for shipping, and that I was to take my portion, while the excess funds would then be sent back to one of their 'couriers'.

I called the bluff and never heard from them again. But, you can see how some people will fall for this crap, especially in tough times like these. "Money for nothing" breeds bad behavior...

[titaniummd]

Latest scam e-mail:

From Miss.Hellen Watara
Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire.
08/11/2008


Good day my dear,
In confidence,I have to introduce myself for I am Hellen Watara,22 years old,I am the only child of late Mr and Mrs.Peter Watara.I prayed before contacting you,please for God sake do not see my mail as embrassment as we do not know each other.

I wish to request for your assistance in my efforts to see the transfer of my inherited money for investment under your care and directive,while I continue my education of there in your country.I inherited Two Million,Six Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,600,000.00) here in my name with one of the prime bank in my country and I will require your assistance in receiving the transfer of the money in your local account for investment purposes. As it is my desire to come over to your country to further my education while you take care of the investment of the money.

Please I am an orphane and I need your assistance to transfer my inherited money to your country and also your assistance to secure a nice school for me in your country,where I will contiune my education.

I will be very happy if you can return to me with urgent response to enable me hear from you.I am awaiting for your immediate response.

Thanks and may God bless you,I am hoping to hear from you soonest.

Yours sincerely
Hellen Watara

[titaniummd]

Dear friend,

I write you after proper consideration that a telephone conversation may
not be an ideal medium to Contact you. I am Edes Abebe, A cousin and
personal assistant to the late Chief Mrs. Stella Obasanjo, the late wife
of the president Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria who died in Spain on Sunday
the 23rd of Oct 2005 after an unsuccessful surgery operation.


As the cousin and personal to the deceased I handle in confidence some of
her affairs, mostly properties, Investment and funds both domestic and
overseas. In this case my sister/client who left Thirty million Great
British Pounds sterling (30,000,000.00) and so many other investments with
my signatory abroad for her personal reason.

The family will call me to account for her properties and funds overseas
after three year of her death according to the tradition our people which
will happen any moment from now as its past three year.

So at this juncture, I seek your consent to write the bank and present you
as a beneficiary of some part of the fund which has been approved for
transfer by my late sister in her fund deposited in a particular
bank,since i have all the documents regarding the deposited funds which I
will disclose to you as we progress in this transaction.

All we require from you is 100% trust, and honest corporations to enable
us see this deal
through, and I also guarantee you that this transaction will be executed
under a legitimate process that will protect us from any breach of the
law.

The sharing formula will be 60% for us 30% for you and 5 % for charity to
my client's pet project CHILD CARE TRUST FOUNDATION , for the less
privileged and disabled children and the remaining 5% will be set aside
for any expenses incurred during the course of transfer process.

Upon your prompt reply of your acceptance to this mail, I will forward a
letter for fund transfer on your behalf to the bank to your designated
bank account.

I wait in anticipation for your cooperation in reply, and I am also ready
for any question concerning the clarity of this transaction.

Upon consideration by you, send to me your followings :
1. Full Name
2. Address
3. Age/Sex
4. Occupation
5. Nationality
6. Tel number/fax
so that we can speedy up the transaction before i will be called to give
account of the assets.

Please reply me through this email address :
abesabes2005@yahoo.com.hk

Yours sincerely,
Mr Edes Abebe.
Please call +2347040386044

Sound familiar? Wow! I am set for life!

[sonarrat]

I even see these on Monster.com, they'll have titles like "International Payment Receiver."

[himain]

My yahoo junk mail section is filled with hundreds of these emails..