The permutations are endless, but some really catch the eye. :p From: OBAMA’S FOUNDATION [info@america.gov]Subject: Scam Victims!!! Greetings to you,On behalf of the Obama’s Foundation, we wish to notify you as a beneficiary of $99,000.00 USD in compensation of scam victims.Do contact HSBC INTERNATIONAL BANK, United Kingdom Branch for verification and release of your $99,000.00 [...]
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I have a new email address!You can now email me at: johabofbn@yahoo.com The Presidency,Federal Government Officers for Finance,Senate committe on Finacial Matters, Central Bank of Nigeria and Diplomatic Corps met recently on Reports of frauds, Negligence, Errors and others Transactions by Foreigners about Nigeria image abroad. The outcome of the summit has prompted the Federal [...]
Here are a few that caught my eye as particularly clever, different, humorous, or interesting. You decide which are which.
Here are a few notables from the second half od 2005 (July-December), and the rest will be found attached here in a ZIP file at the end of the year … Nigerian late 2005.zip (399.4 KB)
It was a brisk year for them apparently, because I may have to end the archive because of the time to maintain it, but here are the ones JUST FROM JANUARY … the rest are in the attached ZIP file. Nigerian 2005 02to06.zip (278.5 KB)
My wife got her first SpIM today. (Yes, she even called it that!) It was a Nigerian Scam … chigiokeawelle_esq05: AWELLE VISIONARY CHAMBERS 14, RUE DU BOULVARD LOME TOGO WEST AFRICA Email: [email]awellechambers@caramail.com[/email] Attn:Sir, I am Barrister chigioke Awelle, a solicitor at law.I am from togo republic in west Africa subregion.I have an urgent business [...]
They never go away.
Here are more examples of the Nigerian Scam, and as you can see, the stories are more and more varied with historical circumstances. But the truth (or lack thereof rather) and modus operandi is the same.
Here's another game I played with a Nigerian scam artist right after I got bored with the first one … he didn't threaten me like Kennimoro, but definitely did not read my emails very well …
These emails were an attempt to explore the scam, and at a certain point, I jumped out. Notice that they must get endless responses from people, or have very bad English comprehension, or both, as they don't seem to read most of the responses in any detail. Maybe they should work in the Tech Support [...]
Here are most of the Nigerian Scam emails I have received when it first started to become popular. Most are claiming to be from Africa (go figure), but as you will see, they are often pretending to be related to events in the news (9-11, plane crashes, wars, etc.) and have since grown to include [...]