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Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 9:48 pm

Just wanted to say 1st, that I LOVE the site. It is great to see that you are putting a lot of these people in theior place.

Second of all, I have decided to join the fight against these scum. I signed up for a gmail account, hit a few guestbooks also.

here's the funny part - it took exactly 38 minutes for me to get my 1st scam email. LOL!!

Time for Dr. Jack Meoff to go to work.

Again, love the site guys!!

Here is the letter:

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Union Togolaise de Banque
(UTB ) Lome Togo,
B.p 3650 lomé.
TEL + 228 021 66 55

Dear , (Who am I??)

I am Mr. benson kossi the Regional Manager of Union Togolaise de Banque UTB kara branch . I write you this proposal in good faith; I am married with two lovely children. I am a man of peace, and have sincere respect for human feelings and opinions. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and I.

As the Regional Manager of Union Togolaise de Banque (UTB ), kara branch it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city, lome at the end of each business year.

On the course of last two years, 2006 business report, I discovered that the branch in which I am the Manager made 10.5million United States Dollars ($10,500,000.00) which my head office is not aware of and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call Escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, it will be simply a bank-to-bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account under few working days.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it
very much as you are the first and the only person I am contacting for this transaction. Send me an email as soon as you receive this message so that we can go over the details.

1) Your contact address.
2) Private Telephone and fax numbers.
3) Nationality,Occupation and Age.
4) Email address .
5) Marital status

Yours sincerely,
Mr benson kossi . - If you are in Togo, why do you have a yahoo.ca address, eh?

Baiting Guru Joined: 03 Mar 2006 Posts: 7103 Location: Yes

Welcome themalenk,

Glad to have you aboard. Sounds like you are well on your way.

I'm sure you've read through your welcome PM and all those fun links.

One word of caution, at the end you note the Canada Yahoo address but the lad claims to be in Togo. This is certainly not something you want to draw his attention to (not that it matters, as I could get a French Yahoo box even though I'm in the U.S.). We don't educate the lads by cluing them into obvious problems with their approach. We only "slap" the lads for things that make no sense or for not doing our bidding.

Good luck and we'll see you around.

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:01 pm

Welcome! It's a great day when someone joins our ranks, and an even better day when that someone comes here to join the discussions!

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:07 pm

Welcome to Eater, themalenk, and happy safe baiting. You're off to a flying start, I see. Very Happy

** Retired ** Joined: 14 May 2007 Posts: 750 Location: Air

The more the merrier !

I look forward to seeing your work, get used to the site and the way things work around here. Read the stickies and ask for a mentor in the help forum if you start to feel like your getting a little out of your depth and would like some 1-on-1 guidance.

see you about Smile

Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:42 pm

I hate to say it themalink but he's trying to short change you on several fronts. Sad

30% - that's completely out of order - and it's not even 100% risky free (an amusing scammer expression seen a lot).

Quote:

There are practically no risks involved,

I think that you need to adjust your cut - or alternatively ask him to perform a risk assessment on this transaction for you. This would be a straightforward procedure for a senior banking official with the power to sweep $10m dollars into his pocket without any suspicion.

You have the risk of being accused of Money Laundering - Funding Terrorism - attempting to buy an NFL team without requisite authority ( Very Happy

). I'd ask for 50/50 but be prepared to settle for 60/40.

Scammers hate to haggle and they get really involved, as if they are dealing with real money, so it's fun to torment them and listen to them squeal. Very Happy

You wear them down bit by bit. Torture by e-mail.

Posted: Sat Jul 12, 2008 11:44 pm

Welcome to our motley crew, themalenk.

I thinks Gomer is right... "practically" no risks involved means you could face certain risks in the future. If he won't reduce the risky-factor for you, he should (in the interests of fair business of course) increase your cut. And whatever you do don't ask him how he, a lowly manager, was able to track down millions of dollars that head-office has no record of.

By the time you read this, you'll probably have more than a dozen more introductions in your inbox / spam folder. If you feel like it, you can always share those lads in our Surplus Forum , where they'll be "adopted" by other members. No use letting a good mugu go to waste!

Since you've already read the safes, remember to bait sticky, ask for a mentor and have fun. I see dark days for your scammers up ahead!