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Master Baiter Joined: 18 Jul 2007 Posts: 133

I recieved this today in response to my "That sounds interesting" mail.

Attn: Rxxxx Wxxxxxx

Right now, your over due payment has been arranged through our swift card payment center {Europe pacific} that is the latest instruction by the new president of the federal republic of Nigeria Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar ' Adua.

This card center will send you an ATM Card which you will use to withdraw your money, but the maximum withdrawal is One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars per day, to receive your funds immediately through this means, contact the card payment center Mr. Ahmed Yayale as addressed below on telephone and email your information as requested to him: Your full name and telephone Number, Address where you would like to receive your ATM Card ( P.O Box not acceptable) , Your age and current occupation, A copy of your identity for accuracy check.

Contact Person: Mr. Ahmed Yayale
( Integrated ATM Card Payment Department)
Tel: + 234-808 4501509
Email:[email protected]

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out $ 2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) credited into your card as your part payment for this fiscal year. Also for your information you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s). This is to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment.

Yours in service,

Rochester Uwanna.
International Credit settlement

If i read this right. He wants to send me an ATM Card?!? How does that work? Has anyone seen this modality before? If anyone wants a crack at him PM me.

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:44 pm

drwiggle wrote:

How does that work?

It's of course just a wild stab in the dark but maybe it will involve an advance payment of some sort! Very Happy

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:47 pm

I've got one of these lads. It's just another 419, expect fees for shipping and insurance. I haggled mine down to $620. I haven't had any luck getting him off-script, but he's spent the morning on 1TV5....

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

drwiggle wrote:

If i read this right. He wants to send me an ATM Card?!?

No, he wants to pretend to send you an ATM card, for which you will have to pay the courier fees, and any other fees they can think of Wink

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Beaten to the button by, SomethingFishy Evil or Very Mad

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:53 pm

Scam Patroller wrote:

Beaten to the button by, SomethingFishy Evil or Very Mad

I'll try to contain my enthusiasm in the future. Razz

That, or type slower.

Baiting Guru Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 11857 Location: UK

^^^^^ Enthusiasm is great, just type slower, damnit Laughing

Not quite a Newb Joined: 10 Sep 2006 Posts: 59

Scam Patroller wrote:

No, he wants to pretend to send you an ATM card, for which you will have to pay the courier fees, and any other fees they can think of Wink

You mean, he wants to pretend to send you an ATM card, for which you will have to pretend to pay the courier fees, etc...

Wink

Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:08 pm

I have the same type of lad offer right now. Trying to get him off topic but it is not easy at this point.

Master Baiter Joined: 04 May 2007 Posts: 139

Never seen the specific e-mail before, but it's a classic asem. The scammer is betting you'll get greedy and want the other guy's money, and will shoe in to get the ATM card. Then the scammer starts the standard advence fee modality: shipping, customs, bribing bank officials, etc.