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Jasper
419Eater is my life
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 327
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:32 pm |
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I just read today for the first time a scammer email from a guy who says he's a "Drug Baron" and he's in prison. His thing is he needs help with his account containing $6......5million in one of his international bank accounts, and he needs help because the acct has been dormant since he's been locked up, and it needs "re-activated".
I'd never seen this type before. I wonder if anyone knows if this one is a newer thing they're trying, or if it's older and simply not seen as often?
I have to also say, that it is probably one of the stupidest scam emails I've ever read! The guy should have done some homework before writting it, really. He claims he was smuggling drugs from Canada to Mexico, and got stopped at the mexican border, and is now in jail in Panama! Maybe in his world they are all beside each other?
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r2d2
Master of Master Baiters
Joined: 19 Apr 2009
Posts: 796
Location: in a galaxy far far away
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:19 pm |
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i think that who the scammer claims to be is not the important part of his story, as long as he has a reason why he needs your help to access a huge amount of money. there are probably lots and lots of these fake characters padding out the stories.
the friend who told me about this site after my grandmother was scammed said that there was once a story about an astronaut who was stuck in orbit and needed help to get his money. your post reminded me of that conversation and i looked it up - here is a link .... http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/16/cosmic_419er/
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In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance. |
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Badger Grylls
Chemically Abused
Joined: 26 Mar 2009
Posts: 395
Location: Outlying Wastelands of Bolton
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:42 pm |
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Its not a bad modality...I am just preparing an ASEM which Im gonna mail to every lad i can find. Complaining about being locked up in harmondsworth detention centre as an illegal alien. Its a major pain as I have buried A trunkbox full of cash and diamonds buried in darkest Chad..
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Titania
Hell on wheels
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 9:44 pm |
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The astronaut stories (there's also one about an astronaut stuck on Mars) are probably "seeded" by a baiter.
This one could be baiter-generated as well. At least Americans who read it are more likely to laugh and toss it than respond. (Although I'm not holding out a lot of hope for the geographically-impaired.) |
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Mr Tambourine Man
Baiting Guru
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
Posts: 3398
Location: Magic swirlin' ship
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:15 pm |
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Typical lad geography. You should see what they can do to the UK.
How about telling him you don't want to do business with someone dumb enough to get arrested and imprisoned? |
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Fuck you and go find something to do man. Stop disturbing me please.
This is definitely why you will remain and die in poverty, ignorant of good things and easy acknowledgment of bad things and words. Shame on you, you wicked generation children.
i went you to no that this is not a cheld pray. i went you to get back to me
we are not scammer,we hate scammer as you do.scammer make out life harder and harder,a lot of people think we are scammer,in fact,we are not!! please trustt us
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Jasper
419Eater is my life
Joined: 31 Mar 2009
Posts: 327
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Mon Apr 20, 2009 10:26 pm |
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Thanks for all your thoughts on this. I guess it makes sense that they'd try anything. Although one would think they'd not choose a drug dealer modality, because honestly, who wants to help an imprisoned drug dealer? (well, in the way of real victims!) I'm going to give it a go. I just want to see what other stupid stuff this guy is capable of! I'm going to have to ask him what kinds of drugs he was smuggling, and if he was doing them! I bet this'll be great fun!
The astronaut thing is too much! LMAO! I guess you never know what kinds of scams you'll run into! |
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SlapHappy
Baiting Guru
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Tue Apr 21, 2009 12:59 am |
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This is a good one. Like wayne did on notobescammed radioshow a week or so ago, ask him if he can help you get some "Dihydrogen Monoxide."
Tell him it's getting popular now, especially the frozen kind. Tell him you'll pay $1000/kilo for it.
Have fun with the lad, and let us know how it goes, Jasper.
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