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Master Baiter Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 113

This dummy has sent this same exact scam at least 10 times. Notice my attorney's height.

From: [email protected]
Reply To: [email protected]

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Los Angeles International Airport
3200 East Alfield Los California 75261
Director's Office In Charge
Dr. James Williams Welstead
Text me MESSAGE BELOW[color=green]<snip>[/color]

Attention: Honorable Beneficiary

I am here to update you that information reaching us from our Attorney Mr.
Davis Ryan from Supreme Court of California said that the Honorable chief
judge of international court of justice Mr.Peter Philip has declare Mr. Thomas
Allen an innocent and they will released him from jail on Wednesday and hand him
over your Consignment Box worth of $15.5million as representative,

Mr.Thomas Allen is your Attorney and 53 years old and 4.3 inches tall, he is
located at 0801 9th Avenue North California city. Mr. Thomas Allen. The Los
Angeles Airport Customs said that if you the beneficiary has not comply under
24hrs that all your effort to receive your consignment trunk boxes will be in
vain to another man's favor.

As Mr.Thomas Allen told the Supreme Court of California at the first time that
you left all your title on his care as your next of kin, Based on board of
directors meeting,they have concluded to approve the consignment Trunk Boxes
on favor of your representative Mr. Thomas Allen due to he have submitted all
the documentation to the Supreme Court of California and passport for evidence
that you left all your title on his care as your next of kin to take care of
your children.

I have been doing my best here to assist you in receiving your consignment
trunk boxes so that money you have spent on this delivery will not be in vain
and I'm believing that you are a reliable person, and I trusted you to be a
good person, that is why I have been protecting your consignment trunk boxes,
handling it as if it is mine,

However. we need your absolute co-operation with the payment information $79
to obtained the needed certificate from Benin Customs Head Office as the
orignin of your consignment trunk boxes to enable diplomat make the delivery
to your home address today.

I will advice you to try all you could to make sure you send the fee today,you
can even looking for way to borrow it there and send it asap and receive your
consignment Trunk Boxes and pay any body or person that you have been borrowed
from.

However, Kindly use the western union money transfer(WU)receiver's details
below to effect this fee as soon as you receive this notification response
today so as to facility shipment of your Consignment Box to your doorstep as
quickly as possible:

Receiver's Data / information:

Receiver's Name:[color=green] <snip>[/color]
City Location: Cotonou
Country: Benin Republic
Text Question: When
Answer: Today
Sender's Name...
MTCN#...
Amount $79

If they receive the fee, I assure you that you are going to confirm your
package WITHIN 7HRS through our choosing Diplomatic Agent.

I shall try my possible best to make sure you receive your consignment Boxes
today. and will like you to Take my word because i am strongly beside you and my
effort to this does not end until you confirm the availability of your fund in
your hands.

Yours sincerely
Dr.James Williams Welstead
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[color=green]Name and number redacted. If you want to post in Surplus, please do so.-Capone[/color]

Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 3:23 pm

4.3 inches? Wow. Makes you wonder what size the consignment box is! Laughing

Posted: Sat Mar 26, 2016 6:41 pm

Unfortunately, I deleted the funniest lad letter I've ever received. It was a "threat letter" with creative edits from the lad that that had me laughing so hard that it became the tipping point that got me into baiting. I still regret deleting it but there seems to be no way to get it back, short of some serendipitous event. Embarassed

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 5:58 am

I had a one involving an envelope that weighed 82 lbs.

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 8:42 am

Then there's this one - emphasis added.

Quote:

You Are The Chosen One For This noble Work Of Charity.

I sincerely apologize for not taking your permission before contacting you while also asking you to pardon my poor English, as I am half educated. It is rather unfortunate that I am writing this mail to you in deep tears while lying on a hospital bed due to chronic cancer of the lungs waiting for the time to pass unto eternal glory. My ordeal is quite complicated but I will appreciate it if you give a little time to hear me out.

First, I would like to start by introducing my self to you. I am Mrs. Mary Ture from Cote Divoire,West Africa as stated above. I was born on the 7 th of April 1952 in a small village and grew up as a petty trader until I met my husband who was a Cocoa Trader. We got married and lived happily together but had no children. This never bothered us as we were good Christians and never blamed God for that.

Three years ago, I lost my husband as a result of man inhumanity to his fellow man. His death was the beginning of my unfortunate ordeal. I had to undergo a lot of ritual procedures based on tradition by his family members to find out if I had a hand in his death. Part of the ritual was being forced to drink water from his dead body. It is a common thing that happens to African Women.

This was not all as all properties belonging to him in my possession was taking away from me and was made an outcast. I lived alone for 3 years as a widow with serious agony while praying to the Lord to take charge. Unknown to his family members, my late husband had a total sum of $7.5,000,000 USD (Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which was left secretly in a Bank.

Since I have no close family to give it to as I am the only daughter of my parents who died long ago and do not intend to give it to the family of my late husband,as a result of the maltreatment they did on me,I thought it would be good to find someone reliable
who could use the money to help the poor and needy hence my contacting you. I will appreciate if you utilize the funds properly as instructed.

Kindly get back to me as soon as possible so that I can provide you with the contact information of the bank because i do not really know when my call to eternity will be. May God bless you as you take up this opportunity to help the poor and the needy.

Regards,

Mrs.Mary Ture

Umm... eeeewwwww?

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 9:53 am

I received a scammail via my office fax a couple weeks ago, announcing the death of my brother-who sounded pretty alive to me when I spoke to him the night before. Hee apparently left me funds in Africa. Since it was my RL office, it wasn't baitable but it was hilarious that they spelled my brother's name wrong.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 21 Oct 2014 Posts: 45

I checked my baiting mail after a couple of months (I'm not baiting anymore) and somewhere along many loan emails I found this one:

Quote:

Do you want to sell your kidney today? Are you seeking

for an opportunity to sell your kidney for money

due to financial break down and you don’t know what

to do, then contact us today in India, Via Sad

<ladmail>)

and we shall offer you

$290,000USD for your Kidney.

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 29 Mar 2016 Posts: 1

Mod edit to remove unnecessary full requote of above post. ^^^-JF

$290,000? Those Indians have got money lol.

Not quite a Newb Joined: 20 Nov 2012 Posts: 68

Possibly the funniest I have gotten is the Nigerian astronaut stuck in orbit

http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/11/wont-you-help-a-poor-nigerian-astronaut-who-just-wants-to-come-home-from-space/

I just noticed its started making the rounds again since Jan this year- poor bugga is still stuck up there four years after I first found out about him.

Maybe one day somewill will help him get home
(His safari has beaten even shorties..... he's been stuck there now since 1990!!!!)

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