Ridiculous e-mail scams

[Chaerophon]

I just received this crazy thing in my inbox, and thought that it might be interesting to start up a thread in which lurkers post or discuss some of the wackiest e-mail scams/chain mails that they have received/seen. I'll start. From my dear friend, MR. Wax Eze:

FROM: MR. Wax Eze
Dear Friend,

I am Wax Eze chairman contract award committee for the petroleum
special trust fund.I know that these letters will come to you as a
surprise since we have not met in person. please bear with me. we are
in search for a reliable and honest partner abroad that we can entrust
with the sum of us$35 million.(THIRTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY)

These funds originated from contract we executed for the petroleum
trust fund (PTF) Purpose for the supply and installations of oil-
pipeline to Port-Harcourt and Warri Refineries. This contract has been
executed and full payments have been made to the contractors who
executed these contract leaving behind us$35 million as an over-invoice
amount for we the committee members. In view of this,

my colleagues have mandated me to look for a foreign partner abroad who
will receiveThese fund on our behalf. Which means that you will provide
us with any account of your choice where we can lodge these fund
immediately.I will be visiting your country upon your confirmation in
receipt of fund in your nominated account to know you better and
discuss investment or importation of goods back to our country.

DISBURSEMENT OF THE FUND IS AS FOLLOWS:30% of the total sum will be
your shareWhile 60% will be for me and my colleagues 10% will be an
outstanding amount to settle any incurred expenses during the transfer.
WE ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND VERY
LEGITIMATE AS ALL MODALITIES HAVE BEEN PERFECTED BY US WITH OUR
CONNECTION IN GOVERNMENT.

What matters most is honesty on your side and for you to keep
everything confidential until this fund is dully remitted into your
nominated account. If this business interests you, please do not
hesitate to email me as a matter of urgency with your contact phone and
fax numbers so that I can give you more details. Cheers and God bless
you.
MR.Wax Eze

[Archon_Wing]

I see they have resorted to a Random Lame Scam Letter generator ® to quickly pull in more fish. Hopefully no more than a dozen people will fall for this. Anything better than that is wishful thinking. :(

[Baajikiil]

I just received this crazy thing in my inbox, and thought that it might be interesting to start up a thread in which lurkers post or discuss some of the wackiest e-mail scams/chain mails that they have received/seen.

I frequently get scams from people claiming to be banks asking to verify account information, including links to mockup bank websites. Funny thing is, half the time I've never even heard of the bank that is requesting to verify my account info. I have yet to get one that was "from" my real bank.

Same with ebay account verification emails asking for credit card verification. Ebay doesn't even know my credit card info, how can they be asking to verify it?
I usually submit the ebay ones to ebay's fraud department, but I still get the same exact emails in a few days/weeks.

[ShadowHM]

I frequently get scams from people claiming to be banks asking to verify account information, including links to mockup bank websites.  Funny thing is, half the time I've never even heard of the bank that is requesting to verify my account info.  I have yet to get one that was "from" my real bank.

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Another one I don't get, but know was sent (due to my ISP's filtering of emails with dubious attachments) are emails that purport to be FROM my ISP's tech support, with an attachment that includes a virus. :wacko:

[DeeBye]

WE ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AND VERY
LEGITIMATE AS ALL MODALITIES HAVE BEEN PERFECTED BY US WITH OUR
CONNECTION IN GOVERNMENT.

How can you lose? Go for it! :w00t:

[Occhidiangela]

I just received this crazy thing in my inbox, and thought that it might be interesting to start up a thread in which lurkers post or discuss some of the wackiest e-mail scams/chain mails that they have received/seen.  I'll start.  From my dear friend, MR. Wax Eze:
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I have not desire to share the continuing waves of Lavitra and Viagra ads, and ads for "suitable substitutes" that find their way into my inbox. It was funny about five years ago, but the joke has worn thin. Spam filters are only so good.

Occhi

[Moldran]

If you have too much time on your hands, try to reply to them and see if you can make them send you some money. Some people have actually succesfully done this with similiar scam. You're also doing a good deed, since you are stealing time from them in which they cannot fool more naive people ;)

[Munkay]

The best email I've received was one in my college inbox. I don't generally get spam in there and was surprised to read an email named:

"A conservative is a worshipper of dead radicals."

So my curious nature led me to open it.

It contained a linked image of Jenna Jameson, linking to her website.

:lol:

Cheers,

Munk

[Munkay]

If you have too much time on your hands, try to reply to them and see if you can make them send you some money. Some people have actually succesfully done this with similiar scam. You're also doing a good deed, since you are stealing time from them in which they cannot fool more naive people ;)

Ever read the "Powerbook Prank"? It's a hilarious tale from the SA forum members, where one decided to reply to a scammer.




Well worth the read. You can find it here.

Cheers,

Munk

[[wcip]Angel]

Munkay. Thanks for that. I hadn't read it before. God, how I laughed :)
:lol:

Pure brilliance! :P

[Gregorius]

http://andrew-taylor.tk/ (the site uses a masked link, that I had trouble putting in)
Click on Room Four-Nineteen. A couple are really funny. Most are just all right.

I like the Senator jokes thing better =)

[Chaerophon]

How can you lose? Go for it!  :w00t:
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I'm setting up an offshore account as we speak :rolleyes:

[Lady Vashj]

Dear MR. Wax Eze:

My bank account is a hole under the big maple tree in my backyard. I expect your deposit to arrive within 3 business days.

[[wcip]Angel]

I like the pornbots better.

[Delc]

It feels appropriate that scammers would find this thread.