grimreaper Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 i got this today but i bet it's another on of those scams, wha u think? had anyone gotten the same thing? DEAR , I am David Kabia, son of the late MOMOH KABIA from Sierra?Leone, . I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to seek for your assistance to transfer my cash of Ten Million United STATE Dollars (USD10Million) now in the custody of the security and trust company here in DUBAI to your private account pending my arrival to your country. SOURCE OF THE FUND: My late father, MOMOH KABIA, a native of Mende district in the northern province of Sierra-Leone, was the Accountant General of Sierra?Leone Mining Co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown. According to my father, the money was the income accrued from mining co-operation over draft and minor sales, before the peak of the civil war between the rebel forces of Major Paul Koromah and the combined forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation that almost destroyed my country, following the forceful removal from power of the CIVILIAN ELECTED PRESIDENT AHMED TEJAN KABBAH by the rebels. My father had already made arrangement for the family, my mother, myself to be evacuated to UNITED ARAB EMIRATE (DUBAI) with our personal effects and the box containing the money. My father deposited the box in a private security company here in DUBAI for the safe custody until after the war when he will join us. During the war in my country, and following the indiscriminate looking of public and government properties by rebels forces, the Sierra-Leone Mining Coop. Was one of the targets looted destroyed. My father including other top Government functionaries were attacked and killed by the rebels in November 2001 because of this relationship with the CIVILIAN PRESIDENT AHMED TEJAN KABBAH. As a result of my father?s death, and with the news of my uncle involvement in air crash in January, dashed my hope of survival. The untimely deaths caused my mother heart failure and other related complications of which she later died in the hospital after i have spent a lot of money on her. Now my myself is alone in this strange country suffering without any care or help. Without any relation. Am now like refugees and orphan. My only hope now is in you and the box deposited in the security Company. To this effect I humbly solicit your assistance in the following ways. To assist me claim this box from the security company as co-beneficiary. To transfer this money in your name to your country. To make good arrangement for a joint business investment on my behalf in your country and you, the caretaker. To secure a college for myself in your country to further my education. And to make arrangement for my travel with you to your country after you have transferred this fund. Most important, the security company official do not know the exact content of the box because it was declared as family valuables belonging to his foreign partner. The whole documents issued after deposit is in my custody. For your assistance, you will be handsomely rewards, according to the negotiation both of us shall agree. Best Regards, David Kabia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted September 15, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted September 15, 2003 Oh come on, isn't everyone bored of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimreaper Posted September 15, 2003 Author Share Posted September 15, 2003 i know but.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted September 15, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted September 15, 2003 But what? It's another scam, same as all the others. So why bother even asking, I mean it's so self-evident! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimreaper Posted September 15, 2003 Author Share Posted September 15, 2003 i want to know how he got my email address. my friend's mom had one og those awhile ago and she actually trusted it and she said she gave her address an stuff, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hav0c Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 Nothing really special... I received about 164 (and counting) of these kind of emails today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Dick Montage Subscriber² Posted September 15, 2003 Subscriber² Share Posted September 15, 2003 Yeah, if you get that worried about every piece of spam then you will eventually implode (true story, seen it happen - well sorta). Oh and if your friends mum is that gullible, then she deserved to be taken for a ride. Not being harsh, but what reason does she have to trust. I aproach email with the attitude that nothing is trustworthy until it proves itself so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Quick Reply Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 its good to post a record of these kindof things in case you need to refer back to it soemtime ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keldyn Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 I have seen so many different incarnations of this scam... They want to deposit multi millions of dollars into MY bank account. Riiiight..... :rolleyes: moved to internet security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sphere Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 People have been killed by going after their money after believing that scams like this one were true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaise Veteran Posted September 15, 2003 Veteran Share Posted September 15, 2003 lmao I still like the original Nigerian variation :p I have a copy of Roger Ebert's Boulder Pledge wher he talks about that one. http://blaise.us/temp/ebert.html Does anyone ever fall for the Nigerian ruse? Does the scheme make money? I idly tapped "Nigerian e-mail scam" into Google, got 4,480 hits, and discovered on the top site-Nigeria: The 419 Coalition Website-that as of 1996, some $5 billion had been lost to the scheme, and that the scam is, "according to published reports," the third to fifth largest industry in Nigeria. It came into existence in the 1980s as a snail mail-based operation and switched later to e-mail. According to a U.S. Treasury site, the 419 refers to Section 419 of the Nigerian Penal Code, which addresses (but apparently does not prevent) such schemes. as long as there is a sucker born every minute, there will be someone ready to take their cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forster Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 These scams suck - spammers should be taken out to somewhere public and SHOT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glowstick Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 You must be new on the Internet... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YaZoR Posted September 15, 2003 Share Posted September 15, 2003 gah, my plans have been foiled. "I would of gotten away with it, if it wasn't for you meddling kids!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grimreaper Posted September 15, 2003 Author Share Posted September 15, 2003 hey i have a question in those scams, those scamers want to get money from u right, but how r they gonna do it by sayin that a large sum of money's gonna be offered to us. i mean, how does it work? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MxxCon Posted September 16, 2003 Share Posted September 16, 2003 yesterday i recieved a new variation on this theme Korean Money Scam :) supposedly some son of somebody high in north korean gov't married doughter of somebody high in south korean gov't. and they somehow managed to scam both gov't of $30MILLION and want to use my bank account as a temporary storage :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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