Zorue Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I was checking my mail when i found this.. ------- FROM: Dr.J.C. EKE #20 LOUIS BOTHA AVENUE, YOEVILE DISTRICT, SOUTH AFRICA TEL-871-762-604-485, Fax-871- 762-604-486. (VERY URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION) Attention, In order to transfer out (US$ 68 Million) Sixty Eight Million United States Dollars) from African Development Bank. I have picked-up the trust and Courage to write you this letter with divine confidence that you are a reliable and honest person who will be capable for this important business transaction believing also that you will never let me down either now or in the future. My name is DR.J.C.EKE, a senior Auditing Officer with the African Development bank (ADB) in South Africa. There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Fernando Carlos, a foreigner, he was a miner at Kruger gold company, a geologist by profession, and he died since 1990. No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (US$68 Million) Sixty Eight million United States Dollars. I want to first transfer (US$40 Million) Forty million united States Dollars from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest. I am contacting you based on the fact t hat you are a foreigner, because this money can only be approved for payment to a foreigner, more so it can not be approved by any local bank here, as this money is in US Dollars hence the former owner of this account is a foreigner too. I Know that this proposal will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, however i got your contact from your Embassy's Commercial Attach? I was meant to understand That your races are trustworthy however I did not disclose the purpose of my intention to anybody in the Embassy. Although we will still have to meet possibly, sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund into any of your chosen designated bank account. I have involved a very senior official in the operational department and we have agreed that after the transfer of the money into your account, you shall be entitled to 15% of the total sum, we the officials will take 80% while the remaining 5% will be for processing cost we may incur here and there during this transaction. All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a risk free situation on the side of the both parties. Please note that this deal can only take place on the following conditions: - 1.you will provide the bank account and other relevant particulars/information for easy and onward Remittance of this money. 2.Absolute confidentiality and sincerity will be required and guaranteed, considering our (me and my partners) positions in the bank. 3.Assurance that our own due shares will be released to us in good faith when this money finally gets into your account. This transaction will last for some days as soon as we hear from you. Please treat with utmost confidentiality. Contact me as quickly as possible through my e-mail box or above tell/fax. Expecting your urgent response, Best Regards, Yours faithfully, DR.J.C.EKE ----- i dunno, i thought it was pretty funny on account I don't have a bank account :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Seb Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 LOL, isnt that one of those contact-me-and-ill-take-your-money crimes? :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hypercube Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Yea, I got one of those a while ago, it was from the South African department of minerals and geology. They think we are id10ts and that we are not aware of this scam...hmm:P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I got the exact same thing 2 weeks ago, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRKz Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 I got one from a 'doctor' a while back, who said he 'heard' good things about me and was very eager to 'transfer money' into my account. Honestly, what do they take us for?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorue Posted May 15, 2002 Author Share Posted May 15, 2002 I have also gotten a email from a "russian spy" and he thought i was one too, lol, but he didnt ask for money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cub-x Posted May 15, 2002 Share Posted May 15, 2002 Got one too last week. And I believe that there are people actually doing this :ermm: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazat Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 HOAX, HOAX, HOAX.... Big scam mail there. For starters I have yet to see a telephone number that resembles one like that, caught my attention straight away. We only have a 10 digit number (11 International). Secondly there is no such place as Yeoville District. There is a suburb in Johannesburg called Yeoville but they go under Johannesburg's dialing code anyway, they are not listed anywhere in our phone directory. Thirdly, I have never heard of "African Development Bank" mentioned in the letter. It probably doesn't exist. The "Kruger Gold Company" is also either a fake or very small. Never heard of the place before. Mostly Anglo American here. Hope noone else replied to the letter. I keep getting one from some guy who claimes to be the son of some Billionaire in Nigeria. Same concept to the story. Sounds like a big scam to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 Got mails like that a few times... it sounded stupid... their English is not perfect... The first of that mail scam some people too... I saw in the news... and they lost their savings.... stupid... so many people are so gullible.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facktor Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 It's a scam and anyone who falls for it should reassess their sanity. Click here for more info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayrider Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 whats with Africans trying to rip off us American and Canadians,a while ago, my uncles friend got ripped off by some south african dude promising to sell him gold for a GOOD price... anywyas, to make a long story short... all that was sent in the crate was 2 wooden elephants (Joke maybe?) and a bunch of cement, padded of course with styrophoam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wazat Posted May 18, 2002 Share Posted May 18, 2002 Basturd. Gives us a bad name. Man that sucks. Hope you got things sorted out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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