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Old Aug 12, 2006, 09:51 PM
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Does anyone else get emails like this???

I was just wondering if anyone else ever gets emails like this...? I find them annoying and somehow wrong. I am sure it's a scam. I almost wonder if some of it is a terriorist plot, due to the timing and the way it's handled. I would love some feedback as far as what you think and if possible who to send this too to make sure it isn't part of something bigger. I actually get these quite often. Any advice would be helpful. And if I should have put this somewhere else then please let me know so that I can move it to that area. Thanks.







Spencer Global Chambers &
solicitors
23/24 Apapa Lagos,
Nigeria.
Tel/:+2348036689954


Dear Friend,
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have
never met before. My name is Barrister Spencer Keji a solicitor at law.
I am the personal attorney to Mr Kim, Jangwoo.I hope that you will not
expose or betray this trust and confidence that I am about to repose on
you for the mutual benefit of our both families.

I am writing in respect of my Late claint who perished along
with his next of kin with Korean airline, flight number 801 with the
whole passengers on the 6thof August 1997 and for your perusal you can view
this site http://www.cnn.com/world/9708/06/guam.passenger.list.

Since the demise of my Late claint , I personally has watched
with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as
no one has come to claim his funds of US$4.8m(Four million Eight
hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in a Standard Finance &Securities
Company here in Nigeria for a very long time.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used
as the next of kin since nobody is coming for the fund again. The
banking ethic here does not allow such money to stay more than 10years,
because the money will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed fund
after this period.

In view of this I got your contact through the internet when I
was making a research on a foreigner that I will used in this great
opportunity because I don`t want the money to be recalled to our bank
treasury as unclaimed fund. I have also agreed to offer 40% of the total sum
and the rest 60% will be for me.

The reason for a foreigner in the business is for the fact that
my claint was a foreigner and it is not authorized by the law guiding
the bank for a citizen of this country to make the claim of the fund .So
the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the release
and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as
the surviving relation of the deceased.

If you are really sure of your integrity, trustworthy and
confidentiality, and accept not to cheat or disappoint me after this business,
reply with your Telephone and Fax Numbers.

Upon receipt of the above mention informations, indicating your
interest in the business, I will send you by Fax or Email a letter of
application which you will type and send back to our bank to enable us start
this transaction.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is
hitch free and don`t have any negative impact. You should not entertain any
fear as all modalities for this smooth and easy transfer of this fund
has been finalized, this transaction will be completed within 14 bank
working days immediately we start the business.

Waiting for your urgent response and please kindly delete if you
are not interested.



Regards,
Barrister Spencer keji
Spencer Global Chembers

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Old Aug 13, 2006, 12:03 AM   #2  
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Very very common. It's known as the 419 scam which is the Nigerian penal code number. It's been around forever and its variants can be almost entertaining. I always find out which email address they are using then forward the email to the abuse department of the ISP (ex. if their email is [email address] I would forward that email to [email address]) to shut down that drop box.

The next most popular email scam/spam is the lottery winning one.
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Old Aug 13, 2006, 08:02 AM   #3  
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I get these way to much I feelas if they are watching me, even though I send this stuff straight to spam.
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I get more at work than at home but then the email address is "out there" a lot more... and all the spam filters we've tried so far weed out legitimate messages we can't afford to miss. Out of the 75+ emails I get daily at the office, more than half are spam. I just consider this sort you mention my daily test for virtual "street smarts", chuckle and delete, delete, delete!
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I get about 3 to 4 every day and have for years. This is one of the dozen variations of different scams to either get your banking or ID informaton.
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I like the lottery ones.
They always say they need your bank account information.
So one day I answered there email.

I said that I don't have a bank account they can send it certified mail to me so they can be sure I get it.

You know what I haven't received any of these for about three months.
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I knew I wasn't the only one...lol. Thanks for the feedback everyone. I will forward this to yahoo and hopefully then no unsuspecting grandma will be taken advantage of. hehehe.

Does this site have a place to put email addys like this one? It might be a good idea so that members and guests can be alerted and can alert others to these scams... just a thought. Oops... nevermind. I see that it has been moved there already... sorry bout that
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It doesn't make sense to list the e-mail addresses that send this junk. They just keep opening new ones. When it is so easy to get a free e-mail address stopping that is impossible.

www.snopes.com does a great job of listing all the scams and junk that pollutes the Net. If anyone is unsure about the legitimatcy of some offer, check it out there.
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Just always remember,if it sounds too good to be true,IT IS
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Yeah... I get these mails all the time. Thank God for Spam box.
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