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Bill Roberts
06-21-2003, 01:22 PM
This is classic spam.

Take a look. Maybe because I have Forbes cookies and serveal money market cookies when I was married does this stuff come in here...

Read on if you want to:

Beware, this is a scam.

FROM GEORGE DUKE

PHONE 34 690 35 9947



Greeting,

This letter might surprise you because we have met neither in person nor by
correspondence. But I believe it is one day that you get to know somebody either
in physical or through correspondence that is why am in spain making this
contart.

I got your contact through some discreet inquire from the chamber of commerce
and industry,you and your company were revealed as being quite astute in private
entreprenuership.one has no doubt in your ability to handle a financial business
transaction.

However, I am the first son of His Royal Majesty,WIWA DUKE and the traditional
ruler of Eleme Province in the oil area of Rivers State of Nigeria. I am making
this contact to you in respect of US 20,000,000.00 (twenty million United States
Dollars) which I inherited from my late father the money was accumulated from
royalties rapid to my father as compensation by the oil firms located in our
area as a result of oil presence on our land which hamper agriculture which is
our major source of livelihood. Unfortunately my father died from protracted
diabetes. But before his death he called my attention and informed me that he
lodged some funds on two boxes with a security firm with an open beneficiary
status. The lodgment Security Code Number

was also revealed to me, he then advised me to look for a reliable business
partner abroad, who will assist me in investing the money in a lucrative
business as a result of economic instability in Nigeria. So this is the main
reason why I am contacting you for us to move this money from the security firm
to any country of your choice for investment purposes. So I will like you to be
the ultimate beneficiary, so that the funds can be moved in your name and
particulary to any country of your choice where it will be claimed and invested.
Hence my father have had intimated the security firm personnel that the
beneficiary of the Box is his foreign partner whose particulars will be
forwarded to the firm when due. But I will guide you accordingly. As soon as the
fund reaches, I will then come over to meet you in person, so that we can
discuss physically on Investment potentials.

Based on this I and my family have unanimously decided to give you 20% of the
total money, 2% for charity homes and 3% for expenses, which may arise during
the transaction, fax and phone bills inclusive. The balance of 75% you will
invest and manage for my family.

I hereby guarantee you that this is not government money, it is not drug money
and it is not money from arms deal.

Though you have to maintain high degree of confidentiality on this matter. I
will give you

all proof of deposit and existence of money once assured and fully satisfied
with your capability and honesty. I hope this will be the beginning of a
prosperous relationship between my family and your family.

Nevertheless if you are for any reason not interest, kindly inform me
immediately so that I will look for another contact.

I am waiting for your quick phone call and e mail response



Yours faithfully

PRINCE GEORGE DUKE

Bullocks I say!!!!

First of all, if it was legit, it would be a figure of 19,935,265.18 at GMT 0.00 22/Jun/2003.

Secondly...with his so called creditials, you can make one call to Suisse bank and they would meet you in person the very next day to arrange the asset transfer.

third...the address and phone number does not check out on the international registry.

4th, to do a contract as he describes, it is a federal crime without a securities liscence in good standing.

Just delete crap like this spam and don't even think it could be legit.

PSA (Public service announcement)

I do this because their just might be one Zilvia member out of the greater than 10000 that might take the bait.

I have been getting this kind of spam for 2 years now.

You get your money one of 3 ways.

You are born with it
You Marry it
You work your A$$ off for it.

It comes no other way other than a lotto or serious luck and skill at the tables.

maccrank
06-21-2003, 05:29 PM
I think I once saw on discovery channel a documentary about these kind of scams and believe it or not alot of people have fallen for it.

On another note PAYPALL users beware I noticed that alot of people I know have gotten an email from paypall to verify that their still using their account asking you for your bank account number/credit card number, PIN and some other stuff. I think it's a scam because instead of providing a link to verify your account, they have the fill-in boxers in the body of the mail already.
If you do something with paypall or anyother service go directly to the website don't use anything from your email.

hookedup240
06-21-2003, 09:48 PM
Originally posted by maccrank
I think I once saw on discovery channel a documentary about these kind of scams and believe it or not alot of people have fallen for it.

On another note PAYPALL users beware I noticed that alot of people I know have gotten an email from paypall to verify that their still using their account asking you for your bank account number/credit card number, PIN and some other stuff. I think it's a scam because instead of providing a link to verify your account, they have the fill-in boxers in the body of the mail already.
If you do something with paypall or anyother service go directly to the website don't use anything from your email.

Thanks for the warning, i don't really know too much about computers and that kind of stuff.

X-Iceman
06-22-2003, 03:46 PM
ya, i also say there scamming show on discovery. lots of old people fall for that type of stuff. the government is tryin to figure out how to control spam/scam mail, as is companies like AOL and Microsoft.

-E-
06-22-2003, 07:03 PM
I hear about this scam on Discovery and on Dateline NBC

elevator
06-22-2003, 07:36 PM
Bill,
Why don't you throw yourself on a sword for the guys and test it out. If it is a good dea...let us know so we can join in. If not...well sorry bud. Thems the breaks.:D

wingsnthangs
06-23-2003, 12:48 PM
Yeah I've gotten a couple emails that said something like "this rich missionary family with the name Smith died in Africa and you are the next closest kin to inheritance blah blah blah." I replied once with "I aint white, I aint black, any none of my kin have ever stepped foot in Africa. I'm 100% Chinese, you dumbfock con-artists. Dont email me with your trash again."

goodjuan
06-23-2003, 06:33 PM
Most annoying scam ever is the "White Van Speaker Scam"
I can't count how many times those fools try to approach me in parking lots...drives me mad.

DuffMan
06-23-2003, 09:12 PM
Spam sucks.

Bill Roberts
06-23-2003, 10:08 PM
Yep, those white van speaker assholes, in every major city, Europe too. What a bunch of douche bags surpreme.

13 dollars worth of speakers in a 10 dollar box claiming to have 2000 dollar speakers that they have "left over from an overshipment they must get rid of"


The speakers are worth 50 dollars per cabinet at best...Most suckers pay 200 to 400 dollars for them to get them home and find their cheap boom box has more fidelity.

Anyone that says Psssss....t Over here...is a loser.


Best thing to do is take their tag number down and grab the cell phone and summond the local authority.

It seems they would at least try to run a legitamite business without the "stolen from someone else" tactics, and the cheesy vans.


They could actually sell them for 75 each and make good money, considering the cost of the product. Someone would like them for 150 quid per pair...worst speakers have been built for more..


Shameful conducting of a trade.

Baka Sama
06-24-2003, 10:50 PM
Originally posted by maccrank
I think I once saw on discovery channel a documentary about these kind of scams and believe it or not alot of people have fallen for it.

On another note PAYPALL users beware I noticed that alot of people I know have gotten an email from paypall to verify that their still using their account asking you for your bank account number/credit card number, PIN and some other stuff. I think it's a scam because instead of providing a link to verify your account, they have the fill-in boxers in the body of the mail already.
If you do something with paypall or anyother service go directly to the website don't use anything from your email.

hahaha... Thats the oldest trick in the book. I remember I did that back in highschool to this girl i use to like. I went to one of those no name email sites and signed up as [email protected] or something like that. Then I emailed her and said some bs like "do to all the new aol members signing up we are requireing all past members to resummit their user name and password"...lol It worked like a charm and I got to go through her email and find out what she said to her friends about me. :boink:

All is fair in love & war..

M.Piedlourde
06-26-2003, 10:46 AM
Originally posted by Baka Sama
It worked like a charm and I got to go through her email and find out what she said to her friends about me. :boink:

All is fair in love & war..


So..... what did she say to her friends?

s0ldats
06-26-2003, 12:47 PM
Originally posted by M.Piedlourde
So..... what did she say to her friends?

HAHA

Baka Sama
06-26-2003, 01:57 PM
Originally posted by M.Piedlourde
So..... what did she say to her friends?

lol.. well not much that I didnt already know. But I did find out that the girl has a serious chat room fetish... All these guys emailing her saying shes hot an how they wanted to meet her! After I finnished peeking around I made sure to block a couple of people who were getting a little too close. :bash::boink:

I didnt find anything too strange... Good thing she didnt go into my email instead. She would never talk to me again.. hahaha