Hey. I've always been meaning to ask. What does everyone make of these emails? I get them quite often...

ATTN: {VERY URGENT BUSINESS TRANSACTION}

GREETINGS,

IT MAY COMES TO YOU AS SUPRISE MESSAGE BUT READ IT
CAREFULLY AND IF CAN GET BACK TO ME SO THAT WE CAN
ARRANGE THINGS IN OTHER.
IN ORDER TO TRANSFER OUT (USD 12 MILLION DOLLARS)
FROM OUR BANK.
I HAVE THE COURAGE TO ASK YOU TO LOOK
FOR A RELIABLE AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE
FOR THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL
NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN FUTURE.I KNOW
NOWDAYS PEOPLE DONT BELIVED EACH OTHER BECAUSE OF WHAT
IS HAPPING BUT I AM ASSURING YOU 100% THAT IT CLEAN
BUSINESS BETWEEN YOU AND ME AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE
BANK KNOW BODY AGAIN KNOWS ABOUT IT. KEEP IT
CONFIDENTIAL AND DO NOT TALK TOO MUCH TO AVOID
ENEMIES.

I AM MR MEKI KAMARA, THE WEST AFRICAN DISTRICT BANK
MANAGER OF ECOBANK. THERE IS AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THIS
BANK IN 1984 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 REMITT
THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT WILL BE FORFEITED FOR
NOTHING.

THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS, A
FOREIGNER, AND THE MANAGER OF PETRO - TECHNICAL
SUPPORT SERVICES, A CHEMICAL ENGINEER 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 (USD 12
MILLION DOLLARS). I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A
SAFE FOREIGNERS ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY
FOREIGNER, I AM ONLY CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER
BECAUSE THIS MONEY CAN NOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL BANK
HERE, BUT CAN ONLY BE APPROVED TO ANY FOREIGN ACCOUNT
BECAUSE THE MONEY IS IN US DOLLARS AND THE FORMER
OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT IS MR. SMITH B. ANDREAS IS A
FOREIGNER TOO. I KNOW THAT THIS MASSAGE WILL COME TO
YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OUR SELVES BEFORE,
BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS.I
ONLY GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FROM THE COMPUTER,WITH
BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN IN THIS
BUSINESS YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON THAT I HAVE CONTACTED
IN THIS BUSINESS, SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY SO THAT I
WILL INFORM YOU THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE URGENTLY.

I WANT US TO SEE FACE TO FACE OR SIGN A BINDING
AGREEMENT TO BIND US TOGETHER SO THAT YOU CAN RECIEVE
THIS MONEY INTO A FORIEGN ACCOUNT OR ANY ACCOUNT OF
YOUR CHOICE WHERE THE FUND WILL BE REMMITTED.AND I
WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR WITHDRAWAL AND SHARING
AND OTHER INVESTMENTS.

I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE OF THE NEED TO INVOLVE A
FOREIGNER WITH FOREIGN ACCOUNT AND FOREIGN
BENEFICIARY. I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION TO MAKE THIS
WORK FINE. BECAUSE THE MANAGEMENT IS READY TO
APPROVE THIS PAYMENT TO ANY FOREIGNER WHO HAS CORRECT INFORMATION OF THIS ACCOUNT, WHICH I WILL GIVE TO YOU LATER IMMEDIATELY, IF YOU ARE ABLE AND WITH CAPABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH AMOUNT IN STRICT CONFIDENCE AND TRUST ACCORDING TO MY INSTRUCTIONS AND ADVICE FOR OUR MUTUAL BENEFIT BECAUSE THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NEVER COME AGAIN IN MY LIFE. I NEED A TRUTHFUL PERSON IN THIS BUSINESS BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO MAKE MISTAKE, I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE AND TRUST.

WITH MY POSITION NOW IN THE OFFICE I CAN TRANSFER THIS
MONEY TO ANY FOREIGNERS RELIABLE ACCOUNT WHICH YOU CAN
PROVIDE WITH ASSURANCE THAT THIS MONEY WILL BE INTACT
PENDING MY PHYSICAL ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SHARING. I WILL DESTROY ALL DOCUMENTS OF TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THIS MONEY LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE. YOU CAN ALSO COME TO DISCUSS WITH ME FACE TO FACE AFTER WHICH I WILL MAKE THIS REMITTANCE IN YOUR PRESENCE AND TWO OF US WILL FLY TO YOUR COUNTRY AT LEAST TWO DAYS AHEAD OF THE MONEY GOING INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I WILL APPLY FOR ANNUAL LEAVE TO GET VISA IMMEDIATELY
I HEAR FROM YOU THAT YOU ARE READY TO ACT AND RECEIVE
THIS FUND IN YOUR ACCOUNT. I WILL USE MY POSITION AND
INFLUENCE TO EFFECT LEGAL APPROVALS AND ONWARD
TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH
APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FORMS OF THE MINISTRIES AND
FOREIGN EXCHANGE DEPARTMENTS.

AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE
GIVEN 20% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT, 75% WILL BE FOR ME,
WHILE 5% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES BOTH PARTIES MIGHT HAVE
INCURED DURING THE PROCESS OF TRANSFERING.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR EARLIEST REPONSE BY MY OFFICE
DIRECT email ID.

YOURS TRULY,
MR MEKI KAMRA

? Any ideas 80sxchangers?

I have gotten that one before and I just delete all junk e-mails. I'm not sure what to make of it. Sounds like he might be up to something illegal.

Sal, the guy who sent this might belong to the so-called 'Nigerian Connection'.

Those people seems to operate worldwide, seeking for victims who may be blinded by the large sum which is lurking there.
After you have contacted them, you will be asked for a security deposit of a few hundreds or thousands of Dollars, in return they promise you a share from this account. If you are actually that foolish to respond and transmit the required money, you can be sure that you will never hear of them again...

German feds and justice are close on their heels...recently, they have arrested some people of this connection for bank fraud and other law violations.

You may want report this to your police, together with the mail and the address.

Dont fail for it, no matter what they might promise you - the mail alone sounds foul and stupid, but these criminals have already managed to grab millions of Dollars.

Yeah, this one's been going for a while. It's all about the "5%" expenses. Like Wave said they will try and get money out of you first. Then you won't hear anything again.

There have been charges laid here in the past for some of these schemes. I think they arrested a few people in Dublin too.

Surprised it's still going.

You would think there would be a way to trace the e-mails and find out where they are coming from.

I get ones similar to that from a Nigerian Prince trying to hide his money in my bank account or something like that, but for me being the one person he has trust and faith in to let me hold his millions I'd sort of feel more comfortable if he knew my name instead of dear sir or madam

I've gotten something similar to that before...I looked, I chuckled, I deleted...lol :p

I've never seen it, but after the first few sentences, I would have deleted it. It sounds like this person is purposely trying to make you think he's smart enough to steal $12 million from a bank, yet dumb enough to trust a stranger with it.

This probably would have been deleted just from glancing at the subject line.

Originally posted by jen*:
<STRONG>This probably would have been deleted just from glancing at the subject line.</STRONG>

Yes, it would have. Then a new rule would have been created in Outlook to bar it from ever coming through again.

Spammers SUCK! :mad:

I read that whole dang thing waiting for a punchline! I kept thinking it was a joke. Jeeze, I can't believe people send this crap out. :rolleyes:

I've recieved that one before, too. I took it for a sham & deleted.

Yeah I wouldn't bother with e-mails like that, just useless spamming or illegal scaming :) They're what the delete key was invented for! :) hehe