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ok so i got this emal from some guy in africa and i need your advice if this may be a scam or shouldi call him
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Hello! Sorry for this surprise message,it's because of my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you this way.I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa.I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds ($7.2M)of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.
If my business proposal is accepted by you,reply so that we can talk on the % and how to proceed.Mob/+226 750 619 31
yours,
Mr.Uzoo A.
should i call this guy or do you think its a scam???????????? please help
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Finland
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I believe this is a scam. He propably wants some money from you to cover the expences from sending the money that you wont get. If it looks too good to be true, it propably is too good to be true.
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Posted by xpok3rkingx: ok so i got this emal from some guy in africa and i need your advice if this may be a scam or shouldi call him
Please note, the sender's email address has not been verified.
Hello! Sorry for this surprise message,it's because of my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you this way.I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa.I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds ($7.2M)of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.
If my business proposal is accepted by you,reply so that we can talk on the % and how to proceed.Mob/+226 750 619 31
yours,
Mr.Uzoo A.
should i call this guy or do you think its a scam???????????? please help
my friend this is a scam, for god sake do not reply or give out any of your details to them (A) they will either try to get you to part with your cash or (B) any info you give them they will probably use it to commit identity theft. also the telephone number is a mobile and that makes alarm bells ring. and also if this person is a banker he could always find other ways of transfering the money withut contacting a stranger. so the bottom line is that under no circumstances part with any money or information just ignore it mate and your be just fine and not out of pocket. need any more info on these scams check the link out http://potifos.com/fraud/
Joined: Mar '08
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lol how can u even think this could be real ? if something like this would happen Mr.UUzo would at least write a letter and not a shabby email ! so tell Mr.UUzo to go and spend all the fine money alone
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they sent me 5 - 6 emails , every email included "urgent" at the beginning of the text . Always same storys , other texts, but the same guy writing these emails.....
i think that guy is from nigeria or sumthing i read that somewhere
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cmon this is so old scam that i really cant believe that there are people who dont know about it yet. Dont even bother, if you keep getting these emails try to report abuse to email provider but dont use any of the links in email or simply block them.
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xpok3rkingx do you still have this guys email address???
wouldn't it be a damn shame if the scammer got scammed
if ya can post up on here his email and lets see if we can get are friend from africa to put some smelly fish on his head or something even more silly.
if i can convince this guy that i am well interested your be amazed of what things people will do to get hold of your cash.
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Dont do anything. Some people who were naive enough to engage in communication with those people and actually made a trip to Nigeria ended up missing. 2 people as i recall. Not to mention that you will for certain get loads of spam afterwards.
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Posted by Predobar: Dont do anything. Some people who were naive enough to engage in communication with those people and actually made a trip to Nigeria ended up missing. 2 people as i recall. Not to mention that you will for certain get loads of spam afterwards.
yes not only that airport officials were being bribed by these scammers to allow there victim in to the country with no visa and the scammers would use this to there advantage to lure money from the victim as not having a visa in nigeria is a very serious crime. if anbody got any email address's for these scum bags post them up and lets see if i can get them to do sumthing so bloody stupid we could call it revenge. these people would do just about anything to get hold of your money. check this link out and your see what i mean go to video section. lets see if we can not bag a silly Nigerian moron doing something funny i dont know maybe sum thing like putting his hand up a cows rectum and tell them that only way for them to receive your cash is to do it as in the uk we see this as an act of friendship and you want to be my friend. as you want me to give you money you must proof your my friend in order to proceed come on guys get there email addys up on here at lets not have some fun at there expense as there time wasted with us is time they cant spend conning somebody's grandmother.
check this site out for info n 419 scammers www.419eater.com
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wow stay away from that ,its been on the news several yerars ago those guys are scammers from africa that amde millions by exploiting people. you can watch a lot of vidz about it on youtube
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OMG lol the fact you have to ask makes me wounder, id guess A.you wont see a penny B.you will have to pay them £. you end up in jail whilst they walk free with the money launder safly locked up!!!! check evilfooks links quit intresting
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Posted by evilfook: xpok3rkingx do you still have this guys email address???
wouldn't it be a damn shame if the scammer got scammed
if ya can post up on here his email and lets see if we can get are friend from africa to put some smelly fish on his head or something even more silly.
if i can convince this guy that i am well interested your be amazed of what things people will do to get hold of your cash.
regards
annmarie
I wouldnt go that far, you newer know who you play with. People have been killed by some of those people. Probally not by scamming back, but it shows what kind of people you are dealing with..
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Posted by etna2007:
Posted by evilfook: xpok3rkingx do you still have this guys email address???
wouldn't it be a damn shame if the scammer got scammed
if ya can post up on here his email and lets see if we can get are friend from africa to put some smelly fish on his head or something even more silly.
if i can convince this guy that i am well interested your be amazed of what things people will do to get hold of your cash.
regards
annmarie
I wouldnt go that far, you newer know who you play with. People have been killed by some of those people. Probally not by scamming back, but it shows what kind of people you are dealing with..
iam over at 419 now loking at advice and tips for helping waste these morons time it explains everything from what name to use to what country to claim your from and its very unlikely there come looking for you chances of them getting even is if you decide to go and meet them and that will never happen go over and have a look maybe we could put up a leader board lol the site gives you tips on where to find these people and sucker them in let the fun begin
nice one ill send the guy a nice sweet email from an old lady interested in his proposal just watch this space lets not see if we can hook are selfs a greedy little moron and play him for what he is a scum bag. any chance you could post up his email so when i reply to him i know what he has said and i can then lure the twat then ill post u the chat on here
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Location: Australia
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this is indeed the verry common nigerian scam of the 90s first send by mail before the internet grew in popularity, avoid these people at all costs and report their email to the authorities asap these people are scum and need to be dealt with asap before they hurt another family!
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come on guys get there email addys up on here at lets not have some fun at there expense as there time wasted with us is time they cant spend conning somebody's grandmother.
