[sarcasm] Have I Hit The Jackpot ? [/sarcasm]

[colchar]

I just received an email from the children of the former Mayor and gold merchant of Sierra Leone, who also seems to have been a general in the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It seems that they have 28 million deposited in a bank in Ghana and that they need help getting access to it so they need my help. Just for giving them my banking info so that the money can be deposited into my account (seems to be the only way to get it out of the country) and then returned to them, I will be given 15% of the total recovered. Heck, for poor downtrodden souls like these I would do this for free but, as a starving student, I think I'll accept their kind offer.

I promise that, once I receive my cut, I'll throw a bash for everyone here at DBR. Is Final Four weekend good for everyone? What if I buy all of you tickets to the championship game - would that encourage you to attend the party?

Alright, time to send off my banking info and to just sit back and wait for the money to come rolling in.

[xenic]

I just received an email from the children of the former Mayor and gold merchant of Sierra Leone, who also seems to have been a general in the army of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It seems that they have 28 million deposited in a bank in Ghana and that they need help getting access to it so they need my help. Just for giving them my banking info so that the money can be deposited into my account (seems to be the only way to get it out of the country) and then returned to them, I will be given 15% of the total recovered. Heck, for poor downtrodden souls like these I would do this for free but, as a starving student, I think I'll accept their kind offer.

I promise that, once I receive my cut, I'll throw a bash for everyone here at DBR. Is Final Four weekend good for everyone? What if I buy all of you tickets to the championship game - would that encourage you to attend the party?

Alright, time to send off my banking info and to just sit back and wait for the money to come rolling in.

Really? Thank you for keeping us in the loop on your spam situation. In the future, I think it is safe for you to assume that everyone else here also uses e-mail and got the same offer you did so there is no need to share it with us.

[Rich]

Colchar, just so we all know how things are progressing, I think it would be a good idea for you to post your bank account information (and social security #, just in case) on DBR. Don't worry. We're all just looking out for your best interest.

[colchar]

Really? Thank you for keeping us in the loop on your spam situation. In the future, I think it is safe for you to assume that everyone else here also uses e-mail and got the same offer you did so there is no need to share it with us.

It was a joke for God's sake. Tell you what - when I receive my share of the cash I'll splurge and buy you a sense of humour. And maybe a personality too.

[-jk]

Unless you're going to try to take them on (http://www.419eater.com/html/baiting.htm)! Then we want to hear all about it.

-jk

[colchar]

Colchar, just so we all know how things are progressing, I think it would be a good idea for you to post your bank account information (and social security #, just in case) on DBR. Don't worry. We're all just looking out for your best interest.

Brilliant idea - this way we can all monitor the transaction(s) and build up some anticipation for the party.

Here is the info:

Bank account:
Royal Bank of Ontario
Account# - 98-765-432-1
Transit# - 007

SIN:
123456789

I'll be out most of the afternoon so it would be awesome if you guys could keep an eye on this stuff for me. Earljam...you got my back on this one?

[colchar]

Unless you're going to try to take them on (http://www.419eater.com/html/baiting.htm)! Then we want to hear all about it.

-jk

I've tried to get some correspondence going a couple of times but they've never fallen for the bait. Maybe I'll try again with this one and see how it goes. If they respond I'll definitely keep everyone here in the loop.

[SouthgateWindsor]

Brilliant idea - this way we can all monitor the transaction(s) and build up some anticipation for the party.

Here is the info:

Bank account:
Royal Bank of Ontario
Account# - 98-765-432-1
Transit# - 007

SIN:
123456789

I'll be out most of the afternoon so it would be awesome if you guys could keep an eye on this stuff for me. Earljam...you got my back on this one?


Great, but we need your mother's maiden name, too. ;)



A friend of mine tried to write back to one of these but got no response. It always amazes me that some people must respond to these things.

Edit: the friend was trying to have some fun, not give away his bank info.

[YmoBeThere]

Colchar, please confirm if you need my banking info to share any of your largesse with me!

[colchar]

Colchar, please confirm if you need my banking info to share any of your largesse with me!

I most certainly do. Please post it here in case anyone else needs it.

[YmoBeThere]

Here you go, if your contacts need it, please share with them so they can send directly to me:

Bank of New England
Acct #: 8675309
Routing #: 03201971

SSN:5551212

But really, I would just prefer small unmarked bills. Fedex works great for that!(Except they seem to have lost my 54 lbs printer today!)

[TillyGalore]

SSN:5551212

Hey! That's my phone number!!

[Lavabe]

Hey! That's my phone number!!

I think he meant: 8675309

Cheers,
Lavabe

[colchar]

I think he meant: 8675309

Cheers,
Lavabe

You beat me to it.

[devildeac]

Hey! That's my phone number!!

Tilly don't lose that number
It's the only one you own
You might feel better if you just use it
when you get home

(or someone like that)

[colchar]

Tilly don't lose that number
It's the only one you own
You might feel better if you just use it
when you get home

(or someone like that)

Or is her number 281-7668?

Saw your number written on the wall
Said for a good time call
Dial 281-7668
Hey baby I can't wait
I got your number off the bathroom wall

Got your number off the bathroom wall
And I decided it was about time I made the call
Got your number off the bathroom wall
Boy Am I lucky that I didn't use the other stall

[TillyGalore]

Or is her number 281-7668?

Saw your number written on the wall
Said for a good time call
Dial 281-7668
Hey baby I can't wait
I got your number off the bathroom wall

Got your number off the bathroom wall
And I decided it was about time I made the call
Got your number off the bathroom wall
Boy Am I lucky that I didn't use the other stall

I told James to STOP putting my number on bathroom walls.

[colchar]

I told James to STOP putting my number on bathroom walls.

I tried to post that the guys from the band who recorded that song still managed to find it but, for some reason, the filters here on DBR won't let me post the band name because they seem to think that it is obscene (the band is Faster *****cat so I guess the longer version of that word is banned despite not being obscene).

[YmoBeThere]

Apparently, they are having trouble with some funds in Hong Kong also. Mr. Song Li Lee assures me that there will be a 30%/70% split once I have helped liberate the $19.5 million dollars. Any one want in on the deal?


Hahahahahahahaha!

[JasonEvans]

It is all funny and fun to pick on these absurd scammers (the website that asks the African crooks to put loaves of bread or fish (http://www.419eater.com/html/trophy_room.htm)on their heads and take pictures is really hysterical) but the reality is that a lot of people have lost a lot of money to these scams.

My father lost a sizable amount of money to a company that claimed it was a shipping service that would beat Fed Ex and UPS. Just at the moment he thought the company was going to go public and make him a small fortune, the CEO skipped town and my father found out that the company was all a front.

I know there are people (I won't reveal their names) strongly associated with the DBR who have had family members ripped off by the African 419 scammers. While we all laugh about it, lets not forget that these emailers are crooks who don't think twice about leaving retired people bankrupt (for some reason, the elderly tend to fall for these scams a lot more than the rest of us).

Now, you may return to mocking these jerk-offs ;)

--Jason "http://www.419eater.com/images/tope3.jpg" Evans

[colchar]

It is all funny and fun to pick on these absurd scammers (the website that asks the African crooks to put loaves of bread or fish (http://www.419eater.com/html/trophy_room.htm)on their heads and take pictures is really hysterical) but the reality is that a lot of people have lost a lot of money to these scams.

My father lost a sizable amount of money to a company that claimed it was a shipping service that would beat Fed Ex and UPS. Just at the moment he thought the company was going to go public and make him a small fortune, the CEO skipped town and my father found out that the company was all a front.

I know there are people (I won't reveal their names) strongly associated with the DBR who have had family members ripped off by the African 419 scammers. While we all laugh about it, lets not forget that these emailers are crooks who don't think twice about leaving retired people bankrupt (for some reason, the elderly tend to fall for these scams a lot more than the rest of us).

Now, you may return to mocking these jerk-offs ;)

--Jason "http://www.419eater.com/images/tope3.jpg" Evans

I just realized that the jerk-off in that photo is wearing a Celtic shirt. How offensive is that?!?

[colchar]

This whole thing has become rather interesting. After receiving their original email I responded, just to see what would happen, and they have now started emailing me daily.

The text of these conversations is as follows (I haven't included my original reply because, in that, I called them a few choice names that cannot be repeated here on DBR...I guess they are not familiar with English swear words).

Their first response:
Dear Mr Graham,

Thanks for your mail and the content is well understood, Furthernore there are alot of
scam going on and this prevent we those who have a geniue business to transact with other poeple look like a
scan.also our late father was in sierra leon as a gold merchant before he was called back to our country as an army General, which he serve for 7years before he died in exile in Ghana due to some political reasons Moreover this consignment was deposited with intercon security company in Ghana when he arrives here and the content is very confidential to we the childrend and we have all the legal documents to prove the deposition of this consignment, so all we need from you to to act as our late fathers foreign partner who would like to asist us in conveying the consignment from the security company.



We have been notify also by the security company that as soon as we provide a legal partner they would proceed and deliver this consignment through
thier diplomatic courier company to any part of the world provided we follow all their
proceedures .

We advise you to send all your full contact details including telephone fax address and we can contact the legal department of the security company to facilitate all the legal documents in your name so that they can deliver the consignment to your delivery address, we would also be drafting an agreement between us how the funds is going to be invested after it has been deliver to you, whales we proceed on with our education, we need total commitment from your part to sustain the transaction.


Waiting for your urgent reply

Pindza

Telepehone.00233243758761


My reply:
I look forward to proceeding
with you in this transaction. I can't wait to proceed but, since I do not have a fax, I will need you to provide me with funds to buy one. A fax machine here costs $1000USD so please inform me how you will be sending me the money. As soon as I receive it I will purchase the fax and we can then proceed with the other transaction.



Yours,
Billy Graham

(They didn't seem to notice that the name I used to sign the email is not the same as the one connected to my email address).

Their response:
Dear Mr Graham

Thanks for your mail and the content is well understood, furthermore we do not have any money to send you for a fax machine, so we advise you to contact the legal department of the security company to facilitate all the legal documents in your favor so that the consignment can be delivered to you, also please do not confirm the content of the box to the legal department of the security company as the consignment was deposited as family valuables.


CONTACT DETAILS
EMAIL.LEGALDEPARTMENT@INTERCONSECURITIES.COM
TELEFAX.0023321718632

My reply:
Well, since you already have my contact information, you should just have the legal department of the security company contact me at this email address. Once they do, we can proceed.


Billy.



Their latest reply:
Dear Mr Billy

Thanks for your urgent reply and i would forwad your contact detail to the security company as our new foreign partner who wants to help us convey the consignment from the security company to your delivery address.

Furthermore i would be drafting an agreement between both of us of which you sign your part regarding the sharing and investment assept of the funds after the consignment have been delivered to you. also we need your direct telephone numbers so that we can be able to communicate with you regarding this transaction.

waiting for your urgent reply.
Pindza Camara
Tel.00233243758761




I haven't replied to this one yet but am trying to figure out a way to get them to pose for a photo. Any suggestions?