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Postby Tomo » Jul 24th, '07, 14:27



Just had an email from an outfit calling themselves Oli, that started:

Dear <First Name>

Whoops, or how to put a potential punter off!

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Postby seige » Jul 24th, '07, 14:32

At least they tried...

We get too many "Dear corporate investor" or 'Dear account holder'.

If the tossers can't even look up our MDs name, why should we listen??? Bulk mail stinks.

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Postby Carl Buck » Jul 24th, '07, 15:17

Better than this I've just received..

Adams William
Standard Bank London
United Kingdom
private email: adamswilliam111@myway.com

Good day to you,

My name is Mr. Adams William with the Standard Bank London.

We had a very good customer who banked with us. This man died three years back as a result of prolong ailment, before his death, he made a deposit in my bank that is worth US$12.5m (Twelve million five hundred thousand united sates dollars) that was to be transferred to a security and finance company here in London.

Since the death of this customer, we have not being able to trace anyone as the next of kin and no one has come forward to lay claims to his funds.

A situation I have monitored closely with keen interest with my position in the bank. Now having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before her death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past four years, I have removed the file to my private vault.

The governing body of the bank has decided that after a stipulated time and no one shows up as next of kin, the funds will be confiscated by the government. I therefore seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the late customer because I am very sure you can help me. Every other arrangement has been concluded.

This does not have any risk attached to it, as I will handle all the internal documentations. Your interest will be negotiable before we commence the operation.

For the sake of transparency in this matter, you are free to make immediate contact with me through my confidential email: adamswilliam111@myway.com for further information related to this matter.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Adams William



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Postby Tomo » Jul 24th, '07, 15:19

A private vault, eh. Because bullion is "money", right?

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Postby kems » Jul 24th, '07, 15:25

Carlos75 wrote:Better than this I've just received..


woow congratulations, wish I got some good news like that! :roll:

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Postby Mandrake » Jul 24th, '07, 15:57

We had a very well worded one at work recently, from that most British of financial institutions, The Bank of England. The giveaway was the website address they used - it was in Portugal!

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Postby Carl Buck » Jul 24th, '07, 16:32

I love the addess at the top..

Dodgy made up Bank
London
United Kingdom

all it needs at the end is

The world
The universe

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Postby lindz » Jul 24th, '07, 17:21

I had exactly the same thing the other day as Carlos but mine was from a man who was dying and he said his family stiched him up so the money was mine if I held extra money in my bank until his friend could claim the extra money because he didn't trust his family. Who said he could trust me :twisted:

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Postby Lady of Mystery » Jul 24th, '07, 17:26

Dave takes great pleasure in winding these guys up, he replies to them acting as a doctor from Hong Kong called Dr. Wan King King of Keighley. Some of these guys will doand say just about anything to get you to hand over your money, very very funny sometimes.

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Postby Carl Buck » Jul 24th, '07, 22:23

Lady of Mystery wrote:Dave takes great pleasure in winding these guys up, he replies to them acting as a doctor from Hong Kong called Dr. Wan King King of Keighley. Some of these guys will doand say just about anything to get you to hand over your money, very very funny sometimes.


You need to see the website ebolamonkeyman! :wink: Hilarious!!

I nearly wet myself when i first saw that site! nothing to do with the site, just a little bladder problem I have.. :D :wink:

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Postby Jae » Jul 25th, '07, 03:16

I hope you invest your new fortune wisely in the viagra tablets and other goods the same folks seem to be able to supply at massive discounts. And here was me thinking that all those similar posts I received were just a con when they are actually real.

Funniest I've had recently was from some business in China trying to persuade me to buy wholesale toilets!!! :shock: I'm sure there is a great and profitable market for them but its not a line my company are about to diversify into.

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Postby monker59 » Jul 25th, '07, 06:43

I don't know if they're airing it outside the US, but Dateline NBC has started a new investigative series: To Catch an I.D. Thief. I saw the first installment and it was pretty interesting.

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Postby connor o'connor » Jul 25th, '07, 07:17

To Catch an I.D thief.


Oh no, I thought we had'nt heard from him for a couple of days
Hope they find him soon :(

I.D. they made a WHOLE series on you being stolen :shock: . How many times does this happen? how do you get any work done? :?

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