HELP GET THIS SPAM out of TF in my Testomonials box

[somjai]

ritaharunna says:

Dear , Please Write To Me Here [email protected] I am Miss Rita Harunna the only daughter of late Mr. & Mrs. John A. Harunna .My father and mother were very wealthy farmers and cocoa merchant when they were both alive After the death of my father,long ago,my mother was controling his business untill she was poisoned by her business associates which she surffered and died.Before the death of my mother on May 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan where she was admitted,she secretly called me on her bed side and disclosed to me about the sum of four million five hundred thousand US dollars.USD ($4.5million ) she left in suspense account in one of the bank here in Abidjan,it was the money she intended to transfer oversea for investment before she was strucked down by the poison . She also instructed me that I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will assist me transfer this money in oversea account where the money will be save and invested wisely. Because of the current political problem here in Ivory Coast I decided to transfer the money to abroad where it will be save and invested. therefore,I am crying and seeking for your kind assistance in the following ways:(1) To provide a safe bank account into where the money will be transferred for investment .(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a girl of 18 years old .(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit for me in your country.As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your interest to assist me to successfuly transfer the money into your yet nominated account.I will give you contact of the bank for you contact them. Yours lovely, Miss Rita Harunna.

Added on Monday, July 24th, 2006)

[condotown]

Just use the delete key. And if it comes from a TF member, report to an Admin.

No need to post it here.

Those spams don't come that often.

[MikeAussieGuy]

Same old same old Nigerian tricks that have been circulating for years in various forms.

Are they so stupid they think people after all these years of receiving Nigerian letters will believe the crap?

Go elsewhere and be a criminal, not here with my friends at TF.

[CMG_UK]

That's one long testimonial! But be fair to Somjai - I think she did the right thing to mention if someone is spamming in this way. If you aren't interested in the forum, skip it. There are always new people who may fall for this type of scam, some people were born yesterday (the same people who will believe it when a guy says "yes, only you...").

[MikeAussieGuy]

Yes she is so dumb she left the original spam letter where it mentioned she is 18. I dont think an 18 year old could effect such a plan even if it was real.

What annoys me about these criminals is they prey on the stupid, one would think they have enough problems being so.

[macca_tirana]

just out of interest has anyone ever answered one of these?

If so, what happens next?

[Cosmo]

just out of interest has anyone ever answered one of these?

If so, what happens next?

Ya, I know of a friend who went through it.

What happens next is that the person will inform you that she is out of cash (after she has got to know you of course), and in order to get the bank manager or administrator to faciliate the transfer of the "said" funds to your overseas account, you will need to bribe the bank manager/administrator.

She will ask you to transfer an amount of money, usually in order of $3000 to $5000 USD, wired to a nominated bank account of the bank manager/administrator.

Once you do that, you will never hear from her again!!

Wonder why that is? :roll: :roll: :roll:

Hey, this scam has been working for a long time, so there must be a lot of fools out there!!

[khun_lung]

The person who sent you this PM has been banned already. These kinds of people are not welcome in TF. If you or anyone else receives a PM like this, just report it to a Mod and they will be banned.

[eagle]

what about spam in the forums :shock:

[MikeAussieGuy]

When I first came to Thailand I met 2 brothers from Nigeria involved in this and the "black money scam".

I met them in the Hyatt Spassos when having a drink there. I got to know them and was so interested in the smoothness of these scam artists I followed through with them.

I ended up seeing the black money with my own eyes I couldnt believe it.

http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/marked_currency.htm

To cut a long story short, these guys are good and I can see how they rip off people. I ended up contacting the cops here, they paid them a visit with a USA agent also, as the black money was USA bills. Interpol got involved too, they actually do try to do something to stop these international scams.

It sure was interesting.

[i_love_som_tam]

yeah, there are suckers born every minute. there is currently a murder case in progress in Tennessee where a women killed her preacher husband because he bitched her out for getting them into debt after she fell for one of these nigerian scam.

"There's a sucker born every minute"~ PT Barnum, a carnival dude and a scammer

[anenglishman]

The Nigerian scam took on a new element a year or so ago. I got a call from my banker in Geneva asking if I really wanted to transfer $200,000 to an account in Zurich. After a few WTFs we established that some Nigerians had managed to get hold of details of all my UBS accounts. I was lucky that my banker knows me well and has a red flag on my accounts. Though UBS never admitted it, seems clear to me that a UBS employee sold information on mine and other accounts to the Nigerians.

Thankfully the banks are taking it seriously. I bought a new Apple macBook last week here in BKK and the charge to my card was blocked by UBS. I called them, went through a series of security questions with them and they unblocked the card. I have no problem being blocked in this way if it protects my assets.

I will be in Manila next week and expect the same thing to happen and i am blocked almost every time I go to Taiwan. It's boring but a price I am willing to pay.

[Cosmo]

There is a new variation to these scams - I am not sure whether it originated from the same source but it is a little bit more sophisticated.

Basically, they send you unsolicited emails claiming they have had great success in picking investment stocks - the returns range from 100% to 400%, and that their company has a long track record achieving such success.

Of course, they display a few companies they claimed to have picked before the stocks went through the roof - backed up by various statistics of their own success.

And of course, they invite you to open a trading account with them by depositing $20,000 minimum.

But these people are neither stock brokers nor financial advisors. In fact, they are not legitimate at all.

So once, you deposited your money into a so called trading account, you will never see or hear from these people again.

How's that for a financial return!! :cry: :cry: :cry:

[thaibel]

I've got pretty much the same post from a member of TF about a week ago and just reported it to a mod and the admin. And the member was banned. No need to post it in a forum.

Eric