Stramash Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 I'm sure you've all had various different types of e mails scam attempts; the vinatge yet still hilarious Nigerian 'son of former foreign minister' (or variant), the supposed e mails from your bank (when you have never banked with that companys, and the various E Bay scam mails. Got a slightly new one tonight. Purporting to be from the lottery and bbc weekly games, yet with a hotmail address rather than a bbbc address. I would love to know how many people actually fall for these, especially the Nigerian ones!! Love the way your occupation is now required to claim a lottery prize!! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- B.B.C LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS National Lottery Results. P.O. Box 200 Harrogate England,UK http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/ 27 November 2008 Dear Winner, We received your e-Mail address through electronic search system (ESS) in the internet, NO TICKETS WERE SOLD. Attached to a ticket number (23009),the weekly lottery was played and your E-mail turned out to be the lucky winner of £500.000 (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) only from the BBC LOTTERY on our 2008 charity bonanza. Claim your won amount quickly as this is a weekly lottery. Failure to claim your winning within 15 days of notification will result to a revert to the forth coming Mega Jackpot Lottery next week. You are therefore requested to contact immediately out Claim/s agent below, quoting Winning numbers: 04:12:34:35:38:48 (BONUS:27) Name: MRS. W. MARY Email address: [email protected] Send the following along to the email above: 1.Name: 2.Address: 3.Marital Status: 4.Occupation: 5.Age: 6.Sex: 7.Nationality: 8.Country Of Residence: 9.Telephone Number: 10.Fax Number: 11.Draw Numbers above: Congratulations once again. Regards, Smith Caitlin (Coordinator) B.B.C WEEKLY LOTTERY http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/ Phone: + 44 704 573 2747 National Lottery Results England. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katoom Posted November 27, 2008 Report Share Posted November 27, 2008 205, had one of those about 2 years ago. Can't remeber it having a hotmail address though so they are obviously losing it slightly... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_George Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 ...didn't the ghastly grammar and appalling punctuation give it away? ..........oh no wait....it was the BBC ...I applied for a job at the BBC once... ...I was turned down becos my grandma wasn't gud enuff ..79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 the grammar, the wording, the hotmail address (plus it being .com rather than .uk) etc etc Plus the fact that I only win a tenner about 3 times a year!!!! But would love to know just how many DO fall for it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_George Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 But would love to know just how many DO fall for it... ...as long as there are "sick buffalos" in the world.... ...there will be email scams ..79 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 B.B.C (Bangkok Buffalo Corporation) LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS National Lottery Results. P.O. Box 200 Bangkok Thailand http://www.bbc.co.th/lottery/ 27 November 2008 Dear Winner, We received your e-Mail address through electronic search system (ESS) in the internet, NO TICKETS WERE SOLD. Attached to a ticket number (23009),the weekly lottery was played and your E-mail turned out to be the lucky winner of 25 sick water buffalos only from the BBC LOTTERY on our 2008 buffalo bonanza. Claim your buffalos as soon as possible as they are very sick and need your attention. Failure to claim your water buffalos within 15 days may mean they wil die and I will no longer want to marry you. You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claim/s agent below, quoting Winning numbers: 04:12:34:35:38:48 (BONUS:27) Name: Mrs. W. Srinaporn Email address: bbcweeklygamesxxxxhotmail.th Send the following along to the email above: 1.Name: 2.Address: 3.Bank account details 4.Occupation: 5.Age: 6.Sex: 7.Nationality: 8.Country Of Residence: 9.Telephone Number: 10.Fax Number: 11.Where you plan on keeping the water buffalos 12. The name of the vet you plan to use 13. Your initial dowry offer Congratulations once again. Regards, Smith Caitlin (Coordinator) B.B.C WEEKLY LOTTERY http://www.bbc.co.th.waterbuffalolottery Phone: + 44 704 573 2747 National Water Buffalo Lottery Results Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 99% of then go to my yahoo spam box and get deleted en masse, but this one got into a university mail account which doesnt get spam and which is is why I opened it and saw it was one I had not encountered before. The reason I initially posted it was that I wondered if people were actually caught out by these, and if so, how many? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babyoiy Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 I want to know too... I used to exchange emails with one who claimed she's a girl who got stuck in a camp somewhere after her parents gone and her father has got some million for her. All she want me to do is help her to take that money and she will come to Thailand to live happily with me... :shock: Im not sure if she thought I'm a guy or she was LB... :roll: Might be first coz she gone quiet after I told her I'm a girl... I quite like this, when u cant beat them, join them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 ah, the old refugee camp tale!! Cos every refugee camp has an internet cafe next to the rice queues or the basic latrines!! You should have pretended you were a guy; might have got kinky!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shamu Posted November 28, 2008 Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Has anyone here actually had the "sick water buffalo" line used on them? It seems urban legend-ish. lol And it just sounds funny as hell. no but my ex girlfriend owned 9 1/2 buffalo's I was waiting for the punchline then she explained it was 1/2 because it wasnt born yet... ahhhhhhhhh make sense now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted November 28, 2008 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2008 Has anyone here actually had the "sick water buffalo" line used on them? It seems urban legend-ish. lol And it just sounds funny as hell. This question deserves some credit here...I've heard it as an urban legend...but has anyone recently heard this before? Maybe these forums have made some progress! or maybe you've just been drinking and everything looks rosy, even that yellow clad PAD supporter who you hugged on the way home... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybi Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Has anyone here actually had the "sick water buffalo" line used on them? It seems urban legend-ish. lol And it just sounds funny as hell. there is no **** like that, unless you believe in stories posted by some self proclaimed prostitute experts on the web. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stramash Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Has anyone here actually had the "sick water buffalo" line used on them? It seems urban legend-ish. lol And it just sounds funny as hell. there is no sh*t like that, unless you believe in stories posted by some self proclaimed prostitute experts on the web. It probably happened once to some tourist around 20 or 30 years ago. He found it funny, told a friend, who told 3 etc. Next thing you know, it is the apparent line of choice when scamming farangs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biachung Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Has anyone here actually had the "sick water buffalo" line used on them? It seems urban legend-ish. lol And it just sounds funny as hell. there is no sh*t like that, unless you believe in stories posted by some self proclaimed prostitute experts on the web. Yeah, While we're on the subject of myths, Kiwi blokes don't do it with sheep, the Aussies do! :evil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianAZ Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 the grammar, the wording, the hotmail address (plus it being .com rather than .uk) etc etcPlus the fact that I only win a tenner about 3 times a year!!!! But would love to know just how many DO fall for it... Wooo hoooooooooooo im a winner, I sent them the required information.. The check should be in the mail to me soon, It is a good thing too, because the Nigerian has cashed his check and my account is a bit low. 1.Name: Mike Hunt 2.Address: 6969 S. Cummings St. Blue Balls, PA 32167 3.Marital Status: Married 4.Occupation: Rectal Crainial Invertion Specialist 5.Age: 69 6.Sex: See above (Married) now guess 7.Nationality: Lets not get petty, we are all children of the mother earth. 8.Country Of Residence: World traveler 9.Telephone Number: 1800-I want-it 10.Fax Number: 11.Draw Numbers above: yes you have them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Has anyone here actually had the "sick water buffalo" line used on them? It seems urban legend-ish. lol And it just sounds funny as hell. That was back in the day of Bargirl 2.1 They've since been upgraded a couple of times. You'll often find version 3.6 comlpaining of a sick Mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neo Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 You guys should spend a little more time in pattaya. erm... no Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_Bob Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Surprise, surprise - I know about the buffalo scam usage... Just as WE farangs think it's funny and no-one could possibly believe it these days, there ARE bargirls who try it on with 'newbies' because it's REALLY funny when someone pays up. It is a source of pride to get someone to pay for a 'sick buffalo' - it shows what a consummate professional the scammer is. It's all just a big game. When a new player enters the ring, it's HIS responsibility to know the rules and play the best hand he can... otherwise it's a case of som nam nar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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