Official "419 Scam-Mail" Thread

[retina]

Originally Posted by Christenson

New scam today, e-mail supposedly from Amazon, about my "cancelled order"...with a link somewhere besides amazon.com.

I don't think those are 419 scams. I've been getting those for a while now and it is just a simplistic way to drive traffic to their site. I never actually clicked there so I have no idea what is there, probably either malware or viagra I would guess.

[Christenson]

Originally Posted by retina

I don't think those are 419 scams. I've been getting those for a while now and it is just a simplistic way to drive traffic to their site. I never actually clicked there so I have no idea what is there, probably either malware or viagra I would guess.

Wonderful...it's a scam, but we have no idea what's at the other end, and I'm not about to go find out.........wife ran into a fake antivirus site today, too.

[Stargate38]

Fake Antivirus site? I'm guessing Personal Security popped up. I sometimes have that problem. It's only about once a month. My antivirus blocks it most of the time.

[Spherical Cow]

I've gotten the version of these e-mails that reference a specific (and actual) plane crash as the cause of death of some very rich person; I'm sure they do that in order to have at least one verifiable fact in their sales pitch. But I've never received an e-mail from someone quite this famous.

"From: Mrs. Safiya Gadhafi.
Wife of Libya leader.
Dear: Sir.
This may appear a bit surprising to you but as a matter of fact, I am desperately looking for a foreign partner whom I can trust to handle some investment of fund movement. I MRS SAFIYA FARKASH, A wife of late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadhafi. who was recently killed by his political opponent, I her wife is contacting you for help to assist me in getting some money which was deposited by my later husband in Burkina Faso where my husband have the most costs property in west Africa...."

Perhaps an e-mail with investment opportunities from one of bin Laden's wives is next?

Norm

[science_man_88]

Originally Posted by Spherical Cow

I've gotten the version of these e-mails that reference a specific (and actual) plane crash as the cause of death of some very rich person; I'm sure they do that in order to have at least one verifiable fact in their sales pitch. But I've never received an e-mail from someone quite this famous.

"From: Mrs. Safiya Gadhafi.
Wife of Libya leader.
Dear: Sir.
This may appear a bit surprising to you but as a matter of fact, I am desperately looking for a foreign partner whom I can trust to handle some investment of fund movement. I MRS SAFIYA FARKASH, A wife of late Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadhafi. who was recently killed by his political opponent, I her wife is contacting you for help to assist me in getting some money which was deposited by my later husband in Burkina Faso where my husband have the most costs property in west Africa...."

Perhaps an e-mail with investment opportunities from one of bin Laden's wives is next?

Norm

not great English in my opinion sounds like what I'd imagine from an ex-wife that didn't like him would say as they implied by possible typos that Gadhafi was a woman and possibly a lesbian, mixed up late and later, and most costs and costliest.

[ewmayer]

At least this one has a sense of irony:

From: Phebe Jones(Mrs) <djs5fl@cs.com>
Subject: RE: YOUR FUND MOST BE RELEASE THIS WEEK.
Date: April 23, 2012 10:43:27 PM PDT
Reply-To: andrewmills180@yahoo.es

Dear Beneficiary, You are to receive the sum of US$750,000.00 under UN Scam victims Compensation scheme.For details,contact Mr. Andrew Mills,payment officer on (andrewmills180@yahoo.es) Regards, Phebe Jones(Mrs)

Ah Phebe, dear, kind, sweet, lovely, vivacious Phebe - and here I thought in a world of fakes and selfishness, that we actually had something real, girl.

[LaurV]

@ewmayer: hehehe, geeezzz, that is a good one!

[xilman]

I have a niggling doubt about the legitimacy of this offer:

Originally Posted by Capt.Anita Schrumm

Captain: Anita Schrumm <aldeia@araucaria.pr.gov.br>
Reply-to: <anitaschrumm@yahoo.com.hk>
To: undisclosed-recipients : ;
Subject: PERSONALLY FOR YOU
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 16:05:19 +0100


22/06/2012

Dear Friend,



I am Capt. Anita Schrumm MS RD LD, USA MIL - MEDCOM -AMEDCS; I was Staff Dietitian at Walter Reed Army Medical Center , before I was deployed to Camp Arifjan Kuwait, from there to Camp Al-Tadamun Adhamiyah-Baghdad, presently am in Camp Gibraltar Afghanistan on national duties.



For security reasons, I will 'not' disclose certain information’s for now until you have accessed the BBC website stated below to enable you have an insight on what I intended sharing with you, which I am confident you can handle if we are able to come to an agreement.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm



Kindly respond back to me after visiting the above website to enable us discuss further about the transaction.

Please send your response to my private email account: captaingraceschrumm1@rediffmail.com

Thanks,
Captain: Anita Schrumm MS RD LD

I mean, everything looks OK and the link checks out but I've never yet come across an American polite enough to write a date in European format when sending me mail. Am I being unduly xenophobic by calling this rather generous offer from Ms Schrumm into question?

Paul

[pinhodecarlos]

I can guarantee that the aldeia@araucaria.pr.gov.br email address is true. This email is associated to tourism section of Paraná, one state of Brazil but I don't think that Capt. Anita exists.

[xilman]

Originally Posted by pinhodecarlos

I can guarantee that the aldeia@araucaria.pr.gov.br email address is true. This email is associated to tourism section of Paraná, one state of Brazil but I don't think that Capt. Anita exists.

Ironia ironiarum, scriptit Receptor, ironia ironiarum --- omnia ironia.

[pinhodecarlos]

Originally Posted by xilman

Ironia ironiarum, scriptit Receptor, ironia ironiarum --- omnia ironia.