Just got this email.........

[CaliforniaPeggy]

What should I do, my dear Loungers???




Dear,
I have a need,which finding solution to it has kept me awake even when i am supposed to be asleep.I even find it more difficult because i do not know you beyond the much that you are a professional and a reliable man.
I am Mr Christopher A Anan from Liberia and i am presently in Accra,Ghana.I need your assistance to reposition funds in a depository for investment.I have in my grip the certificate of deposit of a reserve net of us$7 million and 150kg gold dust secured at the deposit vault of Ritz De La Rule in Accra,Ghana.
The nature of the deposit is such that i need to make necessary provisions to establish your participation as investment adviser / partner to retrieve this bequeath in 2(two) trunk boxes.
This confidential collaboration is what my spirit has illuminated me to seek you for the needed assistance to deliver unambiguously, given the necessary mandate.
For your assistance and participation in the reposition of investment on trust,we shall offer you 30% of total sum and 30% in investment profit.I am looking forward to hear or read from you,while thanking you for your anticipated co-operation.
Yours Sincerely,
XXXX

[NYC_SKP]

1. I did not know that you were a "professional and reliable man"!

You're pretty darn girly for a man!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. My thought exactly, my dear NYC_SKP!

I just broke up when I read that part, lol!

[PoliticAverse]

2. It's not from Nigeria so it must be legit...

(Warning: This post is not labeled for the humor impaired)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. It must be!

[HarveyDarkey]

3. I'd jump on it

His/her spirit illuminated them, so it must be legit.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. Thank you, my dear HarveyDarkey!

I knew I could count on you!

[BlueJazz]

4. Boy !...it's going to be hard for you to sleep tonight.

"That ring looked sooooo pretty the other day...and now it's mine!...All Mine!"

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. How did you know, my dear BlueJazz???

I'm all a-twitter!

[LumosMaxima]

7. I strung one of these guys along once

It originated in Burkina Faso, IIRC. In some of these scams, they try to get Americans to fly to Nigeria or whichever country they're operating in. So this guy was trying to get me to fly to Burkina Faso, and I strung him along for about two weeks, kept telling him there were flight delays, etc., and finally had him (or some associate) waiting for me at a train station at three in the morning local time. It was hilarious.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Oh wow, my dear LumosMaxima...

Good for you!

I couldn't do that...




I think.

[elleng]

11. Me too, CalPeg,

I need your assistance to reposition funds in a depository for investment!!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. How dumb do they think we are, my dear elleng???

Hell, this letter doesn't even know I'm a woman!

[elleng]

13. Either pretty dumb

or they just don't care, sending out so many, hoping to snag just ONE!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

14. Yeah, you're right...

They probably don't care.....they just want to catch someone gullible enough to fall for it.

[RebelOne]

25. They do manage to hook some suckers though.

Check out this website to see how to turn the tables on them.

http://www.419eater.com/

[Downwinder]

15. What an ideal way to broadcast a coded message.

Send it as spam. NSA would not know the intended receivers even if they could decode the message.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. I suppose that could be the case...

What will they think of next???

[Downwinder]

17. Everyone who can't read the secret message will just hit delete.

And NSA has to add 100K new addresses to their haystack.

[awoke_in_2003]

18. Peggy, when you are rich and famous...

remember your dear Owen

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. My dear Owen....er, awoke_in_2003!

Not to worry!



I doubt that I will ever be rich and famous, though!

[awoke_in_2003]

20. I want to be famous..

A star of the screen
But you can do something in between
Baby you can drive my car

[struggle4progress]

21. You must reply immediately, explaining that intended recipient has most unfortunately deceased,

and that you, as executor of the multi-million dollar estate regret that you simply will not have time to address any issues concerning foreign banks for the next three or four weeks, as you are currently too busy arranging the auction of various Picasso and Matisse sculptures, several dozen vintage automobiles, and real estate in Malibu, Telluride, and Waikiki

[panader0]

22. Only 30%??

I'd hold out for forty!

[nolabear]

23. You'd think they'd find better copy editors, wouldn't you?

I don't think I have ever gotten a scam email that didn't have tells (although yours is a champ!). I guess they send so many they don't care. Fishing with a big enough net will get you fish. And, sad to say, some people are stunningly dumb.

[TexasTowelie]

24. It's really a letter from MFM.

Don't you see the secret code in the message?

[steve2470]

26. tell them you need $1,000,000 wired to your bank account first.....

I'm sure they will get right on it

[malthaussen]

27. Pity the poor Liberian...

But hey -- your fortune today did say you were Solid and Dependable!!! Mr Anan must have known this!

-- Mal

[rurallib]

28. Not sure DU is up to this task

looks more like something FreeRepublic could handle though.
Offer rimjob a major contribution to his monthly begging drives.

[jmowreader]

36. "Monthly"?

They start on the first of the month and end on the 31st.

Tell me something, pls: how does your standard freeper's hatred of panhandlers square with the fact the site on which his bile is transmitted is run by one?

[Taitertots]

29. Find out who they are and pay someone in Ghana to prank them

Ghana is very impoverished, pay 30 people to prank them everyday.

[LiberalElite]

30. It's official -

a scam, that is: http://www.419scam.org/emails/2007-12/21/01334423.49.htm

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. Thanks for the link, my dear LiberalElite!

It's good to have proof.

[benld74]

32. I had a buddy, who is in IT,

got a similar email. He led the individual on for about 6 months. One email after another, thinking he was getting close, only to be put off by my friend time and time again, for one legitimate reason or another.
Until the buddy, when he said he would finally provide the emailer what was wanted, went OFF in the email.
Telling the person HOW does it feel when it happens to you? IF you haven't figured it out by now I led you down the merry path for 6 months wasting your time. And now you have nothing, just like the poor people who FALL for your scam.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. I imagine that the scammer was in so deeply that he was unable to see how awful his position was.

Good for your friend!

[alarimer]

34. I think the gold dust is a nice touch.

I mean who would ever think to get their gold in dust, not bars.

[Liberal Veteran]

35. Since it is not from Nigeria, you can be sure this is legit.

Knowing what a professional and reliable man you are, I welcome your good fortune.