Laziest Nigerian Scam letter ever

[Richard D]

Hello,

I am a Civil Lawyer. I have a Client that has Interest in Investing in Your Country, can You be of Assistance?

I shall give Details when You Reply.


Barrister Kevin Clark

[SacredCow]

1. guess he's going to make it up as he goes along....

perhaps a good candidate for scambaiting?

http://www.419eater.com

[cmkramer]

2. watched a show about spam a few weeks ago

They had a section about the Nigerian scam. Seems it's a variation of something called the "Spanish prisoner" which started over 600 years ago.

The more things change...

[Kingshakabobo]

5. One of my favorite websites...

One of my favorite "scambaits":::

http://www.419eater.com/html/bigman.htm

TITLE: Busted!
SCAMMER NAME: Ony Obo
SCAMMER LOCATION: Lagos, Nigeria
SCAMBAITER: Shiver Metimbers


For a slight change, we have a scammer trying to ply his trade via a different routine. This time it's a repentant dying man, wanting to distribute his millions to charity. Of course, were someone to reply to this email wanting to help, the victim would have course pay fictitious "fees" to a fake barrister that the scammer would hire to handle the cash transfer.

We've had carvings and artwork from scammers on quite a few occasions now, and I think it's time to move on to other ways to cause misery for these thieves, so for my final attempt at getting artwork out of a scammer I'll try for something a little different.



It all starts way back near the end of July 2006...



From: Ony Obo
To: Brian Anthony
Date: July 23rd 2006
Subject: HELP ME TO SPREAD GOODNESS

Hello my friend,

Hope this day finds you well?, I am Ony Obo a merchant in Nigeria, I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer, It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous,I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.

much more at the link...

[Posteritatis]

3. I got one starting "Dear Mister [my email address]..." (nt)

[Raejeanowl]

4. Like He's Given You An Incentive?

You know, even those scam letters that go to some trouble to spin a yarn always impressed me with their underestimation of American intelligence (or overestimation of our courtesy?).

It reminds me of the letters (Mrs.) Reverend Moon sent out to a number of politicians prior to a U.S. visit circa 2000. The first one in the series was aggressive enough, but when you continually failed to reply, you received increasingly hostile demands for - get this - a "letter of welcome."

[AlCzervik]

6. wow, it's sad day when the nigerian scammers are just phoning it in.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

7. Here is one from the L.A. Times.

As I recall from the Journalism class I took, it was in the '50s and garnered $20,000 for the advertiser.

"LAST CHANCE! to send me your used $1 Bills. PO Box..."

No laws broken, no deceptive advertising, just a statement.

[Pastiche423]

8. How are they getting our email addresses?

My latest, 20 minutes ago:

Subject:
CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON 2007 COCA-COLA
LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
Date:
Mon, 1 Oct 2007 17:27:25 -0700
From:
COCA COLA LOTTERY PROMOTION <[e-mail]>
Reply-To:
[e-mail]




THE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT
COCA-COLA LOTTERY PROMOTIONS
292, Upper Richmond Rd West,
East Sheen, London, SW14 7JG
United Kingdom

TRACK Nº: 51024060210 OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION
This is to inform you that have been selected for a cash prize of
$450,000.00
( FOUR HUNDRED & FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR) programs
held on the 30TH OF SEPTEMBER , 2007 in the London U.K.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our
computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over
250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world.

The COCA-COLA LOTTERY is approved by the British/America Gaming Board and
also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators
(IAGR). This lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the
public.

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact your claims
officer through our accredited Prize Transfer agents as stated below:

Mr.Vendrich Anderson
292, Upper Richmond Rd West,
East Sheen, London, SW14 7JG
United Kingdom
Email: ([e-mail])
Fax: [phone]
Phone Number: [phone]



system(ess)?