Interesting fraud techniques

Itchy

New member
i\'m not cool enough to get any of these emails... all i ever get is emails telling me to enlarge my penis... then i walk over to my girlfriend\'s house and say, \"Hey... quit sending me emails about my small winkie... i get it!\"

Just kidding... i don\'t have a girlfriend sillylol
 

philologus

Subgenius
About 15 years ago in ST. Louis I saw a guy hustling on the street. He had a shoebox full of 1$ bills. He claimed to be psychic and for a dollar he would tell you \"where you got your shoes\" I watched a guy give him a dollar and he said, \"You got \'em on your feet\".
 

Shawn R. L.

New member
@philologus - I would imagine if you watched that guy long enough, along with a shoe box full of 1\'s, he would have a face full of fist!
 

xipetotec

New member
I got this one, only mine was an airline went down my distant uncle and his entire family was apparently on this bahranian airlines flight etc...
I thought the idea that apparently an entire family full of mick\'s was wiped out on a flight in the middle east somewhat tough to swallow...
 

Mosch

New member
Yes... I still have the mails and here they are ;) It was the standard Nigerian Businessman Scam. Andreas Schranner died and I am to help collect the money. Of course I am prepared to do whatever it takes, life is hard here in russia....

HELLO SAD BECAUSE ANDREAS SCHRANNER BUT GREAT FOR ME. YOU REPLY FORM I
ANSWER. THANK.

PS: SORRY ENGLISH, I RUSSIAN MAN.

PS: YOU REPLY SOON WAIT NOT!

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Sent in high priority, of course. My German email-address, the German ads below my obvious utter crap... I would never get a response. Well, I did:

Dearest:Friend,
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§ï§ä§Ú §ä§â§å§Õ§í§í 100% §â§Ö§Ñ§Ý§î§ß§í§Þ §Ú rsik §ã§Ó§à§Ò§à§Õ§ß§à §Ü§Ñ§Ü §Ó§ã§Ö §ã§å§ë§Ö§ã§ä§Ó§Ö§ß§ß§í§Ö
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Andr¨¦ Koffi.
.................................................
Thanks for your kind reply,well i am very happy to hear from you
and all you ahve just said,i will like you to give me your
private telephone and fax number for easy communication. As soon
as you provide this to me,i will give you details on how to
carry on this great transaction. More importantly,i want you to
know that this transaction is 100% real and rsik free as all the
vital documents that related to this fund will be changed to
your name as the new next of kin. Hope to hear from you soonest.
Thanks and God bless
Mr.Andr¨¦ Koffi


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It seems my Nigerian friend has no own email and so he has to use a French one. At least it\'s all rsik free. That convinced me to tell him a little more about me:

\"Mr Koffi,
sorry caps, brother say bad. No know many PC!
Read first not, no show. I take PC throw in river!

I live brother, use PC, know technic not use but easy, no telephone say
brother. He tell money on telephone and KGB take and he prison and me! I say
divide, you money I money work nice man Andre he say good brother no want.
He afraid, exist no use telephone. Fax no have.
You can talk email me yes no? I money help want you. I say brother we
brother and brother, I give and you talk get half, hope he think yes
tomorrow or soon. He learn not in russia, go to Germany, he learn many!
Speak english german many! He better speak me, hope he mail next do want.
Problem not yes no? You say. If bad I say brother not heard, brother say
not, sure.

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I admit it, my English went downhill, but what do I know, I\'m a russian miner. Let\'s see what Andre thinks of this:

Dear:Friend,
Thanks for your reply,but to be sincere with you,i do not
understand your last email,can you please explain more to me
about your last email.
Hope to hear from you soonest.
Mr.André Koffi

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Is that so? You think you\'re better than me just because you can\'t understand my english? In this case, my big brother will take over! OH, you make me SO MAD!!! I\'ll go and shout your name in the streets!! Brother, you write to Andre please.

Dear Mr Koffi,
I hope this email finds you well. I am Erich, Ivan\'s brother. I know his
english is sub par, but I hope you can understand me better.
First of all, let me apologize that it took me so long to reply to you.
Turbulent times here as my brother just got arrested. He is not a bad man, I
assure you that, and he couldn\'t harm a fly, but he is charged with taking
part in some sort of scam. The fine is 250,000.00 Rubels, which would be
8,946.14 US Dollars. I am trying to get the money, dear Sir, but it is hard
as payment is low and work is scarce. I live at the minimum possible and
sold whatever I could (even the PC, so I am writing this from an Internet
Cafe), but it is hard to get so much money and still maintain a state worth
living. Please Sir, I beg you, find it in your heart to help me and my poor
brother out. I am appealing to your sense of decency - when I get my brother
out of jail, I will do this transaction with you if you want - I don\'t even
want so much money, please, do keep it all, I am desperate. I ask for but
10.000$, then I could get my brother out of jail, buy back what I sold and
we could go on with our lifes. Really any amount would help tremendously - I
offer my eternal gratitude. Please, do reply back as soon as possible! I
will check back in about a week if my funds permits it.

Thank you so much in advance, my friend. You are my brother\'s hope, he\'s
sure that you can help him, and I think so too. You are our light at the end
of a dark, dark tunnel.
Regardless of all those troubles, I so do hope you will have a merry
christmas.

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Unfortunately, Nigeria cares not for the likes of me. I was left to rot in jail, and with the excuse of \"unfortunately not being able to make a transaction to Russia\" Andre Kofi vanished as quickly as he appeared. I sent another mail, but unfortunately by that time the address was already deleted.
I tried somehting similar just before my operation but just got a \"Don\'t waste my time\" reply.

I\'m eagerly waiting for the next spam.
 

Ebonbuddha

New member
I know what you mean. There ws a couple here who actually gave their pen number to some site that said they were from eBay about a paypal account. After getting burned for $500 US, the couple then warned everyone not to give out their information.
They didn\'t notice on eBay and paypal that they would never ask that information.

Originally posted by Dragonsreach
What is really sad, is that there are still some people dumb enough to fall for it.

This kind of Scam has been around for a few years now.
:(
 
Originally posted by darthfoley
I have heard of one, but never seen it, in which the person claimed to be a representative of the Kingdom of Rohan.

I dunno about a \"kingdom\" of Rohan, but my oldest son\'s name is Rohan. I could use the money too so it might be a legit request from my (seven year old) kid. So yeah go ahead and send me some money. No bank account #\'s or anything like that, just cash.;) I guarantee it\'ll go to a Rohan and his family.:D
 

Mosch

New member
Orginal gepostet von Ritual
@Mosch
lol That\'s hilarious!! But to be honest, I didn\'t understand Ivan\'s second mail either... :p

You too can write a twisted Ivan-Mail! You only need to speak a language other than English or Russian and off you go!

1. Write your normal mail in a language other than English or Russian. I wrote a German text.
2. Use a translation program to convert it to Russian. If I ever get my hands on finn\'s program, I\'ll be sure to use it with priority.
3. Remove any words the program didn\'t catch. Alternatively just replace them with a \"stereotype Russian\"-sounding equivalent.
4. Translate all this into English.
5. Remove any words the translator didn\'t catch or replace them with generic phrases you like. Try to make sense here and there, but not overly - \"durjak\" (or however it is spelled, it\'s been years since I have talked to a Russian) can just as easily become \"devilled egg\".
6. Send.
7. If I get an Ivan-response to this post, you die. Horribly.
 
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