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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 07:51 PM
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This Takes The Cake!!!!!

My truck is for sale.... i get this email.... obviously its shame... but its a good one!



Dear Mike,

[Please keep this only with you just to help your fellow man]Call me with this number only in the night 234-8056275652 OR 234 8035481030 With full trust and confidence, I have decided to send you this Proposal, which I trust you, will consider profit oriented believing that With trust and mutual understanding we will achieve the success. The whole World is completely Aware of the recent outbreak of war in Liberia, which the REBELS have insisted that my Government must step down from power to give room for Dividend of Democracy in Liberia. I am President Charles Taylor the [former president of Liberia] you know am in exile in Nigeria because Nigeria is the only country that accepts to give me shelter and refuse to hand me over for trial, thanks to Nigerian gov.

I have in my possession now is the sum of $141 .5m (hundred and forty one Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) being the money I intend using for rehabilitation of Barracks in Liberia and purchase of Military War Ship for Liberian Army these funds was diverted to my personal use when the REBELS hijack my Government. However, these funds were smuggled through the Boarder via a Diplomatic. Security Company and have the funds delivered in one of there offshore Payment office in order to work out modalities to have the funds moved to oversea Countries. This fund was sealed in two Boxes as Family treasure and will move as a Diplomatic cargo. it is 100% risk-free I promised, all is needed is that I will give you all the info for the clearance and you clear it as the beneficiary.

As I am in exile, I have No traveling documents with me and still under ECOWAS for protection, therefore, this Is the only treasures I have and the future of my Children depends on these funds since all my accounts and asserts has been frozen by the present government, I have nothing to boast for except this funds that has been Deposited with the Diplomatic Security Company. Based on your attention is highly needed to Execute the clearing of the fund. I will offer you 30% of the funds and we can as well go into JOINT VENTURE and the sharing ration can be 70-30%. I would like if you can send to me via email your phone and fax Contact details, name and address, direct telephone numbers/mobile so as to reach you and discuss this matter with you and upon the receipt of your positive Response, I will commence negotiation with the Security Company to have the consignment Lifted to your very attention in your country of origin. I will secure all Clearance Documents through Diplomatic Authorities, which I will send you the Original copies when I receive your positive response Thanks and God Bless.

REPLY DIRECTLY TO MY PERSONAL BOX WITH THE BELOW EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR FURTHER CORRESPODENT. THIS IS FOR SECURITY REASON'S.

charlestaylor47@yahoo.com or charlestaylor234@zwallet.com

With Regards,

Charles Taylor
[Former president of Liberia]
 
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 07:58 PM
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http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/index.html

This guy has dedicated his website to fighting back Email scammers.

Picture this. I"m sitting in the school library, CRYING because I'm laughing so hard at the E-mails this guy exchanges with the scammers. Those guys keep e-mailing him back over and over for months asking for money.

Aww man, you have to go read some of those conversations.
(It'll take a while)

basically what he does it talk and talk to them and tells him that he doens't htink they are real. He insists that they take a picture of themselves holding a sign with his name on it and send it to him.
They all do.


This one is pretty funny

http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm
 
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 08:04 PM
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Funny thing is I have contacts in Liberia.
They just had a coup last year that tried to overthrow the gov't, I wasn't sure if my friends were still alive after that or not. but they got evacuated by helicopter from the embassey.
 
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 09:01 PM
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I just don't get how many people (idiots) there are out there that actually think they are going to get something (like large sums of money?) for nothing.

It's like "oh yeah, some mega rich (whatever) needs you, little Billy Joe-Bob in Pahokee (wherever) to execute a mega million dollar money transfer, and they're going to cut you in for a percentage, just for being you.

If these scams never worked, we wouldn't see so many of them.

 
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 09:12 PM
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this is the best of them all.

 
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Old Jan 19, 2005 | 10:07 PM
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I've gotten about a half dozen of these in the past few years - all basically the same. I just hope nobody believes this stuff.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 12:10 AM
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That site is a riot.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 02:48 AM
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Originally posted by samiam513
this is the best of them all.

that looks like my old roommate back at Univ. of Michigan.... ALOT.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 10:46 AM
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They're commonly called 419 Scams and you can find hundreds of websites addressing the problem.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 12:43 PM
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Angry

I am a Corporate Credit Manager for an international manufacturer. My E-Mail is provided to thousands of our international customers and reps. This makes me a very popular "target".
This scam started many years ago (10 to 20, nobody knows) with hand-written notes offering to share several million dollars.
I have been contacted hundreds of times. I am always told that some diplomat with my last name was killed in an accident. Now they need to export some ill-gotten monies.
I have forwarded most of these proposals to my local FBI office. The FBI is actively pursuing these scammers. Sadly, they have taken hundreds of millions of dollars from U.S. victims. "60 Minutes" actually aired this story several years ago.
Nigeria is the source because it is very difficult to locate and prosecute in this country.
Do not share your bank info with anyone!
Good luck.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2005 | 03:49 PM
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That ebola monkey site is some funny chit! I only read one of them and some of his hate mail and it's funny stuff.
 
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 10:09 AM
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I heard about htat scam forever and could never understand why people would fall for it. I finally got my first email at my ***/.net address last year. I opened a Yahoo account also, seems like I get at least a dozen a week in that one...
 
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Old Jan 22, 2005 | 02:43 PM
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If you pretty much try to sell anything online, you're bound to get one of those emails. Everytime I sell something, I get stuff like that for the next 3 weeks until I finally tell them to shut up. It's amazing how stupid people can be...

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