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Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 01:43:15
February 17 2010 01:42 GMT
#1
So I LOVE getting emails from scammers cause I love to fuck with them. Here's the most recent one:


"I am Mrs. Paula Hamilton. I was married to Late Dr. Edward Hamilton who was based in Malaysia. My Husband died on February 2nd 2007 after a brief illness. I am presently diagnosed of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and recently, my Doctor told me that I may not last for the next Three Months.

Having known my condition, I have decided to entrust my entire estate to a honest individual who will utilize this money in the manner at which the funds are meant for.

Beloved, I choose this means to locate you because I am sure that I will be lead
to the kind of person that will be totally honest with me. Due to my health
condition, delay in your reply will not be of any benefit to me and this will
propel me to search for someone else.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I have stated above.
In His Arms.
Ms. Paula Hamilton."

My quick response:

"Oh goodness, how can I help?"

And hers

"Beloved,

I have received your mail and I must first of all show my appreciation over the fact that you have given heed to the entreaty of a dying Family. Only God knows why He has chosen you for this Mission of reaching out to the poor and needy.

When I find out the damage this cancer has done to my body, the need to affect the lives of those in need became very paramount. This appears to be a case of mercy after death as I no longer have the strength to do those things I used to do when I was still very full of life.

Beloved, in my resolve to actualize my dying wish, I have decided to let go everything that I have especially now that my health has become a sorry tale. I now live at the mercy of various drugs and operations which certainly can not remedy anything. My close Family members are however not happy with the way I have disbursed everything I have to Motherless Children and the poor.

They held for themselves the funds I made available to them and went as far as even trying to terminate my life. All relationship with me has been severed and they are of the opinion that the last of my fortune has been spent but incidentally, the sum of US$ 9.2 M is with a Bank in London. This is the last I have and I wish to use these funds to set up a Charity Foundation in your location.

Beloved, before we will be able to proceed further, it would be required of you to send me the following information so that I will be able to send an official letter to the Bank to inform them that I have named you the Beneficiary of my funds and that you will be contacting them for the transfer.

Your Full Name:
Your Contact Address:
Your Telephone and Fax numbers:
Your Sex:
Your Marital Status;

Due to my present predicament, my Attorney will help me process a Letter of Authority and a Power of Attorney naming you the Beneficiary of my funds. These Legal Documents that will be issued with your information will also help to facilitate your claims of my funds from the Bank

Beloved, I beg of you to deal with me honestly and render me your assistance to the fullest of your capacity. You would be helping a dying Family and most importantly you would be touching the lives of a huge number of people through this Mission.

I hope that I will be able to count on you while I wait patiently for the time to come as my bones are slowly cleaving into my skin.

I hope to hear from you as soon as possible.

In God's Arms,
Mrs. Paula Hamilton. "

(bold text added for emphasis )

So, minutes ago I responded with a bevy of fake information. I wouldn't want to get anyone else caught up in this madness.

"Wow, I think it's so great that you're using your last time on this planet to help others. You are truly an inspiration, and I'm happy to help.

Full Name: Julia Andrews
Contact Address: 3645 Rue De Bullion, Montreal, Canada
Phone Number: 514-496-0317
Sex: F
Marital status: Divorced

I don't have a fax, but I hope this is enough to help you!

Regards, Julia."

Julia Andrews being a fake name, 3645 De Bullion being a public park, and 514-495-0317 being a pay phone number.

Hopefully this will be looots of fun.

Little background information:
Ip address: 78.138.3.238
Location: Nigeria
City: Benin City
Received at: 10:37 am

Hope to get back to you guys soon :D


Achromic
Profile Blog Joined September 2009
773 Posts
February 17 2010 01:44 GMT
#2
What if this guy is really telling you the truth? Jerk.

+ Show Spoiler +
Teehee :D
Blah
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
February 17 2010 01:48 GMT
#3
Meh, I hope it is a throwaway email address. Once a spammer knows that the address is active it can only get spammed even more.
[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
illu
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Canada2531 Posts
February 17 2010 01:49 GMT
#4
This is so boring. You might want to check out the websites for scambaiters to learn how the experts do it.
:]
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 01:53:20
February 17 2010 01:50 GMT
#5
Didn't read the whole thing, but is this person really offering you, a random stranger, her lifelong savings/fortune??

Wow that's amazing... I find it a little suspicious though
rA.BreeZe
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Canada56 Posts
February 17 2010 01:51 GMT
#6
How do you get the ip address from an email?
Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
February 17 2010 01:54 GMT
#7
On February 17 2010 10:48 Fontong wrote:
Meh, I hope it is a throwaway email address. Once a spammer knows that the address is active it can only get spammed even more.


Don't think it'll be a problem, had to pull it out of my junk folder to begin with. Gmail is pretty good with that.

How do you get the ip address from an email?


http://aruljohn.com/info/howtofindipaddress/

d(O.o)a
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada5066 Posts
February 17 2010 01:55 GMT
#8
On February 17 2010 10:50 minus_human wrote:
Didn't read the whole thing, but is this person really offering you, a random stranger, her lifelong savings/fortune??

Wow that's amazing... I find it a little suspicious though


Oh how I love romanian trolls ^^
Hi.
JohannesH
Profile Joined September 2009
Finland1364 Posts
February 17 2010 01:55 GMT
#9
On February 17 2010 10:50 minus_human wrote:
Didn't read the whole thing, but is this person really offering you, a random stranger, her lifelong savings/fortune??

Wow that's amazing... I find it a little suspicious though

It happens more than you'd think.
If you have to ask, you don't know.
Grobyc
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Canada18410 Posts
February 17 2010 01:56 GMT
#10
buahaha ive been doing this lately too

no responses yet though. i think im making it too obvious im trying to troll them
If you watch Godzilla backwards it's about a benevolent lizard who helps rebuild a city and then moonwalks into the ocean.
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
February 17 2010 01:58 GMT
#11
boo

it would have worked so much better if I were the first to post, I thought I was going to be, but I guess actually taking the time to read the whole thing was a mistake
Lexpar
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
1813 Posts
February 17 2010 02:00 GMT
#12
On February 17 2010 10:50 minus_human wrote:
Didn't read the whole thing, but is this person really offering you, a random stranger, her lifelong savings/fortune??

Wow that's amazing... I find it a little suspicious though


On February 17 2010 10:58 minus_human wrote:
boo

it would have worked so much better if I were the first to post, I thought I was going to be, but I guess actually taking the time to read the whole thing was a mistake


Haha, I'm getting conflicting information here minus :p
Newpostblog
Profile Joined February 2010
Afghanistan14 Posts
February 17 2010 02:01 GMT
#13
lol, this is called scambaiting and seems to be a popular pasttime for some folks. Some of the exchanges are hilarious.

http://www.419eater.com/

http://www.419baiter.com/
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
February 17 2010 02:03 GMT
#14
I was referring to the fact that by reading the entire post (whereas other may have skipped some part of it), I missed my chance to be the first to post in the thread.
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 02:04:36
February 17 2010 02:04 GMT
#15
I think you would really enjoy 4chan...just don't be a newfag
KTY
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 02:14:19
February 17 2010 02:07 GMT
#16
oh come on
It was basically self-irony since my troll was pretty obvious, but only plausible because it says Romania next to my name.

Let's not divert this anymore, shall we

I guess screwing around with the scammer may provide some entertainment, but ultimately you are wasting your time, like that tdot guy
Megalisk
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
United States6095 Posts
February 17 2010 02:16 GMT
#17
I saw a Chris Hansen Documentary on the Nigerian scamming, its insane how complex they can get, especially when it comes to finding the original scammer,
Tear stained american saints and dirty guitar dreams across a universe of desert and blue sky , gas station coffee love letters and two dollar pistol kisses from thirty five dollar hotel room stationary .
micronesia
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
United States24637 Posts
February 17 2010 02:28 GMT
#18
I'm not willing to prove to spammers that my e-mail is active, but I love that a lot of people are doing this because it really combats this otherwise difficult to deal with problem. Junk filters are only so good.
ModeratorThere are animal crackers for people and there are people crackers for animals.
cgrinker
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States3824 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-02-17 03:08:38
February 17 2010 03:06 GMT
#19
On February 17 2010 10:51 rA.BreeZe wrote:
How do you get the ip address from an email?


It's in the header. If you whatever button in your client that shows the email header you hsould be able to see it.

Right now gmail doesn't let you see them though


EDIT
Oh wait you can see them. Fun!
oo_xerox
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
United States852 Posts
February 17 2010 03:12 GMT
#20
I got a lot of those emails as well, what do they gain with that? i mean, besides the obvious....we dont see much scam in cuba...........
I could get a more coherent article by gluing a Sharpie to a dog's cook and letting it hump the page.
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