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Robin
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 Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 2:48 am Post subject: What's wrong with this picture? |
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Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 13:48:23 +0100
From: BARRISTER ALBERT AKUBIA <barr_akubia2002@katamail.com>
To: email removed
Subject: Very Urgent
AkubiaChambers,
LegalPractitioners
SolicitorsAtLaw
No:55PyneCresent,
VictoriaIsland,
Lagos-Nigeria
EMAIL:barr_akubia2002@katamail.com
RE:Attention,
Yournameande-mailaddresscameupinarandom
drawconductedbyourlawfirm,(AlbertAkubia&Co
Chambers,)inLagos,Nigeria.IambarristerAlbert
Akubia,theLegalAdviserandcounseltoadeceased
expatriatecontractorwhousedtoworkwithZenith
OilandGasCompanyhereinNigeriathereafter
shallbereferredasmylateclient.OntheDecember
26th2003,myclientandhisentirefamilydiedin
aplanecrashincotonou,BeninRepublic.Youwill
readmorestoriesaboutthecrashonvisitingthis
website:Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/he
wasawellknownphilanthropistbeforehedied,he
madeaWillstatingthat$9.2m(NineMillionTwo
HundredThousandUSADollarsOnly)shouldbe
donatedtoanyPhilanthropistofourchoice
overseas.
Wehavemadearandomdrawwhereyournameand
e-mailaddresswaspickedasthebeneficiaryto
thisWill.Iamparticularlyinterestedinsecuring
thismoneyfromtheBank,becausetheyhaveissueda
noticeinstructingustoproducethebeneficiaryof
thisWillwithintwoweeksorelsethemoneywillbe
creditedtotheGovernmenttreasuryasperlawhere.
ItismyutmostdesiretoexecutetheWillofour
lateclientinyourfavourandtherefore,youare
requiredtocontactmeimmediatelytostartthe
processofsendingthismoneytoanyoryour
designatedofficialaccount.Iurgeyoutocontactme
immediatelyforfurtherdetailsbearinginmindthat
theBankhasgivenusadatelimit.
Pleaseactfastandcontactmeviamypraviteemail
address,(barr_akubia2002@katamail.com).
Regards,
AlbertAkubia(ESQ).
____________________________________
Hopefully this is self explanatory to everyone. I thought I would share it since the tone of the email is a familiar one for scams, even if the formatting is the saddest thing I've ever seen.
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Paul
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Oldfrog
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:06 am Post subject: |
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LOL, Robin! That is the saddest attempt at fraud that I have ever seen. Still, I suspect that someone, somewhere, will fall for it.
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Robin
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:08 am Post subject: |
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Paul,
No I didn't put those up, might have to include some of those in the SPAM forums...
Oldfrog,
I know. Another reason to post it, maybe because it is up someone will see it and it will set off some bells and whistles and they wont fall for it. We can hope anyway.
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Oldfrog
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:17 am Post subject: |
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Based on the SE hits that I get on my site for the few that I have analyzed people actually do search for this stuff. Hopefully before they send their money.
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Robin
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:40 am Post subject: |
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I agree, we get feedback quite often about various scams we've covered.
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