They never stop trying ...

[guyguy]

... do they?

Following is another twist on the email scams I received along with my reply. Let's see what develops.

On Mar 25, 2008, at 6:50 PM, JENNIFER ADAMS wrote:


Greetings! to you
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable BankDraft
of $800.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since thE
time i drop the draft.

Then I deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE,UNITED KINGDOM, I
travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back
till end of April.

What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the
expiring date.

For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium
and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money
or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft
direct to your postal Address in your country is ($120.00 US) Dollars only
being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be
deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $120.00 USDollars.

I would have paid the fee but they said no because they don't know when you
will contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the FEDEX
COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

Contact Person : Mr.Dantee Moore
Email:fedex.unit.222@live.com
Telephone :+44-704-570-0815

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give
you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know
when it will get to your address.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to
avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of
$120.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. You should also let me know
through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Yours Faithfully,
Jennifer Adams



My Reply

Hi Jennifer,
Thank you so much. I received the draft following your instructions. However, this is just too much money for me and since you were so kind to handle these matters, I'd like to share my good fortune with you, as I already have with several people. I'm thinking that 10% would be appropriate for you. The question though is how would you like me to get the funds to you?

I checked with my local FedEx Courier - the same one that delivered the cheque - who advised me that such a huge sum should be insured. As I'm certain you are aware, steps must be taken to ensure the government does not confiscate the funds as being obtained from the sale of illicit drugs or other contraband. So, to avoid any such occurrence my attorney suggested that I allow him to handle the transaction. He also requested that his fee of $1000.00 USD be paid via Certified Cheque or Bank Draft made out by you and originating from the country in which you reside.

I offered to pay the money myself since it's a measly sum but he stated that the governing laws of the USA dictate that this procedure be followed in order to protect you, me, and him. The IRS and Homeland Security are automatically notified when funds greater than $10,000.00 are withdrawn from an account or transferred to someone else, which is what happened when I deposited your cheque.

Please let me know what you wish to do of if you decide to pursue this matter any further. I anxiously await your reply since I'd really like you to have the funds. You deserve it.

Mr. Benwood Dick. Esq.

[BW]

Ugh, you shouldn't reply to those type of messages, or even read them. By replying, you have in effect confirmed a "live" email address for them to send more junk email. They have other tactics to confirm your address even if you only read the message. One way could be by linking to a 1x1 pixel image in the message body, so your computer needs to contact a third-party server to download that image (and thereby confirm the address belongs to a real person). That actually makes them richer, since confirmed addresses are worth more on the black market than others. The traditional advice is to just ignore spam messages altogether.

Anyway, it's a shame people get suckered into those scams. A well-known variation has the message coming from a Nigerian prince or somesuch. There are horror stories of people who fall prey to them, and end up losing more than just their cash when they try to retaliate. I'd stay as far away from these guys as possible, joking or not.

[Huma]

Let's see what develops.

What will develop is that yuh e-mail address will be submitted to the spam overlords as not only active, but responsive and potentially exploitable.

Best of luck.

[guyguy]

Let's see what develops.

What will develop is that yuh e-mail address will be submitted to the spam overlords as not only active, but responsive and potentially exploitable.

Best of luck.
So do you think that I'd reply via my real email? Don't you think that I'd create a fake one on Yahoo and reply from there?

[Gagamell]

Anyway, it's a shame people get suckered into those scams.

Any one who falls for those stupid scams should be jailed for stupidity. :lol:

[dancerboy]

... do they?

Following is another twist on the email scams I received along with my reply. Let's see what develops.

On Mar 25, 2008, at 6:50 PM, JENNIFER ADAMS wrote:


Greetings! to you
I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable BankDraft
of $800.000.00 United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since thE
time i drop the draft.

Then I deposited the Draft with FEDEX COURIER SERVICE,UNITED KINGDOM, I
travelled out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back
till end of April.

What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE as soon as
possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the
expiring date.

For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium
and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money
or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER SERVICE to deliver your Draft
direct to your postal Address in your country is ($120.00 US) Dollars only
being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don't be
deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $120.00 USDollars.

I would have paid the fee but they said no because they don't know when you
will contact them and in case of demurrage.You have to contact the FEDEX
COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your Draft with this information bellow;

Contact Person : Mr.Dantee Moore
Email:fedex.unit.222@live.com
Telephone :+44-704-570-0815

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone
number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give
you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know
when it will get to your address.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to
avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of
$120.00 US Dollars for their immediate action. You should also let me know
through email as soon as you receive your Draft.

Yours Faithfully,
Jennifer Adams



My Reply

Hi Jennifer,
Thank you so much. I received the draft following your instructions. However, this is just too much money for me and since you were so kind to handle these matters, I'd like to share my good fortune with you, as I already have with several people. I'm thinking that 10% would be appropriate for you. The question though is how would you like me to get the funds to you?

I checked with my local FedEx Courier - the same one that delivered the cheque - who advised me that such a huge sum should be insured. As I'm certain you are aware, steps must be taken to ensure the government does not confiscate the funds as being obtained from the sale of illicit drugs or other contraband. So, to avoid any such occurrence my attorney suggested that I allow him to handle the transaction. He also requested that his fee of $1000.00 USD be paid via Certified Cheque or Bank Draft made out by you and originating from the country in which you reside.

I offered to pay the money myself since it's a measly sum but he stated that the governing laws of the USA dictate that this procedure be followed in order to protect you, me, and him. The IRS and Homeland Security are automatically notified when funds greater than $10,000.00 are withdrawn from an account or transferred to someone else, which is what happened when I deposited your cheque.

Please let me know what you wish to do of if you decide to pursue this matter any further. I anxiously await your reply since I'd really like you to have the funds. You deserve it.

Mr. Benwood Dick. Esq. GUYGUY your inteligennce, and satirical brialliance is unparalleled. You should be an adviser to the T&T gov't.

DANCERBOY

[guyguy]

So I received the following and replied;

On Mar 25, 2008, at 8:41 PM, FEDEX DISPACTH DEPARTMENT wrote:

Dear Costumer:Mr. Benwood Dick
This is to inform you that we have recieved your mail and you advised to carry on with the payment so that we can proceed with the delivery immediately we confirmed your reciept of payment.

Mrs.Caroline Williams deposited a parcel with our company cvontain bankdraft the amount of $800,000:00 us dollars, and he have paid all the necessary payment the only payment you have to pay is $120 usdollars, this payment is for the delivery of the parcel direct to your home address.

You are to get back us immediately you have effect the payment and please endeavour to send us the payment information via email and a scan copy of the payment slip via email attachment.

Get back to us immediately.or you can call us on this line :+44 70359 03826
You are advised to provide your full contact details for the deliver of your Bankdraft direct to your postal address, Fill the form below for the confirmation of your postal address.

Full Name :.......
Home/Office Address : ....
State : ......
Country : ..........
Tel : ................

Below you can find the payment details,as soon as you make this payment kindly send to us the correct Refrence number(MTCN)that will be given to you by western union.

PAYMENT DETAILS BELOW.
Account Officer Name:Mrs Carol Downing
Address:Unit 24,Carpenters Business Park,London E15 2DU.
Money Transfer Control Number : (MTCN)
AMOUNT : $120 USDOLLARS.

After payment a scanned copy of the payment slip should be sent via email to this office for confirmation by our account officer.
Sender's Name.....................
Amount Paid.........................
MTCN............

Mr.Dantee Maurice
Dispatch Director.
Tel:+44 70359 03826

Dear FEDEX DISPACTH DEPARTMENT,
As a global delivery company, you are acutely aware of the laws regarding the delivery of funds in excess of $10,000.00 to any individual or corporation residing in the USA. You are also acutely aware that payment for the delivery via cash or bank draft are not the only options available. As I am a customer with your company, I will gladly provide you with my customer billing number as soon as the package arrives and I can verify its contents.

This should be acceptable to FedEx Corporation as I do this on a regular basis. I shall be happy to pick up the package at your Westlake Village, California office in person and complete the transaction. They have all of my account information and shall notify me when the package arrives just as they do for the dozens of packages I receive each month. You may look up their address in your global database.

My only concern is that you may have given me, by mistake I'm certain, an incorrect address, as evidenced by the enclosed map, courtesy of Google Earth. This area certainly does not resemble a "Business Park," hence, my bringing it to your attention. You may wish to correct this oversight as soon as possible so that the transaction can go forward expeditiously.

Again,
Many thanks,
Mr. Benwood Dick, Esq.

[sylvestter]

Let's see what develops.

What will develop is that yuh e-mail address will be submitted to the spam overlords as not only active, but responsive and potentially exploitable.

Best of luck.
So do you think that I'd reply via my real email? Don't you think that I'd create a fake one on Yahoo and reply from there?

seems like a lot of time and effort.
but if you have lots of it to spare, then i guess more power to you...

[Falcon]

Guy, I will pick up the package for you, at a small price.
I pass close by there every day. And they have a good mall in Basingstoke.

[sapodila]

Great minds think alike.......Guy! My got stopped in it's track! look what the US Postal service sent me , together with many many forms to fill out and re-direct back to them, to assist them with their on going investigations.........hope everyone will cooperate with the appropriate authorities to STOP these scams.