The Nigerian president wants to give me money!

[Tango589]

I got this email today:

THE PRESIDENCY
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPT
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE

Our Ref: FRGN /SDT/SNTB

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT /INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE REASON YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH NON-OFFICIALS. SUCH ILLEGAL ACTS LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM,RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE PRESIDENT, UMARU YAR' ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY FORWARDING THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS BELOW AND ALSO YOU HAVE TO OPEN AN INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE FILE WITH US.

1. YOUR FULL NAMES.
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER(S).
3. FULL ADDRESS WITH ZIP (P.O BOX NOT ALLOWED)
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION.
5. COPY OF INT'L PASSPORT OR ANY VALID ID.

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT US $3,800,000.00 (THREE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) IN RESPECT OF YOUR OUSTANDING BENEFICIARY PAYMENT, THIS IS TO AVOID ANY HITCH IN FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT.

DO COMMUNICATE BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR MORE DIRECTION IN THIS REGARDS ON HOW TO CONTACT THE SWIFT CARD CONSULT PAYMENT CENTER FOR IMMEDIATE ISSUING OF YOUR ATM CARD.

NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (307) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE IN ALL FUTURE CORRESPONDENCE. AND YOU ARE EXPECTED TO FUFILL OBLIGATIONS IN ACCORDANCE TO WHAT THE LAW DEMANDS BEFORE YOUR ATM CARD WILL BE PROCESSED AND SENT TO YOU ACCORDINGLY. IF YOU CANNOT, PLEASE DO NOT FORWARD US YOUR INFORMATIONS.

REGARDS
BARRISTER RAYMOND OSAZE
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA


I am going to sent them my details right away, then I can start withdrawing $6000 daily!
I'm rich I tells ya, rich!!
:rotfl: :rotfl:

[Sea Demon]

Wow. You're special. :huh:

I only seem to get wives of assasinated diplomats from Nigeria that want to do business with me. :-j

[Tango589]

I didn't even realise I knew anyone in Nigeria!!

Of course I shall let all Subsim members have a cut of my new found wealth!:rock:

[Iron Budokan]

:rotfl:

[Blacklight]

That's funny ! Apparently I had a family member in Nigeria who happened to be a multimilionare who along with his entire family was killed !!! I also apparently was the sole ancestor the Nigerian government could find to send all his millions to and all they needed was my bank account number to transfer the funds ! They also needed my contact information, and social security number so I could prove my relation to the desceaced.
:rotfl:

[FIREWALL]

Yah and I'm the next QUEEN of England :rotfl:

[FAdmiral]

If I had a dollar for every e-mail like this in my HOAX folder, I too would be

RICH


JIM

[Tango589]

I only pointed this email out as it is the first one of its type I have ever received and I nearly fell off my chair and spilt my beer I was laughing so hard! I look forward to receiving further correspondance from the Nigerian Presidents office!:rock:

[bookworm_020]

I give them my bank details after I recieve a breifcase full of Australian $50 and $100 notes! It will be for the bank account that I've just closed!:D

[Kapitan_Phillips]

Gentleman, I am happy to announce, Interpol itself has thanked me for sending on the information from one of these scammers to them. Maybe I should ask for a salary!

[STEED]

I got this email today:

TO ISSUE OUT US $3,800,000.00 (THREE MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)

I am going to sent them my details right away, then I can start withdrawing $6000 daily!
I'm rich I tells ya, rich!!
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Is that all?

So far in the last week friends and banks have offered me the following all added up to the sum of $7.3 Trillion which makes me more rich than you. :p

[HunterICX]

:rotfl:Now thats a funny one

HunterICX

[sunvalleyslim]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Sea Demon]

So far in the last week friends and banks have offered me the following all added up to the sum of $7.3 Trillion which makes me more rich than you. :p

$7.3 Trillion?!?! That's alot of cheeseburgers there pal. ;)

[STEED]

So far in the last week friends and banks have offered me the following all added up to the sum of $7.3 Trillion which makes me more rich than you. :p

$7.3 Trillion?!?! That's alot of cheeseburgers there pal. ;)

Yea they must like me. :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

[Blacklight]

Oh man !! What a windfall ! I can't wait for you to start shareing with us !!! :rotfl:

[Triad773]

Yup- got a few of those, how very nice. Read about it on the BBC I think first.

Nigeria is the source as I heard it :hmm:

[Brag]

I am more modest. I offer you to triple your money in one week. Send me $300 and receive back $1,000 on a Friday that is followed by a Thursday. :88)

[AG124]

I'm not special at all.:cry: I've never received such an offer in my life.:cry: Guess I'll have to remain poor and unnoticed by these fine and generous people.

:p:rotfl:

Seriously though, does anyone ever actually fall for these?

[Tango589]

I seriously hope not, although I may take Brag up on his offer, as I reckon that as a Subsimmer he can be trusted!:shifty:

[Zayphod]

I got this email today:

THE PRESIDENCY
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh, please, post the headers of this thing. :)

[Zayphod]

Seriously though, does anyone ever actually fall for these?

Enough to make it worthwhile to keep sending them, yes.
It is a crime not to seperate a fool from his money.

[Sea Demon]

I'm not special at all.:cry: I've never received such an offer in my life.:cry: Guess I'll have to remain poor and unnoticed by these fine and generous people.

:p:rotfl:

Seriously though, does anyone ever actually fall for these?

Next time I get one, I'll forward it to you. :) I seem to get one once or twice a year. I've been tempted to screw with their minds, but haven't done so.

[Blacklight]

These guys are pretty shifty. They almost always have very professional done legal documents and some of these Nigerian letter scammers will actually go as far as setting up fake offices and businesses buildings to physically meet with you there. I remember reading about one where they actually set up a whole freakin' believable bank, tellers, customers, and all, for meeting with "clients".

[Tango589]

I got this email today:

THE PRESIDENCY
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh, please, post the headers of this thing. :)

Zayphod, this is exactly how the email began. In case I don't fully understand, please define "headers".:up:

[Zayphod]

I got this email today:

THE PRESIDENCY
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh, please, post the headers of this thing. :)

Zayphod, this is exactly how the email began. In case I don't fully understand, please define "headers".:up:

On your mail client, there's usually an option showing the full headers (which shows the originating IP address, and if it was relayed anywhere).

I used to do a lot of spam-reporting in my younger days.

If you're using Outlook, open the message again, click VIEW then OPTIONS. It should give a box showing the internet headers.

[StarFox]

I get big CEO's from countries smaller then Rhode Island that say they are in danger of being hunted down and killed

and apparently I won the UK Powerball at one point

[Jimbuna]

I got this email today:

THE PRESIDENCY
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh, please, post the headers of this thing. :)

Zayphod, this is exactly how the email began. In case I don't fully understand, please define "headers".:up:

On your mail client, there's usually an option showing the full headers (which shows the originating IP address, and if it was relayed anywhere).

I used to do a lot of spam-reporting in my younger days.

If you're using Outlook, open the message again, click VIEW then OPTIONS. It should give a box showing the internet headers.

I used to pass their IP's onto colleagues at work who would send them enquiry mails stating they were under suspicion and therefore subject to investigation for distributing illegal or pornographic material.
I seldom got bothered again http://www.satellites.co.uk/satellite/images/smilies/a115[1].gif

[baggygreen]

Just tell em that theres no way you have a rellie in nigeria because your entire family is prone to nigeriosis, a disease that prevents you traveling there because of the risk of death from breathing their air.... then see if they try talk you around it!

[Blacklight]

Unfortunately, there are enough idiots out there that these Nigerian Letter spammers actually rake in millions. I saw an interview with one of the spammers on Dateline or something like that. The same show where the guy actually set up a realistic fake bank complete with tellers and customers just for show for his scammed client. And Nigeria doesn't really have any laws against it. It exists in a "grey area" that skirts around enforcable law there... and the law is usually paid off by a good chunk of change from the spammer's profits. That's one of the reason these guys mostly work out of Nigeria.

The guy said that 99% of their targets are Americans because American's are the most gullible. More Americans own computers than in any other country, and only about 50% or less really know anything about how to really work with them or spot/troubleshoot problems or reccognise scams. Heck, only about 50% of people use an updated virus scanner. Almost every home in the US has a computer in it but very few of those people who own them actually know how to USE them or protect them.

[AVGWarhawk]

I am more modest. I offer you to triple your money in one week. Send me $300 and receive back $1,000 on a Friday that is followed by a Thursday. :88)

If you give me a hamburger today I will pay you next Tuesday.

[Brag]

Boombah, boombah. Me for da:

THE PRESIDENCY
:smug:

[StdDev]

And Nigeria doesn't really have any laws against it. It exists in a "grey area" that skirts around enforcable law there... and the law is usually paid off by a good chunk of change from the spammer's profits. That's one of the reason these guys mostly work out of Nigeria.


There are laws against this.. Section 419 of the Nigerian penal code addresses "Advance Fee Fraud". But.. as you say.. the law is difficult to enforce.
For some amusing reading go to http://www.419eater.com/ and check out some of the Letter Archives... funny funny stuff there!

[StarFox]

I just won the Micorsoft email lottery.....yay!!! $1,000,000!!!

Wonder how hard it would be to scam a scammer, make them pay you some fake fine via western Union or something for scamming. May have to look into that some time lol

[Kapitan_Phillips]

I just won the Micorsoft email lottery.....yay!!! $1,000,000!!!

Wonder how hard it would be to scam a scammer, make them pay you some fake fine via western Union or something for scamming. May have to look into that some time lol

I got one to book a 5 star room for two weeks in Nigeria ;)

The 'booking confirmation' was most likely fake, however.

[Tango589]

Hey Zayphod, I found out the following header information for you from AOL, hope its useful...

Return-Path: <fmf@oued.org (fmf@oued.org)>
Received: from rly-me08.mx.aol.com (rly-me08.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.42]) by air-me07.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINME073-9d347bb1e40390; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:22:12 -0500
Received: from main.brightideasproductions.com (main.brightideasproductions.com [72.51.34.31]) by rly-me08.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINME087-9d347bb1e40390; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:21:52 -0500
Received: from [81.91.227.14] (helo=User)
by main.brightideasproductions.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.68)
(envelope-from <fmf@oued.org (fmf@oued.org)>)
id 1JQwsE-0007MA-Ag; Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:40:58 -0800
Reply-To: <fmfgov.ng@gmail.com (fmfgov.ng@gmail.com)>
From: "INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT"<fmf@oued.org (fmf@oued.org)>
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY..
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:40:50 +0100
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="Windows-1251"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000
X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report
X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - main.brightideasproductions.com
X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - aol.com
X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12]
X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - oued.org
X-Source:
X-Source-Args:
X-Source-Dir:
X-AOL-IP: 72.51.34.31
X-AOL-SCOLL-SCORE:0:2:214792464:9395240
X-AOL-SCOLL-URL_COUNT:
X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_helo : n
X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: listenair ; SPF_822_from : n
Message-ID: <200802191321.9d347bb1e40390@rly-me08.mx.aol.com (200802191321.9d347bb1e40390@rly-me08.mx.aol.com)


Good luck with this!:up:

[Zayphod]

Hey Zayphod, I found out the following header information for you from AOL, hope its useful...

Return-Path: <fmf@oued.org (fmf@oued.org)>
Received: from rly-me08.mx.aol.com (rly-me08.mail.aol.com [172.20.83.42]) by air-me07.mail.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILINME073-9d347bb1e40390; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:22:12 -0500
Received: from main.brightideasproductions.com (main.brightideasproductions.com [72.51.34.31]) by rly-me08.mx.aol.com (v121.4) with ESMTP id MAILRELAYINME087-9d347bb1e40390; Tue, 19 Feb 2008 13:21:52 -0500
Received: from [81.91.227.14] (helo=User)
--SNIP--
Good luck with this!:up:

http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=trace&host=81.91.227.14 (http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=trace&host=81.91.227.14)


81.91.227.14 is from Benin(BJ) in region Africa
TraceRoute to 81.91.227.14 [unitec14.intnet.bj]


Benin is just two countries east of Nigeria. At work, we have just about all of Benin blocked off at the router level because of the huge amounts of credit card fraud coming from there. Lots of Nigerians work out of there because so much of Nigeria's IP space is being blocked by ISP admins tired of the fact that nothing legitimate comes out of that country. Benin is definately where this originated from.


BTW oued.org in the return path looks pretty bogus as well.

http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=express&host=oued.org (http://network-tools.com/default.asp?prog=express&host=oued.org)

Hosted in the USA but not much to it, just a log-in page. Created back on Oct 2005, registered to someone in what looks like Egypt.


(main.brightideasproductions.com [72.51.34.31]) was used as a relay, just in case AOL had decided to block the 81.91.*.* group of IP's. Send the e-mail with headers to abuse@serverbeach.com so they can get that mail server locked down. BTW, brightideasproductions.com is what added those "abuse info" lines to the headers.

[Pisces]

3 of those 'relatives' you won't be hearing of for a while:

http://www.ultrascan.nl/html/419_justice_in_court.html

[Blacklight]

Hmmmm... Almost all the spam I'm getting is coming from Columbia, Spain, Argentina, or Thailand. :hmm:

The Nigerians must not be interested in me anymore. I havn't gotten a good "Nigerian Letter" in a long time.

[Zayphod]

Hmmmm... Almost all the spam I'm getting is coming from Columbia, Spain, Argentina, or Thailand. :hmm:

The Nigerians must not be interested in me anymore. I havn't gotten a good "Nigerian Letter" in a long time.

Probably for Viagra, right? There's a bot-net spamvertising like crazy for it right now, mostly for domain names created with stolen credit cards with questionable "whois" info. DNS servers seem to be hosted in China, of all places. Bot-nets doing this, especially concerning Storm (which created most of this bot-net in the first place) is most likely associated with the Russian Mafia.

[Tango589]

I dont know if it's because I keep my details fairly private or because I am using AOL or Mcafee security centre, but I don't seem to get any of these spam emails apart from the one I showcased at the start of this thread. Anyone know what I am doing right?

[Jimbuna]

I dont know if it's because I keep my details fairly private or because I am using AOL or Mcafee security centre, but I don't seem to get any of these spam emails apart from the one I showcased at the start of this thread. Anyone know what I am doing right?

I'm not sure....but when you find out, let me know http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/5158/winkbigid2.gif

[Tango589]

Don't hold your breath for a technical answer Jimbuna, I can barely work this bloody machine...epecially after a few pints inside me!!:rock:

[Jimbuna]

Don't hold your breath for a technical answer Jimbuna, I can barely work this bloody machine...epecially after a few pints inside me!!:rock:

No prob mate.....it's just that I'm sick of sending money over to Nigeria and hearing nothing more http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/bubblegum2.gif

[nikimcbee]

Don't hold your breath for a technical answer Jimbuna, I can barely work this bloody machine...epecially after a few pints inside me!!:rock:

I could answer, but it would be an algebraic equation:lol:

[Tango589]

Algebra? Isn't that just counting with letters? I think I must have been off school when they did the B times table!:doh:

[NiclDoe]

:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: Watch it all be paper monolply money!