There is no way this can be a scam

Platapus · 08-24-10, 09:02 PM

I received this addressed to me personally in my E-mail

Quote:

Assalam Allekum,

My name is Mohammed Ahmed. I am a dying man

who have decided to donate the sum of $18m million

dollars.) to you for the good work of the humanity.

Please contact me via. Email: ahmedmohammed990@yahoo.cn

for details information on this noble project of mine Please note

that I have WILLED $18m to you by quoting my personal reference

number Ms/Jds/577/0018/HtrI/33ln/eg so that i can confirm that you

actually received my email notice to you.

Wassalam and regards,

Mohammed Ahmed

Email: ahmedmohammed990@yahoo.cn

A man would not try to scam me when he on his death bed!

And Yahoo.cn is from Canada right? They are our friends! CN Canada right?

18 million dollars <rubbing hands> My lucky day

hmm Arabic name, misspelling Arabic greetings, sent from a Chinese domain????

Probably safe.

Ducimus · 08-24-10, 09:11 PM

Oh yeah. Totally safe. *COUGH* I

It goes without saying, never trust anything from a .cn address. It's probably a phish of some kind.

If i was to overgeneralize.. id say a buttload of phishing and malware oriented to the purpose of obtaining userID's and passwords comes from china. But the REAL nasty stuff comes from russia. You get a russian made worm/virus/malware on your system, and It'll take you 2 to 3 weeks to completely get rid of it, IF you get rid of it at all. One of them babies is a happy trip to "reformat land".

TLAM Strike · 08-24-10, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

And Yahoo.cn is from Canada right? They are our friends! CN Canada right?

Canada our friends? That is what they want us to think!

Quote:

18 million dollars <rubbing hands> My lucky day

But it would be in Canadian Money which jams vending machines and the store cashiers will give you dirty looks so its next to worthless... unless you live in Canada... which explains why he is on his death bed- who would want to live in Canada...

JK Canucks!

yubba · 08-24-10, 09:32 PM

wouldn't have beleived this

Sailor Steve · 08-24-10, 11:36 PM

Umm, what does that have to do with this thread?

Jimbuna · 08-25-10, 04:20 AM

I'll chip in $100,000 for you to send him as a thank you if you'll cut me in for 50%

Platapus · 08-25-10, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jimbuna

I'll chip in $100,000 for you to send him as a thank you if you'll cut me in for 50%

Awesome! What a pal! I will send you all my banking information and my pins so you can deposit it in my account!

Sailor Steve · 08-25-10, 03:08 PM

I don't know; I wouldn't trust him. In fact the only one I would trust is the one I got from the FBI. And now that I think of it, I haven't heard back from them since I gave them my account number...

Tchocky · 08-25-10, 03:10 PM

I'll never forget the day I had to explain to my grandfather that winning a lottery he hadn't entered was pretty much the definition of "too good to be true".

Takeda Shingen · 08-25-10, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

I don't know; I wouldn't trust him. In fact the only one I would trust is the one I got from the FBI. And now that I think of it, I haven't heard back from them since I gave them my account number...

I'm reminded of Homer's [Simpson] line when he first gets on the internet:

'Hmmmm.....a talking moose wants my social security number. That only seems fair.'

Platapus · 08-25-10, 03:15 PM

And I will never forget the day that I discovered that Ed McMann was deceiving me.

Jimbuna · 08-27-10, 06:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus

Awesome! What a pal! I will send you all my banking information and my pins so you can deposit it in my account!

Done (literally)

08-24-10, 09:32 PM	#4
yubba Admiral Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: in a neighborhood near you Posts: 2,478 Downloads: 293 Uploads: 2	An hour ago I wouldn't have beleived this

08-24-10, 11:36 PM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	Umm, what does that have to do with this thread? __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-25-10, 04:20 AM	#6
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	I'll chip in $100,000 for you to send him as a thank you if you'll cut me in for 50% __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

08-25-10, 03:08 PM	#8
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I don't know; I wouldn't trust him. In fact the only one I would trust is the one I got from the FBI. And now that I think of it, I haven't heard back from them since I gave them my account number... __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

08-25-10, 03:10 PM	#9
Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	I'll never forget the day I had to explain to my grandfather that winning a lottery he hadn't entered was pretty much the definition of "too good to be true". __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]

08-24-10, 09:11 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Oh yeah. Totally safe. COUGH I It goes without saying, never trust anything from a .cn address. It's probably a phish of some kind. If i was to overgeneralize.. id say a buttload of phishing and malware oriented to the purpose of obtaining userID's and passwords comes from china. But the REAL nasty stuff comes from russia. You get a russian made worm/virus/malware on your system, and It'll take you 2 to 3 weeks to completely get rid of it, IF you get rid of it at all. One of them babies is a happy trip to "reformat land".

08-25-10, 03:15 PM	#11
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	And I will never forget the day that I discovered that Ed McMann was deceiving me. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.