The Nigerian president wants to give me money!

[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.

[AG124]

I'm not special at all. I've never received such an offer in my life. 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!

Originally Posted by Tango589

I got this email today:

THE PRESIDENCY
:rotfl: :rotfl:

Oh, please, post the headers of this thing.

Originally Posted by AG124

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]

Originally Posted by AG124

I'm not special at all. I've never received such an offer in my life. 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]

Originally Posted by Zayphod

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".

Originally Posted by Tango589

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

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]

Originally Posted by Zayphod

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

[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.