This email sounds so legit v. Troll the scammers

[zxlkho]

I actually lol'd when I got this.

from: Koffi Adamu
to:undisclose recipients
subject:Dear, Gallagher

I am Mr Koffi Adamu A Staff of Bank in Republic of Togo.If it may interest you,but be reassured it is in good intention,I have a Business transaction,and I want you to please Indicate your interest to receive the transfer of US$5,500.000 Five million five hundred thousand united state dollars.

Your duty is to stand as the next of kin to the late customer Jose Gallagher whose account is presently in the bank. Note that 50% being (US$2,750.000 Two million seven hundred and fifity thousand united state dollars) will be your share in respect of your assistance,while the other 50% (US$2,750.000 Two million seven hundred and fifity thousand united state dollars) will be my own share of the business.

If you are willing to do the transaction,kindly contact me direct on my hotmail email address koffi_adamu2010@hotmail.com for more directives information,if you are interested.

Sincerely
Mr Koffi Adamu

brb emailing him back


Don't you guys love spam email? It can be pretty entertaining.

[FlyingBIZKIT]

 

[LieLowTheWantedMan]

lol

[axeman90210]

Dude... if you're not gonna jump on that, mind forwarding the email to me?

[dethklok09]

That's just awesome lol.

[zxlkho]

Dude... if you're not gonna jump on that, mind forwarding the email to me?

go for it man

[Gadough]

Mr Koffi Adamu???

That sounds...familiar...I think we know who's behind this.

[dethklok09]

Mr Koffi Adamu???

That sounds...familiar...I think we know who's behind this.

That was my first thought.

[bout to crash]

I'm in.

[zxlkho]

Mr Koffi Adamu???

That sounds...familiar...I think we know who's behind this.

[Adami]

Mr Koffi Adamu???

That sounds...familiar...I think we know who's behind this.

No we don't. Look the other way!

[Gadough]

To be serious though, I love how it says "but be reassured it is in good intention" early in the email before you have any probable cause to be suspicious.

[zxlkho]

To be serious though, I love how it says "but be reassured it is in good intention" early in the email before you have any probable cause to be suspicious.

that totally put me at ease. i thought it was spam at first ololololol

[black_biff_stadler]

I bet it's a scam run by fifity cent

[DarkEternalNight]

I carried on an entire conversation with one of these spammers before. Pretty funny  

[zxlkho]

I carried on an entire conversation with one of these spammers before. Pretty funny 

OH SHIT this sounds awesome


what should I say in reply

[black_biff_stadler]

^Something about a sesame cake.

[Gadough]

Yeah Ryan, if this does turn into a multi-email conversation, I trust you'll keep us all updated.

[DarkEternalNight]

"What is your proof? This didn't work out too well last time."

[dethklok09]

 

[axeman90210]

Dude... if you're not gonna jump on that, mind forwarding the email to me?

go for it man

sweet, I'm gonna be a millionaire

[Gadough]

Dude... if you're not gonna jump on that, mind forwarding the email to me?

go for it man

sweet, I'm gonna be a millionaire

You better not forget about us, all the little people.

[dethklok09]

Are you calling us midgets? Reported.

[splent]

Oh man I got one too...

HOMELAND SECURITY
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS HEADQUATERS
NEWYORK USA.
FROM THE DESK OF Mrs.Inga-Britt Ahlenius, HEAD OF OPERATIONS,


Dear Citizen,


We have been given your file directly from the NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT as they cliamed that it has been approved for a long time but the huge rate of coruption in there system there bankers and government officials claim to get you your funds and go behind trying to keep
it all for themself.


We ordered them to send a Notice to you to contact us at our Transfer Department , Oregon USA to enable us Re confirm some detials and Document before we have the Nigerian Ministry of Finance issue out your payment in any form of your choice.


Furthermore i advice you confirm to me if you sent Mr. Frank T.Kehoe of U.S.A California, with an application to receive your payment on your behalf.



Please as a matter of urgency, you are required to verify the following information and inform us if you are aware or know anything
about this.

This morning Mr. Frank  Kehoe called our office claiming that you have instructed him to come and receive the payment on your behalf as your representatives.


Below is the information submitted on the phone by Frank T. Kehoe I have ask him to call back tomorrow as he did not provide any power of an attorney from you which will proof that you thoroughly send him, I did that to have the time to contact you and verify how genuine this man is to you.



1. Did you instruct one Mr. Frank T. Kehoe of 14 Rice Terrace Apt.306 Branford, Connecticut 06405 whose information's is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?



2. Did you sign any 'Deed of Assignment' in his favor thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details:



Account Name: Mr. Frank T. Kehoe Group Ltd,
A/C #USD 586017794661,
Bank Name: Bank Of America
Routing Code: 026009593.



Finally, you are hereby advised to inform us with immediate effect,if you are the person that instructed Mr. Frank T. Kehoe to come for the claim of your fund worth of USD15,500.000.00. We await your respond or call immemediately :+1(435)-261-4161


Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Inga-Britt Ahlenius
Email:ingabritt06@skymail.mn
+1(435)-261-4161
Head of Operations.
Homeland Security Newyork Dept

Someone should call Mrs.Inga-Britt Ahlenius in Utah

[Gadough]

Are you calling us midgets? Reported.

Dude, I'm fucking 5'5".

Edit: Or 5'6". I can't remember. Hell, let's say 5'6".

[axeman90210]

Dude... if you're not gonna jump on that, mind forwarding the email to me?

go for it man

sweet, I'm gonna be a millionaire

You better not forget about us, all the little people.

Never. There may be some short term issues with my bank account though, so if you'll just indicate your interest to receive the transfer of $2,750.000...

[zxlkho]

Okay I replied. Let's see how this goes.

this is what I said

"hello i recieved your message and I could want to perform this duty. When will the Business transaction take place and what do I do to get the US$2,750.000 dollars.
Sincerely
Gallagher"


I intentionally left out my first name since the guy didn't use it

[El Barto]

Some fascinating tidbits about the Nigerian Letter scam.

Followup scamming

Scammers recognise that their victim who has just been scammed is more likely to fall for scamming attempts than a random person. Often after a scam, the victim is contacted again by the scammer, representing himself as a law enforcement officer. The victim is informed that a group of criminals has been arrested and that they have recovered his money. To get the money back, the victim must pay a fee for processing or insurance purposes. Even after the victim has realised that he has been scammed, this follow up scam can be successful as the scammer represents himself as a totally different party yet knows details about the transactions. The realization that he has lost a large sum of money and the chance he might get it back often leads to the victim transferring even more money to the same scammer.

Invitation to visit the country

Sometimes, victims are invited to a country to meet real or fake government officials. Some victims who do travel are instead held for ransom. Scammers may tell a victim that he or she does not need to get a visa or that the scammers will provide the visa.[31] If the victim does this, the scammers have the power to extort money from the victim.[32] Sometimes victims are ransomed or, as in the case of the 29 year old Greek George Makronalli who was lured to South Africa, killed.

Bad English

Invariably the emails contain numerous spelling and grammar errors. This is deliberate and not the result of sloppiness or a lack of education on the part of the scammers. The bad English lulls the native English speaker or educated reader into a false sense of security. The victim is encouraged to think that he or she is superior to the scammer and even though the victim "knows" the email is a scam will still think he or she can outwit the "stupid" scammer if there is any danger at a later stage.

[zxlkho]

Awesome. I'll keep that in mind if he responds to me. I really hope he does.

[True Death of Life]

Okay I replied. Let's see how this goes.

this is what I said

"hello i recieved your message and I could want to perform this duty. When will the Business transaction take place and what do I do to get the US$2,750.000 dollars.
Sincerely
Gallagher"


I intentionally left out my first name since the guy didn't use it

[black_biff_stadler]

Bad English

Invariably the emails contain numerous spelling and grammar errors. This is deliberate and not the result of sloppiness or a lack of education on the part of the scammers. The bad English lulls the native English speaker or educated reader into a false sense of security. The victim is encouraged to think that he or she is superior to the scammer and even though the victim "knows" the email is a scam will still think he or she can outwit the "stupid" scammer if there is any danger at a later stage.

Nutty. I thought that was done to try to make legal loopholes more plentiful in the event of prosecution. Like the spelling "New York" as "NEWYORK" part could maybe help them weasel out of being held liable for attempting to impersonate officials acting on behalf of New York City.

[robwebster]

I stumbled across one which was almost slightly convincing - short, to the point, not ridiculously badly spelt, fooling nobody but an A+ for effort - which was only let down by the name of the sender. It matched the email address (which they rarely do - again, A+ for effort!), but his name was listed as "Sergeant Gregory Joe."

I absolutely adored that a. he made himself a Sergeant, and b. he decided that "Joe" sounded like a nice, common, English-language surname. He is my favourite scammer ever.

[PlaysLikeMyung]

Okay I replied. Let's see how this goes.

this is what I said

"hello i recieved your message and I could want to perform this duty. When will the Business transaction take place and what do I do to get the US$2,750.000 dollars.
Sincerely
Gallagher"


I intentionally left out my first name since the guy didn't use it

[robwebster]

Incidentally, have you considered tricking Mr. Adamu into copying out Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets in its entirity by hand?

It is a lot of fun. There are loads of these: they even get one guy to do a carving!



https://www.419eater.com/html/ben_okezie.htm

Definitely try and do this.

[AcidLameLTE]

I reply to these all the time. The last one didn't get back to me for months. Then, OUT OF NO WHERE, I got a reply this month:

"Dear Beneficiary ,
 
 I am very sorry to pass this bad news to you regarding Mrs.Mellisa Lewis dead in India on Monday this week. I have still not heard from you since I sent you this mail regarding Mrs.Mellisa Lewis Dead, why the silences please tell me what is going on. No matter what it is I believe I can cope with it. Or have you complete the transaction and run away with the funds.
 
 I don’t even know where I stand between you and the bank, I call the bank and they won't tell me anything because the account is not mine, I send you email and you won't even respond back to me. Why all this? You are advice to get me as soon as possible regarding this matter.
 
I am waiting for your response please.
 
Your brother,
Barr Vincent Johnson"

Edit: A bit of back story...Mrs. Mellisa Lewis was the person who E-mailed me initially and then Barr Vincent Johnson took over as Mrs. Mellisa Lewis went into a coma and he is her lawyer.