Scam Victims Compensation!

@marina321 (4556)
December 16, 2008 2:37am CST
Ok, you just gotta laugh at this! From: EMMANUEL SAM (info@uno.org) Sent: Saturday, 13 December, 2008 1:46:24 Subject: SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION REF/PAYNTS CODE: 07654, AMOUNT: $1,000,000.00. ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM, FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA /UNITED NATIONS 2007/2008 SCAMS VICTIMS COMPENSATION PAYMENTS. YOU ARE LISTED AND APPROVED FOR THIS PAYMENT OF US$1,000,000.00 AS ONE OF THE NUMEROUS SCAM VICTIMS. DUE TO ALARMING PROPORTION OF CORRUPTION AND INEFFICIENT BANKING SYSTEMS IN NIGERIA , THE PAYMENTS ARE TO BE SUPERVISED BY THE UNITED NATIONS’ OFFICIALS AND THE CORRESPONDING PAYING BANK IS REGIONS BANK, MIAMI , FLORIDA USA WE WISH TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT OUR DISCOVERY WAS ALARMING AND MANY INDIVIDUALS AND COMPANIES HAVE VICTIMS OF THE SCAMS ARTISTS OPERATING IN SYNDICATES ALL OVER THE WORLD TODAY. IN OTHER TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS OR WARN AGAINST FURTHER LOSE OF FUNDS, THE U.N BODY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT IS NOW PAYING 526 VICTIMS OF THIS OPERATORS $1,000,000.00 EACH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE U.N. RECOMMENDATIONS. THIS IS IMAGE LAUNDERING INITIATIVE AND TO ENCOURAGE GENUINE INVESTORS. YOUR PARTICULARS WAS MENTIONED BY ONE OF THE ACCUSED WHO WAS ARRESTED BY OUR OPERATIVES, YOU ARE HEREBY WARNED NOT TO COMMUNICATE OR DUPLICATE THIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE FOR ANY REASON WHAT SO EVER AS THE U.S. SECRET SERVICE IS ALREADY ON TRACE OF THE OTHER CRIMINALS. SO KEEP IT SECRET TILL THEY ARE ALL APPREHENDED. OTHER VICTIMS WHO HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED CAN SUBMIT THEIR APPLICATION AS WELL FOR SCRUTINY AND POSSIBLE CONSIDERATION. YOU CAN RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS VIA ANY OF THIS OPTIONS YOU CHOOSE: - 1. DRAFT/CHEQUE PAYMENTS 2. WIRE TRANSFERS. 3. CASH PAYMENT 4. ACCESS PIN AND CODE 5. ATM CARD THEREFORE, FORWARD YOUR COMPLETE DETAILS IN BELOW FORMAT TO WILLIAMS GRANT, VERIFICATION AND PAYMENT UNIT, UNITED NATIONS LIAISON OFFICE ABUJA NIGERIA EMAIL: williams_grant1@yahoo.com.hk TO VERIFY YOUR DETAILS AND RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT RELEASE GUIDELINES. 1. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER, 2. YOUR FULL NAME 3. COMPANY OR OFFICIAL ADDRESS WE EXPECT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL TO ENABLE US MONITOR THIS PAYMENT EFFECTIVELY. CONGRATULATIONS. YOURS FAITHFULLY, EMMANUEL SAM SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 07654, AMOUNT: $1000, 000.00 The higlight for me has to be the 'Federal Government of Nigeria' part especially since Nigeria is on the top list of countires with fraudsters! and then the part about compensating scam victims when this is in fact a SCAM.. What do you think? Isn't this quite funny?!
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9 responses
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
16 Dec 08
lol =D ANother nigeria scam.. This had happened so many times in singapore, and i cant believe that those scammers over there are so creative now.. lol =D They even managed to make use to a scam, to scam ple of their money.. haha I believe this is entirely untruth, and imagine just 526 ple, entitled to $1000,000.00 each?? That's a whole lot of money, and if it's mentioned worldwide, it's members should be more than that.. lol =D So it's definitely a scam.. haha
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@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
Yes, they're ever so creative! with their scams and fraudulent emails
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
16 Dec 08
halarious! as I get tehm all the time in the mail and enmail I just delete and or throw them away. and what gets me too is they ask for you to pay something to get it grrrrrrrrrrrr
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@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
17 Dec 08
yes it did!
@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
Yup, I delete them too some are really worth telling others about though and this one made me laugh!
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@sweetdesign (5142)
• United States
16 Dec 08
It is funny but also sad. There are some victims that are so desperate they will become victims of this as well. I should hope that we are all smarter than this but in this poor economy people are so desperate they fall for these scams.
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@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
Should hope so too This one has alarm bells all over it
@walijo2008 (4644)
• United States
16 Dec 08
I get these scam emails all the time, I just delete them. I think its so sad, that these scammers are preying on people at the time when our economy is low, and people are trying to find ways to make more money, and there are people that believe it and are getting taken advantage of.
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@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
Yeah, I think the economy situation does not help either side...the scammer or the scammee both are probably desperate..
@onlydia (2808)
• United States
16 Dec 08
Yes I got one and deleted it. I don't even open 99% of them. or I report them. Have a nice day. Onlydia
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@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
Yup, I don't open many of them either but sometimes as I am sifting through the mail, find one that is so ridiculous! Nice day to you too
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@Jenaisle (14078)
• Philippines
16 Dec 08
It is clearly a scam, I recieved numerous letters /emails such as this one. And take note of the address. Nigeria, UK and sometimes the Netherlands ar where scam letters come from. They talk about variuos scenarios, they must be creative writers to be able to create several scenarios, but these are all scams, In the US alone many were taken for a ride, After giving some amount , they disappeared and you ccan no longer claim your money. They will ask some amount to open your bank account supposedly, look at the personal data they ar asking from you. and notice how they wanted it to be a scret. Don't fall for that scam. Run away as fast as you can.
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@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
16 Dec 08
Good thinking Marina! I hadn't thought about that. Let's just hope that people who receive that letter will take the time to do so!
@sierras236 (2739)
• United States
16 Dec 08
I get this to. Not certain where they get the email addresses from. Another sad and pathetic attempt to get money. I hope people use their common sense when they get these and not send them any information. I usually report these.
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@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
Often wonder about the email addresses but they do not need an email, there's a spamming system that does not require emails I'm sure... maybe sending to all users on a certain domain or something
@schulzie (4061)
• United States
16 Dec 08
I usually delete these as soon as I see them hit my inbox. I do notice that most of these e-mails come from Nigeria. I think that that is one of the places that these scams occur in the most. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!!
@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
I do notice that too but there's several from HongKong too lately I do delete them too but some are worth telling others about like this one that is really ridiculous!
@rocketj1 (6955)
• United States
16 Dec 08
Oh, sweet irony! The sad part is, even though most of us understand that any kind of "offer" originating in Nigeria is a scam, it must be worth it to them to keep trying. There must be enough gullible people out there for this to be profitable!
@marina321 (4556)
17 Dec 08
That' true, there must be some really gullible people for it to keep going on... though 1 in a million is enough to call it a success