Nigerian Scammer Chronicles [Pt 1]

[EmperorOfCanada]

Anyone wanna help me screw with a scammer? If there was a way I could screw *him* out of money that would be pretty sweet. But here is our conversations so far

Letter 1, Response 1

Spoiler

[title:"Letter 1, Response 1"]
FROM THE DESK OF Dr HARRY MOORE?
From: DR HARRY MOORE (************@q.com)
Sent: December 5, 2008 9:14:08 PM
To:
FROM THE DESK OF
Dr HARRY MOORE
REGIONAL MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
KUMASI BRANCH GHANA.

HELLO DEAR,

My name is HARRY MOORE, I am the regional manager of the International
Commercial Bank kumasi branch Ghana.I got your information during my
search through the Internet. I am 48years of age and married with 3
lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and
don't want problem,but i dont know how you will feel about this
because you might feel that its scam yes there are many scammers. but
am telling you that this is real and you are not going to regret after
doing this transaction with me. I only hope we can assist each other.
But If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will
not contact you again.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of
us,as the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank; it is
my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital
city Accra-Ghana at the end of each year. On the course of the last
year 2007 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I
am the manager made Three million seven hundred and fifty thousand
dollar [3, 750.000.00] which my head office are not aware of and will
never be aware of. I have since place this fund on what we call
SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.

As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this
money,so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you
can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE.
While you will have 40% of the total fund .

Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank
transfer,all I need from you is to stand claim as the original
depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my
Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. If
you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much.

As soon as I receive your response I will details you on how we can
achieve it successfully.

Best Regards
Dr HARRY MOORE

My reply:

RE: FROM THE DESK OF Dr HARRY MOORE?
From: John Galt ([email protected])
Sent: December 9, 2008 8:55:04 PM
To: *********@hotmail.com
Hi Dr moore!
My name is John im just replying to an email you sent me I hope you remember me.
May I ask how you got my email address? I dont give it out often to many people.
May I ask what you need me to do?? you say there is practically no risk but is there any risk at all???
John Galt

Letter 2, Response 2

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[title:"Letter 2, Response 2"]
DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION?
From: Dr Harry Moore (*******@hotmail.com)
Sent: December 10, 2008 1:17:02 PM
To: [email protected]
Dear John,

Thanks for your quick response, I also appreciate your
interest and willingness to help actualize this transaction. I want you to know
that this would be a bank-to-bank transfer, I also want you to know that the
management of my bank must not know that I'm involved in this transaction.i
contacted you so that we can work together with oneness and with your full
co-operation the fund will be released in your name. I'm a God fearing person
and I'm a Christian, be assured that this transaction will not put the both of
us into any trouble.

To clarify you more on the source of the fund. The
said fund is the Excess profit that was made for the year 2007 at the closing
balance of my bank last year. I have kept this fund in an escrow coded account
until this date. Since there was no any trace since about the owner of this
fund, I have now made up my mind to transfer the fund out of Ghana for our
benefit. Having packaged this transaction in a professional way to benefit both
of us, I will guide you on how to make this claim.

For this reason, I need for your assistance to stand as the owner and the fund
will be transferred into your provided account. All I require from you is honesty
and good co-operation as the fund would be transferred telegraphically
from our Corporate Head office in Accra Ghana. I will further require your
below information to make you the owner the fund.

1)Occupation
2)Full Name
3)Age
4)Telephone Number
5)And Your Country Of Origin.

Your above information will be entered into the customer database from my
branch as a foreign investor and owner of the deposited fund in my branch.
I will guide you on how to apply for the release of this fund from my bank's
corporate Head office and transferred to your receiving bank account.
As soon as I received your above information and after I have entered it on
our networked banking systems, I will issue a back-dated deposit slip prepared
on your name, as my head office might request such paper from you as proof.

After the successful transfer of the fund, I will start travel arrangement to meet
you in your country, or any country where you want us to meet for sharing according
to already mapped out percentage. I will expect to receive the above information as
soon as possible. Send me your telephone number to allow easy communication
between us. This is my private telephone number: *redacted*
.

With Regards,
Dr. Harry Moore

My response:

RE: DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION?
From: John Galt ([email protected])
Sent: December 10, 2008 4:24:44 PM
To: *******@hotmail.com

You are sure this is legal and I can get into no trouble???? I could use this money so much thank you for choosing me
I cant believe I have been so lucky!
1) I am a Wii Modification Engineer
2) John Galt
3) 29
4) (780) 423-4567

 

[spotanjo3]

Funny... It's spamming. Just dont email back to them.. They will reply back to you and they might dont care about police. I have this many time. What you can do is... I reported it and blocked it. You should do the same. Dont send information and dont reply back to him/her... Just reported it/blocked it then delete it.

 

[TrolleyDave]

Hahaha Nice one EoC! You should ask him if he'd mind sending a small deposit by mail as show of good faith.

Also

 

[EmperorOfCanada]

Funny... It's spamming. Just dont email back to them.. They will reply back to you and they might dont care about police. I have this many time. What you can do is... I reported it and blocked it. You should do the same. Dont send information and dont reply back to him/her... Just reported it/blocked it then delete it.

Thats a little boring. I was asking for suggestions on screwing with them. Not advice on how to clean my inbox.

 

[Jdbye]

He married kids?! And 3 of them?! Eww, what a sick person.

 

[Diffusion]

Try to make him take some silly photos... like eating a watermelon with a shoe on his head or something.

 

[rashef]

Chances are he'll have you pay a small deposit to his account to verify your data etc.
In such cases I use the carrot and stick approach. "I had a little accident. The money which i was supposed to deposit are in the car but it's stuck on a police parking. If you could help mi with the deposit i'll send it back with our agreed deposit as soon as i get it back." or the like. Most of them break contact at this point... but a selected few pay yo help you ;]. It helps if you send them a mail with a case full of money and some text "for mr. whateverhisnameis" stating that you're going to the bank right now prior to the one about accident.

@jdbye - hehh, so i'm not the only one with sick mind around here ;p.

 

[Just Joe]

http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-...86908-20115299/ Click here... it's free and perfectly safe...

 

[FAST6191]

For future reference such a trick/scambait is generally known as a 419 eater. Coincidently there is site by that very name that deals with such a thing:
http://www.419eater.com/

My favourite though would have to be this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/419_plonker/

I have to say though that is probably one of the most grammatically correct versions I have ever seen. I have been known to be Derek Trotter* on more than one occasion but this looks fun.

My suggestion is try the reverse trick, he offered you 40% so spin it and say I only want 30% as that will keep me under the limit (30% of the amount is 1125000 so say 1150000 is the limit- 25k is more than enough to make their eyes light up)
Try not to heap on the BS too much either.

* http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/onlyfools/ for the less cultured among us.

 

[EmperorOfCanada]

Yeah I will update I already have another email from him Im just trying to play the 'suspicious yet interested random internet guy' and see if I can have any fun with him..

 

[Law]

TheScambaiter.com feels good man.

Go along with the scam, but back out at the last minute. Or make him do some ridiculous shit.

 

[azreal126]

LoL, Thats the oldest scam...they work in a network from canada to Africa. They always have a problem with getting there money for the bank that they work at....huh if they are that smart why not setup an account in another country where they have no problems getting there hands on there money.......LMAO this is how you F*ck with them email telling him i'll help you since you need my help and i'm the only one that you talk too. How about sending me all the information, I have contacts that are able to retrieve the money in which it will help you out and give me a lil money on the side, that way you have no dealing or a way that it will be track back to you. Like you said this is no scam therefore where both safe.....lol

 

[azreal126]

By the way i hope that's not your real name they have ways of getting your info from just your name and age and they will sell it to people that want to enter canada or the US or for themselves....The best way to get around it is to play along with them and try to get all the info you can about this scam. it's very important to put the shoe on the other foot and tell him that you must have all the bank account info before going on and if he stall turn it around and tell him that you are a RM police and that the police have been tracking there scam though canada and back to africa and that canada is working on a joint partnership with your country. And Canada will have you deported to Canada to answer for your crimes.....LMAO

 

[retiredjerk]

dude that carving link on 419eater.com was frickin hilarious. the dude widdled two wood sculptures. thanks for that link. classic! i havent laughed like that in a while

 

[EmperorOfCanada]

By the way i hope that's not your real name they have ways of getting your info from just your name and age and they will sell it to people that want to enter canada or the US or for themselves....The best way to get around it is to play along with them and try to get all the info you can about this scam. it's very important to put the shoe on the other foot and tell him that you must have all the bank account info before going on and if he stall turn it around and tell him that you are a RM police and that the police have been tracking there scam though canada and back to africa and that canada is working on a joint partnership with your country. And Canada will have you deported to Canada to answer for your crimes.....LMAO

No that is not my real name. Google it

 

[iPikachu]

nice one! nice name, too. lol

My favourite though would have to be this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/419_plonker/

just read finished the whole thing, its golden xD

 

[EmperorOfCanada]

nice one! nice name, too. lol

My favourite though would have to be this:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/06/30/419_plonker/

just read finished the whole thing, its golden xD

My name from the email you mean? Most people dont know the reference lol.

 

[raulpica]

I remember getting an email like this:

"HELLO I'm John CHURCH and I have a lot of money. I don't know where to put it. I want to send some to you so we can have both money."

Good work until now, EoC

 

[EmperorOfCanada]

I just updated it with a couple more. Will keep posting until I piss him off and he stops replying

 

[ybarra]

I know this thread has gotten old, but I'm pretty sure you can't milk any money from these guys unless they send you pure cash. Generally they send you forged checks for you to cash. A common scam is they send you a check for a large amount and ask you to cash it and wire a portion of the money back keeping whatever is left over. 2 months later your bank is notified the check was counterfeit and they ask you to return the money which you can't do because you sent a big chunk to the thieves.