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Non Gaming Discussions => Off-Topic => Topic started by: luckee on August 24, 2002, 08:57:03 PM
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Man, my luck has turned around finally... check out this email I just received:
Hello,
My name is Irena Kovac and i need your assistance.I am the widow of Miodrag Kovac, former Yugoslav Minister of Health. My husband died on April 12 2002.After his death the government seized our properties and froze our accounts,things have been bad.But i recently discovered that my husband deposited about 12 million dollars in a safe place outside my country.I am unable to claim these funds myself because of travel restrictions which have been placed on me.I need your assistance to claim this funds and secure hem so that i take my family away from the oppression that we now face.In return for your assistance i am willing to give you portion of the money,i am open for reasonable negotiation on this.I will give details and proof after i hear from you.Please keep this confidential as the future of my family depends on this.I hope to hear from you soon.
Irena
I can\'t believe there are people out there stupid enough to fall for this shit:vader:
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yeah I got one of those too :rolleyes: I doubt it is real.
*acts like I read it all*
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Originally posted by luckee
Please keep this confidential as the future of my family depends on this.
I\'m never telling you anything I want kept a secret.
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I received the same email some weeks ago, and other stupid ones like this.
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Just give her your bank details and she will give you some money...... honest!
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It would be fun if you played along for a while though... :nerd:
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Borrow a checkbook from someone you don\'t like and give him the dude\'s info.
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I get these all the time. I work for a gold & silver broker, so I get: my name is mugandu mohobittu from the dem republic of Zaire, my father was the king and was overthrown and killed by rebels. My brother and I have 3 metric tonnes of gold ore we cannot get out of our country alone.......
blah blah blah..... :rolleyes:
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It would really suck if she was really asking for his assisstance :)
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I dont even bother with emails like that. You never know, they might contain viruses and such.
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Originally posted by Titan
It would really suck if she was really asking for his assisstance :)
hahah..even though good sense tells me its fake..for what ever reason..everytime I get one fo these, I always have that little thought..what if this is no bullshit this time..lol
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Guys, I just helped her and I got 3 million dollars!!
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yeah there must be some stupid peep out there to think peep will fall for this, or even to fall for it....lol
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It\'s a con. They all originate from the African continent. There are different versions going around. They ask for your bank details (sometimes ask for your passport details as well for extra proof). They clear out your bank account, then you never hear from them again. As for the passport details, they use them to make forgeries, which they can use to gain illegal entry into your own country. Once in your country, they use your name and address to take out huge loans, purchase property, buy cars etc. They then piss off back to where they came from, leaving no trace of their own existance. The first thing the unsuspecting victim knows of it, is when the loan company get in touch demanding that the repayments are paid. Failure to keep the repayments up naturally result in losing all your possessions.
Do yourself a huge favour, don\'t get sucked in, just delete it and forget about it.
If you want to make money, do it the honest way. Take some indecent photographs of influential people in compromising positions, then bribe the f\'k out of them. :D
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Originally posted by Jaye_Bennington
It\'s a con. They all originate from the African continent. There are different versions going around. They ask for your bank details (sometimes ask for your passport details as well for extra proof). They clear out your bank account, then you never hear from them again. As for the passport details, they use them to make forgeries, which they can use to gain illegal entry into your own country. Once in your country, they use your name and address to take out huge loans, purchase property, buy cars etc. They then piss off back to where they came from, leaving no trace of their own existance. The first thing the unsuspecting victim knows of it, is when the loan company get in touch demanding that the repayments are paid. Failure to keep the repayments up naturally result in losing all your possessions.
Do yourself a huge favour, don\'t get sucked in, just delete it and forget about it.
If you want to make money, do it the honest way. Take some indecent photographs of influential people in compromising positions, then bribe the f\'k out of them. :D
uhhh..duh..did you just read some of the first post and reply? We all are under the impression its a con captian obvious :)
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Jay you\'re so stupid, it\'s all true, silly bastard. All they ask for is your credit card numbers, and if just one of them is lucky, you win a cookie.
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Originally posted by theomen
Jay you\'re so stupid.
No I\'m not, I\'m stating the obvious, because as unrealistic as it sounds, people have in the past (and still ARE), being caught out by this sort of thing.
You have to face facts, there are people who are new to computers and who are discovering the net all the time, some of them old people who don\'t know the workings of such con artists, some of them younger who don\'t realise they are cons. I said what I said JUST IN CASE there are people who aren\'t aware of them.
If you are blind/thoughtless enough to see MY comments as being on the stupid side, then I see your statement as likewise.
It\'s better to be safe than sorry.
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what its a con????????
omg!!!! i just sent them all my details.........
why didnt i wait till i heard from jaye.........
why
i gotta go check my bank account now
kopking runs off to nearest bank