These money scams get more and more imaginitive...

[Bereta_Eder]

indeed no messages at all

[Admiral]

For some reason, I don't see the post. Is that the scam? Do we have to pay to see the scam?

[Jon Miller]

so does your posts,,,

JM

[Provost Harrison]

Oh for the love of God

[Provost Harrison]

OK, here is it...this is the money scam I received on the email...

Dear Sir,

With a very desperate need for assistance, I have
summed up courage to contact you.

I am from (will disclose this later), presently
working in Iraq with an international organisation
that I will also disclose later, I found your contact
particulars in an address journal.

I am seeking your assistance to evacuate the sum of
$45,000,000:00 (Forty Five million dollars) to your country or any other
safe country of your choice, as far as I can be assured that my share
will be safe in your care untill I complete my service here,this is no stolen
money, and there are no dangers involved.

SOURCE OF MONEY:

Some money in various currencies was discovered
concealed in barrels with piles of weapons and
ammunitions at a location near one of Saddam,s old
palaces during a rescue operation, and it was agreed
by all party present that the money be shared amongst
us, this was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell
you what? no compensation can make up for the risks we
have taken with our lives in this hell hole.

The above figure was given to me as my share, and to
conceal this kind of money became a problem for me,
so with the help of a German contact working here,
and his office enjoys some immunity, I was able to
get the package out to a safe location entirely out
of trouble spot.

He does not know the real contents of the package, and
beleieves that it belongs to an Asian American who
died in an air raid, and before giving up, trusted me
to hand over the package to his business associate.
I have now found a secured way of getting the
package out to a safer country E for you to pick up,
and will discuss this with you when I am sure that you
are willing to assist me.

One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to
discuss this matter with a third party, should you
have reasons to reject this offer, please destroy this
mail as any leakage of this information will be too
bad for us.

I do not know for how long we will remain here, and I
have survived 2 suicide bomb attacks by the special
grace of God, this and other reasons I will mention
later has prompted me to reach out for help, I
honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately.
Please contact me through my email:walterpalmeroo@netscape.net. so that we
can discuss more.

Respectfully,

Walter Palmer

Should I send him the money?

[Bereta_Eder]

now you put his life in danger

[Provost Harrison]

I'm a bastard aren't I?

[Spec]

Well here is a little fun I just has with a fraudster.

This is the e-mail I received.

The National Lottery
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw (#970) of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY, online
Sweepstakes International program held on Saturday
9th of Apr., 2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:
56475600545 188 with Serial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers: 14-22-25-27-45-47 (bonus no.08),
which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus. You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £141,022 (
One hundred and forty-one thousand, twenty-two pounds sterling) in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03. This is from a total cash prize of
£1,833,286 {One million, eight-hundred and thirty-three thousand, two hundred and eighty-six pounds sterling}shared amongst the (13) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 5 plus bonus.
All participants for the online version were selected
randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place weekly. Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe.
In view of this, your £141,022 ( One hundred and forty-one thousand, twenty-two pounds sterling) would be released to you by any of our payment
offices in Europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the
process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.
For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your
prize.
This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr Terry Hibbert

Email: fiduciaryagent_terry_hibbert@yahoo.com

You can go to our online result site to confirm the
value of your winnings and also get a prize breakdown:

https://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/results/results.do

Goodluck from me and members of staff of the UK
NATIONAL LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,
Richard K. Lloyd.
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

So, to have some fun, I wrote back

Hi,

I received this e-mail. It seems that I won. I will accept a certified check.
Thank you.
What information do you need?

Best regards,

Follows on next post.

[Spec]

Then I received

U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY

Dear Francis,
Congratulations once again from all the staff here. In
order to verify your winnings, we need your
particulars for record purposes, Attached here is a
copy of our verifications form, please fill
accordingly so as to proceed with your winnings. Once
again congratulations from all the staff.


VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES:__________________________________
2.ADDRESS:________________________________________ _____

3.SEX:_______________

4.AGE:________
5.MARITAL STATUS:___________________
6.OCCUPATION:________________________
7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:_____________________________
8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:_____________________

9.LOTTO NUMBER:__ B. DRAW NUMBER:____
10.TICKET NUMBER:___________________
11.SERIAL NUMBER:__________________
12.BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF COMPANY/INDIVIDUAL_________________________

13.COUNTRY:_______________________________________ ____
14.AMOUNT WON:_________________________________________

Upon receipt of the duly requested data, I will send
you the contact information of the payment office so you
can proceed with effecting the release of your claim
in anyway you deem fit.
Warm Regards,

Terry Hibbert (MR)

(Fiduciary Agent to the UK lottery)

So I filled it up with a bogus adress and said

Hi again,

All the information was filled in below.

Regards,

Follows on next post

[Spec]

Now this gets interesting

I received this

ATTN: FRANCIS
FROM: TERRY
Sir,
We recieved your mail and wish to congratulate you
and formally inform you that you have won
the sum of £141,022.00 ( One hundred and forty-one thousand, twenty-two pounds sterling) in our last lottery draw.
This development has been confirmed by this department after the verification excercise.
The said sum is now deposited in our suspense account
in your favour waiting for the immediate remittance
into your nominated bank account.
Be informed that your winning prize has a hard cover
insurance policy that makes it difficult to deduct any
sum until the sum is finally credited into your
designated account hence this winning should be kept
as confidential as possible to avoid a case whereby
your funds is paid to a wrong
beneficiary.You are to pay in advance the sum of
£476.00 (Four Hundred and seventy-six Pounds sterling)
being payment for the
non-resident(U.K)application/processing fee since you live in Canada prior to the release of your winning prize money.
You are advised to make this payment through, WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER to the name of our account clerk as below and send a receipt of payment with the duly completed Appraisal claim form attached to this mail, to this office direct fax number(44-707-520-9692) by fax transmission.
Find below our account's clerk name for Western Union
MoneyTransfer; MR.HARRY WESLEY,
The various Western Union Money Transfer Agent
location closest to you, can be located through
(www.westernunion.com) Upon the receipt of the duly
completed appraisal claim form and the receipt of
payment from you, we would instruct our fiduciary
bankers to contact you and effect payment into your
nominated bank account within 72 hours (Three Banking
Days).You are also expected to send us your most
recent identification which most preferably is a copy
of your international passport, drivers licence or
any other Government Identification. The process is
vital and urgent following the signal we did receive
earlier from the payment department stating that all
winner's prize money should be credited to their various accounts on or before two weeks from today.
If you need further assistance do not hesitate to
contact on: +44-703-194-4912 for further
details and clarifications.
Once again, accept our congratulations and we look
forward to hearing from you soon.
Regards,
Terry.

So I reply back:

I figured there was a catch to this. I just wanted to see what it was. You really think I will give you my account number?! Why dont you deduct the 476£ from my winning sum? You also stated that I could receive the money in any way I saw fit. So I want you to send me a certified check of £141,022.00 - 476£= 140546£ to the adress I gave you.
What kind of lottery makes you pay a fee BEFORE you get your prize.
And you think I will send you a copy of my passport?! HA!! You really think I am that stupid. You dont need it to give me a lottery prize.

Best Regards,

Follows on next post

[Spec]

Now this is funny, notice how the guy tries to fool me again with this ****.

Good day,

My agency have been on ground for years and have encountered setbacks like yours, so we do not have any doubt about our own fidelity. we..ll, if u choose to leave your prize unclaimed, kindly name a charity where u prize can be awarded to.

Terry.

So I reply, with no left back.

Well well, how about this. From this source.

http://www.national-lottery.co.uk/player/p/promotions/promotions.jsp?promo=contactfaq#ch2

I've received an email from The National Lottery - is it genuine?

The National Lottery website is safe and secure however, you need to be on your guard against Internet fraudsters. The National Lottery never requests personal details, discloses any prize amounts, or asks for up-front fees. If you receive an email which sounds too good to be true, it probably is!
Lottery scams are increasing at an alarming rate. Click here for detailed information on spotting a fraudulent email.

Think I am stupid enough to fall for your scam?! Think I gave you the right adress and such?! I am not an imbecile. How about I report you to the police in the UK, thanks to the net, I can send them an e-mail to show them every message you sent me and the link to national lotto you are maliciously using. I also have your phone number I can, no, I WILL give it to them. I will also make a complaint to national lotto in the UK. I also gave your e-mail to more then 20 spam mailing lists. **** with me and I **** you up. Just be glad I dont live in the same country as you do otherwise i'd find you and kick your ass so hard your nose would bleed. I hate leeches like you that takes other poeples money just because you are to lazy to get off your fat ass and work like everyone else.

Have a nice day.

Never heard back from the guy. I did report him to the authorities in the UK and on Crimestoppers also.



Spec.

[our_man]

Spec

[Provost Harrison]

Hmmm, perhaps I should be more curious but I know where it will lead, like night follows day...

[Dis]

It sounds the same as the Nigeria scam, only from a different country. Doesn't sound imaginitive to me

[Lancer]

I contacted the guy, helped him out and just recieved the 45 million! All since you started this thread Provost. I feel indepted to you for starting the thread which allowed me to become so rich, so...

If you send me $321.57 for shipping and handleing I'll send you half.

Just the kind of guy I am.