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The Latest Email Scam
Spam Email | July 15, 2011 | Self

Posted on 07/15/2011 2:25:35 PM PDT by editor-surveyor

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The "nigerian" heist has morfed.

This is the 'link' that was in the email:

http://www.voanews.com/burmese/archive/2003-04/a-2003-04-20-1-1.cfm

1 posted on 07/15/2011 2:25:43 PM PDT by editor-surveyor
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This is a *scam*? Oh crap... see ya later, gotta get down to the bank before they close!


2 posted on 07/15/2011 2:28:30 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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Aww c’mon man, be a patriot. Help a sister out.

She’s risking her life for freedom.


3 posted on 07/15/2011 2:29:10 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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Mary Anne Macombie was a famous anti-war mother of an Iraq casualty.

How bizarre.


4 posted on 07/15/2011 2:29:16 PM PDT by nascarnation
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Nigerian ‘English’ is easy to spot.
5 posted on 07/15/2011 2:31:09 PM PDT by JPG (Palin '12)
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People actually fall for this nonsense?


6 posted on 07/15/2011 2:32:24 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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Swiss background

Why wouldn't you trust a Swiss maid?


7 posted on 07/15/2011 2:33:21 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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This totally legit. It OK because she a true Americn solder!


8 posted on 07/15/2011 2:34:23 PM PDT by Yaelle
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>> “How bizarre.” <<

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How ruthless!


9 posted on 07/15/2011 2:34:56 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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But MacCombie is such a Swiss name.


10 posted on 07/15/2011 2:34:55 PM PDT by PAR35
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“One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody..”

Now you’ve gone and spoiled it.


11 posted on 07/15/2011 2:35:11 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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>> “People actually fall for this nonsense?” <<

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They do.

A fool in my neighborhood’s house is presently in default because he bit on the ‘Nigerian’ bank scam.


12 posted on 07/15/2011 2:37:45 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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>> “But MacCombie is such a Swiss name.” <<

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maybe they ment “swish,” the sound of your money flying out of your bank account.


13 posted on 07/15/2011 2:40:02 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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Huh.

For me, the salutation, “Dear Beloved”, was a red flag.


14 posted on 07/15/2011 2:41:18 PM PDT by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS OUR PRESIDENT!)
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Anyone who would fall for this scam deserves to lose money.


15 posted on 07/15/2011 2:41:45 PM PDT by trumandogz
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This email has much more credibility than anything Obama says.
16 posted on 07/15/2011 2:42:34 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland (I love how the FR spellchecker doesn't recognize the word "Obama")
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You can’t fool an honest man.


17 posted on 07/15/2011 2:44:50 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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I found your contact particulars in an address journal.

I wondered where I left my contact particulars!

18 posted on 07/15/2011 2:46:06 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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In a journal full of addresses, no less!


19 posted on 07/15/2011 2:52:17 PM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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I keep mine right next to my contact particles and my contact lenses, on a shelf lined with contact paper.


20 posted on 07/15/2011 2:56:21 PM PDT by shibumi (While Pablo was wily, William Blake was even more wilier. But the wiliest of all was Desdinova.)
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