More Nigerian scam.

spam | 3/5/2005 | Leo Carpathian

[Leo Carpathian]

Seems to be the next best thing to "millions" looking for fool. I hope nobody goes for it. This type of emails are not stopping to flood mailboxes:

Hello,

I am bussines manchant,so i'm just about to open a modern store to one of this country in african which is nigeria and i will want you to be my supplier for this items and i want you to get back to me with the available items in your store so that i can add to that of my new store and i will want to make my mode of payment through credit card.And i will just want you to kindly get back to me with the items available in your store so that i can place an order immediately.

Awaiting to read from you. Thanks, Best Regard

[Dog]

Lowbridge you might to reply to this person..

[thoughtomator]

Spam is nearing 90% of all email sent globally, thanks to the US Congress legalizing it.

[Hodar]

There are a group of rather clever scammers, who prey on the Nigerians. They host a website called 419eaters, and these individuals reply to the Nigerians. Through letters, they convince the Nigerian scammers that they have hit the motherlode; and then proceed to make fools out of them.

For example, a typical response may be

Hello
My name is Mr. U R Screwed II, and I am the president of an international lingerie company. My travels will be taking me through Nigeria, and I am looking for a contact person who lives in the area to help me move my merchandice.

As my time is very valuable, before I reschedule my meetings in Switcherland, France and Germany; I need to know that this is more than a passing interest to you. In order for me to know that you are serious; I am requesting that you send me a photo of you wearing my product.

And viola, they get this response; which is published in their "Trophy Room". The 419 eaters keep logs on who, where and how the scammers work; take steps to thoroughly humiliate the scammers; then report them to the local authorities.

Ya gotta appreciate their efforts

[FoxInSocks]

419eaters

[FoxInSocks]

I'm sorry, it's 419eater, not 419eaters.

[armymarinemom]

I got one recently that with a Kuwati flair.

[Hodar]

No, you do not want

www.419eaters.com; as that will take you to a spam site.

You want www.419eater.com (no plural on the eater); that is the 'real' website.

[spectre]

Here's your big chance to represent "Walmart". Oh please....sw

[international american]

Bookmarked for future hilarity!

[Gorzaloon]

This one seems to be less original, but very hard to stamp out because there is no legal structure in Nigeria that provides for criminal activity prosecution - so the scam solicitations continue.

No one has ever explained to me why that festering sewer of a pesthole has to have an internet connection, or any ICANN support at all.

We need some simpler way of blocking blocks of netblocks, and globally denying entire countries if we elect to do so. (Our Sites, Our Rules.)

[Mark17]

I hope nobody goes for it. This type of emails are not stopping to flood mailboxes:

I wonder if this is a new tactic? The E mails I received in the past, pretty much all said they had millions they wanted to get out of their country, and promisd me part of it.

[woofer]

Man, I never get any of these Nigerian multi-million dollars deals. I only get to read about 'em.

festering in poverty,

Walfer von Woofer

[rdwtic]

You also might like this one
http://www.scamorama.com/

[Ditter]

There was a freeper who baited these guys successfully. I don't remember his name but it was hilarious.

[lowbridge]

There was a freeper who baited these guys successfully. I don't remember his name but it was hilarious.

I'll bet it was Jim Robinson.

[don-o]

Poat that link for those who may have missed it, low.

I is a classic!

[lowbridge]

http://freerepublic.info/focus/f-bloggers/1197128/posts

All other scams linked on post number 1

[Ditter]

No, I don't think so, I would have remembered if it had been Jim R.