Nigerians go beyond 419 scams
We've all seen the Nigerian 419 scams by now, right? Someone needs to secure a large amount of money outside their country, etc. Apparently they are trying to be more creative.
This weekend I found two requests from our website from Nigeria. Both are just disjointed enough to be obvious that they are phishing for suckers.
Hello dear,Second request:
May i know if you ship internationaly? And if you accept credit card?
If you do, i want you to give me the price of this product (TESTING EQUIPMENT AND INSTRUMENT)including the shiping price via UPS to LAGOS NIGERIA I will be waiting for your reply ASAP. Thank
My name is paul daveis the manager of kayroid shopping mall. in my store here we sell different kinds of products ranging from gift items,apparael,electronics and other accessories as long as it moves in the market and is appreciated by our customers.
and do you ship to nigeria.
3 Comments:
At September 07, 2004 11:14 PM, Pisal said…
Reading that blog, I couldn't help but laugh when I received this in my email. Not from Nigeria but from South Africa:
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
ATT: SIR/MADAM,
FINAL NOTICE OF AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
today,7th Sept. 2004, of winners of the FLASH
FORTUNE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS,
held on 25TH August 2004 as part of our promotional draws.
Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of
individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New
Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions
Program. You qualified for the draw as a result of you
visiting Various websites we are running the e-business
promotions for.You/Your Company, attached to ticket number
100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky
numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59, 76, and consequently won
in the Second Category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$1,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning
payout for Second category winners. This is from the
total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the
Seven international winners in the Second category.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the Solid Rock Finance
and Security Company insured in your name. Due to the
mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this
award strictly from public notice until your claim has been
processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double
claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.
We hope with a part of your prize, you will
participate in our mid year (2005) high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent
immediately;
MR SMITH MBAYE
FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
SOLID ROCK FINANCE & SECURITY LTD,
JOHANNESBURG, S.A
TEL: +27 83-669-2666
FAX: +27 83-612-9737
EMAIL;smithmbaye1@netscape.net
For due processing and remittance of your prize money
to a designated account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later
than 15TH Sept. 2004. After this date, all funds
will be returned as unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications, please remember to quote your reference
and batch numbers provided below in every one of your
correspondences with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: FLS-ZR39-825P-4
BATCH NUMBER: 74-263-BBN
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
FLASH FORTUNE LOTTO SOUTH AFRICA.
115 NORDIX AVE. BRYANSTON, 1762
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail box. Contact your claims agent
through his email
contact
above.
At May 24, 2005 4:44 AM, Anonymous said…
i GOT TH SAME LETTER YESTERDAY THOUGH THE PRIZE ANNOUNCED WAS A DIFFERENT SUM [BUT STILL OF COURSE IN THE SECOND CATEGORY
FORTUNATELY I HAVE TAKEN THE PRECAUTION OF PUTTING THE NAMES GIVEN ON THE LETTER INTO MY BROWSER AND I FIND THAT THIS IS THE LATEST SCAM. BUTIT IS ALWAYS SURPRISING HOW ONE CAN BE SEDUCED BY THE PROMISE OF INFINITE RICHES !
I HAVE SEEN THEWORD BLOG MANY TIMES RECENTLY BUT CANNOT REALLY FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS
OWEN
At November 29, 2005 1:47 AM, home equity line of credit said…
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