Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Who Comes Up With This Stuff

Lately, I've been getting tons of scam email from people claiming I am owed large sums of money.  Many of them tie in to the Bank of Africa in Burkina Faso (which has the coolest capital name, Ouagadougou...lol), but others include the Australian lottery, or my favorite, a prize from Bill Gates, through Microsoft's United Kingdom division.

It made me wonder:  who writes this stuff?  None of it sounds credible, it is usually riddled with typos and grammatical errors, and anyone with common sense could see right through it.  No, I'm not going to allow your bank to route questionable money through my account, in order to receive a 50% split.  Last time I checked, that's considered money laundering.  Below is one of the most recent emails I received:

Hello,I write to confess what you are presently going through with my Boss. I was a member of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on Local and Foreign Debt attached to the World Bank office in Washington, DC, USA. I resigned my official duty when I discovered the activities of my colleagues during a private investigation I carried out. I suspected some kind of foul play in their act which they would never inform me because they know I would never be a party to such as a Christian. 
I discovered that my Boss was conniving with some top officials of the World Bank to divert funds approved to settle Lottery winners, International contractors and Inheritance. The World Bank has already given approval for the payment of your fund while they are deliberately delaying your payment. They continue to issue one fee or the other from different quarters. I wonder why you haven't noticed all this while. I can assure you this will keep happening if you do not do away with those officers.
Well I just hope you believe me, because if you don't, your fund is gone. Your fund is currently authorized to be paid to you from a financial consultant in the UK or US, approved by the World Bank with a Key Tested Reference/CLAIMS CODE Number, which was supposed to have been issued to you, but they have decided to divert your attention by telling you that they have something to do with one committee or the other especially here in UK or Africa and making you believe that the fund will be transferred into your account - FALSE! 
The reason why I am giving you this information is because of the fact that I was aware of it and my doctrine does not permit me to withhold such information. The only help you can get from me now, is the actual link to your payment, please do not give this information to my boss as it may lead to them influencing a total blockage to your payment, so you have to be very careful with this information. 
Upon your response to this message, I shall give you all you need to contact the affiliate Payment Office in UK or US. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
Yours truly,
Ms. Rosalia J.Ramos

The things people come up with, to try to get some money.   It really is a shame.

Marcus Jamison, the Rare Poet

1 comment:

  1. What pisses me off the MOST are the ones that attach themselves to real estate ads on craigslist. I'm currently looking for a house rental and some of them are tied to these idiots and it pisses me OFF! They have this mess about sending x-amount of money to Nigeria or somewhere and you will get the key immediately. WTF! Get a damn life. But apparently, they have a life because there are more people than we know or can image that actually comply with these scams. That baffles me even more.

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