What are the oddest, stupidest, or most outright obvious scam messages you have ever recieved? I'll start out with this one, which I just got:

FROM:THE DESK OF MR.KONAL OXFORD.
CREDIT OFFICER,FOREIGN REMITTANCE
DEPARTMENT,UNION BANK OF NIGERIA(U.B.N).


DEAR SIR,

FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION;THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY ONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED,BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.

WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION,AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF YOUR DISCRETNESS AND ABILITY IN TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.

LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU.I AM MR.KONAL OXFORD,CREDIT OFFICER WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,LAGOS. I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION,WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.

THE PROPOSITION:

A FOREIGNER AN AMERICAN,LATE ENGR JOHN CREEK (SNR) AN OIL MERCHANT WITH T HE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,UNTIL HIS DEATH IN KENYA AIR BUS (A310-300) FLIGHT KQ430,BANKED WITH US AT UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC LAGOS AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT THE END OF JANUARY,2000 WORTH USD25, 000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR),THE BANK NOW EXPECTS A NEXT OF KIN AS BENEFICIARY.VALUABLE EFFORTS ARE BEING MADE BY THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE CREEK'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO SUCCESS.

IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF LATE ENGR.JOHN CREEK(SNR)'S NEXT OF KIN (HE HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN THAT IS KNOWN TO US).THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,THAT ARANGE HAS BEEN MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE DECLEARED "UNCLAINMED" AND SUBSEQUENTLY BE DONATED TO THE TRUST FUND FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.

IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO LATE ENGR. JOHN CREEK(SNR) SO THAT THE FUND USD25 MILLION WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT OF KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT.

WE HAVE SECURE FROM THE PROBATE AN ORDER OF MADAMUS TO LOCATE ANY OF DECEASED BENEFICIARIES,AND MORE SO WE ARE ASSURING YOU THAT THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE INVOLVEMENT.YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE.

ACCORDING TO AGGREMENT WITHIN BOTH PARTIES AS SOON AS WE RECIEVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE IN ACCEPTANCE OF OUR MUTUAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL,WE WOULD FURNISH YOU WITH THE NECCESSARY MODALITIES AND DISBURSEMENT RATIO TO SUITE BOTH PARTIES WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT.

IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU DO NOT MAKE UNDUE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRUST WE HAVE BESTOWED IN YOU AND YOUR COMPANY,THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY VIA MY E-MAIL:konox@ecplaza.net

PLEASE FURNISH ME WITH YOUR MOST CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE,FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN USE THIS INFORMATION TO APPLY FOR THE RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT TRANSFER OF THE FUND IN YOUR FAVOUR.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-ORPORATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR.KONAL OXFORD.







Haha. Yeah Right. Anyone else get mails like this?

If you think that's funny, check out http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/ , where they actually correspond with the scammers and get them to take goofy pictures, give up more information, etc. etc. They're quite funny.

DisneyFan-I think your e-mail came from the same place as the ones from the link mrcoffee provided.

In both yours and the ones on the site (some of which are quite funny, I might add:D ) tend to not have spaces after commas. (commas,...not comas ;) )

-That was just me noticing things again.:rolleyes:

I've gotten quite a few of these 'scam' emails - they're pretty funny...

I just delete them if my junk email filter doesn't catch it.

-Demigod

I got a message the other day that I now wish I held on to so I could post it here. Unfortunately I deleted it and none of you will have the pleasure of reading it (unless you get one sent to you).

It was an email from "Citibank" asking me to click on the provided link and verify my credit card number and provide tons of other private information. Of course, that's not so funny when you think about all the suckers that might fall for it. But the funny part was that every word longer than 3 letters was spelled incorrectly, but still readable. It was like a 6 year old wrote the thing. I was amazed and amused. :D

Anybody dumb enough to fall for such an email almost deserves to have their identity stolen.

Originally posted by Bill Catherall
I got a message the other day that I now wish I held on to so I could post it here. Unfortunately I deleted it and none of you will have the pleasure of reading it (unless you get one sent to you).

I got that one too. CNet News.com has a story (http://news.com.com/2100-1029-5139891.html) about it.

I get a ton of "stoopid" emails but I usually just delete them if I don't recognize the sender. I'll start reading them so I can include them in this thread. Here's one I just received (it was also formatted this way):
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Subject: "A new and fuller freedom"

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O curse of marriage that we can call these delicate creatures ours and not their appetites! Of coorrrrse, I remooooved the web addresssss becaasse I don't want to adveeertisse foor them. :rolleyes: (My spell checker just about had a stroke.)

Originally posted by Bill Catherall
Of coorrrrse, I remooooved the web addresssss becaasse I don't want to adveeertisse foor them. :rolleyes: (My spell checker just about had a stroke.)

The misspellings are mostly deliberate attempts to fool Bayesian spam filters. Not that it works or anything, but that's what they're trying.

Most of my stupid e-mails offer products not of a family-friendly board nature.

What I find ironic is that it should be obvious to anyone who knows me (or looks at my abdomen,) that my husband does not need the pharmaceutical products that they're trying to get me to purchase. I frequently ask my friends and say, "Do I look like my husband needs these products?"

Adrienne

Originally posted by adriennek
What I find ironic is that it should be obvious to anyone who knows me (or looks at my abdomen,) that my husband does not need the pharmaceutical products that they're trying to get me to purchase. I frequently ask my friends and say, "Do I look like my husband needs these products?"

Adrienne

I get those emails too. Infact, according to "Melissa", I can have better nights in only 3 days! :fez: :rolleyes:

Well, this wasn't an email, but I think it deserves a stupid spam stamp. Click Me (http://www.herron-family.com/popupad.jpg)


:rolleyes:

Haha! That's funny. I also get spam trying to sell me email filtering software...to filter out spam.