It always makes me chortle seriously when I receive such spam mail with all sorts of enticing figures and ridiculous promises from total strangers. They’ve simply chosen the wrong customer.
It actually makes me wonder who the fools and unfortunate souls who fall for these scams are? They are GREEDY people!
Why would anyone become the beneficiary of huge sums of money out of the blues, when it’s not the open national lottery?
It’s only greed that will make a human want to harvest where they never sowed. It’s only avarice that will make a fool fall for scams that are as old as time.
People should beware of such mail. Don’t click or ever respond to it. Send it forever to the trash and don’t let the creep out.
I receive several each week and overlook them, but it dawned on me that so many poor, unassuming humans have fallen into such pit of rattlesnakes.
Below is a copy and paste of one of such mail.
Please feel free to chuckle with me or reblog if need be.
Regards,
© Jacqueline Oby-Ikocha
Hello my dear,
This is to bring to your notice the resolution of our recently
concluded Joint Committee meeting with the United Nations Secretary
General (Ban Ki-moon) and the World Bank Group President ( Jim Yong
Kim) with Agenda focused on investigating the unnecessary delay of
international withheld payments which was previously approved.
The Joint Committee discovered with great dismay that
your name with this email address is on the list of beneficiaries
whose payment has not been paid and unnecessarily delayed by corrupt
officials of the Banks in Africa.Following series of complain to the UN Secretary General (Ban Ki-moon
) over the discrepancies by Banks which has made it impossible for
people like you to claim their compensation / Inheritance funds, a
decision was reached by the Committee with the approval of the UN
Secretary General (Ban Ki-moon) under the authority of United States
to compel all Financial Institutions in Europe, Asia and Africa for urgent
release of all unpaid approved funds before the end of June 2016.The Good news is that an irrevocable payment approval has been issued
by the World Bank group to release your part – payment through MONEY
GRAM payment Scheme. The federal ministry of finance accredited payment
coordinator (Mr.Tony Jiaja ) will send your daily payment of $5,000 USD
to your name until your total payment is completed so urgently contact
Mr.Tony Jiaja at (wsucenter1@yahoo.co.jp) with Mobile (+229 653 615 95)
and reconfirm your daily payment receiver’s details below.(1) Receiver’s Name….
(2) Receiver’s Address ……..
(3) Telephone/ Cell# ……
(4) Test Question ……
(5) Test Answer ……..We will monitor and ensure that legitimate process is followed to
ensure that you receive your fund without further delay. Contact Mr.
Tony Jiaja who is currently expecting your contact, He will assist you
in transferring your funds, so make sure you give him your profound
cooperation to avoid undue delays or further hitches.Be advised you STOP all further communications with everyone regarding
this payment and keep this communication highly confidential to avoid
interception of information that might lead to double claim or loss of
any part of your approved daily payment as scheduled.Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Juliana Edgar
Anyone who refers to me as, Dear… is suspicious, automatically. Ha ha ha
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I hate such smarmy nonsense especially since I have not related with you before… I agree with that sentiment ha 😉
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Lol @ suspicious automatically. XD
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She is automated to detect false charm 🙂
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Right? I mean, I’m too tall for that cuddly sort of greeting. xo
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You do make me laugh 🙂
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Yah I don’t know which is worse, the people that create these emails or the one’s that want to reap the benefit for doing nothing. make a quick buck.
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It just borders on outrageous Pamela. Both parties are idiots!
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Nigerian princes are skipping me now a days. May be they figured out that I do not have any spare change lying around to send the check to get my prize money😊😊
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Absolutely ridiculous ventures. You are better off skipped 😉
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😊😊
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There is one place for this – the trash can!
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Definitely! Silly people.
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This particular message is very innovative and seems like a well researched one- with UN meetings, Ban Ki moon and so on. I mean, may have been a knowledgeable chap or chappie for that matter.
Susie
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The person really took their time and added some name dropping to sweeten the bait.
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Yeah Jackie, imagine. He/she was so intent on baiting that he spent a lot of time and resources really trying to authenticate his claims. I must salute his creativity and yours, for not falling prey. 🙂
Susie
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I have no time for such thieving people. I don’t believe in harvesting what I never sowed. He or she should look for better things to do with their time.
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This from Larson E. Whipsnade, (W.C. Fields in the 1939 movie, “You Can’t Cheat An Honest Man.”)
Whipsnade: As my dear old grandfather, Litvak said (just before they swung the trap), he said “You can’t cheat an honest man. Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump.”
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I totally like this quote. It’s very true too. Thank you for reading and your wise comment 🙂
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The “victims” are no fools because all these scam emails have wrongdoing written all over them yet people “fall” for them. I’ve always been on the side of “if you ain’t greedy, these scammers will never get you.”
They call you up to tell you you’ve won a lottery you did not play and you fall for that? They want to transfer money from the bank account of a dead person to yours and you agree to that? Looking to reap where you did not sow much? 😀 😀
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Nne odiro gi egwu? It’s just a shame that people will not sit and seek honest living but would rather dabble into such things bother the scammer and the scammed person. They are both plain greedy.
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Those emails do make me laugh also. Beyond it just being the greedy who fall for those kind of scams though, it’s also the desperate (heavily in debt for financial ones, deeply lonely if dating ones) & the vulnerable (either old people who aren’t that tech savvy & fall for the “Calling from Windows about your PC. It has a virus” scams or people with mental illnesses etc). So I have mixed emotions about them I guess. Part amusement & part frustration/anger.
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That’s just so sad and unfair really. Especially taking advantage of disadvantage people.
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I sometimes receive those in my spam folder. I sometimes reply back with a salty, ‘fu** off.’ (Pardon the profanity).
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I can quite imagine your annoyance.
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The bots are funny. One told me once my writing had gotten bad. Then kindly offered me a solution to make it better LOL.
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Lol… Who died and made them the handwriting police? 😀
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Nne, ask me o. Silly people
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No kidding, right?
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Silly nonsense! I really wonder what they take people for?
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Yep indeed LOL
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I agree, how in the world do you fall for something that is as old as time itself? But they do and it ruins them. Poor believing souls.
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Lol, poor gullible souls. 😀
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Trapped by their own greed and foolishness.
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Poor sad souls really.
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A similar blog was posted either on LinkedIn or beBee. I can’t believe people would fall for this garbage. This is why I love the delete button.
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Very useful, this delete buttons. It’s really amazing that people do fall for such trash.
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This is such a shame!! My mother received s phone call recently from one of these starting with “this is the Internal Revenue Service and we’ve been trying to find you..” She hung up so hard I think that person’s ear is still ringibg. She has one of those old fashioned, heavy duty phones:)
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I like your mother. Silly nonsense. I hope the caller developed a persistent ringing ear. I should buy one of those heavy duty phones:-)
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LoL!! Ever since she told me that I’ve been on the lookout for one.
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Honestly, when I read your post my interest in one was roused.
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Hi Jackie,
Operation 419 at its best. XD
Those scam mails amuse me more than they annoy me. I wonder how anyone can fall for such long-winded fairy tales.
I agree with you, it is pure greed that removes the spirit of discernment from one who seeks to reap from where they did not sow. That is the only way one can fall for such nonsense, or does money now grow on trees?
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I wonder o. If money grows on trees then it missed my backyard. Very long winding amusing letters.
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Those dollar signs can make some act like fools and that is why scammers still exist.
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They too are fools and crooks to be taken in by promises of harvest where they didn’t sow.
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I really like this guy. He turns the scam around and has me laughing!
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Wrong video! This channels should be correct: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N682eopajzA
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I’ll have a watch. Thank you 🙂
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I feel so sad for people that fall for things like this.
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It makes no sense at all.
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When you stop to think about it though, this is a lesson that we each have to learn. In this lifetime they are learning what it is like to be a victim. It is difficult sometimes but we cannot judge a path we do not walk. We can be there to help and support if we can but everyone must walk their path alone.
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I really wonder how they get caught up in this but I have no idea what kind of stuff they pass through.
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Very true.
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We don’t know
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