braxton Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 i got this email today. Dear Sir/Madam, I am Mr Chinedu Akpa, personal attorney to Mr. Mark Anthony, an expatriate who used to work with Accredited Oil Company here in Nigeria, West Africa. On the 2nd of January 2005, I received a call that my client died in the Tsunami Disaster with his wife and only child while on vacation at Phuket Island in Thailand. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives and until date have not succeeded. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged. Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at US$700.000 (Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the biological relatives of my late client, I hereby seek your consent to present you to the bank as next-of-kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$700.000 thousand can be transferred to you as inheritance and thereafter, you and me can share the money; 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% will be donated to the Tsunami Disaster Charity Fund. We shall start the first transfer with US$300.000. (Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only), upon the successful actualization of the first transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account. I have the original copy of Certificate of Deposit of the funds, which will be used to substantiate our inheritance claims. All I require is your consent and honest co-operation to enable us see the deal through. Furthermore, I guarantee that the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please contact me if you are interested immediately via my personal email:chineduakpa206@yahoo.com to enable us commence on the transaction. Thank you. With best regards, Mr. Chinedu Akpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILO Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 wtf sounds good, but too good to be true. i'd be real careful about this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolyKarbon Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 You're Mr. Mark Anthonys distant relative too?! Hey, that makes us like cousins right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
braxton Posted February 20, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NYUK Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 SCAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kayleigh Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 spam has certainly morphed into some scary sh*t... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilarious Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Screw the money, I wanna know where this "Phuket Island in Thailand" is. Am I the only HQ member that would like to visit this place? That name is pronouced, (fuck-it) Island, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetshee4312 Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 i have gotten one exxaacctllly like that before....totally totally a scammm hahah i found it funnny.....another time tryin to sell my quad online, the guy said he lived in germany or some shit and that he was going 2 send me 12,000 and i wanted 3 for the shee itself, because shipping was that much ahahaha, he actually sent the cheak 2, sooo fake though...figured id try takin it 2 the bank, yupp fake, some people are giant assholes and think people are that stupid.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPEN Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Sad part is, iam sure there are some people who probably think its legit and start running around the house screaming with joy... Hate people who try to take advantage of others... RIPPEN Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
banshee tuner Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 Someone will fall for it and be crying on the news tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeBrian Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 It's like a letter i got last year form some goons in Nigeria that want to deposit 10 million in my account and if i go with it I'm allowed to keep a few mil for myself. No thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tithead Posted February 20, 2006 Report Share Posted February 20, 2006 get emails like that all the time on hotmail. all you need to do is look in your junk mail. or is that just me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeBrian Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Some of the europeans think we are " doopid amaricans" and will try for the ol' "send me 3 grand to my brothers house in Naples and I will float over you're banshee on the next vessel". They are a stench in the nostrils of honest men. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennybyz Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 Screw the money, I wanna know where this "Phuket Island in Thailand" is.Am I the only HQ member that would like to visit this place? That name is pronouced, (fuck-it) Island, right? 476473[/snapback] i believe this island was part of a scit on saturday nite live in the 80 s .......this story is why most people should be nuked Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
korndawg Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 That name is pronouced, (fuck-it) Island, right? I thought that the first time I saw it too, but unfortunately it's pronounced poo-ket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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