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ALL the lotteries, draws, compensation schemes, inheritances, payment agent or mystery shopper jobs and business proposals offering huge sums of money are SCAMS. You CAN'T WIN a lottery or prize draw you HAVEN'T ENTERED. Please don't post comments asking if the SCAMS you have received are real. PLEASE DON'T LEAVE YOUR PERSONAL DETAILS IN A COMMENT ASKING SCAMMERS TO CONTACT YOU (yes, people really do this regularly!)

The Real Truth about your Inheritance

This is the first time I can remember receiving a scam that claims to come from Togo.  It’s the usual story of crooked officials and millions of dollars, which I can have if I just send the scammer some money!

Ignore this scammer who will just keep asking you to send money if you make the mistake of replying.  If you don’t believe me, read the comment left on this post a few days [Continue reading The Real Truth about your Inheritance]

Re:

If my inbox is to be believed, Nigeria is full of wicked people who’s sole aim is to “divert funds” so that I don’t get them.  All I have to do, apparently, is reply to any of these emails and untold riches will come my way.  Or not.  The only money that will exchange hands if this scammer gets his way will be your money flowing into this scammer’s bank account.

You know perfectly [Continue reading Re:]

Partnership Invite

This cunning scammer thought he’d send his scam as an attached graphic so that spam filters wouldn’t detect it.

So – for your entertainment and the scammer’s embarrassment I’ve reproduced the graphic below.

Read the attached file on partnership invitation and get back to me.

Kind Regards, Thom Jeson

thomjeson@aol.com

ggr.2010@rediffmail.com

Partnership Invite]

Respond to me if interested.

“Dijk Van Michan” is no friend of mine – or yours.  He’s a scammer.  He doesn’t have access to millions of unclaimed dollars, and if he did he most certainly wouldn’t want to share them with you or me.  This scammer’s only interest in money is yours – he is hoping you will believe his story and then he will start asking you to send him money for fees.  Ignore him.

Dear [Continue reading Respond to me if interested.]

CITOYEN FRANÇAIS SOLLICITE VOTRE PARTENARIAT

My French isn’t great, but anything that tells me the writer wants a relationship that is beneficial to both parties is always a scam.  This is the usual story of a tragic accident leaving millions of Euros etc, etc.

The only person who will benefit from this relationship is the scammer – who is hoping you will be taken in by their story and will start sending them money.  Ignore him.

CITOYEN [Continue reading CITOYEN FRANÇAIS SOLLICITE VOTRE PARTENARIAT]

YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS

The usual blah from a scammer who has no idea who you are or where you are.  He doesn’t care who you are or where you are – all he wants you to do is start sending him money.  If you make the mistake of replying you will find this scammer starts asking you to send money to pay fees.  Ignore him or her.

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA [Continue reading YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS]

CHECK YOUR MAIL AND REPLY

I think this scammer needs to go back to school.  Her email claims to come from the wonderfully named “Mrs” – not a name to inspire confidence in her readers.  She then goes on to tell me the usual tale of wicked goings on and irregularities regarding millions of dollars that she claims I am owed.

Before you reply, just stop and think.  Are you really owed millions of dollars?  Of course you aren’t. [Continue reading CHECK YOUR MAIL AND REPLY]

RE: TEST

Apparently ” Barrister Richard Walker” has at least a billion pounds to transfer to my account.  Hey – who needs to buy a lottery ticket when you can just answer a random email, addressed to “Dear Sir/Madam” and get a billion (pounds or dollars I wonder?)

If you think I’m being a bit cynical – you’re right.  I’m sure you realise that anyone who died, leaving billions of dollars (or pounds) would have family, [Continue reading RE: TEST]

Hello

s_girl12 writes to me from a Japanese Yahoo email address to tell me that she is called “Demonth Oscar” and is in London.  She also seems to be a little confused about which firm of solicitors she works for – initially she tells me she is with “Demonth & Associates”, but then she tells me she is with “Rignald and Associate”.

I think this confused scammer needs to go back to scam school – [Continue reading Hello]

HELLO DEAREST

Anita Franck writes to me from Senegal to tell me she is called Diana Bashan.  She’s even included a random photo.  Why would she tell me she is called something else?  Because she is a scammer.  Who seems to have decided that writing in both Spanish and English will increase the number of potential victims.

Don’t reply.  This scammer doesn’t have millions of dollars.  He or she is just hoping you will start sending [Continue reading HELLO DEAREST]