You have been approved

[Brumpa]

Damp ner ett mail i min inkorg häromdagen..

 

Dear Winner,

 

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting

sweepstake held on the 16Th of February, 2007. This is a millennium scientific

computer game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program

aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to

enter for it.

 

Your email address attached to ticket number 80-23-090 drew the EUROMILLION

lucky numbers 9273418 which consequently won the draw in the Second category.

 

CONGRATULATIONS !!!

 

You have been approve for the star prize of Five Hundred and Twenty Five

Thousand Euros (525,000.00 Euros)

 

You are advised to keep this winning very confidential until you receive your

lump prize in your account or optional cheque issuance to you. This is a

protective measure to avoid double claiming by people you may tell as we have

had cases like this before,

 

In other to claim your (525,000.00 Euros) prize winning, which has been

deposited in a designated bank. However,you will have to fill the form below

and send it to our registered claim agent (LIBERTY SEGUROS COMPANY)for

verification and then you will be directed to the bank where your winning funds

are deposited in your favour.

 

FULL NAMES:..............

AGE:...............

SEX:...............

ADDRESS:...........

EMAIL:.............

PHONE:.............

OCCUPATION:........

COUNTRY:...........

AMOUNT WON.........

BATCH Nº............

REFERENCE Nº........

 

Please you are adviced to complete the form and send it immediately to your

claims agent (LIBERTY SEGUROS COMPANY) through email to enable them help you

processing your claim for prompt collection of your fund from the designated

bank.

 

Ack så sugen man är på att claima mina 525000... Men man kan ju udnra. vad vill de ha min adress och emailadress till? Brukar de inte vara ute efter kontonummer etc?

 

Har givetvis utelämnat uppgifter om ref å batch number och vart man ska svara för att inte ni ska ta mina pengar :=)

[Loveless]

Ingen fara, då de flesta här har en IQ över 83 och inser att det är en scam.

Givetvis kommer de fråga efter bankkonto när losern kontaktar dem.

[Joey]

Klonk! Fan att jag aldrig kan ha sån tur.

[SaInT]

Äh, PM'a din mailadress till mig så ska vi se om inte du också kan klonka.

[greywolf]

[thekid]

Jag har fått liknande brev, både i posten och nu på mailen. Hur man ens kan överväga att det skulle vara sant år 2007 är för mig lite förvånande.

 

Ett annat mail jag fick handlade om en slags Herbal viagra, som skulle boosta både sexlust, erektion och din förmåga att ge en kvinna orgasmer! Fatta bra deal!!!!! Jag nappar!

[snerki]

Physical harm or death

 

Some victims have hired private investigators in Nigeria or have personally travelled to Nigeria, without ever retrieving their money. There are cases of victims being unable to cope with the losses and committing suicide. [12]

One American was murdered in Nigeria in June 1995 after being lured by a 419 scam.

In February 2003, a scam victim from the Czech Republic shot and killed Michael Lekara Wayid, an official at the Nigerian embassy in Prague. [13] [14]

29-year old George Makronalli, a Greek man, was murdered in South Africa after responding to a 419 scam. [3]

Kjetil Moe, a Norwegian businessman, was reported missing and ultimately killed after a trade with Nigerian scammers in Johannesburg, South Africa (September 1999). [1]

Mary Winkler is awaiting trial over the shooting of her pastor husband on March 22, 2006, after allegedly being taken for $17,500 in a 419 scam.[15]

Leslie Fountain, a senior technician at Anglia Polytechnic University in England, set himself on fire after falling victim to a scam; Fountain died of his injuries.[16]

 

 

Även om det är stort skämt för dom flesta som får brevet ska man nog inte blanda sig in för hårt, de som skickar breven skojjar inte.

 

"While various figures have wildly claimed that the 419 scam employs as many as 250,000 people in Nigeria, in reality it has often been linked to small organized gangs often working in concert in western cities and in Nigeria. In recent years, the 419 scam has spurred imitations from other locations in Africa and Eastern Europe."

[upandcoming]

Alla känner till Nigeriabreven. Inte minst vi "upplysta" internetanvändare. Detta till trots kommer sådana här inlägg upp lite då och då på olika forum. Det säger ju en hel del om vilken potential det finns i att arbeta med scams. Insane, alltså.

[greywolf]

det är ju iaf liiiiite rimligare med brev där dom behöver hjälp med att få ut pengar ur landet och ger bort procent på vinsten, det skulle iaf kunna funka i teorin. Att ramdom lotteriföretag skulle skicka mail till random kille på internet och ge bort 525miljoner euro är så orimligt så man förstår det inte. men människor är väl inte överdrivet rationella när det kommer till pengar.