Anyone else get a scam email from Africa

[Guest stillwaiting]

Hi, did anyone else get one of these scam emails from Africa, in their message box.

FROM : Miss. Rachelle Victoria Attah

MISSIONARY QUARTERS

PLATEAUX ABIDJAN

REPLY ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX PLEASE/

email: [email protected]

Dearest One,

I am Miss RAchelle Victoria Attah the only daughter of Mr Christopher Vincent Attah from Republic of Zimbabwe really in dear need to get somebody who will safe guard the interest of me and my treasure. Briefly, my late father Mr Christopher Vincent Attah was a Gold merchant who based in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

My late father was a wealthy Gold merchant who has

business in many countries in Europe, America and

Asian countries. According to my late father, my own mother died when I was about six years of age which means that I did not even know my mother very well.

The story is that my late father Mr Christopher was

poisoned to death by his business associates about

some months ago, and he died in a private hospital

here in Abidjan. But when he was about to die, he

called me beside his sick bed and told me that he

deposited the sum of Ten Million seven hundred

thousand United State Dollars (USD10.7M) in a security

firm here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire, this money was

kept for me his only daughter. Right now I am here in

Abidjan, the commercial city of Cote d'Ivoire in West

Africa.

My problem now is that since my late father has been

poisoned to death by his business associates, I don't

even trust any other person here again and to this

effect, I do contact you. Right now, I want you to

help me in the following ways:

1) I want you to help me retreive this money from the

security firm and then provide a bank account where

this amount here (USD10.7M) can be transferred.

2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and

also my personal guardian until I finished my studies

as I'm just 24 years of age.

3) You are going to procure admission for me to

continue my studies in one of the known university in

your country.

4) That you must prepare immediately to make a working

visit to Abidjan here so that me and you can see each

other and we can then do the transfer of the fund to

your account at the same time and I will go back with

you to your country for the fund investment.

5) You are going to receive 20% of the total sum for

your assitance to me.

I appreciate if you consider my condition and help me,

and I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I have

your response.

Waiting for your immediate response.

REPLY ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL BOX PLEASE/

email: [email protected]

Thanks for your understanding

Miss Rachelle Victoria Attah

[Guest Vector]

yep, check the threads in off topic about them... :D

[Guest nickcornaglia]

No need to answer...I've already made the deal!

Who needs lawyers and banks to handle that kind of stuff when you can just get a stranger from a country 10,000 miles away to do it for a fraction of the cost?!

I wonder what Miss Attah looks like. Could be marriage made in heaven!

"Mrs Rachelle Victoria Attah Cornaglia". Rolls off of the tounge! :D

[Guest Monolithix [MVP]]

OK...so that's kinda scarey encece, taken your pills yet today? ;p

Vaguely back on topic note Paul's post on the new rules for sending PM's :D

[Guest Coucou]

What's really amazing is that people do actually fall for it!

[Guest mcwarre]

What's really amazing is that people do actually fall for it!

You mean it's a scam? :oops: :oops: :oops: hehe

[Guest squall]

shucks i thought i was going to be rich

[Guest TANKERx]

This one has to take the biscuit though, a Nigerian astronaut is stuck on a Russian space station and has accumulated lots of pay while there and I can have a cut! Just check;

Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home

Dr. Bakare Tunde

Astronautics Project Manager

National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)

Plot 555

Misau Street

PMB 437

Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA

Dear Mr. Sir,

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.

In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account or subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70 percent to other accounts in due course.

Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include downpayment in this financial quarter.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234 (0) 9-234-2220 only.

Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde

Astronautics Project Manager

[email protected]

http://www.nasrda.gov.ng/

(got this from The Register)

[Guest ChrisJM]

i recieved one a while back, at the time i was praying for money too come ready to getta e200, then that came! then heard everyone had one! :'( i wanted the money too! :D oh well, i got the e200 any way!

[Guest Coucou]

This one has to take the biscuit though, a Nigerian astronaut is stuck on a Russian space station and has accumulated lots of pay while there and I can have a cut! Just check;

Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home  

Dr. Bakare Tunde  

Astronautics Project Manager  

National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)  

Plot 555  

Misau Street  

PMB 437  

Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA  

Dear Mr. Sir,

REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.

In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account or subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70 percent to other accounts in due course.

Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include downpayment in this financial quarter.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234 (0) 9-234-2220 only.

Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde  

Astronautics Project Manager  

[email protected]

http://www.nasrda.gov.ng/

(got this from The Register)

Oh my God! The poor guy, let's get him down as soon as we can. I've got 50p to set the ball rolling.

[Guest joekiong]

I luv this s***...makes me wonder who's the one deserving more pity....the dumbass who set it up, or the dumber-ass who actually falls for it, travels a few thousand miles, gets conned again and again, and comes back home whining to everyone about how he was fleeced of his assets by some really nifty crooks!!! The sheer comedy!!! :D ;) :lol:

[Guest hawpunch]

dear lord...we should gather all the people who come up with these scams and the people who fall for it and place them on a deserted island and then nuke the island and be done with it. and while we're at it, let's throw in the people who make computer viruses and the ones sending out all the spam email. good riddance.dear lord...we should gather all the people who come up with these scams and the people who fall for it and place them on a deserted island and then nuke the island and be done with it. and while we're at it, let's throw in the people who make computer viruses and the ones sending out all the spam email. good riddance.