Scammers scamming off the back of scammers!
Scammers scamming off the back of scammers!
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Poledriver

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29,601 posts

224 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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Just received this one, trying to legitamise themselves:-
"UNION BANK/UNITED NATIONS SCAMMED VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:07765 $5MILLION USD.
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to Union Bank Of Nigeria to pay 100 Nigerian scam victims $5Million USD each, you are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims, get back to me as soon as possible with a scanned copy of your international passports or drivers license for identifications and for the immediate payment of your $5 Million compensation funds.
On this faithful recommendations,I want you to know that during the last United Nations meetings held recentely at Abuja Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today,in other to retain the good image of the country,the president of the country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $5Million USD each,Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria,the payments are to be paid by Union Bank Of Nigeria as corresponding paying bank under fundling assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria(C.B.N.).
According to the number of applicants at hand, 84 beneficiaries has been paid,half of the victims are from the United States,we still have more 16 left to be paid the compensations of $5Million each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria/London as one of their victims of the operations,you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any body for any reason what so ever,the US secret service is already on trace of the criminals.
For more vital information please call my direct number: +234-8087839132, You can receive your compensations payments via any of the both options you choose, Account To Account Fast Wire Transfer or Atm Card Payment Mode,I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you,
Yours faithfully,
Mr.Mark Dived
Phone:+234-8087839132,
Email: divedmarka@gmail.com"

Maybe have a bity of fun with this one, it's got a phone number!
Also, they want to see a scanned passport or driving licence... I still have my late father's ones! HMMmmm scratchchin

Anyone elose had any 'new' ones?

soad

34,689 posts

206 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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Too good to be true. Nigerian compensation scheme, yeah right...

And don't give them any ID (late father's or not) - they'll use it to commit fraud probably.

Poledriver

Original Poster:

29,601 posts

224 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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soad said:
Too good to be true. Nigerian compensation scheme, yeah right...

And don't give them any ID (late father's or not) - they'll use it to commit fraud probably.
Really? there are no accounts or addresses which they can access!

ukwill

10,260 posts

237 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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Anyone watch Lagos last night? First in a 3 parter. Really quite good. Seems that the "entrepreneurial spirit" is in their DNA.

soad

34,689 posts

206 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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ukwill said:
Anyone watch Lagos last night?
I haven't - will try to catch it on iplayer though.

308mate

13,758 posts

252 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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I thought this was going to be a thread about insurance companies.

Uncle Fester

3,114 posts

238 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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I wonder if some of our photoshop artists could have a giggle with this.

Scan a passport.

Photoshop changes to all unique information and send it off.

Hopefully they lack cultural awareness to spot things like a name which would grab our attention. Some Nigerians have long names, but how many of us would recognise the difference between a real Nigerian name and a spoof Nigerian name?

With any luck someone will try and use the identities in a situation that they'll get arrested.

Turn up at Customs or a bank with a forged passport in the name of a Monty Python character like Mr Nothingverysuspiciousaboutme and see what happens.

Poledriver

Original Poster:

29,601 posts

224 months

Friday 16th April 2010
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Uncle Fester said:
I wonder if some of our photoshop artists could have a giggle with this.

Scan a passport.

Photoshop changes to all unique information and send it off.

Hopefully they lack cultural awareness to spot things like a name which would grab our attention. Some Nigerians have long names, but how many of us would recognise the difference between a real Nigerian name and a spoof Nigerian name?

With any luck someone will try and use the identities in a situation that they'll get arrested.

Turn up at Customs or a bank with a forged passport in the name of a Monty Python character like Mr Nothingverysuspiciousaboutme and see what happens.
Ha Ha, like it

HMMmm... Mr. Smoke-too-much?