Advert Scammer

[krusty]

FYI

Had this email first...

> From: [e-mail]
> To: [e-mail]
> Subject: RE: '1985 V8 90' at PistonHeads.com
> Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 10:12:48 +0100
>

>
> The vehicle seems to be in good condition and am willing to buy,provided you can assure me that it has no mechanical or technical fault.Also i need to to cut down a bit on price.Kindly respond with the final price and mode of payment.
>
> Good day


Sent a polite reply, got this back....'tis borderline amusing....


Hello Mark,


I am in receipt of your email and i apologize for the delayed response.Note that the vehicle is not my primary objective for contacting you.I only used the car site to gain contact information of someone real and accountable as regards a business proposal but on the other hand,i still need the vehicle to run my business while in your country and i will pay cash.Also know that,this deal is very profitable and real.Before i proceed it is important to assure you that i write with an honest and sincere motive at heart.I am compelled to confide in you as regards a deal that requires urgent and immediate facilitation.However,Its my pleasure to introduce myself.

I am Captain Grant Huges. 090209-M-2550C-014 II Marine Expeditionary of Multinational Division Center base.In Kabul,Afghanistan.Am currently with the NATO Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace keeping mission in Afghanistan.On May 23,2010 we got Intel on an existing terrorist camp in Marjah. a suburb not too far from Kabul here in Afghanistan. After Immediate
invasion, we conquered and successfully dissolved the camp capturing some members of this group.In the process of torture they confessed being rebels for Abu Baqir a Taliban sub-commander and al-Qaida group leader, and they took us to a cave in Marjah. which served as their camp.

There we recovered several guns, bombs and other ammunition including some boxes among which two contains nuclear weapons, one filled with hard drugs(cocaine) and the other four to my amazement contain some millions of US Dollars.We turned in the rest of the merchandise as exhibit but kept the cash.I have in my possession the sum of 12.7 million U.S. dollars as my share.

As a military official, am not supposed to have such money in my possession this is why i need your assistance.I am in keen need of a Reliable and Trust worthy person who would receive the box,secure and protect it till my arrival which should be soon. In less than a month i will be relieve of my duty in Afghanistan then we can meet for sharing and further possible investment plans. I assure and promise to give you 30% of this fund, however feel free to negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in this business.


Please, i trust you to maintain absolute secrecy and confidentiality to protect my job,myself and the money. In less than 4 days the box should be in your possession and i will give you further instructions.But you must know that i have taken precautionary measures to secure the money.The box is coded with high security gadget so am the only one that has the right combination to unlock it.Please declare your interest by sending the following information

Full name ..............................

Full address .............................. .........

Direct phone number ................

Occupation............................

Scanned copy of your ID.

I anticipate your positive response.


Regards,

Grant

[arcticgoldfish]

Ooo, do it. Think of all that lovely money coming your way!!

Amazes me people fall for this sort of thing.

[Mr Will]

I've banned him, and you (and everyone else he contacted) should have a warning winging its way to you as we speak.

[Tanguero]

Mr Will said:

I've banned him, and you (and everyone else he contacted)

A bit ott?

Edited by Tanguero on Tuesday 28th September 11:44

[Mr Will]

Tanguero said:

Mr Will said:

I've banned him, and you (and everyone else he contacted)

A bit ott?

Edited by Tanguero on Tuesday 28th September 11:44

'tis the only way to be sure...

[RacingPete]

I love that email. It is obviously important intel into the fact there are nuclear weapons just laying around in caves in Afghanistan, someone quickly tell Mr Blair and get his WMD inspectors around!

[krusty]

I've had another piece of Spam mail from another email address associated with this advert. I'd had two or three email conversation regarding my advert with Ed Owen only to recieve this today.
I suggest the common denominator is your end....



Dear friend,
i would like to introduce a good company who trades mainly in electronic products, They provide the best service to customers,they provide you with original products of good quality,and what is more,the price is a surprising happiness to you!
The web address: www.theintershoponline.com

--
Ed Owen
[e-mail]

[Mr Will]

krusty said:

I've had another piece of Spam mail from another email address associated with this advert. I'd had two or three email conversation regarding my advert with Ed Owen only to recieve this today.
I suggest the common denominator is your end....



Dear friend,
i would like to introduce a good company who trades mainly in electronic products, They provide the best service to customers,they provide you with original products of good quality,and what is more,the price is a surprising happiness to you!
The web address: www.theintershoponline.com

--
Ed Owen
[e-mail]

There is no way he can get your email address directly from the site, but unfortunately once you replied to him it would have been revealed.

If we find that the scammers start to harvest emails by getting unsuspecting people to reply then we will see what we can do to stop it, but it's not something we have seen happening often.