My boyfriend Abdullah

**phesina** · 09-09-2008, 04:52 PM

Just who and what IS this person? I guess I missed whatever conversations about him there have been in the past.

**Medusa** · 09-09-2008, 04:56 PM

Originally Posted by phesina

Just who and what IS this person? I guess I missed whatever conversations about him there have been in the past.

Heh heh...he's one of my many suitors from Nigeria. He and/or one of his "brothers" were sending me spam email almost daily, telling me that they had an unclaimed fortune that, if I would just be an emissary for them, that they would give me a large percentage of said fortune, which just happened to be in the millions. That didn't work on me so now Abdullah is trying another con, er, uh, rather, I mean approach.

**CountryWolf07** · 09-09-2008, 07:53 PM

Originally Posted by Medusa

Heh heh...he's one of my many suitors from Nigeria. He and/or one of his "brothers" were sending me spam email almost daily, telling me that they had an unclaimed fortune that, if I would just be an emissary for them, that they would give me a large percentage of said fortune, which just happened to be in the millions. That didn't work on me so now Abdullah is trying another con, er, uh, rather, I mean approach.

... You're not only the one! I've been getting odd emails like that from Ireland or the UK. LOL

**Barbara** · 09-10-2008, 02:49 AM

Do you know that this scam orginiated from pre-e-mail times. I got a letter like that in my company about 15 years ago.
And I read an article in a magazine some years ago that explained how many people really fell for it. They tell you to transfer all these millions from Nigeria you have to give them a little money (like 5000 Dollar

) to bribe some people. And people paid it. Then next time they need a little more. And people continue to throw good money after bad money.
I read about a business man who even travelled to Lagos to get his money back. They brought him in a big bank and he spoke to a very honest person there- turns out there was a corrupt guy at the bank who rented his desk out for an hour to help with the scam!!!! You could write novels about these stories!

I never forget the good old saying "there is no such thing as a free lunch

"

**pomtzu** · 09-10-2008, 07:07 AM

I get at least 3 or 4 of these every day - from Nigeria, the UK among other places. I'm a multi-millionaire several times over every day. Wouldn't that be nice if it was real?????

**Medusa** · 09-10-2008, 07:32 AM

It's bad enough that people think that they're going to claim a lot of money but they also give out their pertinent information. Many times these emails will include a form that they want me to complete which includes my bank account number, my routing number, etc. It's difficult to believe that people would fall for that but they must or the scam wouldn't continue.

**Cinder & Smoke** · 09-10-2008, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Barbara

Do you know that this scam orginiated from pre-e-mail times?

I got a letter like that in my company about 15 years ago.

I never forget the good old saying "there is no such thing as a free lunch"

I got a couple of those "original" real paper letters, too!!

Seems to me it was longer than 15 years ago ... but who's counting?

I remember showing it to 'Max' at the post office ... it had a "real" foreign
stamp and postmark; hand-addressed; "official" stationery; the real thing!
'Max' just >grinned< from ear-to-ear ... "Your first one, huh?"
She did her best to 'splain that they came in batches - and EVERYone got
one, sooner or later. "Toss it" was her suggested solution.

I called the Postal Inspectors to report that a 'Mail Scam' was afoot ---
call me back for the details!
A Postal Dude called back a day later ... all gung-ho and excited about my
"New Mail Scam" ... till I read him the letter.

He tried to be polite and sympathetic --- but his real suggestion was the
same as Max had given me - "Just toss it, and be happy you didn't reply."
And I thought I was 'special' ...

**Laura's Babies** · 09-10-2008, 08:37 AM

Gee whiz! Have I missed making a new friend by deleting all my spam without reading it?

I read a long detailed story about a guy who scammed THEM right back by leading them on that he was going to do everything they wanted him to do. It was the funniest thing I ever read and it went on for months!

Wonder what would happen if we started filling up their e-mail boxes with junk?

**pomtzu** · 09-10-2008, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Laura's Babies

Wonder what would happen if we started filling up their e-mail boxes with junk?

I tried that for a while. Didn't work! I've gotten 5 already today and it isn't even noon.

**Husky_mom** · 09-09-2008, 04:57 PM

Originally Posted by phesina

Just who and what IS this person? I guess I missed whatever conversations about him there have been in the past.

LOL.. it´s just a spam email telling you you won the lottery or that some people in africa died and you are the one to claim the fortune.. LOL... they just need soem info from you in order to "tranfer" the money to you... yeah right..