I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Speaking of Scams...

Have you heard about this one: http://wafflesatnoon.com/2012/03/20/porter-stansberry-end-of-america-or-end-of-truth/

SPAM FUN

So, I got an email the other day that said this:

Dear Friend.

My name is Mr.Nahla Souzy, I am the Bill and Exchange manager here in Bank of Africa,Ouagadougou Burkina Faso,West-Africa. I have a business proposal in the tune of $15.5m, (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only) and after the successful transfer, we shall share in ratio of 40% for you and 60% for me.
Should you be interested, please contact me so we can commence all arrangements and i will give you more information on how we would handle this project.
Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the Following:

1. Your Full Name:............

2. Your Phone Number:..........
3. Your Age:....................
4. Your Sex:...................
5. Your Occupations:............
6. Your Country and City:....

Kind Regards,

Mr.Nahla Souzy.


It was obviously a scam so for fun I replied with fake information.  So here's what I got today:

Dear Friend John Doe,

Greetings to you and your family, I was glad to receive your mail, now

I have more confidence in you that you can not  cheat me or sit on
this fund when it transferred into your account, how is your family I
hope every body is fine. May the Almighty Allah bless you for your
effort, trust and the interest you have invested in this transaction.

Please my good friend, it is true that we don’t know each other, but

as long as we serve one Allah, i solicit for your confidence and trust
in this transaction in order to ensure that the funds will be
successfully transfer into your account without implications, so i
implore you to comply with me to enable us mutually undertake this
prospects

This is my direct phone number is
+226 74589909 and you can call me at
any time .

Now I will advise you to hurry up and fill this application form with

your banking information’s with your personal data’s and send it to
the management of my bank customers email address
(bankofafrica.online@postafiok.hu  ) as the next of kin to the
deceased customer, But do not fail  to inform me as soon as you apply
to our
bank so that I can follow up your application and make sure your
application is given an urgent attention, so that the bank can
commence on the transfer approval process while I am here to guard and
direct you on what to do until this fund is transferred in to your
account.

I will come to your country as soon as the fund is transferred into

your account, but please if you receive any mail from the bank do not
reply the bank until you inform me so that I can direct you on what to
do to avoid any error from your side in this transaction and make sure
you don’t let the management of my bank to know about my involvement
in this transaction, just keep every thing about this transaction
confidentially until the funds enters into your bank account before my
coming to your country for my own share of the fund ok.

Now fill in the application form below and send it to the bank immediately .


Thanks and best regards.

Mr. Nahla Souzy.


******************************

****************************************************************

HERE IS THE APPLICATION FORM FILL IT AND SEND IT TO THE BANK IMLMEDIATELY OK.

******************************
****************************************************************

ATTN: DR ADAMA COMPAORE

DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE
BANK OF AFRICAN (BOA)
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT OFFICE
BURKINA FASO, WEST AFRICA.
TELE: FAX (00226 50 39 72 29)
EMAIL. ( bankofafrica.online@postafiok.hu )

APPLICATION FOR THE URGENT RELEASE OF $15.5m, (FIFTEEN  MILLION FIVE

HUNDREN THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY).

Sir,

I' AM MR............................
.......FROM.........................................
I' HEREBY APPLY TO YOUR BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO YOUR DECEASED
CUSTOMER (LATE MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER) FROM MUNICH, GERMANY, HOLDER OF
THE ACCOUNT NUMBER BOA: 14-2558-5976, PUTTING CLAIM OVER HIS BALANCE
WITH YOUR BANK VALUED AT US $15.5M ( FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE HUNDREN
THOUSAND DOLLARS ONLY ).

SIR, I WISH TO BE INTIMATED ON THE PROCEDURES INVOLVED IN HAVING THIS

FUND TRANSFERED INTO MY ACCOUNT AS GIVEN BELOW:

Bank Name:.........................
..
Bank Address.......................
..
Account Number........................
...
Beneficiary Name.........................
Phone Number....................
Age...........................
..........
International passport......................
.
Occupation....................
..................

I ALSO APOLOGISE FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO APPLY SINCE HIS SUDDEN DEATH IN

A PLANE CRASH. IT WAS DUE TO SHOCK AND SOME FAMILY PROBLEM WHICH HAVE
JUST BEEN SETTLED. I WISH AN URGENT ATTENTION WILL BE GIVEN TO MY
HUMBLE APPLICATION AS THE URGENCY IMPLIES ON THIS MATTER.

THANKING YOUR COOPERATION IN ANTICIPATION.


YOURS SINCERELY,

SIGN................
I have to wonder if anybody is stupid enough to do this.  Anyway, if you feel like being a jerk today, call this person or spam them back.  Then leave a comment telling me what happened.  I look forward to some funny stories.  You may want to use http://translate-pirate.com/ to translate your email into pirate talk.

Friday, September 7, 2012

Mighty Flame

Gee, I wonder why the kids want to play with the propane tank...