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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 2:41 pm 
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If those Nigerians ever can get straight the difference between first and last names in common usage, or that people do not call themselves by their honorifics (except for Attorney Dr Orly Taitz ESQ), we're in deep trouble. I'm looking at emails right now from Mr Alexis Debby, Mr Robinson John, Mr REAGAN Patrick, all introducing themselves as "Mr ...."

And now, the "Libyans" are getting involved, and they're offering a sweeter cut:

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I am Mr Ali Khalid, one of the personal aides to Saif Al Islam Ghadaffi, the son of the present president of Libya, Mr Muammar Gaddafi.

Because of the recent resolution by The International community for immediate seizure of the assets of the embattled president Mr Muammar Gaddafi, both in cash and properties around the world, Mr Saif Al Islam Al Gaddafi, who is the chairman of Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF) has instructed me to urgently look for an international investment partner to assist with the transfer and investment of $41.6 Million dollars which is the closing balance in the foundation account with a Bank in Republic of Ghana as we don't trust the Eurpean Bank any more due to the fact that must of our funds has been frozen due to the ongoing civil war in Libya, be rest assured that this fund is safe and clean and there will be no Western Trace to it for the fact that it was deposited in one of Africa best Democratic western region (ACCRA,GHANA).

The foundation (GICDF) is An international non-governmental organization, carries out developmental and humanitarian activities in the social, economic, cultural and human rights fields. Please visit the website below.
http://www.webgaza.net/arab/ngo_profile ... dation.htm

We resolve to give you $5.6 Million dollars for your efforts and to cover your expenses, you will also donate $5 Million dollars to Charity organizations within your reach, and the balance $31 Million dollars will be invested on our behalf by you into any viable business venture that you may advise.

If this interest you, kindly send me the following details to enable me send a letter of authorization to the Bank for the release of the sum to you in the form of donation on our behalf.

1. Your full name: ............
2. Your contact cell phone number: .....................
3. Your age: ....................
4. Your sex: .................
5. Your occupations ..............
6. Your country and city:...............

Awaiting your urgent response.

Mr Ali Khalid.

Emailed from a hospital in Dubai (by real headers) but with a "from" indicating a gmail address, reply-to a yahoo.cn address.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 3:02 pm 
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HA!
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From: Barrister Row Fred (willalertment@chamber.org)
Sent: Sat 9/03/11 1:54 PM

THE WILL HAS BEEN EXECUTED

Barristers' Chambers
Row Fred and Association
20 Great Sutton Street,
London WC1JH, England
LONDON - UK.

Attention:Beneficiary,

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late
Eng.Gregory Rims. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned
undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email
address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Gregory Rims made
you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million
Dollars($30,000.000.00 US Dollars) to you in the Codicil and last
testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true.Being a widely traveled man, he said he met you sometime in
past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous
friends abroad who wished you good, I am not too sure again. Gregory
Rims until his death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the
Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers and a German property
magnate. He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out
aids to the poor,hungry and needy. His great philanthropy earned him
numerous awards during his life time. Late Gregory Rims died on the
13th day of December,2008 at the of 80 years, and his WILL is now
ready for execution after 3 years and thorough investigations.

According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please
if I reach you as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon
as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in
no distant time.
I await your prompt response and please keep this very discrete and to
yourself until the transfer of the funds to you is finalized.
Yours in Service,
Barrister Row Fred.



Edit: please keep this very discrete and to
yourself until the transfer of the funds to you is finalized.


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From: FROM BARRISTER J GODWIN (desaswererr3@wu22pv7f4.homepage.t-online.de)
Sent: Sat 9/03/11 10:41 AM
Subject: YOUR PAYMENTS IS READY‏

UNITED NATIONS (FBI/IMF ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS,
UNITED-NATIONS INCONJUNCTION WITH THE (/IMF)


OMG, the UN? We should really forward this to Orly. I bet this guy can help her!

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:17 pm 
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Once again I am, being sent money. I can hardly wait to get in the car whose doors close themselves (backseat, of course), cross over then drawbridge, and visit this money in the . . . bank? Oh, whatever.
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Intercepted Card !!!‏
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So for the Delivery of the Parcel to continue, you are in obligationto obtain from Spain, a Duly Sworn Affidavit from Spanish High Court which will back up the Origin of Fund. This is in line with the Anti-Terrorist Campaign which the USA Government has embarked on recently to protect our Territory from future attacks. . . .

Below is his contact information.

Name: Mr Santiago Alcantara
Email address: eduabba101@aol.com


We forward the CARD to you and you will be sure of a genuine CARD that is coming to you. We are doing this for your interest considering the spate at which fraudulent and stolen checks/CARD are been sent to our innocent citizen that most times put them in problem. Always send your correspondence to our secure email: cottrellpst@post.com


I really appreciate the service being provided. The U.S. Postal Inspector, writing in English-as-a-second-language, lets me know my DHL package is ready.


Very notable too, also, that a Spanish court will be using an AOL address for its businesses. And funny how an Effi David will retain its power thru email. But maybe still better than any EffiDavy that went thru a Yaoo :twisted: . Wondering though why the Postal Inspector doesn't want to use a dot-gov address :?:


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PostPosted: Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:32 pm 
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Emma wrote:
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From: FROM BARRISTER J GODWIN (desaswererr3@wu22pv7f4.homepage.t-online.de)
Sent: Sat 9/03/11 10:41 AM
Subject: YOUR PAYMENTS IS READY‏
. . .Please, I need your urgent reply via my email address,because the boxes are schedule already to live immediatelyas soon as I hear from you today. You should confirm immediately you receive this message through my Email: I will send you my confidential telephone number as soon as i receive your immediate respond today.. . .


Top secret :shock:

Does this mean I can't call in rich Monday night ????

Reptilian ? :lol: =))


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:29 pm 
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Well, it's gone from just the promises of great wealth to warnings of a capital offense if I don't respond and pay them $500!

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From: Jayson Ahern
CBP Headquarters
Office of Public Affairs
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Room 3.4A Washington, DC 20229.

Contact E-mail: dsdfpuh11@live.com

Attention Beneficiary,

This is to acknowledge the receipt of your affirmation and to inform you of the latest development as regards the delivery of your consignment package by the Diplomat who is on his way to your house with your consignment.

While scanning the package, our cash track machine detected that the content of the package the Diplomat is delivering to you is cash huge amount of U.S Dollars in tje package without proper documentations and clearance because it shows that the money is either being smuggled into the country or the source of the funds is questionable.

It is very important that all the relevant documentations needed to authenticate the source of the funds are provided to prove that the funds were earned legitimately in accordance with the PATRIOT ACT so that the FBI,IRS and Homeland Security will not come knocking at your door.

In lieu of the above, It is therefore mandatory that you provide the Origin of Funds Certificate (O.O.F) to prove that the funds have no links with any form of illegality.

Being the beneficiary of the package, "FUND PACKAGE DELIVERY PERMIT CERTIFICATE (F.P.D.P.C) is the only way of confirming the source of the funds for speedy release of your fund package and it is your responsibility to provide the Certificate before the Diplomat will be allowed to complete the delivery To you Tomorrow.

The Diplomat's Flight Details shows that he came from Africa and we have contacted the relevant Authorities in that country to enquire about the process of getting the Certificate.

We were informed that the beneficiary of the package will pay for the Certificate and the cost of this documentation $500 Dollars, You have to pay this fee directly to them via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
Upon the receipt of the payment information, the Certificate will be made out in your name by the U.S Authority send to us so that the Diplomat will be allowed to complete the delivery of your package to you tomorrow.

Failure to pay for this documentation is a confirmation that you wanted to smuggle the funds into the country which is a capital offense and a gross violation of the Patriot Act.

It is therefore in your best interest that you pay for the Certificate as instructed immediately as the consequences of refusing is very severe.

Jayson Ahern,

A G Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP)

I'm sweating bullets!

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:59 pm 
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Well, it's gone from just the promises of great wealth to warnings of a capital offense if I don't respond and pay them $500!
...
I'm sweating bullets!

Oh my. "Stay Safe"
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May I ask how large the bullets are? Good lead is getting harder to find.

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 2:47 pm 
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ducktape wrote:
Well, it's gone from just the promises of great wealth to warnings of a capital offense if I don't respond and pay them $500!

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From: Jayson Ahern
CBP Headquarters
Office of Public Affairs
1300 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Room 3.4A Washington, DC 20229.

Contact E-mail: dsdfpuh11@live.com

Attention Beneficiary,
. . .
We were informed that the beneficiary of the package will pay for the Certificate and the cost of this documentation $500 Dollars, You have topay this fee directly to them via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
. . .
A G Commissioner ofU.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP)

I'm sweating bullets!

Hmm - did you censor this email or did the guys really forget to add the recipients address for those $500 ?
Doesn't any US agency take a rather dim view at being mentioned in a threat letter ?


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What does one wear to an execution? ;;)

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PostPosted: Sun Sep 04, 2011 3:18 pm 
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What does one wear to an execution? ;;)

According to my Mother, clean underwear.

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Hmm - did you censor this email or did the guys really forget to add the recipients address for those $500 ? Doesn't any US agency take a rather dim view at being mentioned in a threat letter ?

Nope, I didn't censor it -- I assume I'm supposed to respond to the live.com address, and certainly not to the sender's "FROM" address on the email, which had a .vn country code.

But a US Agency taking a dim view of being mentioned in a threat letter? Pardon me while I =)) =)) =)) =))

Why, Robert Mueller has written me personally, many times, and sometimes IN ALL CAPS, threatening me with imprisonment, capital punishment, having all my property seized, and "other dire consequences" (too dire to mention, I guess), if I don't accept some money that's being transmitted to me and pay some certification fee to prove that I am not a smuggler, money launderer and terrorist. And I've been threatened by the IRS, ICE, and even agencies I've never heard of, telling me that I will be imprisoned or worse if I don't send a certification fee by Western Union to somebody using an AOL or Yahoo.hk address.

Not only do they not care, but I don't think that MSN (owner of live.com), AOL, Yahoo, or Google care either.

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Hey Micro$oft used to make money off selling live hotmail addresses to spam email lists. Buried deep in the options was a tick mark where, unless you found it and unticked it, you gave them permission to sell your email address on. One tech head I worked with was flabbergasted when I showed him where to find it.

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I wish to notify you that late Gregory Rims made
you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million
Dollars($30,000.000.00 US Dollars) to you in the Codicil and last
testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true.Being a widely traveled man, he said he met you sometime in
past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous
friends abroad who wished you good, I am not too sure again.


There's something so seemingly artless about this one that I find it strangely charming. Here follows the translation from the Junebugle translator (patent pending):

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Someone you've never heard of has left you $30,000,000.

I know it sounds odd, but he traveled a lot. Maybe he ran into you in a coffee shop (or a brothel) or maybe some other total stranger gave him your name for no reason whatsoever. I just don't know...because I'm only his lawyer who's been executing the will and investigating everything thoroughly for the past 3 years.


Sounds completely believable, no?

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• PLEASE GET BACK TO ME‏


From: Consultancy (consultancy@premiershield.net)
Sent: Tue 3/13/12 2:56 PM
To: SterngardF@xxxxxxx.net

Greetings my dear,

I am Mrs.Safia Farkash Gahdafi the wife of the late Libyan Leader Colonel Muammar Gahdafi. Following the recent rebellion in my country and the brutal death of my husband on the 20 Oct 2011, I have been thrown into a state of utter confusion, frustration and hopelessness; I have been subjected to physical and psychological torture by the security agents in Algeria where we seek refuge at present.

My son was killed by the rebels for an offense he did not commit. As a widow that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody within the country. You must have heard over the media reports and the internet on the recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my husband in different security firms abroad, some companies willingly give up their secrets and disclosed our money confidently lodged there or many outright blackmail. In fact the total sum discovered by the Government so far is in the tune of $900 Million Dollars. And they are not relenting to make me poor for life; I got your contact email address through my research and out of desperation I decided to reach you through this medium. I will give you more information as to this regard as soon as you reply. I repose great confidence in you hence my approach to you due to security network placed on my day to day affairs I cannot afford to visit the embassy so that is why I decided to contact you and I hope you will not betray my confide

I shall be grateful if you could receive this fund into your account for safe keeping. This arrangement is known to you and me alone. I am seriously considering relocating to your country once the fund is transferred to you. I will be willing to offer you 30% of the total fund if only you will receive this fund and keep it for us.

Please note that honesty is the watch word in this transaction. I will require your full names and address and telephone so that we can commence communication immediately and I will give you a more detailed picture of things. In case you don’t accept please do not let me out to the security as I am giving you this information in total trust and confidence .I will greatly appreciate if you accept my proposal in good faith.

I appreciate your timely suggestion and interest over this matter

Best Regards

Mrs.Safia Farkash Gahdafi


Funny. I always thought it was spelled "Khadaffi."

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:22 pm 
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Mrs.Safia Farkash Gahdafi


Funny. I always thought it was spelled "Khadaffi."


I always thought it was spelled with an 'H' and two 'D's and isn't a seven letter word for anything.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2012 6:26 pm 
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Is there some sort of Nazi corrollary involved with "Barr: Godwin"? Should we make one up?


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Dear [birferstan sucker]

Your name was forwarded to me as being a foremost Patriot and Constitutionalist. As you'll see, I cannot trust what follows to anyone less.

My name will have to remain secret for now, due to the danger. I am a an Obamma operative deep in the White House, usually responsible for shuttling funds and keeping triple-entry ledgers in support of SEIU operations. Yes, basically paying thugs to intimidate honest tax-paying Americans. I was never particularly an Obamma supporter, but got this job do to certain special skills that I learned in my hometown of Chicago, USA.

But a few days ago a new assignment crossed my desk that has completely turned me upside down and inside out, and I don't really know what to do except turn to you, dear friend. In brief, a payment was to be made of US$40,000 to a "Mike" (codename) for certain services connected with "creating" an official document of Hawaii. I don't know what that's about, but I would have thought that only Hawaii could create an official document of Hawaii. But I've seen stranger things here on sub-basement-06 of the White House. Oh dear, I've told you my location. Forget that.

Anyway, the work order had a typo in it -- I know, official government papers NEVER have typos -- but this definitely was a big mistake, and one that could work to both our benefit. The ORDER said US$40,000,000. That means there's US$39,960,000 extra sitting in my slush fund. And since it originally was We The People's money to begin with, I figure it should go back to a noted Patriot, namely you.

Now I don't expect you to use it for your own benefit directly -- I'm sure you'll distribute it fairly among all the other folks who make up a part of "We The People" who actually fund and drive this country with your honest labor (and for that, thanks). But you know who they are, not me. Please help.

Let me know by return email of your sincere intentions to relieve Obamma of this ill-gotten fund, and I will follow up with the details.

Hopefully (and watching my back),
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Dear [birferstan sucker]

Your name was forwarded to me as being a foremost Patriot and Constitutionalist. As you'll see, I cannot trust what follows to anyone less.

........

Let me know by return email of your sincere intentions to relieve Obamma of this ill-gotten fund, and I will follow up with the details.

Hopefully (and watching my back),
Wit Pinkerton

OMG -- if you sent this to the birfers, there are a bunch of them who would believe it.

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Got this one today:

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Good morning, How are you doing today? We have a Part-Time Mystery Shopper Assignment in your area, For more details about the JOB and how to APPLY, please copy/paste the link below in your browser (or click the link): http://www.getjob.us/usa-jobs-view/job- ... -area.html


Sounds really lucrative! If any Fogger applies and gets hired, I demand a referral fee. :-

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Pffft. Mohammar Khadaffi's widow wrote me directly. All you have is some scam mystery shopper company.

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Sterngard Friegen wrote:
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Mrs.Safia Farkash Gahdafi


Funny. I always thought it was spelled "Khadaffi."


I always thought it was spelled with an 'H' and two 'D's and isn't a seven letter word for anything.


One of my favorite West Wing bits!

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Leo: [on the phone with the New York Times] 17 across. Yes, 17 across is wrong... You're spelling his name wrong... What's my name? My name doesn't matter. I am just an ordinary citizen who relies on the Times crossword for stimulation. And I'm telling you that I met the man twice. And I recommended a pre-emptive Exocet missile strike against his air force, so I think I know how...
C.J.: Leo.
Leo: They hang up on me every time.
C.J: That's almost hard to believe.

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Pffft. Mohammar Khadaffi's widow wrote me directly. All you have is some scam mystery shopper company.

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/20 ... lbum/4617/

You think the authorities will let her reside at FEMA camp 17?


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Funny. I always thought it was spelled "Khadaffi."

That was one of the reasons that we had to depose him. He would give one name to the NYT, another name to CBS, and so on. It was even worse among our European allies. We were unable to formulate a rational foreign policy to deal with such a man, which made taking him down our only option.

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