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scams in our private message box....

Assume the rest of you all got similar messages? or have I been singled out for some reason? Is this guy banned yet?

koffi4love
Plastic
Member # 10181 posted 04-28-2006 11:57 AM
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FROM MR KOFFI AKIMBO

I GOT YOUR EMAIL CONTACT FROM http://www.practicalmachinist.com

DEAR ONE,


PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I KNOW THIS MAIL MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE, SINCE WE HAVE NOT KNOWN OR WRITTEN BEFORE.

INTRODUCING MYSELF, I AM KOFFI AKIMBO, THE ONLY SON OF THE LATE MR AND MRS ADAMS AKIMBO, MY FATHER WAS A GOLD AND COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ACCRA, GHANA AND ABIDJAN (IVORY COAST), HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR BUSINESS TRIPS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE 2005 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF USD $6.5( SIX MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ), DEPOSITED IN A SUSPENCE ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE PRIME BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN IVORY COAST , THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY SON FOR THE NEXT OF KIN IN

DEPOSITING OF THE FUND. HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN A COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE
SUCH AS EXPANSION OF HIS EXISTING COCOA BUSINESS AND REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT OVERSEAS.

DEAR, I AM HUMBLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.

1) TO ASSIST ME IN RETRIVING THIS MONEY FROM THE BANK

2) TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND.

3) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR
COUNTRY TO FURTHER MY EDUCATION AND TO SECURE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT IN YOUR COUNTRY MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 10% OF THE TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS, WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFESET ANY EXPENSES WE MAY INCUR.

FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN SEVEN (7) WORKING DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME.

MR KOFFI AKIMBO
NOTE:PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL BOX
BELOW; [email protected]
 

Milacron

Super Moderator
Joined
Dec 15, 2000
Location
SC, USA
Gawd..what is next....I'll zap the cretin later tonight when I'm back in "The Situation Room"...
 

Boris

Titanium
Joined
Oct 4, 2005
Location
England
Wooohoo its a 419 scam.... so called after article 419 of the Nigerian criminal code

Take out a hotmail/yahoo mail address and play this fool for all he's worth.

Best one I read about was the scammer got invited to holland by his attempted victim and after being fleeced for 100 euros, the scammer got arrested by the dutch police and deported :D :D

Boris
 

Dave A

Titanium
Joined
Jan 4, 2005
Location
Roseville, CA
Yep - I got one too - Seems to have gotten my email address from info on PM, but in all fairness, this is not the first one I have received.

I responded to the last one and told him I would cooperate "in his f***ing dreams" - no response????
 

Evan

Titanium
Joined
Jan 29, 2004
Location
Williams Lake, BC, Canada
Every once in a while when I have the time I take the trouble to track down some of these d=ickheads and shut them down. Here is an example after I determined the actual location of a E-Bay scam spam website.

The web site at http://vds-357037.amen-pro.com/ebay/index.html is hosted by you. It is an illegal fraud. It traces to IP XX.193.214.127

Please take appropriate action.

Regards,

Evan Williams

--------reply (within 30 minutes too)----------------

Bonjour,

This host has been unplugged from the network.

Thanks for your report.

Cordialement,
Erwan
It was originating from a network in France. Frequently this garbage relies on a fake website that has to be hosted somewhere. If you can get that taken down then the scam has no effect.
 

Evan

Titanium
Joined
Jan 29, 2004
Location
Williams Lake, BC, Canada
Don,

I just received the same e-mail. Is there any way to set the permissions for new registrants so they can't use the e-mail function for 48 hours or so? That would eliminate drive by spamming.
 

Toms Wheels

Titanium
Joined
Dec 30, 2005
Location
Jersey Shore
The chinese stock spammers started last week, new senders each day so blocking the senders has not stopped them yet. The Ivory coast and Nigeria guys have let me off lately.

my wheels don't slow me down
 








 
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