How do people come up with this?

[mr_blove]

Dear Friend,
I am glad to write this mail to you although you don’t know me .I strongly solicit your strictest confidence. I got your contact during my desperate search on the internet for assistance. And thank you for sparing your time to go through my mail. My name is miss Lucy Quatarra, of Ivory Coast in West Africa. My nuclear family of 8 persons got massacred last year during the on going political unrest, and I am an orphan girl.

I am desperate for your assistance to help me relocate to your country for settlement as my life is not safe in this place.

My dad have secured a huge sum of money ($5.6million USD)in a security company here in Accra Ghana, before his death and i have in my possession the necessary documents to retrieve the funds from the security company. I seek an honest person who will not take advantage of me as many have tried to do ,to help me retrieve the funds from the security company and get it transferred ,assist get me the necessary travelling visas to get out of Africa immediately. I am presently in Ghana where i have ran to, for my safety.

You will be adequately rewarded for your assistances. On the receipt of your mail indicating your willingness and capabilities to execute this deal, then I will forward the necessary details of myself ,family and how you can contact the security company.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation ,and don’t fail to ask any question you may like.
Reply with this email addresses lucy_quata@excite.com

Regards,
Miss Lucy Quatarra.













I just got this in my email, don't know how they got my email..........
keep trying miss lucy

 

[my4thjeep]

its an old school fishing email similar to the KSL scammers.

 

[Kris K]

Write her back, and say you need a 4th wife. and say if she agrees that you will help her get here.

 

[utahxjer]

its an old school fishing email similar to the KSL scammers.

The crappy thing is that some people will fall for it and send money, I've taken a few reports on it myself

 

[BlackDog]

Advertised a roomate situation on craigslist once, got many of these, and a travelers cheque (fraudulent) for $4500

Aggravating, she started to act like a broken hearted girlfriend when I started telling her to frick off and go away.

Some people.

 

[stefdogg]

Scammers

This guy is at it again. I had some nigerian try to scam me several months ago. I hadn't recieved an email for a couple of months, after receiving one every other day for 2 months straight. Then I just recieved this one a few days ago.


"HELLO,
WHERE ARE YOU NOWPLZ LET ME KNOW WHERE YOU ARE"

so I wrote back this reply: "Right here, where are you now? Lets meet in Nigeria in a small café ok. Thanks, OK"

I didn't get a rsponse right away so I wrote this: "What are you doing I need the money soon so I can get my hair done ok, ok, me get my hair done now ok

My family is crazy and in the hospital ok"


Then He wrote this email back to me: "hello,
you let me go to one month jail but i know god will purnished you and youe family and you will never know peace in your family anymore and bit it with me that you will soon go to jail with your family because you let my boss to sent me to jail. just take note of this that you will never suceed in life and be expecting my gangster because have sent out some of my ganster to murder you mind you i have submitted all your information to them i know they will get you sooner or later just take note of that ok.


so take note of that . my ganster are afte you and your family including your kids will be pick up from school expect you return half of the money or everything before you can have peace of mind ok.

Beware"

I can't believe the lengths this guy has gone to. I have over 30 emails from this guy dating back to December.

 

[mr_blove]

Well I just got another on today from a different individual reguarding something I am selling on ksl and the thing is that it appeares to be a generic email that he might send out to everyone no matter what they are selling. Stupid stupid people.

 

[TRNDRVR]

You guys get all the good emails.

The only ones I get imply that my 'family jewels' are inadequate, and they have the cure for my embarrassing problem.

I wonder how'd they know something like that?

 

[mr_blove]

I wonder how'd they know something like that?

two words......"camera phones" j/k

 

[waynehartwig]

The crappy thing is that some people will fall for it and send money, I've taken a few reports on it myself

...Mail fraud, eh? You would think these people would have a clue at how much trouble they can get in.