chillichocaholic said:

Are you Maori

MuthaFunka said:

well shoot, take me to Gucci.. ... Bath n Body -----> .. is down the street too .. hey, you loaded and I know you generous lol.... let's go.. lol..

SCNDLS said:

lol

Ottensen said:

That is really crazy...

But did they log into her account then? That would make it way more crazy...

NMuzakNSoul said:

i don't know HOW they were able to pose as her with her full name and correct email address.

...and the subject line read: "I NEED HELP URGENTLY"

so I guess when they get access to people's information they'll just phish and phish until they find some gullible person to fall for it. As soon as I see names, addresses, or ridiculous subject titles that I don't recognize I send to spam or delete automatically. But when they can pose as someone from your inner circle sending you this crap???? That is crazy...

Ottensen said:

Sorry to hear about that!

I wonder if it's reportable to e.g hotmail or yahoo (depending what kinda addy it is) perhaps she can create a new account or have her password reset.All the best with it miss.

SCNDLS said:

Ok *clapping hands*

Time to put your ass on a shoe addiction's intervention, Cynda

Huggiebear said:

Part yes from my pop and my granny on dads side is Scotish
Then on mums side we are English/french and Gypsy

Oh and I just got this one about five minutes ago


Dear Friend

I need your assistance so that we can both
transfer abandoned sum of $19.5 Million Dollars
own by (late Mr Sadiq Uday) from my bank Hang
Seng Bank here in Hong Kong. Please Reply to
mrsongleeli@yahoo.com.hk so that i can give you
more information and i shall also tell you the
source of the funds,and how we can both transfer
the funds. please send me your: Full
names:private phone number:current residential
address:

Kind Regards

NMuzakNSoul said:

As soon as I received it I wasted no time, she got everything all settled that day

Ottensen said:

Alright I'm glad good stuff.

Harlepolis said:

I bought 2 more pairs late Tuesday evening and they were at my door Wednesday. That damn Zappos makes it too damn easy. But I'm done. . . for real this time. . . at least until the fall.

well at least he wasn't scamming for apiece of azz..... ...

I keep getting them, and I wonder; "who falls for this shit"???

But I was reading a while ago about people losing money to this scheme...one person even travelled to Nigeria to find the people who owed her money, only to get arrested by Nigerian authorities for consipiring to defraud the government!

Some lady here recently lost a substantial amount of money on this scam.

SCNDLS said:

This scam is years and years old. I've once read a large article in a magazine where this guy, good job and intelligent got this sort of message and lost loads of money. These African guys were professional cons, they make a good living out of this. They kept contacting him for over more than a year and promising he would get a huge amount of money if he helped them. Can you believe that? You receiving a huge amount of money for doing nothing??? The greed and stupidity of this kind of people makes me so sick.
I care absolutely nothing for these people, I think it's their fair share.

And I got a similar email from a Chinese woman through Myspace about a half year ago.

chillichocaholic said:

Kool, my real father was a half caste and his family had English/Danish and Jewish (probably Russian), my Mums family tree is real interesting and I have researched it back to the 1600s, but shes mostly Irish and English ancestry. My stepfather is a traditional Maori and hence I learnt a lot of the language and customs (Tikanga) off him and his brothers (One of which is a tohunga (priest) who knows about Makutu and the like.

Huggiebear said:

Wow ure lucky Huggie...I have to learn on my own because my great grandfather moved here in the 30's and my pop didnt really know much about his father. It was all hush for a long time

chillichocaholic said:

Believe me the finding out is all the fun of doing it. My grandfather on my real fathers side sent me a family tree and then died 3 months later, imagine If I had asked him any later. For me its been a great discovery and finding out about this whole other culture I never knew about. (I grew up in Canterbury, which is the Tasmania of New Zealand) and never really expressed the Maori side, no its totally what I am all about. If you are willing to ask lots of questions and meet a few false starts its going to be a great journey.

Huggiebear said:

Thanks Huggie thats really good to know

Hey, ya'll! Kwame needs your help.

SCNDLS said:

And Mr. Walter needs mine... Just got this on Flixster.

posted 46 minutes ago

i have never gotten one of these letters...

whats wrong with me?

i want 25 trillion american dollars

sweet said:

There, there. I'll send you one.

Hello,

Life itself is a misery and nobody can tell what can be of it.
Those that can tell what can be of it are those who cannot tell us
because they are far from us (dead). if u will want to hear my story.

I am the above named person but now undergoing medical treatment
for cancer now. I am married to Dr. George Wynberg who worked with South
Africa embassy in Malaysia for nine years before he died in the year 2000.

well I will only try to let you know who Dr. George Samuel is by stating his philosophy of life .
"life is worth living only if lived to the service of

mankind" and "You make a living by what you earn, but you make
life as by what you give?This will give you an insight of the spirit
behind what I believe and what I will live for cause he is my mentor.



To continue with my story, We were married for eleven years
without a child.

He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death we have made something of and from life.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or adopt a child, this is basically my own decision to honor him for the love we shared
and the life we lived for. My late husband deposited the sum of $27.6Million (twenty-seven Million six hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) with one Security/Finance Company in Europe before his death.

Presently, this money is still with the Security/Finance Company.
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three
months due to cancer problem.

Though what disturbs me most is my stroke.Having known my condition Idecided to donate this fund to a church,better still a Christian
individual or a Moslem that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. First you must emblem and live with my husbands philosophy, as statedabove. If you can't remember please I refer you to read through from the introduction of this letter cause this the most
important aspect thatyou must uphold.

Secondly I want an organization or an individual that is God fearing who can invest the money and continuously use the money to
fund orphanages,widows, the less privilege, the disabled and all those afflicted with strange illness or diseases.


Thirdly this money should not be used in an ungodly manner, or any form of Evil or selfishness for that will warrant evil to that person's
life and Family from generations to generations. For you cannot use the hard earned money of my husband and I for evil or ungodly purposes.

If these conditions are met I am not afraid of death for I know where I am going to and my heart will rest in peace. I don't need any
telephone communication in this regard because of my health, for as soon as I receive your reply I will refer you to the contact of the

Security/Finance Company in Europe and my doctor who shall arrange you the letter of claim from the Malaysia High Court of Justice.
This will be done if I see from your response that you satisfy the above conditions stated.

As I have stated my Doctor will issue you a letter of authority that will empowers you as the original beneficiary of these funds
(consignment).

I Choose this means to locate you because I am sure I will be lead by a good Spirit to the kind of person
that will be honest. Delay in your reply will not be of benefit to me due to my health condition and this will propel me to search for someone else.


In the light of the above, your positive responses would be appreciated through my email ( gracewynberg@gmail.com ) Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.


Hoping to hear from you.


In His Arms.
Mrs Grace Wynberg.



This one really Friggin pissed me off with the bullshit considering my mother, step mother and grandmother all died of cancer!!! HOW DARE they use that in their little scam the $#@***&$@%&&###!!!!

^^Absolutely terrible.

Maybe rather than rolling this emotive crap they should just be direct to their pleas for money, a scam should read

Yo wazzup dogg
Don't b critisizing my English as I usualy speak French and African languages. My is Amalie Umoko and I live in CAMEROON (Jerky beef time). My Mums is so poor she is buck naked on the back of a zebra most of the time, and she ain't been to a hairdressers for 20 years so she hav this big ol fucked Afro with a bone in that shit. What I need is some money yo. Send $1000 of yo foldin stuff and we can be cool. Let me know at asalaamakissanika@fante,com and we can kick. Aint no governemnt deals gone wrong or fake ass rellies of yours died in the middle of Nigeria jus pure simple poor ass bruthas needin yo assistance.

At least people can believe it.

Huggiebear said:

chillichocaholic said:

I know the truth is painful, but really do you think anyone is going have all theis money and not care about the mess their country is in.