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Posted on 03/04/2002 4:05:51 PM PST by Eagle Eye
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Now I need to find one or two savvy managers for all my commission money! They will, of course, be paid handsomely and may be required to find other lucrative offers for me.
OK, OK, it's gotta be a scam. Anyone know how they get you? They obviously don't know me, I cause I AIN'T GOT NO MONEY (and nobody cares for me...)
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:05:51 PM PST
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Eagle Eye
To: Eagle Eye
This is typical of scams orginating in Nigeria
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:08:21 PM PST
by
agitator
To: Eagle Eye
I've done a deal with this Nigerian guy that's going to send me millions! Really! It should be here any day now:)
To: Eagle Eye
I don't know how they get you, but I've gotten a couple of similar emails myself.
If anyone knows what the catch is, please share 'cause I'm rather curious myself.
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:09:21 PM PST
by
Dementon
To: Eagle Eye
,,, now what do you do? You don't give them any bank account numbers.
To: shaggy eel
>,,, now what do you do?
You go to Nigeria to meet your 'business partners' and get killed.
To: Eagle Eye
They will probably suggest wiring the money to your bank account, then when they get your account info they can drain your account.
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:11:43 PM PST
by
OK
To: Dementon
Most of these solicitations are sent to the individual who is the "incorporator" of a corporation, LLP or LLC. They get your name from corporate filings records of the Sec'y of State.
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:12:05 PM PST
by
outanames
To: shaggy eel
Bank Account? Hell, I'd have to have money first!
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:12:26 PM PST
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Eagle Eye
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To: Dementon
I think they ask you to put up some money. I've read about this one--warning people, but I don't remember the details.
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:13:28 PM PST
by
lonestar
To: Dementon
the catch is they will need a bank account# (yours) to put the millions into...
then they take everything in it away.
To: Dialup Llama
That's why I'm looking for someone to represent me. Any referrals?
To: shaggy eel; Eagle Eye
,,, now what do you do? You don't give them any bank account numbers. Exactly.
At some point, after more laudatory and enticing e-mails, you will be asked for bank account numbers for "immediate wiring of the $8 million."
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posted on
03/04/2002 4:14:28 PM PST
by
sinkspur
To: OK
They will probably suggest wiring the money to your bank account, then when they get your account info they can drain your account.They got the wrong guy. Why I put my card in the ATM, all I get back is my weight, fortune, and a bad joke.
To: Principled
>the catch is they will need a bank account# (yours) to put the millions into...
Can someone please describe how that happens? I hand checks to people all the time and on those checks are my account # and the ABA bank routing #. You mean anyone with that info can take $ out of my account?
To: Eagle Eye
,,, you need money? Hell, set up an office in Lagos! The $US goes a long way there. A million scammers can't be wrong. Work your way up to a protected cell company in Guernsey and send me a postcard when you've made it [LOL!]
To: sinkspur
Don't you know that us Libertarians don't use banks, we only barter with weed?
To: Eagle Eye
I used to get these by mail. Circumstances and names were slightly changed, but the scam is the same. The Wall Street Journal ran a good article on these scams many years ago-- they fooled some fairly sophisticated people.
At some point, you will be asked to wire a small some of money to a bank in Nigeria as a requirement to open an account to receive your transfer. There will then be a series of complications such as the bank raising its minimum balance requirement. In the end, those who want to pursue this matter will be invited to Nigeria where they will end up broke or even dead.
I liked the scam better when they sent it by mail. At least then my daughter got a couple of used postage stamps for her collection.
To: shaggy eel
Sounds like you've got a mind for business...and I'm looking for a couple partners.
For a small deposit, I'm sure that we can make millions together.
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