Scam / spam via PMs

[GraemeWi]

I got a PM from user Koffi http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/me...ber.php?u=10896

Nigerian fraud type scam...

Just thought you would like to delete this user or something.

Cheers,

G

---snip---

DEAR,

I AM MR.KOFFI AHMED THE SON OF THE LATE SIERRA-LEONIAN BUSINESSMAN,

LATE ALH.AHMED MUTENDE THE OWNER OF (UMS) MINING COMPANY IN

SIERRA-LEONE, WHO DIED 7 MONTHS AGO WHEN THE REVOLUTIONARY UNITED FRONT REBELS

(R.U.F)ATTACKED OUR RESIDENCE IN MAKENI COUNTY OF SIERRA-LEONE.

FOLLOWING THE CURRENT CEASE FIRE AGREEMENT WHICH WAS REACHED WITH THE

HELP OF UNITED NATION PEACE KEEPING TROOPS,I USED THE OPPOTURNITY TO

LEAVE THE COUNTRY WITH A VERY IMPORTANT DOCUMENT OF (USD$21.3M)TWENTY ONE

MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS.

THIS DOCUMENT IS A CERTIFICATE ISSUED TO MY LATE FATHER BY A SECURITY COMPANY

IN LOME, THE CAPITAL CITY OF TOGO, IN MY NAME FOR THE DEPOSIT OF A BOX

CONTAINING THE ABOVE FUND.

BEFORE MY FATHER DIED HE INFORMED ME OF IT AND ASLO TOLD ME TO BE CAREFUL

BECAUSE THE SECURITY COMPANY OFFICIALS ARE NOT AWARE THAT THE BOX IS CONTAING

MONEY.

ALTHOUGH THIS MONEY WAS REALISED FROM THE SALES OF GOLD AND DIAMOND BUT IT IS

NOT IN DISPUT.

NOW THAT I AM SEEKING ASYLUM IN LOME-TOGO AS A REFUGEE MY MAIN REASON

OF CONTACTING YOU IS BECAUSE I RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY

WARNING THAT I SHOULD MAKE HASTE TO DISLODGE THE BOX OR I LOOSE IT TO

HIGH DUMURRAGE RATE WHICH HAS PILLED UP SINCE 7 MONTHS UP TILL DATE.

THEY ADVISED THAT I SHOULD PRESENT THE CRTIFICATE AS THE NEXT OF KIN HENCE THE

BOX IS DEPOSITED TO MY FAVOR, BUT CONSIDERING MY STATUS HERE AS A REFUGEE I

NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE.

I WANT TO PRESENTYOU TO THE SECURITY COMPANY AS THE BENEFICIARY, A FRIEND TO MY

LATE FATHER.

THEN AFTER RETRIEVING THE BOX FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY YOU WILL

ASSIST ME MOVE THE MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY.

I ONLY WANT THIS DONE THIS WAY BECAUSE YOUR COUNTRY IS POLITICALLY

SUITABLE FOR ANY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT, WHICH WILL EMPHASIZE THE UNIQUINES OF

THE MONEY.

HOWEVER I CONTACTED YOU BASED ON YOUR CAPABILITY AND VAST KNOWLEDGE ON

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT.

MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS PRECISELY FOR YOU TO ASSIST ME IN THE

FOLLOWING WAYS:-

(1) TO HELP ME STAND AS THE BENEFICIARY.

(2) TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE MONEY TO YOUR COUNTRY.

(2) TO HELP ME GET A PROFITABLE BUSINESS TO INVEST THE

FUND BASED ON YOUR PROFESSIONAL ADVISE.

FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION I AM WILLING TO GIVE YOU 25 %OF

THE TOTAL SUM REALISED AFTER THE SUCESSFULL UPLIFT OF THIS FUND TO YOUR

COUNTRY.

PLEASE KINDLY COMMUNICATE YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THIS MAIL SO THAT WE CAN

DISCUSS THE MODALITIES OF SEEING THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH.

I COUNT ON YOU GREATLY FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

AWAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

SINCERELY,

MR.KOFFI AHMED

CONTACTS THROUGH THIS MAIL;- [email protected]

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[Jay95R33]

Yepp, I got the same PM/spam !!!

Can we find out his IP address so we can bomb the crap out of it

J

[ferni]

Don't you guys know anything?

The latest craze is reversing the scam

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2003/06/18/pc...r_takes_419ers/

I love this There are a few other funny ones as well

[NuGGeT]

the same guy pm'd me

waste of 2min of my life

[NRB]

If everyone send 10 e-mails to him, then we could flood his inbox :hellpisd: Admin, want to release those details? :hatespam:

[sammus]

hehe i got one 3rd time i've got one in one way or another... when i see lots of writing all in caps i think of nigeria

[Guest Miss_Nismo]

stupid retard just did it to me too

[Jay95R33]

Could one of the Admins please ban his IP and lock the his account/user name...

[Brody]

I checked this when it was mentioned and the user was banned already...what username have the most recent pms come from?

If its from the same source as the first, i'll just firewall that netblock.

[Guest Miss_Nismo]

still 'Koffi'

[Brody]

Alright...added perm ban. He had sent only 40 pms...which is not too bad

Anymore problems come up let me know and ill wipe the netblock out.

[Jay95R33]

Thanks Brody

:hatespam:

[The_Paladin]

only 40 pm's??? i got one and i feel loved