My Poor Uncle Alex

[Boxlicker101]

or cousin Alex, as the case may have been. He's dead now, gone to his reward, but he was so kind to me. Just look at this:

Dear George,

I am the personal attorney to Late Mr Alex Boxlicker from your country. I am writing you to receive this funds 9.5m$ left behind, before it is seized by the bank where the funds is deposited.

I will advise that we discurse vividly on phone. Please write me your name, address and phone number for more discursion. Please call me on + 23 470 353 369 24 and email ( eric1kone@yahoo.com ).

Best Regards,
E. Kone, Esq

My long lost uncle (or cousin) was certainly a sweet person to think of me. I say this, even though he was not very good at hiring a literate attorney.

 

[slyc_willie]

or cousin Alex, as the case may have been. He's dead now, gone to his reward, but he was so kind to me. Just look at this:

Dear George,

I am the personal attorney to Late Mr Alex Boxlicker from your country. I am writing you to receive this funds 9.5m$ left behind, before it is seized by the bank where the funds is deposited.

I will advise that we discurse vividly on phone. Please write me your name, address and phone number for more discursion. Please call me on + 23 470 353 369 24 and email ( eric1kone@yahoo.com ).

Best Regards,
E. Kone, Esq

My long lost uncle (or cousin) was certainly a sweet person to think of me. I say this, even though he was not very good at hiring a literate attorney.

. . . and how much do you have to send the attorney to receive the $9.5 mil?

 

[Boxlicker101]

. . . and how much do you have to send the attorney to receive the $9.5 mil?

He didn't say anything about a fee. All he wanted, after I contacted him, was my bank account number and password, so he could wire me the money. Of course, I gave it to him, but I will have to wait until Monday to verify that the money has been sent.

 

[Katyusha]

or cousin Alex, as the case may have been. He's dead now, gone to his reward, but he was so kind to me. Just look at this:

Dear George,

I am the personal attorney to Late Mr Alex Boxlicker from your country. I am writing you to receive this funds 9.5m$ left behind, before it is seized by the bank where the funds is deposited.

I will advise that we discurse vividly on phone. Please write me your name, address and phone number for more discursion. Please call me on + 23 470 353 369 24 and email ( eric1kone@yahoo.com ).

Best Regards,
E. Kone, Esq

My long lost uncle (or cousin) was certainly a sweet person to think of me. I say this, even though he was not very good at hiring a literate attorney.

I can't tell you how many relatives of mine have died that have left me inordinate amounts of money. And the funny thing is, they all notified me this exact way with the same extremely poorly-spelled notes from attorneys in foreign countries.

What an amazing coincidence.

 

[slyc_willie]

He didn't say anything about a fee. All he wanted, after I contacted him, was my bank account number and password, so he could wire me the money. Of course, I gave it to him, but I will have to wait until Monday to verify that the money has been sent.

Um . . . tell me this is a joke . . . .

 

[Boxlicker101]

Um . . . tell me this is a joke . . . .

Oh, no, I'm quite sure he wasn't joking. He is a lawyer, after all, and a very serious fellow, although not very literate. It wouldn't make much sense for him to be trying to tell me a joke, would it?

 

[slyc_willie]

Oh, no, I'm quite sure he wasn't joking. He is a lawyer, after all, and a very serious fellow, although not very literate. It wouldn't make much sense for him to be trying to tell me a joke, would it?

Box, it really is too early for April Fool's Day.

You didn't really email this guy your bank account number and password, did you? Because, he wouldn't need anything other than a transfer code to send you the money, certainly not your password.

If you did, you need to close that account, or transfer it, anything! And notify the bank that you have not authorized any transfers of funds.

Othwerwise, come Monday, you're gonna be broke.

And if this is a joke, hahaha . . . ya got me.

 

[Boxlicker101]

Box, it really is too early for April Fool's Day.

You didn't really email this guy your bank account number and password, did you? Because, he wouldn't need anything other than a transfer code to send you the money, certainly not your password.

If you did, you need to close that account, or transfer it, anything! And notify the bank that you have not authorized any transfers of funds.

Othwerwise, come Monday, you're gonna be broke.

And if this is a joke, hahaha . . . ya got me.

Oh, come on, Willie. We all know this is a dumb scam. I can't imagine anybody actually falling for it.

 

[SweetMerry]

what a coincidence - I've recently been informed of my huge win in a foreign lottery that I never entered. It's amazing that they want to give me all this money when I didn't even buy a ticket.

 

[slyc_willie]

Oh, come on, Willie. We all know this is a dumb scam. I can't imagine anybody actually falling for it.

Jesus Christ . . .

Fuck you, Box.

Yeah, you got me . . . . .

 

[3113]

. Please write me your name, address and phone number for more discursion.

The lawyer wants to "discurse" and have a "discursion." That sounds very serious to me.

I am terribly sorry to hear about your loss, Box. Were you very close to your dear, old, cousin/uncle Alex?

 

[emap]

Dang I feel left out, all we ever get is emails saying this person died he was from your country and deposited a huge sum of money, I would like to have you act as his next of kin since there are none alive. I never have a deceased uncle or cousin.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

Oh, come on, Willie. We all know this is a dumb scam. I can't imagine anybody actually falling for it.

Darlin you've never met my mother then. I specifically grilled her awhile back on this scam to make sure she didn't fall for it.

 

[starrkers]

Damn, I never get offers like that - just cheap drugs and a bigger dick.

 

[Tarakin]

Damn, I never get offers like that - just cheap drugs and a bigger dick.

I'm sure there are many guys here who'd offer you a dick

I usually get offers to buy a diamond mine in the Congo. I'd do it, but it's so hard to raise an army there to defend it

 

[human_male]

When my uncle died he rose from the grave as a flesh eating zombie. We had to lock him up in the cellar.

He very nearly got the cat.

Or did I dream it?

 

[Liar]

The Yahoo adress is a nice touch.

You should submit his phone number to every telemarketing register in the world.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

I got something in the mail alerting me I won $25 in a class-action lawsuit against my credit-card company. Apparently they hosed me when I used the card to buy something from Canada. The lawyers dont want any bank info or personal info, but the forms look a little cheesy.


Years ago an older guy I worked with came to work and quit. In the mail he got one of those Ed McMahon YOU MAY BE A WINNER OF 10 MILLION DOLLARS magazine come-ons. But he believed he won. So he made a big production of cussing the boss and showing his ass, and quitting. He even bought an expensive new truck.

About a month later he walks thru the door, hat in hand, asking for "Mister Dennis," the boss. He wanted his job back.

 

[oggbashan]

These emails are sent because they work.

The success rate may be very low, but even a return of one in ten thousand can make the originator rich.

This scam is very old and was known as "The Spanish Prisoner" in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1. Spanish Prisoner A man was imprisoned in Spain and could be released if bribes were paid to the jailers. Once released he would repay the loan a thousand-fold. Some people fell for it then. They still do.

Og

 

[emap]

Dang Ogg, perhaps you should unretire so you can't just come up with all these facts and ruin the fun we were having joking about the emails.

Was an interesting read though thanks.

 

[adetaildiva]

I got something in the mail alerting me I won $25 in a class-action lawsuit against my credit-card company. Apparently they hosed me when I used the card to buy something from Canada. The lawyers dont want any bank info or personal info, but the forms look a little cheesy.

*nodding* I recently got a similar letter from a "U.S. Federal District Court" about a class-action suit against my credit card company. In the text was a statement referring to credit card purchases I'd made between 2003 - 2006.

The interesting part for hubby & I is that we haven't had an active credit card account since 1999.

We filed that important notice in our circular file cabinet.

 

[Boxlicker101]

*nodding* I recently got a similar letter from a "U.S. Federal District Court" about a class-action suit against my credit card company. In the text was a statement referring to credit card purchases I'd made between 2003 - 2006.

The interesting part for hubby & I is that we haven't had an active credit card account since 1999.

We filed that important notice in our circular file cabinet.

I got one of those too. I think it's actually connected to transactions using a credit card in a foreign country and being charged an extra fee for it. I am going to look into whether or not it is for real. The card that was used is defunct anyhow, so no danger involved.

 

[R. Richard]

These emails are sent because they work.

The success rate may be very low, but even a return of one in ten thousand can make the originator rich.

This scam is very old and was known as "The Spanish Prisoner" in the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1. Spanish Prisoner A man was imprisoned in Spain and could be released if bribes were paid to the jailers. Once released he would repay the loan a thousand-fold. Some people fell for it then. They still do.

Og

The current version of the scam is known as the 419 Nigerian scam. the 419 is the section of the Nigerian penal code that addresses this kind of fraud. Don't bother to report the fraud either her or to the Nigerian authorities. The FBI will do nothing and the Nigerian authorities are probably getting at least a cut of the scam.

 

[Katyusha]

The Yahoo adress is a nice touch.

You should submit his phone number to every telemarketing register in the world.

LMMFAO!!!!!!

 

[alyxen]

With the credit card thing, just call the credit card company. You shouldn't even have to give them account info as I am sure their customer service will have at least basic info on it in order to handle inquiries.