Sydney 419 Scammer Jailed

kjots writes "The ABC is reporting that the Sydney District Court has sentenced a disability pensioner to more than five years in jail for his part behind a Nigerian email scam. One down ..."

Here's my reply to those things

[BrianGa]

I modify the namea/dates/amounts/etc, and fire this off:

Dear DR.ONORIODE BOBOLO,

It is so good to hear from a fellow-countryman, having been raised and lived for many years in our most beautiful homeland, Nigeria. I want to send you my sincere thanks and gratitude for your kind offer of USD$25,000.000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS) for taking part in this funds transfer transaction.

However, I am a businessman too, and I make my living transferring large sums of money from and to my friends, relatives, and business associates in Nigeria. Therefore, I know that you would agree, that in order to participate in this wonderful opportunity, I must have an advance monetary commitment from you -- a good faith gesture on your part -- in order to proceed.

Therefore, I ask that you deposit just 10% ($2,500,000) of the $25M into my PayPal account as an indication that you truly possess the funds and are actually authorized to release them. Using the online PayPal service is a very convenient and secure way to transfer funds. All you need do is access the PayPal web site -- http://www.paypal.com -- open a PayPal account, deposit the funds into your new account, and then transfer the money into my existing account, which has already been set up to receive the $25M.

You only need my email address, which you already have, to transfer the funds into my account. Therefore, the complete safety of your account, as well as mine, is guaranteed and insured unconditionally. You have asked that this matter be handled with the strictest confidentiality, and I will agree to that condition, provided that the transfer takes place in a reasonable period of time, say by Friday, 5 October.

If the money has not been received by that time, I must assume that you are not making a legitimate offer, and that you might be someone other than who you say you are -- although I can tell by the exceptional language of your email, that is probably not the case. However, if that is the case, then I will be forced to embark upon a most unpleasant course of action that I would prefer not to undertake.

Because I have so many loyal friends in the Government of Nigeria and the Military, and many close ties within the Security Service where you work, it would be quite easy to locate your office and your home, as well as learn the identities of your friends and relatives.

I truly don't believe that you would want to jeopardize their health and well-being, and your own future. I will access my PayPal account on next Saturday to verify that your good-faith payment has been made. Once that takes place, we can move forward with the final transfer.

I trust that you will not disappoint me in this matter, since the consequences for non-compliance could be quite severe. I look forward with great anticipation to working with you.

Yours faithfully,

Issa Gidada, JD, MMB,
President & CEO
U.S./Nigeria Funds Transfer Organization
Beverly Hills, CA

Let me take this great opportunity to inform you..

[httpamphibio.us]

With due respect,trust and humanity,I write this letterto you seeking your help and assistance,though its difficult since we have not met before.I got your address from the SOUTH AFRICA INFORMATION EXCHANGE (S.A.I.E)regarding your business profile and sincerity.I believe that you are capable and reliable in handling this urgent international transaction of this sort.

I am MR.RUFUS MUKHENZE,the first and only son of COMRADE.BORDER D.MUKHENZE,the Zimbabwean former Minister for Youth & Gender Equality who is also a businessman and politician,in the Zimbabwean political arena.My father was the famous politician who stood firm against President Mugabes idea of continuous fight in Democratic Republic of Congo and my father also stood against the seizure of white owned farms and the distribution of it to the blacks without Compesiation to the white owners.Before my father's death, in his "WILL"he specifically drew my attention to this sum of US$21,320Million,(TWENTY ONE MILLION,THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR)which he deposited in a safe box of a private security company in south Africa,INFACT MY FATHER SAID IN HIS WILL AND QUOTE:-

"MY beloved son,I wish to draw your attention to the sum of US$21,320,000.00(TWENTY ONE MILLION,THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAR), which I deposited in a box with a security company in Johannesburg,South Africa. Incase of my absence on earth caused by death,only you should solicit for reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of south Africa for investment purpose.I deposited the money in your name and it can be claimed by you alone with the deposit code.Your mother has all the document.Take good care of your mother and
sister

From the above,you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money,I will be very grateful if you can assist us,we are
now living in South Africa as political asylum seekers and the financial laws of south Africa does not allow asylum seeker certain financial rights to such huge amount of money.In view of this,I cannot invest this money here in south africa,hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of south africa for investment purpose.

For your efforts,am prepared to offer you 25%of the total fund, while 5%will be set aside for local and international expenses and 70%will be kept by my family and me.All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal phone and fax numbers for easy communication. Note that this transaction is 100% Risk free and absolutely confidential.

Looking forward hearing from you.

Yours Faithfully
MR. RUFUS MUKHENZE

Common sense? Critical thinking?

[muntumbomoklik]

You followed the election last week, didn't you?

punishment

[adamruck]

Make them work for dell customer support for the rest of there lives.

Re:Protecting the gullible?

[Zork the Almighty]

I hear he'll give you TEN MILLION US DOLLARS if you help him get early parole.

One down...

[Anonymous Coward]

418 to go.

Where's my pot

[ET_Fleshy]

"There's a lot of gullible people out there that are very vulnerable and they think that this is the pot at the end of the rainbow"

Don't those people know that pots of gold are always guarded by trixy leprechauns who'll con you out of your own money to add to the pot?

Speaking of Nigerian Scam Artist

[Seventh Magpie]

They even have an annual conference. Check out this site [j-walk.com] for a laugh!

OT: Red vs Blue

[Bega]

Come to think of the NYC Video Festival Red vs Blue extra.

- Hi, I am Nigerian royalty, and I want you to send me money. Please disregard the fact that I can't spell Nigeria or royalty.

Re:Where's my pot

[kfg]

Don't those people know that pots of gold are always guarded by trixy leprechauns. . .

No, no, no. Trix are guarded by kids. Lucky Charms are guarded by leprechauns.

KFG

No no, *this* is karma whoring

[blowdart]

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

First, I must request your anonymous cowardice in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature as being 'Top Taco'. I am sure and have confidence of your abaility and moderation points to prosecture a transaction of this great magniture.

I am Timothy of the slashdot editoral staff review board who is interested in the distribution of moderation points and karma points in return for never pointing out duplicate posts. These points are currently trapped in an NT4.0 box. In order to commence this business we solicit your moderation to enables us to transfer into your account said karma.

The source of this fund is as follows; during the slashdot buyout by OSTG corrupt editors setup fake usrs and awarded them insightful posts, which were grossly overrated. The present moderating team has set up a topic review panel (although as you know it is ineffective) and have identified a lot of karma poitns which are presently floating in a cardbox box underneath CmdTaco's bed.

By virtue of my position as editor I am free to ignore any emails pointing out duplicate posts but I cannot acquire the karma points in my name. I am therefore looking for an overseas partner into whose 0wn3d windoze box we can transfer this karama, to a grand total of SDK1024 (ONE THOUSAND AND TWENTY FOUR slashdot karma). I are writing this email as I am willing to share the karma points with you, 20% for you, the account owner, 70% for us, 10% to bribe people to shut up about duplicate posts.

Please note this transaction is 100% safe as we will use paypal and we hope to commence the transfer latest 7 banking days after the next topic which attacks Microsoft without ever reading the links in the topic.

Please email by return your username, password, IP address, inside leg measurement and pictures of Natalie Portman, naked, petrified and covered in grits.

I look forward to doing business with you.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

Timothy

NOTE; PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE NUMBER (KARMA/WHORE) IN ALL YOUR RESPONSES.

Re:fuzzy math

[a_n_d_e_r_s]

Off by 1 ?

It are sadly a common problem in many computer programs also.

Re:punishment

[jimicus]

Make them work for dell customer support for the rest of there lives.

Make them try calling Dell for customer support for the rest of their lives.

Twice as nasty and you don't have to relocate him at taxpayers expense to India as part of the punishment.

Re:Interesting...

[yowi]

There's these 3 blokes (Yank with a broke arm, Pom on crutches, and an Aussie with a bad back) in the pub having a drink.

The yank goes up to the bar to buy a round and the bartender says "You see that guy at the end there? Thats Jesus"
The Yank says "Godamn if it aint, get one for him while your at it!"

A short time later the Pom goes up to the bar and the bartender tells him about the distinguished guest.
The Pom said "Good lord, so it is, make sure the good chap has a fresh drink will you"

Then its the Aussies turn, same deal, Jesus up the end,
"No shit mate" give him a pot of ya best.

Not long after that, Jesus finishes his drinks and heads over to the 3 at the table
"You 3 have shown generosity and kindness when obviously you have dificulties of you own, so I would like to do something for you"

He then touches the Yank on the head and his cast falls off, arm fixed.
He touches the Pom on the head and his legs are fixed.
He reaches out for the Aussie who jumps up screaming

"Dont touch me!!! I'm on compo!!"

Re:Here's my reply to those things

[Anonymous Coward]

Asking them to give you money through Paypal is a bad idea. These people have a buttload of stolen credit cards and that's what they will use.

Agreed. I tried this too just the other day and someone sent me 25,000,000.00 USD w/ a fake credit card. I hate it when that happens.

(I'm just glad my credit card only has a 10,000,000.00 USD limit so someone can't try that with me.)

Processing Fees

[SWroclawski]

I'd like to send him an email saying that I can get him out of jail and have a ton of lawyers standing by prepared to give him free legal representation. All he needs to do is send me $30,000 in processing fees.

Re:No no, *this* is karma whoring

[archen]

I are writing this email as I am willing to share the karma points with you, 20% for you, the account owner, 70% for us, 10% to bribe people to shut up about duplicate posts.

You know that's not Timothy, because the math on the percentages don't add up to above 100%