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anikistranger 6 posts Location: southern california, USA
Posted: I joined no longer than a few hours ago, and already, I have a private message. There's the normal one called "Welcome", and then an urgent toned one called, "I NEED YOUR REPLY". An obvious scam that tells me some worker of citibank wants to sign me off as a beneficiary of 24 million dollars in a bank in Poland. Here is the cut and paste of the exact message:
i'm Mr mack coben , a staff in CITIBANK.POLAND as an account and financial adviser to the late MARIO BACOLI who died in the recent earthquake in ITALY. I am a signatory to a fixed deposit account of US$24,000,000.00 (TWENTY FOUR MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) In a bank in POLAND where we have were his fund was deposited.
I have made all the official paper work for the transfer of this fund as i want you to stand as the beneficiary to the stated fund above. He did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents in the bank concerning the deposi. I want you to stand as the beneficiary to claim this fund.I hope you are trustworthy person,after the successful transfer, we shall share in the ratio of 30% for you and 60% for me and 10% will be set aside to up set any expenssess.
All I need IS your assistance and coperation for the successful transfer of this funds into your nominated bank account. Please get back to me urgently so that i can give you more directives on how to conclude the inheritance transfer to you as the bonefide next of kin to the decease and the beneficiary to the fund.
Regards, Mr mack coben
pls reply me through my private email mackcoben700@sifymail.com waitting to hear from you
Now, What can I do to report the guy? I have enough to deal with these rats trying to mess with my email, I don't need that from a forum I enjoy visiting. Oh yeah, and his screen name was mackcoben.
gurugurumawaru...
WoodlandAppleBRONZE Member addict 474 posts Location: Australia
Posted: I got the same mackcoben stranger
Registered: 01/12/09 Dear Woodlandapple
i'm Mr mack coben , a staff in CITIBANK.POLAND as an account and financial adviser to the late MARIO BACOLI who died in the recent earthquake in ITALY. I am a signatory to a fixed deposit account of US$24,000,000.00 (TWENTY FOUR MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) In a bank in POLAND where we have were his fund was deposited.
I have made all the official paper work for the transfer of this fund as i want you to stand as the beneficiary to the stated fund above. He did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents in the bank concerning the deposi. I want you to stand as the beneficiary to claim this fund.I hope you are trustworthy person,after the successful transfer, we shall share in the ratio of 30% for you and 60% for me and 10% will be set aside to up set any expenssess.
All I need IS your assistance and coperation for the successful transfer of this funds into your nominated bank account. Please get back to me urgently so that i can give you more directives on how to conclude the inheritance transfer to you as the bonefide next of kin to the decease and the beneficiary to the fund.
Regards, Mr mack coben
pls reply me through my private email mackcoben700@sifymail.com waitting to hear from you
sticks and stones my break my bones, but ski patrol will save me.
margitaSILVER Member .:*distracted by shiny things*:. 3,777 posts Location: brizvegas, Australia
Posted: i've notified a moderator - hopefully not too many people get those messages!!!! i guess some people have nothing better to do than join sites & spam members!
on another note - hi! welcome to hop you guys!
do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and good to eat!
if at first you do succeed, try not to look too astonished!
smile! :grin: it confuses people!
DurbsBRONZE Member Classically British 5,689 posts Location: Epsom, Surrey, England
Posted: Thanks for the heads-up, user is now banned.
I think "artist" is stretching it a little
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Fire_MooseSILVER Member Elusive and Bearded 3,597 posts Location: Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted: I dunno Durbs, that is a pretty slick idea. I wonder how he thought of that.
Posted: I think he has been watching too many italian mafia movies.
newgabeSILVER Member what goes around comes around. unless you're into stalls. 4,030 posts Location: Bali, Australia
Posted: Hi Aniki I'm happy to assure you that this is a very well run forum, and I'm sorry you had a crap experience like that first up. See the Notify tab at the bottom of each post? Feel free to use it to contact moderators if anything weird happens!
.....Can't juggle balls but I sure as hell can juggle details....
UCOFSILVER Member 15,417 posts Location: South Wales
Posted: Originally Posted By: newgabeHi Aniki I'm happy to assure you that this is a very well run forum, and I'm sorry you had a crap experience like that first up.
This.
PMs like this are very rare, but they do happen. I think this is the 2nd time I have heard of it, and I have been here for 6 years now.
Best thing to do is report the PM to a Mod, and then copy and paste the message to "abuse@" and let them deal with it.
Posted: it's a so called "letter from Nigeria" only version 3.0
it started with mails from Nigeria (Hi, I'm the widow of belated president... inherited THE SUM OF *enter two quazillion dollars*... want to share with YOU... entrusted friend...) moved to European lotteries you have never played and others that have randomly selected your eMail address to WIN THE SUM OF QUAZILLION BRITISH POUNDS... and lately to people dropping dead under quite natural circumstances and bankers who want to SHARE THE INHERITAGE WITH YOU AS A NEXT OF KIN...
Just ignore it - wherever it's from...
Welcome to the ballroom, sorry to have a conman in second file...
the best smiles are the ones you lead to
Mr MajestikSILVER Member coming to a country near you 4,696 posts Location: home of the tiney toothy bear, Australia
Posted: Originally Posted By: UnscrupulousChavOffersFoot PMs like this are very rare, but they do happen. I think this is the 2nd time I have heard of it, and I have been here for 6 years now.
yep sounds right, the first time i got one. that was a few years ago though.
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