I just got a scam e-mail from one of my clients. This is a fortune 500 company and its the exact same address. But its a 409 scam from some monkey in ******ia

It's easy to bounce emails off an address to another person or pass an email off as another address.

But isin't it odd that it came forma women who I speak with on a daily basis. Are the ******ians tracking my phone calls and e-mails? This is the first scam e-mail I have ever received.

noob.

But isin't it odd that it came forma women who I speak with on a daily basis. Are the ******ians tracking my phone calls and e-mails? This is the first scam e-mail I have ever received.
WTF? the ******ians are doing this?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8704213/

^ stupid woman.

Batman's Story does not explain What Meddle is talking about. I don't blame Meddle. He can only post one sentance at at time., however I would like to hear a better explanation......anybody?

lol, nobody to blame for that one but herself...

Seems they're getting smarter about it, though... Guess they got tired of getting owned with the car and "inheritance" scams...

Batman's Story does not explain What Meddle is talking about. I don't blame Meddle. He can only post one sentance at at time., however I would like to hear a better explanation......anybody?


Ok, I got an email from a client. But it was a 409 scam. They wanted to over pay me and have me refund the difference. The kicker is that the email said it would be handled by someone other than my usual contact in acounts payable- in another country. They are trying to set up a 409 scam through an existing business relationship by hijacking an e-mail address I guess.

or the "exiled prince of whatever"......you ever see that fax??

Ok, I got an email from a client. But it was a 409 scam. They wanted to over pay me and have me refund the difference. The kicker is that the email said it would be handled by someone other than my usual contact in acounts payable- in another country. They are trying to set up a 409 scam through an existing business relationship by hijacking an e-mail address I guess.
See, I don't know what a "409 scam" is And I would really like to know how the clone the email. That seems like the hard part too me.

See, I don't know what a "409 scam" is

Partake of this feast of BS, then...



FROM:MR MARTIN MAES


Dear Sir,

Permit me to humbly introduce myself as Mr. Martin Maes, Age 32 and a
citizen of Ivory Coast -West Africa; presently I am residing in India
due to the civil unrest in my country.

I am making this contact with you, on the strength of the advise of my
lawyer to search for a reliable investment portfolio/opportunities
abroad, because of the political crisis in my country and what we (my
family) perceive as determined effort by the present government to
continue to punish us especially after we made public our suspicions of
President Gbagbo's involvement in the assassination of my father and 23
other top opposition leaders, prior to the out break of the civil war
in my country.

I wish to solicit your consent to form a joint business venture in your
country, to conduct activities that include transfer of funds,
management and reinvestment of the funds by you on my behalf
(Owner/Investor) for profit purposes for a period of five years.

This is on the condition that you retain for your services 25% of the
principal amount of US$ 10,500.000 being the amount I intend to invest
in your country with your guidelines and supervision. And the said
funds for Investments are of legitimate origin and not as a result of
fraud, corruption, money laundering or any illegal activities.

This proposal is not in any way, intended to create an
employer/employee relationship, but a partnership.

Your responsibility as a partner will be to devote the time necessary
to conduct the reinvestment of the fund and shall keep the investor
(Me) informed as to the contractual and business arrangement with the
transaction, payment dates and amount paid from time to time by you for
this transaction. And to diligently provide the service to the capacity
associated in being a Partner.

If you are interested in this business proposal, please provide your
telephone and fax numbers in your reply through the altanative email
add. (martinsmaes@tiscali.it)

Yours truly,


Martins Maes


Or......


FROM: Dr.JAMES CORSA
TEL: +27-73-3744-720
Email: drjamescorsa@hotmail.com

DIRECTOR/CEO.
ATTN: REQUEST FOR URGENT TRANSFER

In my quest for a reliable and trusted partner for a highly important and
lucrative venture cum investment, I came across your contact as a reliable
partner for this venture.

I am DR.JAMES CORSA, one of the senior Accountants of AMALGAMATED BANK OF
SOUTH AFRICA (ABSA). To highlight you on this proposal, there is an account
opened in this bank since 1980 till 1990 after which, nobody has operated on
this account again till date. After going through some old files in the
records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it
would be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Ben
Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger gold co., a geologist by
profession who died since 1990. No other person knows about this
account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and
my investigation further proved to me that his company does not know
anything about this account and the amount involved as he made it his
personal account. The money outstanding before his death was (USD 26
Million) Twenty Six Million United States Dollars.

I am now contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved
to a national with a local bank account here. But can only be approved to
any foreign account because the money is in US dollars and the former owner,
a foreigner. I implore you to act as foreigner and bneficiary to the fund as
I will then intimate you on the processes abound as well as procure all the
necessary documents required to lay claim to the money. If you are capable
and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according
to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit I shall highly
appreciate. I need trusted person in this business because I do not want to
make mistakes; I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now
in the office I can effect transfer of this money to any foreigner's
reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will
be intact pending my arrival in your country for disbursement. On the
alternative, you can come down here to South Africa for us to meet one to
one after which I will effect the remittance in your presence and two of us
will then proceed to your country, at least two days ahead of the money
prior to it's reflect into the account as provided by you.

Send me your private telephone and fax numbers upon receipt of this
proposal, if you genuinely want to assist and be a co-partner. I will also
want us to meet face to face, to enable us sign a binding agreement. As soon
as you receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your
choice where the fund will be safe. I will proceed to your country for
onward percentage distributions and investment. I need your full
co-operation to make this work because the management is ready to approve
this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this
account, which I will give to you immediately we you show's your intreasted.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward
transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms of
the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this
business, for your assistance, 25% of the total amount will be accrue for
you, 70% for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have
incurred during the process of the transfer.

I implore you to maintain the absolute confidentiality of this transaction.

Your earliest response is urgently awaited.

Truly Yours,

Dr.JAMES CORSA



Got both of these in the good ol' Gmail last month...

Kept them around as a reminder of how stupid people must be to fall for shit like this....

See on this one, they were using our situation. This would be an e-mail I would receive almsot every month form the company. Only they wanted to send me more than invoiced (which the invoice they claim doesn't even exist) and I refund the difference. They also claim to be her in the email. Then state that she will not handle this invoice another man (who i have never heard) would handle it.

Now I know this is a common scam, my question is, how the fuck did the send it form this e-mail adress and know so much about both companies?

Now I know this is a common scam, my question is, how the fuck did the send it form this e-mail adress and know so much about both companies?
That is my question


And DAK, those are the FAXes that used to come in back in the early 90s. Always the same story I wonder WHO falls for it??? anybody?? I guess cause they keep doing it.

Still don't know why the name "409 Scam" I get the Scam part.....just not the 409

Actually, it's 419...

And it's named so due to the section of the Nigerian Criminal Code that it violates....

Now you know.... *cue 80's music*

*cue 80's music*
*sits up and smiles like a retard*
*sways and bites upper lip while snapping fingers*

That is my question


And DAK, those are the FAXes that used to come in back in the early 90s. Always the same story I wonder WHO falls for it??? anybody?? I guess cause they keep doing it.

Still don't know why the name "409 Scam" I get the Scam part.....just not the 409
Just FYI....plus it's entertaining reading.

http://www.419eater.com/

^^^omg that's hilariuos..........don't wonder if you don't see me for a while. I wanna bait some!!!