I received the following letter via email. Imagine that, I was picked out of all people in the world. I want you all to know I will never forget from whence I came, and I will think of you often.
Here is the letter:
Name:OLSOM BERGHART Email:olsom_begs_111@yahoo.fr
Dear friend
I am Mr. Olsom Berghart a personal treasurer to Mikhail Khodorkovsky the Richest man in Russia and owner of the following companies: Chairman CEO: YUKOS OIL (Russian Largest Oil Company) Chairman CEO:Menatep SBP Bank (A well reputable financial institution with it's Branches all over the world)
SOURCE OF FUNDS:
I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$100.5M, which I seek your Partnership in accommodating for me. You will be rewarded with 4% of The total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF As a personal consultant to him, authority Was handed over to me in transfer of money of an American oil merchant For his last oil deal with my boss Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to an European private Bank where the final crediting is expected to be carried out. While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his Involvement in politics by financing the leading And opposing political parties (the Union of Right Forces,Led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party Led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses a treat to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president. You can catch more of the story on This website:
YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the Above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable The European bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this Sum to relocate to American continent and never to be connected to any Of Mikhail Khodorkovsky conglomerates. As Soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I Will provide you with the details.
Thank you very much
Regards Olsom Berghart (Mr)
NOTE; For confidetiality reply to my private email olsom_begs_111@yahoo.fr
Posted by Don Coplen (Member # 127) on :
Rick, the same fellow, who is now my best friend, gave me $150 million a few months ago. One day soon, let's get together and race our Ferraris.
Posted by Patrick Whatley (Member # 2008) on :
The story of a guy who strung one of these people along to see what they would do to try and get his information.
The picture of the guy withthe pineapple on his head is priceless.
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
Well you guys can believe this scam if you want, but WE won the lottery!! And they even tell me it's not a scam or a joke, so I KNOW it's for real!!
WINNER!! WINNER!!! This is to inform you of the release of the E-MAIL LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD held on the 18th october 2005. Due to the mix up of numbers, the results were released on the 20th October, 2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 802916324 under agent ID: 10 which subsequently won you the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of $4,000,000.00 (Four Million Dollars) in cash drawn in your favor as beneficiary and covered with HIGH IRREVOCABLE GURRANTY BOUND POLICY.
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unauthorized persons. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn, from only Microsoft users from over 20,000.00 companies and 3,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. To begin your lottery claim, please contact our agent below that has been appointed for the processing of your claim with the email address below: CONTACT NAME: Mr. Williams Wilcox CITY/ COUNTRY: London, United Kingdom. TEL: +447031940994 EMAIL: free_claimlottery2005@yahoo.co.uk Warning: If any winner thinks that this program is a SCAM or a JOKE Please you are advised not to reply this email, because we want to avoid embarrassment, of winner and the abuse of this lottery program because we have responsible bodies that handle that kind of affairs. Secondly, you are not supposed to reply to this contact email address because it would not be responded to. Note: that all winning must be claimed not later than their deadline date of receiving this notification. After this date all unclaimed, funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your WINNING NUMBER in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible. The Free Claim lottery company is proudly sponsored by a Diamond company. Located in Brazil and also the Free Lotto Internet draw is held once in a year and it is organized, because we are fats approaching the end of the year, so this $4 Million dollars is a Christmas prize to our lucky winners. So I will like to congratulate you because you will have the pleasure to thank God, for what you have achieved in 2005. And we are proud to say that over 200 Million Pounds Sterling are won annually in more than 150 countries worldwide. We also encourage you to visit our website at www.freelotto.com and take your chance to play and become part of our daily winners. Millions are won on a daily basis on one of the world's most famous free lotto service. Thank you once more for your usual anticipation. Your Faithfully, Mr. Van Gouh Public Relations Officer.
Posted by Rick Beisiegel (Member # 3723) on :
Jane
He signed "Yours Faithfully" It must be true. You ever notice how loooooong winded these folks are?
Posted by coop (Member # 504) on :
I love these guys! One of my favorite hobbies is "baiting" them. See www.419eater.com or several other sites for funny stories or how-to articles.
My favorite "pet" so far.... Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
There was another site full of people stringing these scammers along. I forget where it was but the funniest one they had was where the "stringer" convinced the scammer to take a picture of himself in lingerie and email it back. Yep, it was posted online, too funny!
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
Hey, and now we can all buy these Rolexes!! We noticed you had bought one of our products before. We just recently slashed prices, and thought we should let you know.
Check us out, im sure you will find something that you will like, at a price that is very affordable.
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I especially like that last "sentence"!! Posted by Mike Pipes (Member # 1573) on :
OK that's it, smoking crack obviously isn't helping me with my reading comprehension.
Posted by Jane Diaz (Member # 595) on :
It must be my lucky day! ANOTHER one! Ant this one is ALL CAPITALS! So I know THIS one is for real, after all HE is my blood brother!
DEAR SIR, THIS LETTER MAY COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE, PLEASE TREAT IT LIKE A BLOOD BROTHER AFFAIR. I AM MR.MIKE OKORO, THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT, WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF THIRTY-THREE MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY(US$33,400.000.00).THIS MONEY IS NOW DEPOSITED IN THE NNPC TREASURY ACCOUNT WITH THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. THE SUM AROSE FROM THE DELIBERATE OVER-INVOICING OF A CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE NNPC TO A FOREIGN FIRM FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS PLANT (LNG) IN BONNY, SOUTHERN NIGERIA DURING THE LAST MILITARY REGIME.
THIS CONTRACT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY EXECUTED AND COMMISSIONED AND THE CONTRACTOR THAT HANDLED THIS CONTRACT HAS COLLECTED HIS FINAL PAYMENT; THUS LEAVING BEHIND THE ABOVE STATED AMOUNT WHICH REPRESENTS THE OVER INVOICED SUM. HOWEVER, THE CODE OF CONDUCT BUREAU (CIVIL SERVANTS LAWS) DOES NOT ALLOW US TO OWN AND OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT, THEREFORE, I NEEDED A FOREIGN PARTNER THAT WILL PRESENT HIMSELF AS THE SUB-CONTRACTOR BY PROVIDING HIS BANK PARTICULARS SO THAT THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO HIS ACCOUNT. FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THIS BUSINESS, YOUR SHARE WILL BE 30% OF THE TOTAL SUM, 60% FOR ME, WHILE 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFF-SET ANY EXPENSES WE MAY INCURE IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION. IF YOU ARE WILLING TO ASSIST US IN THIS TRANSACTION, PLEASE SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS. ALL MODALITIES FOR THE TAKE-OFF, OF THIS TRANSACTION HAS BEEN WORKED OUT AND FURTHER ACTION WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY I HEAR FROM YOU. I SOLICIT FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO ASK ME.
CONTACT ME IN MY PRIVATE EMAIL:mikeuc15@yahoo.com
Posted by Sheila Ferrell (Member # 3741) on :
Uh . . Dudettah . . . according to the 'law' you may have forfieted your rights to this 'benefit' by disregarding that last statement: "NOTE; For confidetiality reply to my private email olsom_begs_111@yahoo.fr"
Now you have done went and shared it with potentially 5,000+ people . . . .
lol . . .
ANYWAY . . . UGH . . .*wash hands* I don't even like reading it by proxy here . . . or copyin' & pastin' part of what you copied . . . ACK.
Just out of curiosity, is'nt it unsafe to open these things??? Can they deposit a 'virus' in your computer, or somethin'??
No matter.
I spam 'em without even opening them. Also most of this Bovine Scat automatically goes to my bulk mail anyway which I empty/delete without even going into . . .
Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Sorry to burst yer bubble Rick...
But I had already sent them all my banking information, all my credit card numbers (to show good faith) and am just waiting for the transaction to be completed..
I just hope it is soon...
Seems some scumbag just cleaned out my bank accounts and maxed out all of my credit cards!
I KNOW everything will be OK as soon as that money transfer comes through though.
signed...
"Not worried in Ontario"
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
I really don't care about those scams!
I am waiting for Publishers Clearing House to show up on my doorstep with that $1,000,000.00 check!
[ October 21, 2005, 07:41 PM: Message edited by: Si Allen ]
Posted by Harris Kohen (Member # 2139) on :
Hey the phone rang today at work and I asked if it was Ed McMahon, they guy on the other end laughed and then said yes and I had won a million dollars, he would be sending the money by armored car the second tuesday of next week.
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