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Nigerian scam email infiltrated PM system




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dormcat
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Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC
PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:11 pm Reply with quote
I just got a typical Nigerian scam (or Côte d'Ivoire scam in this case) in my PM inbox:

Quote:
[email protected]

NOTE:PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL BOX
BELOW ( [email protected] )
in Abidjan, Cote d'ivoireWest africa



Dear One,

I wish to request for your assistance in a financial
transaction. dear I get your contact from a member of
this your sit.I wish to invest in Manufacturing and
real estate management in your country.

I have seven million, five hundred thousand United
State Dollars. USD($7.500,000)to invest
in the transaction and i will require your assistance
in receiving the funds in your account in your country. i will gladly give you 15% of the total sum for your assistance.
please it is important you contact me immediately on
my private e-mail address ( [email protected] )
for further explanation.

Awaiting your immediate response and God bless.
Regards
Frank Kamara.
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Ktimene's Lover



Joined: 23 Apr 2005
Posts: 2242
Location: Glendale, AZ (Proudly living in the desert)
PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:15 pm Reply with quote
dormcat, I just reported that thing to Zac because I got the same message in my PM inbox.
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dormcat
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Location: New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC
PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:21 pm Reply with quote
Ctimene's Lover wrote:
dormcat, I just reported that thing to Zac because I got the same message in my PM inbox.

Spambot infiltration is a technical problem. Report similar problems to Dan (or, in the case of emergency and Dan is not available, to Chris) in the future.
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Dargonxtc



Joined: 13 Apr 2006
Posts: 4463
Location: Nc5xd7+ スターダストの海洋
PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 2:50 pm Reply with quote
Got the same Ivory Coast scam.

Posting it just in case there are differences.
Quote:
[email protected]

NOTE:PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL BOX
BELOW ( [email protected] )
in Abidjan, Cote d'ivoireWest africa



Dear One,

I wish to request for your assistance in a financial
transaction. dear I get your contact from a member of
this your sit.I wish to invest in Manufacturing and
real estate management in your country.

I have seven million, five hundred thousand United
State Dollars. USD($7.500,000)to invest
in the transaction and i will require your assistance
in receiving the funds in your account in your country. i will gladly give you 15% of the total sum for your assistance.
please it is important you contact me immediately on
my private e-mail address ( [email protected] )
for further explanation.

Awaiting your immediate response and God bless.
Regards
Frank Kamara.


And kids (if your reading), if you don't already know. Never reply to an email, private message, forum post or any other communique of this nature. You bank account will magically disappear.
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Joined: 14 Feb 2006
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 4:48 pm Reply with quote
I got it too, but since I'm sure Dan has already been informed of this particular one, I'm going to go ahead and just delete it.
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Dan42
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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:06 pm Reply with quote
I'm not sure if someone did a cleanup before I got to it, but I only had 53 spam PMs to delete. And banned the idiot, obviously.
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