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Lesigner Girl
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Re: 419 scams
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bummee wrote:
Somebody thought there was something worth helping themselves to, and we know who it was dont we Petal? . 
They tried very hard to hide what they were trying to do and even tried to convince the potential victim that it was all a misunderstanding afterward.
 
Exiled for libel and continued harassment. The guy must have thought I was joking.
Kaunisto, I'm sure anyone could get a .cn email address. What matters is their IP, and every IP I've traced in relation to one of those things has come from Nigeria.
MO, I wouldn't be surprised.
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11/13/2009, 9:52 pm
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Morwen Oronor
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Re: 419 scams
Thank you Lesa.
Your support is valued more than you can imagine.
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11/13/2009, 10:26 pm
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Lesigner Girl
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Re: 419 scams
You're welcome, MO. Although I do support you personally, I'll support anyone who's being victimized, as long as I can determine who the victim is. I just wish libel and harassment were this easy to determine in all cases, but I can't be everywhere to witness them all from the beginning like I did this one.
It could be that he's a victim too, but if that's the case, it would have to be of his own paranoia and nothing more. Either way, if he honestly believed what he was saying, then he should have taken it through the proper channels, instead of continuing with his cryptic accusations after he had been warned to stop doing that.
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11/13/2009, 10:50 pm
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Morwen Oronor
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Re: 419 scams
The point is that he has absolutely no grounds for his complaint at all.
He gave me the stories by emailing them to me; he agreed that I had permission to post them on my private website, by sending me photos to add to the blog; he commented on the stories inside the messageboard attached to the blog; he thanked me for the way that his stories were presented; and finally he allowed me to open a photo-storage account on his behalf and he agreed to allow me to put the stories together.
You've heard all this before. If he had any idea that I had nefarious intentions with the stories, why did he hand them over to me?
I'm just sick of this particular storm in a teacup. If he continues with this nonsense, I'll have no option but to get someone to write a formal letter to him. I cannot allow my reputation to be sullied in this way. I've spent too many years working on my academic qualifications to let someone get away with questioning my integrity like this.
I really don't want it to continue. I just want him to go away and leave me alone.
Thankfully at least I'll be able to chat to Runboard members now without the fear that he's reading everything I write with the idea of attacking me personally with this tripe.
And honestly what he's fighting about is such garbage, it's not worth printing onto toilet paper.
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11/14/2009, 5:53 am
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Petal Alderin
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Re: 419 scams
I know we're all right behind you on this one Mo - you have more than enough ammo to accuse him of libel or defamation at this stage.
At least now he won't be able to continue with his pathetic imagined grudges on runboard, and it he starts harassing you with emails then I think you should tell him you're going to see a solicitor.
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11/14/2009, 6:01 am
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Kaunisto
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Re: 419 scams
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Lesigner Girl wrote:
Kaunisto, I'm sure anyone could get a .cn email address. What matters is their IP, and every IP I've traced in relation to one of those things has come from Nigeria.
Agree on .cn, that's for sale freely. But I'm surprised they actually come from (or at least go through) Nigeria. I've always thought that's just a suitable background story.
Here's a new one:
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Chief Auditor, Standard Chartered Bank. London
Email: [email protected]
Tel: +44 704 570 7830
Fax: +44 844 774 3356
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal
Date: November, 15th, 2009.
Dear Esteemed Partner,
I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics, but
please treat it with absolute secrecy and personal courtesy. I am Floyd Shely.
I am an Auditor in a commercial Bank here in London UK. In the
process of auditing our bank accounts for the quarter of the year, I recently
discovered that there is a dormant account valued at the sum 7,394,890.00
(Seven Million, three hundred and ninety four thousand, eight hundred and
ninety British Pounds Sterling) and after due verification of this account it
was clear to me that the account owner of the account in question is late, and
that is why the account has been dormant and as such the funds are lying
unclaimed in the bank.
The idea of presenting a foreigner to act as his next of kin came into my mind
so as to have the total sum of 7,394,890.00 willed and transferred to you as
the next of kin to the deceased account owner and, we shall both disburse the
fund according to the percentage we will agree upon.
In view of this, I am seeking your co-operation and understanding to stand as
the next of kin to the deceased customer to enable us claim the fund from my
Bank. Hence, if this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue
advantage of my trust. Please kindly get back to me immediately, strictly via
email - [email protected] to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed.
I will appreciate if the details below are confirmed back to me in your next
email in order for me to prepare the MOU, MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING that both
of us will endorse in other for both parties to be protected.
FULL NAME:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER(S):
SEX/AGE:
NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION/PROFESSION:
On getting your response with the above details, we shall agree on the
percentage ratio on how the funds shall be splitter between ourselves, as I
intend to invest part of our own share in real estate or any lucrative business
in your country, and I would appreciate if you can put me in the right part
where I can invest my own share.
Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free.
I wait for your prompt response.
Best Regards,
Mr. Floyd Shely.
Chief Auditor,
Standard Chartered Bank.
London - United Kingdom.
NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO OUR LATE CUSTOMER OR NOT; THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.
"Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free."
Does anyone know where that telephone number is to, is it really UK?
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11/16/2009, 2:09 am
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Morwen Oronor
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Re: 419 scams
Get Leo or Heart to try phoning it.
But does this guy not see that anyone would be able to tell him that what he is doing is theft?
I'm sure he sent that out to lots of people, one of whom hopefully took it to the police.
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11/16/2009, 3:30 am
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Petal Alderin
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Re: 419 scams
For a start it should be reported to Standard Charter Bank, whose name he is obviously using and that's libellous or something.
And then perhaps the fraud squad in London should know about it - as Mo said, perhaps Leo or Heart could find the appropriate numbers/addresses and copy and forward this on to them.
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11/16/2009, 3:53 am
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Lesigner Girl
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Re: 419 scams
For starters, I'm pretty sure there is a Standard Chartered Bank in the UK, but not a Standard Charter Bank. If anyone were to check into that much, they should know the sender of this email doesn't work for them.
For that matter, anyone who lives in the UK, as this person claims he is, should have better English grammar than that. Further, he shouldn't be using the Americanized spelling of words. Yet, he starts his email with "apologize" instead of "apologise".
As for the phone numbers, it's easy enough to have a phone number outside your own country. I have one outside the US, and I know someone with an American number who doesn't live here.
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11/21/2009, 4:15 pm
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Morwen Oronor
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Re: 419 scams
I got another one yesterday from some widow. I didn't bother to read it, just chucked it in the trash. It was typed all in capitals something about needing a bank account for an insurance policy or something. I wonder if people actually do fall for this stuff.
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11/21/2009, 9:34 pm
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