interesting peice of spam

[dogfish227]

any body else get this email looks like spam to me


Subject: Business Relationship
Date: 9/6/2003 9:46:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time
From: Dominic Dukas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]

Dear Friend,
Naturally, this letter will come to you as a surprise since we have not met,permit me however, I am MR. DOMINIC DUKAS, a Zimbabwean Farmer.

I am contacting you as the need for me to have a foreign partner in your country has become necessary due to my plans to relocate and establish a private company in that region, as the present political instability in my country (Zimbabwe), does not encourage financial investment as the environment is not conducive for investment and most of all security is not guaranteed, just as reported by the International media. This problem started when the Zimbabwean government under the leadership of President Robert Mugabe announced a decree on May 31st 2001 to seize more than 6000 white-owned farms. So far, more than 5,400 white owned farms have been invaded, properties confiscated and farm lands seized. During these periods, as reported by the international media and C.N.N, more than 500 white farmers were killed, the government didn't stop at this, as just recently the government have asked all white-farmers to give up their farms to black farmers or risk going to prison. Having
lived in this country (Zimbabwe) for more than 35 years, I have no other country to go to, nor can I trace any of my distant relatives.

Therefore, I decided to contact you through my local Zimbabwean associate (Mr. Dennis Udongo) for your assistance so that I can establish a company in your country and relocate there. Also, I must re-iterate the importance of having a citizen of your country to front as the owner of the enterprise, due to the fact that I will be a foreigner in your country. For this purpose, I have deposited in a Security company based in Amsterdam (the Netherlands) all the funds realised from the sales of my farmland and other farming equipment which amounted to USD18,500,000.00 (Eighteen million, five hundred United States Dollars). These funds was packaged in two metal boxes and declared as personal effects and photographic materials so as to avoid detection by immigration/security officials. For now, I stay in Johannesburg (South Africa)because Zimbabwe is highly unsafe for me and my family. You can reach me on Tel. No. 0027-83-9469684 for further talks or you can also mail your immediat
e response to me.

Upon your immediate response, I will immediately arrange and send to you all the documentation that will empower your good self in finalizing the transaction with the security company in the Netherlands.

Let me use this opportunity to also inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free and genuine and should also be handled in the most confidential manner. This proposal is NOT and must NOT be linked to all the numerous SCAM letters flying around. The money (USD18.5m) already stashed in the two boxes could be termed as consignment and I will not hesitate to link you to my safe contact in the security company for further discussion.

Lest I forget, you should be entitled to 30% of the total funds for your support and cooperation in the transaction. Its also your duty to assist me in investing my own share of the money in your company or in your country. I shall be counting on your unalloyed trust and immediate response.

Cheers and God bless.

Best Regards.

MR.DOMINIC DUKAS


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[PeteD]

I agree! A very interesting bit of spam. A lot of thought must have gone into writing that, and I bet some people out there are going to fall for it and loose a lot of money! fools

[MartinLiss]

This is a well-known fraud/scam. See this link.

[Foxer]

I got one from a time traveller wanting weird and exotic parts for his time machine that I presume are about or just about to be invented.

The e-mail didn't demand anything from me (apart from a response) but it was entertaining reading just the same.

[seismicweasel]

the best trick for these scammers is to reply to them

make it interesting & fun

http://www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/David_Ehi.html

if you've ever read anything by H.P. Lovecraft its good for a laugh, and it shows what entertainment you can get from playing with the minds of these idiot scammers

[MartinLiss]

Originally posted by seismicweasel
the best trick for these scammers is to reply to them

make it interesting & fun

http://www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/David_Ehi.html

if you've ever read anything by H.P. Lovecraft its good for a laugh, and it shows what entertainment you can get from playing with the minds of these idiot scammers

Whoa! That's really something.

[MixMaster]

This is an example of the 'advance fee' scam. Basically they promise you unimaginable riches and when you agree to it nothing happens.

Then, after a while you get an email saying they are about to make the transfer. You dont get any money. You get an email saying they have been caught but it's ok because they can bribe xyz official and then it will all be ok.

You get an email saying their assets have been frozen but they can bribe another xyz official and everything will be OK again, only they can't bribe him because their assets are frozen so could you please send them $3000 by international money transfer.

If you do send them they money the cycle repeats until you're broke and some scamster somewhere is very rich. Most of these scams operate out of Nigeria or Sierra Leon.

At one point it was one of the top ten sources of income for Nigerians and the Nigerian national bank was so concerned by the amout of illegal activity being done by it's 'customers' that they paid for half-page ads in American newspapers to warn people of the scam.