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[klitzy]

5Dear Beloved,

Due to the sudden death of my husband General Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration. I have lost confidence with anybody within my country.I got your contacts through personal research,and had to reach you through this medium. I will give you more details when you reply. Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I cant visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted you. My husband deposited $12.6million dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is witheld for now till we communicate. I will be happy if you can receive this funds and keep it safe I assure you something tangible for your assistance. I will need your tel/ mobile numbers so that we can commence communication.I await your urgent
response.

Sincerely yours,
Hajia Mariam.

Anyone had one of these? Im sure you guys have. Anyone ever tried replying? Would it be a bad idea to reply? Any advice?

I obviously know it is fraud by the way...But would there be harm in replying?

[rabidbadger]

Have you seen Ze Franks take on this at the TEDtalks? Funny.
Liinkificationarianism (http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=z_frank)

PS. Not wise to reply. I'm sure it has been adopted by other spammers beyond the original creator, and will net you significant spam in return.

[jeffchan]

Send them:

Congragulations on being hopeless. Consider yourself more hopeless. You've been blacklisted.

Good bye, and have fun touching yourself.

[rowlodge]

i've heard of a very rich millionaire falling for that..

[ariastar]

5Dear Beloved,

Due to the sudden death of my husband General Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration. I have lost confidence with anybody within my country.I got your contacts through personal research,and had to reach you through this medium. I will give you more details when you reply. Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I cant visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted you. My husband deposited $12.6million dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is witheld for now till we communicate. I will be happy if you can receive this funds and keep it safe I assure you something tangible for your assistance. I will need your tel/ mobile numbers so that we can commence communication.I await your urgent
response.

Sincerely yours,
Hajia Mariam.

Anyone had one of these? Im sure you guys have. Anyone ever tried replying? Would it be a bad idea to reply? Any advice?

I obviously know it is fraud by the way...But would there be harm in replying?

Known as a Nigerian scam, or 419, DON'T do it. I deal with these all the time at work. People fall for them all the time. You give any info and you're screwed. Tell me, what research would lead this "widow" to believe that YOU are the single best person out there to contact?

[klitzy]

Known as a Nigerian scam, or 419, DON'T do it. I deal with these all the time at work. People fall for them all the time. You give any info and you're screwed. Tell me, what research would lead this "widow" to believe that YOU are the single best person out there to contact?

Yeah...So I shouldnt even respond to the e-mail? I know its fake and all...

[tokenuser]

They want something from you Klitzy ...

I on the other hand am a WINNER!!!! This email says so ...

Date:29/10/2006
Ref:7458222754
Batch:906634213/255
Winning
no:XB4/701/LNRC

CONGRATULATIONS!

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are
delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 26th of October,
2006 from the australian International Lottery programme. Which is fully based on an electronic selection of winners using their emails. Your email address was attached to ticket number;7458222754, 906634213 serial number 6741137002. This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 2-12-43-40-56bonus number 27,which consequently won you the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
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We hope that with part of your prize, you will participate in our end of the year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.Please quote your Date of draw,reference,batch and winning numbers which can be found on the top left corner of this and telephone number to help locate your file easily. For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your prize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by non-participant or unofficial personnel.
Note, all winnings MUST be claimed on or before 10th of November 2006, otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to charity. Congratulations once again on your winning!!!

Best Regards,
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(For Public
Relations)
Note: Contact our Fudiciary Agent as soon as you receive this mail.

[ariastar]

Yay, Token! You're a winner, and they don't even know your name! LOL!

Klitzy, it was okay to open, but never click yes if as return receipt is requested. Just don't respond.

[nation]

No totally respond to it you will get uber rich i know ive done it

lol

[ariastar]

No totally respond to it you will get uber rich i know ive done it

lol

*smacks Nation upside the head*