Crazy weird scam

rebelbuttkicker · Post by **rebelbuttkicker** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 8:44 pm

Does anyone know anything about the scam where a person claims to be from Africa, their Uncle was poisoned, and he had a bunch of money deposited here where they will continue their education? It has lots of spelling errors and grammer errors. It is starting to get on my nerves. Where did it come from and how can I stop it?

Where's that E-Web? I want to shoot something.

CJ564 · Post by **CJ564** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 9:36 pm

This is a pretty common and old one. People still fall for it though.

TK1423 · Post by **TK1423** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:54 am

Delete the emails or forward to the MBI...

Serty · Post by **Serty** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 7:05 am

here you go
Adult languade do not watch at work or in front of children unless they watch red vs blue

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=0

TK1423 · Post by **TK1423** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:51 am

red vs blue video is so hilarious, i kept laughing through it!

standtrooper · Post by **standtrooper** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:37 am

I send all of mine to the Secret Service 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov
Missouri doesn't have an MBI, the MSHP does all of that work.

The Secret Service handles all of these things, basically what you send goes into a huge db and from there, who knows?

Cmndr Falken · Post by **Cmndr Falken** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:40 am

I don't bother and just delete them. It virtually impossible to prosecute someone out of the country for this offense anyway.

TK1423 · Post by **TK1423** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 12:56 am

Greg

Tony is right, but if you want to persue this -

Here are the Bureau of Investigation Resident Agencies in your area:

Springfield Resident Agency
1932 W. Chesterfield Blvd., Suite 200
Springfield, Missouri 65807
(417) 882-3303

Joplin Resident Agency
2306 South Range Line, Suite 201
Joplin, Missouri 64804
(417) 624-6545

They deal with common fraud schemes - such as the Nigerian Letter, Investment Fraud, Telemarketing Fraud.

TK2774 · Post by **TK2774** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 10:40 am

Actually this is an old scam. Remember it is only a scam when someone falls for it. I have worked a few in Chanute where the person actually gives into the scam and lose money. Some involve the inheritence. Others involve cashing a check and you get to keep some and send the rest to them. Usually the check is bad and after it gets cashed the person who cashed it is in trouble not the one who sent it.
Unfortunately the scams are usually perpitrated by using a laptop in a cyber cafe over seas, so tracking dsn's and other methods are usually worthless. The best thing that public at large can do is to be educated on the scams so they don't fall for them. If there is no one falling for it they wouldn't do it. If for some reason one or more were caught then it would be up to the local jurisdiction of that country to deal with it, not american justice. I would doubt that they would even consider extraditing someone over a scam like that.
I just seen a new one in which the person was told that there was a hit out on them and if there was no money paid that their life was at an end. Well, if someone did actually take a hit out on you the last thing they would do is tell you about it. Also, if there is a hit money has already been exchanged for your death so there would be no more need in geting money from the victim of the hit. I told them to delete it and not to worry about it. Guess what? She is still alive. Go figure. Just be careful on the net and if it is too good to be true it usually is.

rebelbuttkicker · Post by **rebelbuttkicker** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 3:33 pm

Sweet, I think I'll keep sending them in to officials. THough I do fancy using the Internet Politics...

Drago Lordist · Post by **Drago Lordist** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:19 pm

had a friend who strung one of these guys along for roughly a year and a half...

rebelbuttkicker · Post by **rebelbuttkicker** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:45 pm

Fun, what happened?