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Old May 24, 2007 | 05:58 PM
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This was in my Inbox Today. Has anyone else had this happen to them yet?



Originally Posted by OMJOY
FROM:JOYCE OMALA.

COTE D IVOIRE,

WEST AFRICA.


Dear one,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into long time
relatioship and financial transaction for our mutual benefits.

I am JOYCE OMALA and I inheritated an important sum from my late father
who died in recent crisis in Cote d'Ivoire. I wish to request for your
assistance in investing this sum in lucrative venture or manufacturing
and real estate management in your country.

I have One million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars.
USD($1.500,000)to invest in this transaction and I will require your
assistance in receiving the fund in your account in your country. I will gladly
give you some reasonable percent from the total sum for your
assistance. Please it is important you contact me immediately for

more clearification on the next step for smooth conclusion.

Awaiting your immediate response and God bless you.

Thanks for your understanding

Yours Sincerely,

JOYCE OMALA.


PLEASE REPLY TO: omjoyxxy@yahoo.com OR omjoyxxxy@yahoo.com
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Old May 24, 2007 | 06:15 PM
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wow, i have had millions of them via e-mail, but never gotten on on the forums
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Old May 24, 2007 | 06:18 PM
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So are you gunna send the money or not?
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Old May 24, 2007 | 06:21 PM
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Tell her you need some money to get the transfer going. Try & hustle her out of a $100
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Old May 24, 2007 | 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by SEBLS1
Tell her you need some money to get the transfer going. Try & hustle her out of a $100
hell yea
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:07 PM
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I'm still stumped on which e-mail to reply to.
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:09 PM
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Looks legit.
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:11 PM
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wow it does look legit hmmmm keep us posted pls just dnt get con'd
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted by That_guy
wow it does look legit hmmmm keep us posted pls just dnt get con'd

he was being sarcastic
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:32 PM
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Hey man, if you send her some funds... hit me up and I'll give you my address. I'm in need of some money too
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Old May 24, 2007 | 07:44 PM
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Dude, set up a account that is deposit only, and make it a puppet acount. LOL, put like $.01 in it.
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Old May 24, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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cote d'ivoire.. thats new. i've only seen the nigerians trying this scam. funny bunch they are. whats sad is that some people actually fall for this stuff.
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Old May 24, 2007 | 09:28 PM
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I sent her an email. I told her if she talked dirty to me I might consider it..
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Old May 24, 2007 | 09:37 PM
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Its a nigerian scam. It seems like most scams lead back to the nigerians.

One person that was caught on TV said that they only need like 1% of the people that contact to actaully fall for the scam to make a lot of $$.
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Old May 24, 2007 | 10:41 PM
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What happens is you open a legit. account and they send you a check to deposit into your acount. When you deposit the check they then tell you to take out X amount of dollars and wire it to them or send them a money order and you get to keep the rest as a fee for helping them out. Well as everyone knows you can deposit a check to your account and in "some" cases you can withdrawl the money befor it clears. Well when the check clears and bounces you owe the bank what you took out. It happned to a dudes Dad my girlfriend works with......twice Yea what a dumbass. Fool me once.....shame on you.......fool me twice.......damn I`m a dumbass. He had to put his house up for sale to pay the bank back along with other stuff.
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Old May 25, 2007 | 01:13 AM
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i got this message tooo
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Old May 25, 2007 | 02:29 AM
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Originally Posted by That_guy
wow it does look legit hmmmm keep us posted pls just dnt get con'd
wow... you are a MF trip.
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Old May 25, 2007 | 06:09 AM
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Dare ya!
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Old May 25, 2007 | 08:51 PM
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I got the same PM.
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Old May 26, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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yeah, i got one of those last night.....forwarded it directly to Tony for the as soon as i saw the PM message
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