Epic Fail of a Nigerian 419 scam

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Epic Fail of a Nigerian 419 scam

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Tonight I got one of the most poorly worded, stupid, Nigerian 419 scam emails I have ever seen. I felt like sharing it with you guys, so you too can have a laugh at the epic fail and stupidity of Nigerians who are employed as Mugus (idiots) that try to defraud North Americans with their advance fee fraud scams.

The epic fails are in bold!
X-Orig: [41.217.65.11] (Lagos, Nigeria, Zoom Communications)
From: "CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA" snip
Subject: DEAR CUSTOMER !! 18/03/2011


ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE CONTRACT FUNDS HAS BEEN GAZZETEDTO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TELEX TRANSFER (KTT) -DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU OR THROUGH OUR OFFSHORE OFFICE BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE FUND TRANSFER.

MEANWHILE, A WOMAN M/S MILINDA WILLIS CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH LETTER, CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE. HERE ARE HER INFORMATION'S:
The fail continues...
PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BEHELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT NAME. IF THIS WOMAN IS NOT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FILL AND SEND THIS INFORMATIONS FOR VERIFICATIONS PURPOSES SO THAT YOUR FUND VALID 17.5 MILLION DOLLARS WILL BE REMMITTED INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT THIS FUND IS AS A RESULT OF CONTRACT PAYMENT ON YOUR BEHALF.

SNIP

WE ARE SORRY FOR ANY INCONTINENCE THE DELAY IN TRANSFERRING OF THIS FUND MUST HAVE CAUSED YOU.

SNIP

YOURS IN SERVICE,

MR RAYMOND KING
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT (CBN)
Any person who falls for this scam probably deserves it, for their lack of intelligence to note the grammar and spelling errors coming from a person claiming to represent a National Bank of a Country.
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Post by Jim Cohen »

Well, this approach definitely caused me some incontinence... :lol:
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Jim Cohen wrote:Well, this approach definitely caused me some incontinence... :lol:
One has to wonder what the effect of GAZZETEDTO might be? Could it be similar to being squirted out of the Universe like a watermelon seed?
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You can't teach stupid!
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Post by Mark van Allen »

I assume someone must continue to fall for these scams, or wouldn't they have given up, instead of proliferating?