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A Kindly Contributor from Kenya has sent us an example of how the Lads write when they aren't pretending to be nice. From: Kindly Contributor To: Scamorama Date: 06 Nov 2001 Subject: scam/forgery FIRST OF ALL I WANT TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE LETTERS INVOLVING SCAMS ON THE INTERNET. I AM A KENYAN CITIZEN (EAST AFRICA) WORKING FOR AN INTERNATIOAL INSTITUTE. WHEN I CAME TO WORK TODAY/MONDAY IN THE MORNING I GOT A LETTER FROM SOMEONE WHOM I DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW. HIS NAME IS AKU JUDE, HE CLAIMED TO BE HAVING SOME MONEY IN THE CUSTODY OF A SECURITY FIRM SO HE WANTED MY ASSISTANCE TO GET IT. AS SOMEBODY WHO WENT TO SCHOOL I WROTE BACK TO HIM ASKING HIM HOW HE CAME TO KNOW MY EMAIL ADDRESS AND WHO ADVISED HIM THAT I WOULD BE THE BEST PERSON TO DEAL WITH. HE TOOK TIME TO REPLY AND IN THE MEANTIME I SURFED THE INTERNET TO VERIFY WHAT THIS FELLOW WAS CLAIMING AND SO I GOT THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND THE OTHER STORIES ABOUT SCAMS. ENCLOSED YOU FIND HIS FIRST AND SEOND CORRESPONSE, PLEASE PUT THIS ON THE SCAMORAMA LIST (PROBABLY NO. 126) ON THE INTERNET. THANKS SO MUCH. We don't open attachments, and unfortunately could not read what he'd sent, but you can guess. We've all seen many variations on this money-hiding-in-a-security-company theme. But we stayed in touch. JUST ONE MORE THING HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IS judaku@yahoo.com. From: Kindly Contributor To: Scamorama Date: 08 Nov 2001 Below is a copy of what the fellow replied when he discovered that I knew he wanted to con me. MUGU IF YOU ARE NOT FOLISH YOU WILL NOT BE FIDING TIME TO WRITE ALL THESE STUPID MAILS.I WANT YOU TO CALCULATE HOW MANY OF THIS TYPE YOU HAVE SO FAR SENT TO YOUR MASTER LIKE ME. YOU SHOULD THANK YOUR GOD THAT YOU LATTER DISCOVERED,IF NOT MAYBE BY NOW YOUR SMALL EARNED SALARY WOULD HAVE BEEN IN MY BANK ACCOUNT.YOU ARE STILL A MUGU FOR WRITING AND LET ME ASSURE YOU THAT YOU ARE NOT YET FREE BECAUSE I HAVE MORE THAN 82 OTHER WAYS TO DEAL WITH FOOLS LIKE YOU. IDIOT. Nice guys, eh? Whatever a mugu is, it's probably not nice. But then, consider the source. Fortunately our Kindly Contributor's instinctive reaction was not to fall for it. |