Nigerian Email Scam

[musky]

oh man, this guy looks like a "wise guy" to me. You might want to not piss them off too much. Sicily ain't that far from Greece.

[Sid]

yeah you are right..

Nigeria is well known for its Sicilian gangsters

but hey i have me S.H.E.E.P. so i got no worries..

[jwegger]

I would keep this one short and simple.

Dear Jano,

I am ready to proceed with our venture, please let me know what we need to do next.

Captain

[Thomas P.]

Sid, this guys picture looks ALOT like a picture that came with a wallet that I recieved through the hollidays this past season. I don't carry a wallet, so I know that I've got it somewhere around the house. I'll try and post the picture.
Going from memory, if it's not the sasme pic, they could be brothers!
Careful there buddy!

[Sid]

well I am almost 99% sure that the Jano picture above is something off of the internet. just wish i could find the same pic and send the link to him and say you lied to me you *******... I tried to help you and this is how you treat me!! with lies and deceit but chances of finding it are probably slim to none..

[Sid]

Well here be the reply to our good friend Jano..

Lets see if this brings us any closer to the Money...
woo hoo.. damn.. i better start emptying out my mattress after all where am i gonna put all this money... hmmm maybe i can fly you all here for a pachi convention..
JOY!!!

All Hail Jano

"Its Beef Jerky Time!!"

-----Original Message-----
From: Captain W. Eirdo [mailto:weirdo@otenet.gr]
Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:46
To: jano_carlon1@myway.com
Subject: Money Business

Hello again Dear Jano,

Thanks so much for sending me your email and your picture.

the funny thing is you remind me of a friend, I knew many years ago, his name was Nanja Ibakor from Cameroon, we met while i was working in New York, He was an exchange student there... Now he owns a very big beef jerky factory in Upstate New York.. oh what great times we had. I could tell you stories about our exploits...

anyway back to business.

Please let me know what the next steps are so as to proceed with the transaction and for our mutual success.

best regards

The Captain

[musky]

A quick Google search of our dear friend brought up this link:
http://www.joewein.net/419/emails/2005-12/05/index.htm
You may want to have him explain some time in the future why his name and email is on this list of the many other scum bag scammers. Dought you get any more replys from him. Maybe we could flood his email account with the same scams from all his friends.

[Sid]

Thanks for that Musky...

you have conveniently provided an easy way out..
if things start getting out of hand i will conveniently mention this site. and advise him How shocked i was to have my new bestest friend in the entire world turn out to be nothing more then a money hungry scammer dude.. and we'll see how things go from their...



i feel hurt now.. i think i am going to cry.. i need chocolate.. Jano is A crook

[Tony Junior]

Sid, I reemember a thread on Free Republic where someone did much as you are doing. In the end, the scammer got the shaft from the one being scammed!

[Sid]

well well well...

Looks like Jano has replied... that was fast...

From: jano_carlon1@myway.com

Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 16:09
To: Captain W. Eirdo [mailto:weirdo@otenet.gr]
Subject: Fwd: RE: Money Business

Captain,
Thanks so much for Your email which I appreciate a great deal.
I have started changing information in this fund to Your name as the beneficiary of the fund, and hope to succeed in next week. I need You to confirm with Me. Please, pray We succeed.

Dr. Jano

hmm he mentions praying....

I think its time to give Captain W. Eirdo a religion that may not sit well with the Now Dr. Jano.

as the church lady would Say..... 'Maybe SATAAAAN!"

as you folks can clearly see.. the account is almost transferred into the captains Name... its gonna be so cool being rich....

[Thomas P.]

Who Hoo .. Sid.
It's good to see that Jano is a God Fearing man....I have nothing but confidance in this guy, I tell ya... Can't wait till you get your money.

BTW... I wanna be a Dr.

[slotter]

Jano at work? Sid, say it ain't you -- 3 million!


UCI Psychiatrist Bilked by Nigerian E-Mails, Suit Says

Dr. Louis A. Gottschalk lost perhaps $3 million over 10 years in the scam, his son alleges in court documents.
By William Lobdell, Times Staff Writer
March 2, 2006

A renowned psychiatrist from UC Irvine was duped into squandering at least $1.3 million of his family's fortune on a Nigeria Internet scam, according to a lawsuit recently filed by his son.

The son, also an Orange County doctor, said his father — Dr. Louis A. Gottschalk — gave as much as $3 million over a 10-year period in response to an Internet plea that promised the doctor a generous cut of a huge sum of cash trapped in African bank accounts in exchange for money advances.
The court documents, filed last month in Orange County Superior Court, allege Gottschalk even traveled to Africa to meet a shadowy figure known as "The General."

Gottschalk — who at 89 still works at the UCI campus medical plaza that bears his name — said in court papers that the losses were caused by "some bad investments."

Guy Gottschalk is asking a judge to remove his father as administrator of the $8-million family partnership that was set up for tax purposes after the death of his mother in 1993. A hearing is set for March 14.

The suit alleges that Louis Gottschalk destroyed bank records to cover up the amount of his losses.

"While it seems unlikely, even ludicrous, that a highly educated doctor like [Gottschalk] would fall prey to such an obvious con, that is exactly what happened," wrote Guy Gottschalk's attorney in court papers.

Louis Gottschalk and his attorney declined to comment, but they accuse Guy Gottschalk in court documents of carrying out an unspecified "vendetta" against his father. The son lost an earlier court effort to have a conservator oversee the family partnership.

Fred W. Anderson, a Santa Ana lawyer who represents Guy Gottschalk, said neither he nor his client would comment except to say, "This is an unfortunate and sad situation."

In court papers, Guy Gottschalk said his only motive was "to prevent Louis Gottschalk from continuing to be victimized by these devious Nigerian scams."

The Nigerian Internet scam — known in some circles as 419 after the Nigerian statute that outlaws fraud — is a long-running con that preys on people with e-mail accounts. Though there are scores of variations, the con begins with an unsolicited message from Nigeria or other African nation — usually from an alleged government official, banker or businessman who needs to find a way to get millions of dollars out of his country.

If the target of the sting agrees to set up a United States bank account and pay transfer fees and other charges, he's told that he'll get a substantial portion of the money once it is freed up.

[Sid]

as the old saying goes a fool and his money are soon parted..

[Sid]

just an update ... I have ignored Jano's last email gonna play hard to get for a while see what he has to say

[luckydog]

You Tease

[Sid]

Yeah sometimes i like to play hard to get

[Chrisdice]

Hello again Dear Jano,

Thanks so much for sending me your email and your picture.

the funny thing is you remind me of a friend, I knew many years ago, his name was Nanja Ibakor from Cameroon, we met while i was working in New York, He was an exchange student there... Now he owns a very big beef jerky factory in Upstate New York.. oh what great times we had. I could tell you stories about our exploits...

Is this a reference to Trading Places?


Did anyone else pick up on that?

[Sid]

Is this a reference to Trading Places?


Did anyone else pick up on that?

Bingo

[Thomas P.]

Didn't even click until you mentioned that Chrisdice ...
Can't be the smartest crook on the planet can he?

[luckydog]

I'm going to be rich too

From the Desk of Dr. Fred Kabore

Bill and Exchange Manager

Bank of Africa BOA

Tel: 00226 50 420179

Email: fredkabore05@yahoo.fr

Burkina Faso, Ouagadougou

West Africa,



Attn:



I am Dr. Fred Kabore, the manager of bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of the Bank of Africa, Burkina Faso. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.



I discovered an abandoned sum $14.2m USD Fourteen Million Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (Mr. Andrea Marcus) from United State of America, who died along with his entire family on 13th Nov. 2001, return from Paris (France) to New York (USA) since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claims his money because the authority of the bank cannot release the money unless somebody appeals for it as the next of kin or elations to the deceased as indicated in our banking guideline. Unfortunately, neither the family members nor the relation has appeared to claim this money.



At this discovery, I now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for safety and subsequent since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the banks treasury as an unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulated that if such money remained unclaimed till 15th May this year, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.



The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. for your assistance, I agreed that after you confirm the fund in your account, I will travel down to your country for us to plan on how we shall invest the money in your country on your favour in any business you may choose, then two of us will be shareholders in any profits we shall make in our investment.



Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of the fund to you as indicated, you must apply first to the bank as a relation or next of kin of the deceased by indicating your information where the money will be remitted.



I am looking forward to hear from you, to enable me send you the text of application which you will fill and tender to the bank as next of kin or his relative for the immediate claim.



Yours faithfully

Dr. Fred Kabore.

Tel: 00226 50 420179



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