:Re (that was the actual subject of the e-mail)

Compliment of the Season,

For which season am I being complimented? Christmas? Black History Month? Spring? The Winter of my Discontent? Curry?

Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met before. I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, I found you listed in the Hong Kong Businessmen Trade Centre Chambers of Commerce directory here in Hong Kong.

I'm sure you found me listed there because I have never done business there, and you are probably mistaking me for someone who is easily persuaded and whose name and e-mail address are being passed around on the internet in Nigeria.

Please do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics.

No problem. I am always anxious to engage in wire fraud with total strangers who use Yahoo mail accounts.

I am writing you for the second time since you did not reply to me at first email sent to you. However, I am contacting you in order to ask for your assistance on this confidential business proposal with full financial benefit for both of us.

Before I go into further details, please be informed that I am writing without any other person(s) pre-knowledge of my contacting you on this transaction. Therefore I will appreciate same attitude to be maintained by you all through. My name is Mr. Song Lile. I work with the Hang Seng Bank.

There is a sum of $19,500,000.00 in my bank Hang Seng Bank", Hong Kong. There were no beneficiaries stated concerning this fund which means no one would ever come to claim it. That is why I ask that we work together.

I do solicit for your assistance in effecting this transaction. I intend to give 30% of the total funds as compensation for your assistance. I will notify you on the full transaction on receipt of your response if interested, and I shall send you the details and necessary procedures with which to make the transfer. Should you be interested? Please send me your: songlio@yahoo.com.hk

1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address

Kind Regards,
Mr. Song Li.
songlio@yahoo.com.hk

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Reply back to me

From: joe hassan
Subject: Reply back to me
Date: April 15, 2011 9:08:48 AM PDT
To: drdarrow@gmail.com
Bcc: drdarrow@gmail.com

First of all, Mr. Morma, I must thank you for the extra care you took in making sure this email reached me. I have to tell you it might never have occirred to me to Blind Carbon Copy (BCC) the email to the same email address just in case the To: didn't work.

Not only was it double-safe, it was clandestine. That's how I knoew this was a legitimate, espionage kind of communication.

Just so you know, I am typing this very quietly, too. Shhhhh....

Attention Please

Hey, you have my attention! No need to shout!

I am Hassan A Morma, Formal financial Adviser/ Manager to Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the reason why am contacting you is to help claim (US$5.347M) fund i managed to move out for our own use and deposited into a security firm vault.

Well, I must say, the name Gaddafi caught my attention, though admittedly, there are at current 27 seemingly legitimate spellings of that name beginning with anything from Q to G to a K (these are characters in our English alphabet which used to have rules).

If you can help, Contact me for more information. Because i told the security Company the consignment/ fund belong to a Contractor who ask us to help him quickly flown it out of the War zone and deposited with them.

This is great! Do you think they will believe I am really a Contractor? The only think I have ever contracted is a cold! And I don't even have a plane to help him flown the money out of the War zone. Are you sure I can be of any help?

Is anyone going to believe this? (I mean, I sure hope so... I could use a little cash.

Send your Full Name, Address, Country, Age, Occupation and Photo Copy of Your ID or International Passport.to EMAIL. smthjack16@gmail.com

Well, okay... I guess I could, although I'm not clear on why you wrote to me from a different email address than the one you want me to write back to. This makes things very confusing to me.

Oh wait, I get it... this is part of this spy-stuff we're doing. Right? Okay, my lips are sealed. I'll send the stuff you requested as soon as I receive the following from you: a picture of your family at Christmas time, a signed autograph of Gadaf...Quada...er, Kaddaf...however you spell it.

But If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.

Regards
Hassan A Morma

Oh, right... like I'm going to forget being offered a chance to help transfer $5,347,000 out of your country! You're kidding, right?

Hey, may I call you Joe?

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Order...

From: Susan Welton susanwelton@live.com
Subject: Order...
Date: April 13, 2011 8:26:02 AM PDT
Reply-To: susanwelton@live.com

Good morning,

I received this at night, does that invalidate the request?

I was searching through Google images directory where i came across this sophisticated and attractive work of yours that made me keep starring for moments

I am so very touched that you starred at my works for moments. Besides the unfathomable honor of having my work called 'sophisticated' and 'attractive' I can think of no higher honor than having you "star" at it for upwards of 'moments.' You truly are a connoisseur of works.

will love to purchase one or two piece from you and i will appreciate it if you can kindly let me know if you have piece priced between $1000- $2000 because that is my budget.

You are in luck. I have 2 piece. But they are each $2000.
One is called "Single Brushtroke." It is yellow watercolor on newsprint, and is mounted to partical board with genuine library paste. The other is called "3 specks" and is entirely in graphite. Mounting and marterials are similar to the other. I will sell them both to you for $3500 including shipping.

I hope to read from you with weblink of work in my budget or kindly send me images of it.

I do not have these pieces back form the photographer yet, and have to have my website girl post them. It should be done in the next 30 days. If you will buy them sight-unseen, I will sell them both to you for $3000 shipped.

Lay Z. Dood

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Artworks Purchase

From: Trisha Allen tallencourt@gmail.com
Subject: artworks purchase
Date: July 8, 2010 8:17:32 AM PDT

Good day to you.

We don't really use that greeting here in the USA, but go on... I'm willing to consider...

I am so excited that I came across of your work on internet search,I am interested in purchasing these creative artworks from you.....................

I'm not only glad you "came across of my work" too, and I am glad you have the facility to use many more periods than could possibly ever be required for the single 'ellipsis' character.

So, anyway... which paintings of mine shall I pack up and ship to you, or the shipper of your choice, as these things usually go?

Slice of Life,"My Hiding Place" and

Wow, Tricia, I cannot help but notice the missing painting name following the word "and" — I interpret this as a clear sign that you want me to throw in a surprise painting, and charge whatever I want. If you're not a scammer, you'll certainly agree to whatever I want to charge you. That's the way it works in the art world.

Also, in your research, the two paintings — which you mention having found on my site and wish to purchase — have already been sold. But you probably didn't notice that in your haste to acquire them legally from me.

Let me know their various prices.and how much discounts are you going to give?I will be happy to have these selected artworks hanged in our new home in South Africa.As well,I want you to take out the shipping cost.I have been in touch with a shipping firm that will be shipping other house decoratives.

Really, South Africa? What a surprise! I have sold MANY of my paintings to friends of yours in Nigeria! Funny... everyone there seems to have their own shipping company. Needless to say, I have lost many thousands of dollars to your friends, but never mind that. I trust you.

I like how you respect my artworks so much that you immediately ask for discounts. I can only hope you become a collector and regular purchaser of my work. Especially since you are obviously a connoisseur of 'house decoratives.'

We are traveling from our Seattle home to our new apartment as soon as possible.On Paying for the artworks,I will be glad to pay you with a Money Order or Cashier`s check in US funds that can be easily cashed at your local bank,please let me know on how to proceed for the payment of the creative artworks.

I will await your advise on how to proceed.Have a wonderful day.

First of all, I will throw in an extra $25 so you can buy a working space key for your keyboard. Next, how about $12,000 (that's only $2,000 each!) for the three paintings I am packing up, none of which you have requested. And, to avoid shipping costs, I will deliver them myself.

Let me know how to proceed.

Take care,
Tricia Allen

I will take care. More than my share...

As Always,
Hooklyne N. Synker

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Order Request

Hello Sales

MY name is Johnny Walker!

Nice to meet you. May I call you Jack Daniels, instead?

I went through your website address and found some items i would like to place order on. but before i proceed i will like to know if your company accepts payment via VISA or MASTER CARD and if your company ship to Australia.

Of course not. Who in the world would take the little-known Visa Or Master Card plastic? And ship to Australia? I don't think so. There are only 10 people on that tiny island, and they wouldn't know what to to with the items I sell on my website address.

If yes, please get back to me as soon as possible with your website address to confirm if the website address is the same with the one i checked or better still, you can email me with the price list on the items you have presently in stock as attachment.

Wait a second. You went through my website and found stuff you want to buy and ship to Australia, and you need me to remind you what you want and hwere to buy it from? Don't you think that would make me suspicious?

Well, you are in luck my friend because I am an idiot, and I only want your money. I do not do my own thinking. My website is http://www.WhiteHouse.gov and you will want to look at the HealthCare Package. You may actually be interested in the whole Bill of Goods package. A lot of morons fell for that one.

I will await your prompt response as soon as you receive this message,i will be very glad if you treat this email with good concern....!

You have no idea how good my concern is. My concern is the best around. Want some? I'll make you a deal!

WALKER MART INC
1120 Swanston Street Melbourne,
VIC 3000. Australia
Tel 03.6344.4347
Email: jone.richardshopping@gmail.com

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Highly Confidential

This one is short and sweet, and has all the earmarks of a scam: multiple e-mail addresses, bad grammar and poor American English formatting of punctuation and grammar.

From: mingyang27@yahoo.com
Subject: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
Date: May 19, 2010
Reply-To: yang.ming16@yahoo.com.hk

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am under the impression that this is Highly Confidential. May I tell my friends at school? Some of them are really gabby girls, but usually when I tell them not to tell anyone, they only tell a few people, so I think we're okay. I just have to tell someone I am going to be rich! Please?

Dear Friend, this is Mr. Ming Yang from Hong Kong. I am sending you this message concerning a Business Proposal of 24.5MUSD and I want you to partner with me in this project. This business with benefit you a lot.

First of all, I do want to do business with you, but how much is 24.5 'Moosed?' I'm not saying it won't benefit me or anything, it probably will, but before you start asking me for my social security number and stuff, I should probably know what MUSD is.

Maybe I can't spend MUSD at the mall. I don't really know.

Please contact me back with the below address for details.
yang.ming16@yahoo.com.hk

This one is very different from the other. You must be rich to have 2 whole email addresses from Yahoo.

Thanks. I await your prompt response.

Mr. Ming Yang

Great. I await your prompt sending me the money! lol

Suzy Dumas

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ORDER (Mike Williams)

Hello there,

No, Hello There. You're there and I'm here.

I will like to place an order with you to my location in Japan, kindly let me know if you can charge directly to my credit card for payment.

You will like to? Are you aware your bad grammar is a tip-off to the fact that you are neither Japanese nor placing a legitimate order?

I have a shipper who can also get the order to my doorstep in Japan.

Don't tell me, let me guess... You will accidentally or purposely overpay me for my "products" (even though you have not specified what you are interested in, or that you even know what I sell), then you will direct me to pay you the balance by giving cash to the shipper you send, or making a check out to you and wiring it. Your actual payment will be bogus, and I will be out not only my cash, but also the "products" I handed to your shipper.

Await your timely reply.

How's this? I wrote back immediately. Let's do business, Mr. Scammer.

Thank you.
Mike

Yeah right. Is anyone in Nigeria named Mike?

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