The following comes from “John Morgan” somewhere in the bowels of Africa. And I am so lucky he found me! He wants to give me $2.6 million. Oh, that is so sweet of him. The tears are rolling down my cheeks and my stomach hurts. And if I was this illiterate and turgid, I would lock myself in a closet and never come out. I’d love to reply with a few pithy comments, but it isn't smart to give these phishers any more access.

xx, Teal

From the desk of: Oceanic bank international plc Mr smith morgan International Settlement Dept.Oceanic bank international plc Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment NotificationYour Name And Your Contact Details Was Given To This Office In Respect Of Your Total lnherited/Contract Sum Owed To You Which You Have Failed To Claim Because Of Either Non-Compliance Of Official Processes Or Because Of Your Unbelief Of The Reality Of Your Genuine Payment. We Wish To Bring To You The Solution To This Problem.

Right Now We Have Arranged Your Payment Through Our Swift Card Payment Centers, That Is The Latest Instruction From Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS)This Card Center Will Send To You An ATM DEBIT Card Which You Will Use To Withdraw Your Money In Any ATM Machine In Any Part Of The World, So If You Like To Receive Your Fund In This Way, Please Let Us Know By Contacting Us Back And Also Send The Following Information As Listed Below.


1. Full Name
2. Phone And Fax Number
3. Address Were You Want Them To Send The ATM Card To(P.O Box Not Acceptable)
4. Your Age And Current Occupation
5. Attach Copy Of Your Identification
6.and thier home telephone

We Have Been Mandated By The ECOWAS Parliament To Issue Out $2.6 Million As Part Payment For This fiscal year 2008.

(I love this part)
Also For Your Information, You Have To Stop Any Further Communication With Any Other Person(S) Or Office(S) To Avoid Any Hitches In Receiving Your Payment. Note That Because Of Impostors, We Hereby Issued You Our Code Of Conduct, Which Is (ATM-110) So You Have To Indicate This Code When Contacting The Card Center By Using It As Your Subject.

Wait For Your Expedite Response.

smithmorgan12@gmail.com smth.morgan1@gmail.com
tel; 234-80-8966-3950

Comments:

The bad English was so comical! Can you believe some people
actually fall for this stuff? I just finished reading an Ann Rule book
and included was the true background story of Mary Winkler, (Who killed
her preacher husband.)She had fallen for one of these schemes and mailed
the guy in Africa money to cover "expenses." They sent her a check that
bounced, and the bank wanted to see she and her husband about it--Mary
shot her hubby the morning they were supposed to go to the bank.

I never thought of doing a blog about junk mail!

comment by sunlight on May 5, 2008 11:43 PM ()

I'll be waiting for it!!

reply by sunlight on May 7, 2008 9:35 PM ()

What I am laughing about is how bad the English is. Who do they convince? Years ago at the New York Times Syndication office, I got an honest but incredibly naive letter from a fellow overseas who wanted us to buy his crossword dictionary to sell along with the NYT puzzle (to other newspapers). His letter was worse than this one, and he was offering a book on English definitions. I think I still have that letter (I save all kinds of fun stuff -- I'll look for it.)

reply by tealstar on May 6, 2008 3:48 AM ()

NO! You can't have the money! It's mine! (LOL)

We got a similar one and it had Nelson Mandala's name on it. My friend Celeste gets these offers two or three times a week. We think that it is because she always enters those Publisher's Clearing House contests.

Will you share? Too bad these people keep doing this....but they do because they get some suckers to buy into it! Darn them!

Oh golly--if it were only true and not garbage!!!!!!!!