Moderators dtel Posted February 20, 2012 Moderators Share Posted February 20, 2012 How lucky I must be to have un-claimed freight and strangers from all over the world trying to make me rich. [Y] David lee INSPECTION UNIT Chicago O'Hare International Airport Address:10000 West O'Hare, Chicago, IL, 60666. Hi, I am David lee Director Inspection Unit United Nations Inspection Agent in O'Hare International Airport.During our investigation, I discovered An abandoned shipment through a Diplomat from United Kingdom underiship forwarder which was transferred from JF Kennedy Airport to our facility here in Chicago and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a Metal Trunk Box weighing approximately 110kg each. The consignment was abandoned because the Content was not properly declared by the consignee as money rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid diversion by the Shipping Agent also the Diplomat inability to pay for Non Inspection Fees. On my assumption, each of the boxes will contain more that $6M or above in each and the consignment is still left in storage house till today through a registered shipping Company, The Consignment are two metal box with weight of about 110kg each (Internal dimension: W61 x H156 x D73 (cm). Effective capacity: 680 L.)Approximately. The details of the consignment including your name the official document from United Nation office in London are tagged on the Metal Trunk box. If you want us to transact the delivery for mutual benefit, you should provide your Phone Number, full address, to cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official document including the name of nearest Airport around you and other details. You should send the required details to me for onward delivery. All communication must be held extremely confidential. I can get everything concluded within 24 to 48 hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your address for delivery. But it must be on the condition that you will give me 50% of the amount contained in the boxes and i must get assurance from you concerning my 50% before i will proceed. I want us to transact this business and share the money, since the shipper have abandoned it and ran away.I will pay for the Non inspection fee and arrange for the boxes to be moved out of this Airport to your address, Once we are through i will deploy the services of a secured shipping Company geared to provide the security it needs to your doorstep. or i can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble. But i will share it 50% to you and 50% to me. But you have to assure me of my 50%. do respond to me through my direct email: davidlee_268@live.com You can call me at bellow telephone numbers. Best Regards, David lee INSPECTION OFFICER phone number 19544827707 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Too late, my Nigerian friend, Achmed Abdullah Zambezi, has already claimed the stuff and offered it to me!!! [6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CECAA850 Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 Tell him just to take his half out of the boxes and send you the rest. Give him an extra 10% for his troubles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerwoodKhorns Posted February 20, 2012 Share Posted February 20, 2012 They send these to professionals all of the time. It is scary that there must be many who are gullable enough to fall for this. If your attorney cannot tell that this is a scam, move on to the next one:This was in my spam filter: Dear Attorney, I am Sharon Brooks CEO DT Metals International LLC. Please I will need your Legal services regards a very confidential matter. I would first like to know how you handle your clients, if you collect advance or not. If you do, how much and do handling a private and confidential case attract more fees? Please I will like to know because my case requires urgent attention so that I can forward some information and documents to you to enable you know the type of case and your needs/requirements to proceed. Please advice. Regards, Sharon Brooks DT Metals International LLC Here is another iteration I found online: Hello, I am Sharon Brooks CEO DT Metals International LLC. Please I will need your Management services regards some of my properties. How do we proceed and what do you need. Please advice. Regards, Sharon Brooks DT Metals International LLC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 20, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted February 20, 2012 Too late, my Nigerian friend, Achmed Abdullah Zambezi, has already claimed the stuff and offered it to me!!! I wonder if it's my daughters boyfriend, we call him Achmed ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted February 21, 2012 Share Posted February 21, 2012 I had no idea the United Nations had their own inspectors in Chicago. A talented amateur would at least know to base the lie in a truth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted February 23, 2012 Share Posted February 23, 2012 Conversely, a professional would base the truth in a lie.... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 23, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted February 23, 2012 This is funny unless your that lady..... http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/australian-woman-turns-tables-nigerian-scammers-175755518.html Nigerian email scams have become nearly as commonplace as the Internet itself. But one Australian woman wound up in jail after turning the tables--to the tune of $30,000--on a group of con artists. The Courier-Mail reports that Sarah Jane Cochrane-Ramsey, 23, was employed as an "agent" in March 2010 by the Nigerians, but didn't know they were scam artists. Her "job" was to provide access to an Australian bank account opened in her name where the Nigerians could then transfer money they had received from a phony car sales website. Cochrane-Ramsey was told she could keep eight percent of the transfers. But, then she decided to steal from the thieves themselves. According to the Courier-Mail, she received two payments, totaling $33,350, but spent most of it on herself. If you're not familiar with the so-called Nigerian Scam, also known as the (419) scam, or Advanced Fee Fraud, here's a brief explainer: the fraud works by convincing an individual to give money and/or bank account access to a third-party in exchange for future financial rewards. Most commonly, the scam artist will claim to be a wealthy Nigerian individual looking to move his vast financial resources to another country. He then promises the fraud victim a hefty payment in exchange for a temporary loan or bank account access in order to facilitate the move. Of course, the fraud victim never receives the promised payout and instead usually ends up losing thousands of dollars in the process. According to Scam Busters, the Advance Fee Fraud scams often target small businesses and charities. And while the scam has been around for years, the U.S. Financial Crimes Division of the Secret Service still receives a reported 100 calls a day from people claiming to be victims of a (419) crime. But, back to the Cochrane-Ramsey case. The real victims who thought they were buying cars online reported the scam to the police, who traced the account back to Cochrane-Ramsey. She was ordered to appear in Brisbane District Court and plead guilty to one count of aggravated fraud. For now, the court judge is allowing Cochrane-Ramsey time to come up with the money to pay off the fraud victims while she awaits sentencing in March. Interestingly, Cochrane-Ramsey is not the first person to turn the tables on Nigerian scammers. In 2008, the radio program This American Life ran a story on some anonymous pranksters who sent a Nigerian scam artist on a wild goose chase that spanned 1,400-miles into war-torn Chad for a promised cash payout at a local Western Union branch. And they convinced him to do this while carrying an anti-Muslim/pro-George W. Bush note, which stated his intention to rob the Western Union. Their entire plan was spelled out on this website, dedicated to turning the tables on Internet con artists (Warning: contains Not Safe for Work language). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted February 24, 2012 Share Posted February 24, 2012 It was somewhere on the Forum years ago, but I ran a "scam" on the scammers. We set up a local bank account, transferred some confidential funds, got the bank prez to send a letter to the scammers verifying the account. We then transferred $5K into the account, sent another letter and insisted that they come to us with rep to withdraw the funds. They did.... We popped them in the bank with the "victim". One was from Nigeria and had "diplomatic immunity", so the State Department got involved. The other one was a sleaze Mariel boat lift a*sswipe from Miami. He had issues and as far as I know, is no longer available to "assist" in "transactions". After that, the number of scam attempts on folks with an Okeeville email address dropped down to about zero..... It was fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 24, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted February 24, 2012 [Y] Never did understand that diplomatic immunity thing. Part of the problem is most victims are embarrassed to even report what they did until it's way to late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 Yah, after the article in the paper ran, we had a crap load of complaints from previous victims.... Sad..... They also complained about the white van folks in the Wal-mart parking lot....... [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 It's a shame that there are still people out there that fall for this kind of stuff, but when you really think about it, the biggest scam that has happened in recent years would be when over 60 million people all got scammed on the same day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJkizak Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I am thankful that the scammers haven't come up with an "Execute upon Delete" software . JJK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete H Posted February 25, 2012 Share Posted February 25, 2012 I am thankful that the scammers haven't come up with an "Execute upon Delete" software . JJK I"m sure it's not for a lack of trying. If I ever knew that someone designed and sent out these scams and viruses, I would literally bury them in the rear of the property. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted February 26, 2012 Share Posted February 26, 2012 Speaking of scams, anyone seen the white van folks lately? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fini Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Too late, my Nigerian friend, Achmed Abdullah Zambezi, has already claimed the stuff and offered it to me!!! I wonder if it's my daughters boyfriend, we call him Achmed ? I take ache meds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators dtel Posted February 27, 2012 Author Moderators Share Posted February 27, 2012 I take ache meds. Didn't know what it was so i looked it up [:$] "a : to suffer a usually dull persistent pain <an aching back>" Kind of what my wife says I am ! [Y] Are you doing any better, I know your like really really old but that's still not normal. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest " " Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 sorry guys...I have a western union receipt to prove that I paid this already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 Huhm.... I wonder if that's the same recipt number I have..... [6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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