![]() 01/27/2015 at 19:45 • Filed to: Scam | ![]() | ![]() |
In the 7 or so years I've had Skype, I never saw this. $30 Million US given to some poor schmuck? HELL NO . I actually just found this in my Skype notifications just now from a guy called Suvo Sarkar.
of course, why would a UAE bank officer send a random dude on Skype a message for $30 Mil over some bullshit contract on some dead man who died 9 years ago? I'd play with them if this weren't my personal account, (I don't have a throwaway). They claimed to have called me, while I do not have calls from strangers enabled.
I also broke the top secret clause. Oops. Sorry to burst your bubble Mr. Sarkar.
![]() 01/27/2015 at 19:53 |
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But he's a Nigerian prince who needs funds to feed his children, or something.
![]() 01/27/2015 at 20:05 |
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The Nigerian Minister Scam predates the internet. My girlfriend and I were having a party, and the two grey armored land rovers full of police smashed the front door open. I realized they did not expect a living room full of young people drinking and smoking, so I reached into the sofa, pulled out a handful of typed papers and asked "are you looking for the person who wrote this? He was the previous tenant". The Security Forces had a new door installed the next morning. So clearly the scam existed in Belfast decades ago.
![]() 01/27/2015 at 20:31 |
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What?
![]() 01/27/2015 at 20:47 |
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The previous tenant of the shitty house my girlfriend and I rented in Belfast was apparently that Nigerian Minister. Yes, this rich Nigerian Finance Minister lived in a shitted rental house and had typed dozens of his letters, all slightly different, offering to transfer tens of thousands of pounds, just for helping him transfer money out of Nigeria. This is why two grey Armored Land Rovers full of Police with assault rifles smashed our front door open while we were having a party. So I reached in the sofa and grabbed a bunch of his work and asked the Police if they were looking for him. Actually, I dropped my pipe and almost spilled my beer first. My Girlfriend got upset with the Police about the door, which was replaced at 6 am the next morning, as per the policy of Brittan during the Troubles [civil war]. This is an old scam that predates the use of the WWW by the general public.
![]() 01/28/2015 at 07:50 |
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I remember seeing 419 letters in the 80s. I was working for my dad and they came in via Telex back then.
![]() 05/17/2015 at 01:13 |
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I just got this dam later on my Skype today just a different name