Showing posts with label Nigerian 419 scam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigerian 419 scam. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

My first Facebook spam

Tricksters are getting trickier. Right on my birthday, i got my first Facebook spam message from Barrister Jamal Bob. Through experience, they must've learnt that victims are most likely to respond on a birthday.

So Barrister Jamal Bob is a personal attorney to Late Mr. Johan. C. Lagad, who died in a motor accident with his wife and his only daughter and left US$6.5 million dollars with a bank in Africa... for who else but me! Lucky me!!

Its a variation of the Nigerian 419 scam - called as the Inheritance scam. And wikipedia tell us that in 2008 an American woman lost $400,000 to this type of scam, after an e-mail told her she had inherited money from her long-lost grandfather. She actually had a grandfather whom her family had lost touch with, and whose initials matched those given in the e-mail. My dear friend Barrister Jamal Bob was slightly off target.

Here is the original Facebook message:

Dear Tejas Lagad,

I am Barrister Jamal Bob, personal attorney to Late Mr. Johan. C. Lagad, a national of your country,
Who died in a motor accident with his wife and his only daughter along Kpalime express Road and left some huge amount of money with a bank here in Lome Togo West Africa, valued at US$6.5 million dollars. I have contacted you to assist me.
I will email to you further details as you show full interest.

REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL FOR FURTHER DETAILS. jamalbob001@yahoo.com

MAY GOD BLESS YOU HE WILL GIVE U SUCCESS.
Mr. Jamal Bob.