Anybody fancy messing with a scammer?

[Bob]

We (as in my wife and I) received this in the inbox of a little business we run:

The email address it comes from is:

idrisser_bello@tiscali.co.uk

Message follows:

"TREAT AS UGENT.

FROM: MR. IDRISSER BELLO.
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ANNEX)
BILL AND EXCHANGE DEPARTMENT,
OFFSHORE OFFICE,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA-FASO.


Dear
I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise I got your
contactAddress
from thecomputerized search when I was searching for a businessPartner.

My name is Mr IDRISSER BELLO.I am the Bill and Exchange (assistant)
Manager
of African Development Bank, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.In my department
I
discovered an abandoned sum of USD$9.3M.dollas. (NINE
MILLION THREE HUNDRED U.S.A DOLLARS). In an account that belongs to
oneof
our foreign customer who died along with his family in a plane crash.

Since I got information about his death, I have been expecting his
nextof
Kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless
Somebody applies for it as the next of kin or relation to the
deceased,as
Indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt thatall
his Supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in
theplane
crash Leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this
businessProposals
to you and release the money to you as next of kin or relationto The
deceased
person for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody
is Coming for it because I don't want the money to go into the bank
treasury
as Unclaimed Bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that
ifsuch
Money remains unclaimed after five years; the money will be
transferredinto
The bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our
lateCustomer
was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin toa
Foreigner.
I have agreed that 33% of this money will be for you as
foreignerPartner
in respect to the provision of a foreign account.2% will be set
Aside for expenses incurred during the business and 65% would be for
me,

After which I shall visit your country for disbursement according to
thePercentages
indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as we
arranged,you
will furnished me with a good receiving account detail where the
moneywill
be transferred, your private tell and fax number for easy
Communication.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail a text
ofthe
application which you shall re-type and fax to our foreign
remittancemanager,
for easy execution of the transaction.

I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is 100%
Hitch-freeon
both side. As all required arrangement have been made for the Transfer.

Please I would like, you keep this transaction confidential and as a
top
Secret as you may wish to know that I am a Bank official.

Trusting to hear from you immediately.


Yours Sincerely


MR. IDRISSER BELLO."

If anyone does have the time on their hands and would like to wind-up Mr Bello, then have fun!

But please read these notes on baiting do's and don't's - this guy has actually got money out of these people, so he knows what he is doing!

(And yes, I have reported this email as Spam to the company we use for the email service)

[StoneChucker]

I bestow upon you, kind sirs and madams, the possibility that poor Mr IDRISSER BELLO is but a hard working bank executive, I offer assurances of the higest degree upon this matter, who has found a "without doubt" way of making some money, for you and him.

It is quite clear that this large sum of money, the afore mentioned sum of $9.3M.dollas, yes, thats NINE MILLION THREE HUNDRED U.S.BLOODY.A DOLLAS, has remained unclaimed , and is in dire need of relocation to your good receiving account detail. And, you get 33% as foreignPartner. Shit! Thats $3.1M.dollas! (THREE MILLION ONE HUNDRED U.S.A DOLLAS).

And, when Mr Bello comes to NZ for disbursement of the said sum of money, you can show him around your city!

Now, since I have given you faith on this matter, and hopefully made you think in the positive of this transaction, I put forward, for your consideration, that the said 33% you receive, should be divided. I should require 12% of that 33%, leaving you with 21% of the original 33%. On confirmation of the transaction, which I will receive from the offshore office of the African Development Bank, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, I shall contact you with means of fax, e-mail or carrier pidgeon, so as you can give me your good faith sending account details, and I will give you a very safe, reliable and "Hitch Free" method of sending me money, that being the trusty Western union service.

DO NOT HESITATE, or the funds may be troublesome in locating and trasferring.

Thank you for your confidence, and hoping to become very rich with you, as a trustedPartner very soon.

Yours Trooly
Mr Abinarujabara Dungabooja-Obusijarahaja

PS: God Bless

[Posh Tourer :P]

The request of foreigner in this transaction is necessary because our
lateCustomer
was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin toa
Foreigner.

I particularly like this part.....

[Skyryder]

Walk away from this bullshit.

Skyryder

[jrandom]

Walk away from this bullshit.

I'm sure Bob knows exactly what it is, I wouldn't worry about that.

Most of these scammers are pretty dumb. A (trials-riding, even) colleague of mine who runs a PC supply business on the side is behind the following:

http://www.mavericks.co.nz/mavericks...l/scammer.html