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Message 977559 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 5:38:03 UTC

Finally received a reply from "John"

Dearest Luke,



Thanks for your mail and your concern to me, honestly speaking I read your mail with sense of understanding and I appreciate your wiliness to assist me in handling this noble transaction, after reading your mail. I went straight to the bank were my late father deposited the money to introduce you to the bank as my legal guardian and my family trustee relative who will assist me to transfer the money $9 million dollars to overseas for investment program, the bank manager said that the bond agreement my late father held with the bank during the deposit of the money guided the money intact, for that reason we cannot access the money here due to its fix deposit account (Suspense Account), according to the bank manger he said that before we will access money until its transferred to a foreign account abroad, into any foreign account you will provide to the bank.



Dear Luke, for us to proceed further without much delaying please confirms to me this following information below as soon as possible.



1. If the 25% which I have decided to offer you for your assistance is acceptable by you to avoid any argument in future.

2. Your full name and your resident address.

3. Your telephone, mobile phone and fax number for easy communication.

4. Your photo, age and occupation

5. That you will maintain the Top Secret of this transaction between us only!



As soon as I receive your confirmation and your information I will go to the bank again and submit it to the bank manager and also well introduce him, and also give you the bank details to enable you reach the bank and confirm the existence of the money and also discuss with the bank manager directly concerning the smooth transfer of the money to your custody for investment purpose.



Sir, I hope this letter will meet you in a good health and also merit your sense of understanding, please send me yours details and photo too.



I will stop here and wait for your urgent response.



Remain Blessed.

Yours Faithfully,

John Michael

my call is +22544957435.


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Message 977564 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 5:46:04 UTC

I let gmail handle them and I delete them enmasse as they never reach My PC. :D
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Message 977575 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 7:23:29 UTC
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I lack innovation today. Not really sure what to say!

Tell him you don't do anything without consulting your psychic and that your psychic needs an article of his clothing (or a lock of his hair) in order to divine information about his character. Of course, you are sure character is beyond reproach; but nevertheless you feel it would be foolhardy to enter into a deal of this magnitude without at least a preliminary psychic reading.

Then go rent a post office box so he can ship you something!
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Message 977671 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 12:56:56 UTC - in response to Message 977575.  

Oh you are devious Angela.

Good luck Luke.

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Message 977693 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 13:46:09 UTC - in response to Message 977575.  

I lack innovation today. Not really sure what to say!

Tell him you don't do anything without consulting your psychic and that your psychic needs an article of his clothing (or a lock of his hair) in order to divine information about his character. Of course, you are sure character is beyond reproach; but nevertheless you feel it would be foolhardy to enter into a deal of this magnitude without at least a preliminary psychic reading.

Then go rent a post office box so he can ship you something!

Make certain it is a lock of his hair, or fingernail clippings - then you have DNA evidence...


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Message 977707 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 14:58:28 UTC - in response to Message 977693.  

I lack innovation today. Not really sure what to say!

Tell him you don't do anything without consulting your psychic and that your psychic needs an article of his clothing (or a lock of his hair) in order to divine information about his character. Of course, you are sure character is beyond reproach; but nevertheless you feel it would be foolhardy to enter into a deal of this magnitude without at least a preliminary psychic reading.

Then go rent a post office box so he can ship you something!

Make certain it is a lock of his hair, or fingernail clippings - then you have DNA evidence...

Hair, unless it has the roots won't have DNA.

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Message 977761 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 17:20:03 UTC

Make sure you wear gloves when you extract items from your post office box.

Oh no!!! What if he sends you unmentionables!
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Message 977766 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 17:28:19 UTC - in response to Message 977761.  

What if he sends you unmentionables!

Luke better hope not: he might get arrested for trying to import hazardous materials.
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Message 977768 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 17:29:54 UTC - in response to Message 977761.  

Then You'd have to send them back, Unless You like Nuclear waste. ;)
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Message 977843 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 20:45:38 UTC - in response to Message 977766.  

What if he sends you unmentionables!

Luke better hope not: he might get arrested for trying to import hazardous materials.


LOL. I've had encounters with customs twice. One was for 5 juggling balls (NZ$150), they were filled with millet, which of course is organic, so I had 3 options, destroy them, send them back to the states or get them treated with radiation. Of course I chose the latter. :)

The other time was for a 95mW green laser. Got it right next to me in the draw. Powerful enough to blind ya', and burn through tape.
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Message 977849 - Posted: 12 Mar 2010, 20:52:52 UTC


Hei Luke! ;-)

I`ll try to send you one -
one dark and stormy night..
just to see what reply I get. ;-D

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Message 977912 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 0:38:05 UTC

Obviously Luke is not the only one who has been contacted by scammers. Investigational journalist Máuriese Lessmann reports on New Zealands 7N channel about so called romance scams.
(When watching the clip I recognised small buffering breaks. Guess this has to do with the big public interest.)
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Message 977917 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 1:11:36 UTC

I would meet him in his home country......
With Uzi's.........and full clips.
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Message 977919 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 1:14:04 UTC - in response to Message 977912.  

Obviously Luke is not the only one who has been contacted by scammers. Investigational journalist Máuriese Lessmann reports on New Zealands 7N channel about so called romance scams.
(When watching the clip I recognised small buffering breaks. Guess this has to do with the big public interest.)

You want my love? That could happen. I am in love with Lori......and kitties.

You want my money?.............try again.
"Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting." Alan Dean Foster

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Message 977933 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 1:44:32 UTC

You do know that giving a spammer the run around like this can be dangerous if you ever end up in the same country.


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Message 977944 - Posted: 13 Mar 2010, 1:55:25 UTC - in response to Message 977933.  

You do know that giving a spammer the run around like this can be dangerous if you ever end up in the same country.

Ok.......I give.

My bank account number is BR549.......send me the 9 million and I will send the remainder back. To whatever account you specify.

I promise.0
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