PM spammers? Thread

Don't know how long this has been here, but it's the first time I've got it.

"Hello

From Sepho1 | Wed 27th Jun, 2007 @ 6:15:32am
Miss Sephora Dodo
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
DIAMOND BANK, ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST.

Your Reply To: sepho_dodo@yahoo.com

Dear Friend

I am MISS SEPHORA DODO, the bill and exchange manager at the foreign remittance department of DIAMOND BANK got your contact from the Internet, while searching for an honest and trust worthy person, who will assist me to implement this transfer discovered sum of Fifteen Million, five hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD15.5M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank.

The fund has been lying in a suspense account without anybody coming To put claim over the money since the account owner late Mr. Abdulrahman Ibrahim Lebanese, who was involved in the December 26th 2003 Benin plane crash.

Here is the air crash web-site on CNN
Cnn.com

I can personally manipulate this fund to be transferred to a foreign Account, whose owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and Regulations. But unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

I therefore make discovery and decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner. I can't stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I therefore solicit for your assistance to come forward as the next of kin.

I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as the beneficiary. In respect of the provision of your Account and services rendered, 50% would be for me while 10% will be for expenses incurred during the cause of this transaction. Immediately the money is transferred to your Account from DIAMOND BANK, I will proceed immediately to your country for settlement. I expect you to keep this business strictly confidential and a secret as you may know that I am Banking officer.

Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free on both side and every arrangement to transfer this money to the Account you are going to provide have been concluded provided we maintain the confidentiality and security involved. Contact me on my private email address below, I am looking forward for your prompt response.

Your Reply To: sepho_dodo@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,

Miss Sephora Dodo"

Do... Do people fall for this shit? Over forums? I think we need some new way to filter out bots D:

You're joking, this is coming through PM now?

If you have this sort of issue with a specific user, then use the Contact Us form and open a ticket to request that the user get banned

Urgel wrote: 10% will be for expenses incurred during the cause of this transaction.

Jesus 1.5m USD in banking charges?
Time to find another bank methinks

Suprising to think its coming through PM's now, do you think someone could have hijacked an account or something?

I got that too! (hmm, this sentence sounds kinda like ''I got tatoo!'')
1 hour ago.As soon as I saw ''Dear friend'' line, I instantly knew that it is spam.

Wraiyth wrote: If you have this sort of issue with a specific user, then use the Contact Us form and open a ticket to request that the user get banned

Good idea! I'm gonna do that right now.

Edited by: Whizzard

Well, the user name is right there on the post. Should I still open a ticket?

Do it. The more the merrier.

Miss Sepho1 has now been removed, and should no longer be trying to incur huge banking fees on your behalf

Oh my god! What's that - a new invasion of fecking merchandise? First the triple "BUY SHOES" thread on the forum and now this shit. Who has the idea of reaching anyone with those messages? I can't believe anyone really falls for this spamn and I have received several mails about distant relatives or childless, deceased gentlemen in Africa, who wanted to throw their millions at me. Through Pm however that's a new kinda business. I hate how mailbots are adapted to invade everyones interests and spoil the fun.

People are stupid. Even if you don't fall for it, someone will.

Edited by: Wraiyth

These are probably not so much bots, but actual scammers.

Oh damn you thought you had a friend for a second