03-24-2016, 09:23 PM
OK, let's see who can post up the funniest exchange with a web scammer. I will make the first entry. I received the following email (I added the font coloring to hopefully make it easier to read):
[#ff0000]"Dear Kent Jasperson [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]With due respect I am Albert Ding, a legal attorney to my late client who had the same surname as yours. He died leaving a huge amount of Money in one of our local banks. Please respond back for more details.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Thanks
[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Mr. Albert Ding Ham."[/#ff0000]
This was my reply:
[#0000ff]"Someone claiming to be an attorney and is using a Hotmail email account and doesn't have a signature block with the name, address and contact information for your law firm. If you are an attorney then I am the Easter Bunny. If I were to believe you then you would ask for money from me before I could receive this "...huge amount of Money..." from you, and I am not stupid enough to do that. BTW which of my long-lost relatives died and where can I obtain a copy of the death notice?"[/#0000ff]
His reply:
[#ff0000]"Dear Kent Jasperson, [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]How are you. Hope you are fine. Thanks for your response to my correspondence. Could you please give me a listening ear.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]However, I ought to have given you details regarding this fund transfer, in seeking your humble consent as the beneficiary to my late Client Mr.Harry Jasperson; which you have the same surname with him.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Meanwhile, I will like you to call me in order for us to know each other and to expedite the process of getting this funds out from the bank. Moreover, as they Bank officials has notified me to present my late client's next of kin. And all legal documents will be issued on your names which I will apply for it as soon as you indicates more of your interest.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]The only thing I required from you is your honesty and sincerity in this transfer, in order for us to get this fund out from the Bank and it will be transferred into your account, within this period of time. All necessary requirements will be provided to you as the beneficiary to deceased Estate fund valued of $18,755,000.00 as soon as possible.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Having said the above, I will appreciate if you can come over here in Malaysia so that they Bank will release and transfer the whole funds to you upon your arrival as soon as the whole legal documents are in our possession which has to be issued on your names by the government authorities.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Finally, I shall await in hearing from you. Below is my telephone numbers. Get back to me in time, so that I will send you all legal details and procedures regarding to this transfer. All what I required is your honesty and you have to promise me that you will not cheat on me immediately the fund gets to you. Attached here with my legal ID for you to be acquainted in knowing whom I am, you can as well call me for more explicit details.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Thanks for your co-operation.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Respectfully,[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Barrister Albert H.Ding [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]{Senior Advocate}[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Albert & Associates[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]#1A, First Floor Penang[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Street 10200 Georgetown,[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Tel: 0060163171630."
[/#ff0000]
And my reply:
[#0000ff]"Hi Albert,
I am already a wealthy man and I don't need any additional money. This is my authorization for you to donate the entire $18,755,000 to the Red Cross. I am sure that they will put the funds to good use and Uncle Harry would be proud that his money went to a good cause. Also, please deduct your fee from the available funds, and I trust you to be honest and to only take the amount that is rightfully due you.
Thank you and have a great day.
Kent"[/#0000ff]
[signature]
[#ff0000]"Dear Kent Jasperson [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]With due respect I am Albert Ding, a legal attorney to my late client who had the same surname as yours. He died leaving a huge amount of Money in one of our local banks. Please respond back for more details.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Thanks
[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Mr. Albert Ding Ham."[/#ff0000]
This was my reply:
[#0000ff]"Someone claiming to be an attorney and is using a Hotmail email account and doesn't have a signature block with the name, address and contact information for your law firm. If you are an attorney then I am the Easter Bunny. If I were to believe you then you would ask for money from me before I could receive this "...huge amount of Money..." from you, and I am not stupid enough to do that. BTW which of my long-lost relatives died and where can I obtain a copy of the death notice?"[/#0000ff]
His reply:
[#ff0000]"Dear Kent Jasperson, [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]How are you. Hope you are fine. Thanks for your response to my correspondence. Could you please give me a listening ear.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]However, I ought to have given you details regarding this fund transfer, in seeking your humble consent as the beneficiary to my late Client Mr.Harry Jasperson; which you have the same surname with him.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Meanwhile, I will like you to call me in order for us to know each other and to expedite the process of getting this funds out from the bank. Moreover, as they Bank officials has notified me to present my late client's next of kin. And all legal documents will be issued on your names which I will apply for it as soon as you indicates more of your interest.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]The only thing I required from you is your honesty and sincerity in this transfer, in order for us to get this fund out from the Bank and it will be transferred into your account, within this period of time. All necessary requirements will be provided to you as the beneficiary to deceased Estate fund valued of $18,755,000.00 as soon as possible.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Having said the above, I will appreciate if you can come over here in Malaysia so that they Bank will release and transfer the whole funds to you upon your arrival as soon as the whole legal documents are in our possession which has to be issued on your names by the government authorities.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Finally, I shall await in hearing from you. Below is my telephone numbers. Get back to me in time, so that I will send you all legal details and procedures regarding to this transfer. All what I required is your honesty and you have to promise me that you will not cheat on me immediately the fund gets to you. Attached here with my legal ID for you to be acquainted in knowing whom I am, you can as well call me for more explicit details.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Thanks for your co-operation.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Respectfully,[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000]Barrister Albert H.Ding [/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]{Senior Advocate}[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Albert & Associates[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]#1A, First Floor Penang[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Street 10200 Georgetown,[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[/#ff0000]
[#ff0000] [/#ff0000] [#ff0000]Tel: 0060163171630."
[/#ff0000]
And my reply:
[#0000ff]"Hi Albert,
I am already a wealthy man and I don't need any additional money. This is my authorization for you to donate the entire $18,755,000 to the Red Cross. I am sure that they will put the funds to good use and Uncle Harry would be proud that his money went to a good cause. Also, please deduct your fee from the available funds, and I trust you to be honest and to only take the amount that is rightfully due you.
Thank you and have a great day.
Kent"[/#0000ff]
[signature]