I had a great laugh when I read this particular email from one Jessica Kamara. I never thought I 'd be receiving one after reading countless people being taken in by this scam. Go on and read and let me know if you've ever received this or something like it. BTW, it was sent to my 'Spicypage' mailbox. I am one of the world's skeptical person. Even salesmen don't get lucky with me cos I turn them down even before they could open their mouth... hahaha...
FROM MISS JESICA KAMARA.
Email:(jesica_kamara88@yahoo.fr)
Dear one,
I am Miss Jesica Kamara, residence in Abidjan Cote d' voire , I m' 23 years of age and I love some hobbies like football, music, reading navels, watching TV and also outing. I'm the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Lambert Kamara. My father was the special adviser to the former president of Liberia Mr. Charles Taylor. I and my father came down to reside in Abidjan ( Ivory Coast ) when our president went to exile and my father late die of heart attack.
Before his sudden death on 20th February 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he called me on his bedside and told me about one metallic trunk box containing the sum of $6.5 million US Dollars he deposited with a security company here in Abidjan as family valuable and he used my name as his beloved daughter as the next of kin in depositing the trunk Box. And he advises me that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will invest the money.
I humbly seeking for your assistance, to help me retrieve the box from the security company, transfer it to your country for investment. To serve as the guardian of the money and the investment since I am still a student and to make arrangement for me to come over to reside in your country to further my education as soon as the box is in your guide.
Thanks as you made up your mind to help an orphan like me.
Please, I urge you to make this transaction confidentiality within your heart for security purposes.
Yours ,
Miss Jesica Kamara
Wow, nice letter :) If only it was real, you'd be filthy rich Nessa ... LOL! I've received tons of this junk in my email loads of times and to be honest, as long as there's gullible people out there, there always will be scams like these. So, Nessa, tell me, would you like to buy the London Bridge for RM20? All you need to do is deposit some money in my account for documentation purposes ... hehehehehe ...
ReplyDeleteWell, if I do get spam like this, it'll be a nice change from the usual emails asking me if I want my (non-existent) penis enlarged.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, would you be interested to buy some land on the moon...? Cheap cheap, USD100/sq m only. :D
If that email turns out to be real, please do remember me.. I'd like some McDonald's bubur ayam. Hahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteConsider it as junk mail Nessa! :)
ReplyDeleteMD - And where am I gonna put the London Bridge??;)
ReplyDeleteLis - Hey, thanks for dropping by:) That's a good one. I wouldn't mind if oxygen is provided FOC!:)
Cindy - Don't worry, if it's REAL, you'd get McD's Bubur for life and a car... a toy car that is... hehehe
Mariuca - I rarely get junk mails, reali!:) I guess my spicypage mailbox doesn't have spam blocker. It's the first time I got one that's related to the scam, so I was rather excited getting it... weird huh?
Ha ha ha, excited? That is weird Nessa but in a strange way, I can understand your excitement! LOL :)
ReplyDeleteOnce I was bored and decided to write them back. I had a really good time playing with them!
ReplyDeleteMariuca - One metallic trunkbox containing USD6.5 million, now that's a whole load of $ to be excited about!:)
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle! Nice having you here:) You know, I actually did the same thing. I replied and told her what I thought about the whole scam... hehehe
I get *loads* of these sort of emails - from diplomats, orphans, lottery companies, the lot!
ReplyDeleteThey're all a variation on the 'Nigerian 419' scam though... Google for it!
Hmmmm, judging from all the email scams I get on a daily basis, I should actually be a multi billionaire by now :) These people will always keep on emailing these scams cos someone out there is bound to take them up on their offer, after all how could any 'sane' person refuse USD6.5 million in a metallic trunk box, ya ... LOL!
ReplyDeleteHey Paul! Thanks for dropping by:) The emails/scams may vary but they all have one thing in common:- to deposit $ in order to get the $. Another popular scam is the prize/gifts offer. They'd say you've just won a car, but you've to pay processing fee (which is about the price of the car) b4 you can have it, but then you'd never hear from them again after you've paid. I think ONLY gullible people would fall for these things.
ReplyDeletei received tons of such emails when i inserted in all my profiles that i was based in khartoum (capital city) of sudan. u cld see african girls trying to chat with me, send me their 1 or 2 sexy photos (not naked) and then end up telling those sad stories hoping that they cld help u. so i received emails and chats on the same topic.....and when i confronted them they jumped....that's when the fun began
ReplyDeleteHi Johnny! I guess sad stories sells... maybe just to break the ice. I don't know why people resort to these tactics, maybe life is hard & they're desperate but that's not an excuse to swindle anyone. Thanks for dropping by:)
ReplyDeleteI used to get tons of these things. I get less now. A few times I wrote back, telling them goofy things, like just to leave the money on my back porch in a plain brown paper bag, and to watch out for the dog, which bites people.
ReplyDeleteOne e-mail was taking about how they had written to the DEAD relatives of the rich person who had died, but gotten no response, and that was why they were now coming to me... I wrote back, sympathizing with their plight, and mentioning that DEAD people were notoriously bad at responding to letters and e-mail messages.
Hey Jaya! You do have a great sense of humor:) That's why the spams are decreasing! LOL
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