Hello Friend

[Vuk]

Hello Friend,

I am Mr. Yi Kwan a transfer supervisor on investment in Standard Chartered
Bank, Hong Kong. I have a business suggestion for you.

In late 2004 our customer Abdul Hussein Khazal Al Basri who was a journalist
with al hurra channels and also business man made a numbered cash
lodgement for
12 months, with a value of Eighteen millions Five Hundred Thousand United
State
Dollars only in my branch.

We have sent him several letters and emails before and after the maturity. We
later find out that the journalist and his three months old only son had been
killed during the war as they left their house in Basra.
On investigation it was revealed that Abdul Hussein Khazal Al Basri did not
declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of
his
bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office
that
no one except me knew of his lodgement in my bank. So, Eighteen millions Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one
will
ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to
the to
the laws of my country at the expiration of 7 years the funds will revert to
the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the
funds.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Abdul Hussein Khazal Al Basri so
that
you will be able to receive his funds.

Please endeavour to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this
issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we
shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you.
If interested send your response to my personal email address:
emailyikwan_1@yahoo.com.hk


Regards
Yi Kwan
lol, so anyone want to take him up on his offer? :P
Let's do something fun, what is the most ridiculous scam email that you have ever gotten?
I mean, come on, do people really fall for this garbage?

[Aemilius Paulus]

I mean, come on, do people really fall for this garbage?
Of course they do. Thousands every year according to US gov't statistics. I hate to break it to you in this manner, but literally, not everyone is as smart as you are. Yes, no sarcasm here - plenty of older adults and elderly people log on every day and some of them have very little experience with anything online. They are Internet-naive, and possibly even a tad too trusting IRL. Additionally the notion of pure profit evokes greed that is sufficient to override common-sense caution in certain persons. A combination of several factors - and voilà, the bait is swallowed.

As a matter of fact, I was recently reading an article about such scams, and it said that middle aged Christians were the highest-risk, because of their more trusting nature and at times, higher propensity for doing good deeds - which is why many of these scams have religious overtones at times, or ones appealing to nationalism through the use of a US soldier coming back from Iraq.

[Sasaki Kojiro]

If someone knows your email address, it seems like they should be legit.

[Gregoshi]

The oddity of this particular scam is that it screams "we are doing something illegal". Maybe this one is trolling for criminals.

[Lemur]

Well, if you're not going to take advantage of this Urgent Business Opportunity, pass them on to me! I want to get rich quick while doing nothing of value! Woo-hoo! If it's too good to be true, it MUST be true!

[Vuk]

It is sad that anyone would be...silly...enough to fall for something like that. :P I mean, would the same people be that silly if they got a letter mailed to them like that? Or do they just take the thinking cap off when they log in? :P lol

[Subotan]

My favourite example of this:

http://www.419eater.com/html/RoadToChadDarfur/safari2.html

[Azathoth]

John Cheese did it best.

WARNING: Several instances of foul language.

http://www.cracked.com/article_16234_having-fun-with-419-scammers.html

[drone]

Maybe I should introduce Mr. Yi Kwan to this nice Nigerian fellow I have been corresponding with. Sounds like the two of them could do each other a favor and come out very wealthy.

[HoreTore]

I mean, come on, do people really fall for this garbage?

The odds of someone falling for it is extremely low, let's say only 1 in 100.000... But at those odds you get 10 people to fall for it by sending out a million mails. Volume is the key to these scams, if 99,99999% ignores your scam, all you need to do is send enough mails(which is free) until that 0.000001% of people likely to fall for the scam represent some 10-15 people, and you could make some serious money.

[Vuk]

The odds of someone falling for it is extremely low, let's say only 1 in 100.000... But at those odds you get 10 people to fall for it by sending out a million mails. Volume is the key to these scams, if 99,99999% ignores your scam, all you need to do is send enough mails(which is free) until that 0.000001% of people likely to fall for the scam represent some 10-15 people, and you could make some serious money.

lol, I would like to meet one of those 0.000001%. :P

[Hax]

Abdul Hussein is not even a proper Arabic name.

Faail.

FAIL