Does anyone actually fall for these?

I seem to have changed sex as well…

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From: Mr. Franklin Zuma
Tel: +27 83 518 5063

Dear Sir,

RE: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS

I know that this e-mail will come to you as a surprise since we don�t know each other before now. But for purpose of introduction, I am Mr. Franklin Zuma the Manager of a branch of Amalgamated Bank of South Africa (ABSA)

There is an account opened in this bank in 1989 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account. Again after going through some files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing.The owner of this account was Mr. Jonas. B. Andreas, a foreigner and a miner at Kruger Gold Co Pty Ltd South Africa He was a geologist by profession and he died since 1998. No other person knows about this account or any thing about it. The account has no other beneficiary/next of kin and my investigation proved to me as much. � The amount involved is Twelve Million United states Dollar (US$12million).

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved for transfer to a local bank here, but can only be approved for transfer to any foreign account because the money is in US Dollar and the former owner of the account Mr. Jonas B. Andreas was a foreigner too. �I want seal this business with you. Your role will be to provide an off-shore account where this money will be transfer and to act as the next of kin to the former owner of this account.

I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am involving in this transaction because of the above reasons.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later.

Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full detail of the account to be used for the transfer.

I am waiting for your prompt reply.

Mr. Franklin Zuma.

30 Responses to “Does anyone actually fall for these?”

  1. chintzybling Says:

    Oh Lordy I get lots of those. Hate ‘em. BTW - you get my invite? x

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  2. chintzybling Says:

    Oh Lordy I get lots of those. Hate ‘em. BTW - you get my invite? x

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  3. amillionpieces Says:

    Lol, I don’t get these, I feel left out!

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  4. amillionpieces Says:

    Lol, I don’t get these, I feel left out!

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  5. chintzybling Says:

    They’re so annoying Pete. It’s always from Africa too..

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  6. chintzybling Says:

    They’re so annoying Pete. It’s always from Africa too..

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  7. lemonsquash Says:

    I hope you did reply promptly. Sounds like something very important that you need to be part of.

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  8. lemonsquash Says:

    I hope you did reply promptly. Sounds like something very important that you need to be part of.

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  9. poggle Says:

    Promptly and giving them all the details of your bank account. Including the password, of course. Just in case.

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  10. poggle Says:

    Promptly and giving them all the details of your bank account. Including the password, of course. Just in case.

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  11. Bobble Says:

    Why didn’t I think of that Pog?
    CB - ‘course, can’t click the link at work, will do at home x

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  12. Bobble Says:

    Why didn’t I think of that Pog?
    CB - ‘course, can’t click the link at work, will do at home x

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  13. Locotes Says:

    Now that’s a deal. You better go and quit your job before the day’s over - get planning on how to spend those millions. Lucky you…

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  14. Locotes Says:

    Now that’s a deal. You better go and quit your job before the day’s over - get planning on how to spend those millions. Lucky you…

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  15. danzai Says:

    there was a professor who fell for it. gave em’ a few million. no comment needed.

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  16. danzai Says:

    there was a professor who fell for it. gave em’ a few million. no comment needed.

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  17. Bobble Says:

    Dan - really?

    I also seem to win the Dutch global lottery on a weekly basis.

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  18. Bobble Says:

    Dan - really?

    I also seem to win the Dutch global lottery on a weekly basis.

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  19. danzai Says:

    yeah. silly man. honestly, some people need a jolly good fish slapping for a few hours.
    i predicted that i’d win a car in a magazine scratch card thing the other day- and i did! the luckiest man alive! again!

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  20. danzai Says:

    yeah. silly man. honestly, some people need a jolly good fish slapping for a few hours.
    i predicted that i’d win a car in a magazine scratch card thing the other day- and i did! the luckiest man alive! again!

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  21. atrus Says:

    Whoever bites on that deserve at least a nomination in a whole new category in the Darwin Awards (http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/), if not the first prize.

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  22. atrus Says:

    Whoever bites on that deserve at least a nomination in a whole new category in the Darwin Awards (http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/), if not the first prize.

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  23. MJ-hereandnow Says:

    Mr Zuma is a prehistoric version of today´s spammer. I´ve received that letter as well =)

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  24. MJ-hereandnow Says:

    Mr Zuma is a prehistoric version of today´s spammer. I´ve received that letter as well =)

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  25. kevling Says:

    Try replying, like I did to the ‘Nigerians’: here
    They never answered - I was most upset.

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  26. kevling Says:

    Try replying, like I did to the ‘Nigerians’: here
    They never answered - I was most upset.

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  27. Kate_Sith Says:

    Ahaha I remember that Kev. Wasn’t someone else on here in email correspondence with some of these people? And in fact didn’t they even get some money out of them for travel expenses/bank tranfers etc? Funny stuff though.

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  28. Kate_Sith Says:

    Ahaha I remember that Kev. Wasn’t someone else on here in email correspondence with some of these people? And in fact didn’t they even get some money out of them for travel expenses/bank tranfers etc? Funny stuff though.

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  29. [anonymous] Says:

    I didn’t fall for that one, but someone tried to hook me by replying to my advert about my room for rent, and then my car for sale.

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  30. [anonymous] Says:

    I didn’t fall for that one, but someone tried to hook me by replying to my advert about my room for rent, and then my car for sale.

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