***My Fun With A Scam Artist***

[AverageJoe21]

So, we all know the scams that we get in our junk mail about how we just won 50 billion dollars or some stupid shit. Well, this time I decided that I was going to play their little game to see how far I could take it.
I've posted this to share the information that I've collected and the process that these guys take you through to try and take your money.

Here is the first E-Mail that I received.

Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Dear Lucky Winner,

This is to inform you that your email address has won the Nelson Mandela International Grant Award for the year 2008. You have been approved to claim a total sum of US$500,000.00. Your grant award reference number is NMIGA/SA-211. To claim your grant award, please contact our claims agent:

Protea Finance Limited
Contact person: Mr. Thomas Mbatha
Email: [email protected]
Fax: +27 866 009 755.

You are required to send the claim agent your reference number, your full names, your address, your phone numbers, your age and occupation. Congratulations!
Sincerely,

Ms. Susan Smith
Director (Grant Award)
Nelson Mandela International Grant Award

 

[AverageJoe21]

This is going to change my life!
How do I collect my money?
Thanks!

reference number is NMIGA/SA-211
Jeff Starnes
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]411 N. 6th Street[/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]Emery, SD 57332[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]I'm 55 and have been at my job for almost 25 years[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]I work for a plumbing company[/FONT][/FONT]

 

[edux10]

Sorry bro but I just claimed your prize..

 

[AverageJoe21]

Subject: NELSON MANDELA INT. GRANT CLAIM PROCEDURE

Attn: Jeff Starnes,​

​

We are the paying/claim agents to the Nelson Mandela International Grant Award in South Africa and your claim for grant award have been received by our office.​

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The grant award draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 20,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. This grant is given out to selected individuals and small businesses around the world to help them actualise their dreams and also make the world a better place for all. After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as one of two winners in the category "A" with the following winning information: ​

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REF NUMBERS: NMIGA/SA-211​

BATCH NUMBERS: 46-184-WAN​

SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 GRANT​

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This Grant is made possible by the following philanthropists, former president of South Africa Mr. Nelson Mandela, formal president of the United States of America Mr. Bill Clinton, Mr. Bill Gates CEO Microsoft Inc. USA, Mr. Warren Buffett CEO of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. USA, Mr. Carlos Slim Helu owner and founder of America Movil Mexico and Mr. Lakshmi Mittal CEO ArcelorMittal India.​

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You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of USA$500,000.00 (Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars). This is from the total Grant Money of US$4,000,000.00 (Four Million United States Dollars) shared among the Eight ( International Grant winners in all categories. ​

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We have verified your Claim as correct and valid; your grant award will be written on a certified cashier’s cheque in your name.​

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To claim your grant you will be required to make travel arrangements to South Africa before the expiration of the claims deadline. Therefore, it is advised that you be available at least three days before the deadline to personally sign for the release of your certified cheque.​

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You are advice to make your travel destination to Johannesburg International Airport, South Africa. In the advent of your inability to travel to South Africa to claim personally due to health reasons or lack of adequate fund for air travel, do not hesitate to contact us so that we can arrange representation for your prize claim. In this case, we shall arrange a convenient means for you to claim your grant award without your coming to South Africa.​

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Please get back to us by return email or contact us by phone on: 27 733 497 257 indicating if you are able to come or not and for further assistance/directives, you may need. ​

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We strongly advice that you keep your grant award notification strictly personal and very confidential to avoid any form of impersonation or identity theft on your side.​

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On behalf of the staff and management of the Protea Finance Limited South Africa, we congratulate you on this achievement.​

​

Mr. Thomas Mbatha ​

​

Zonal Coordinator.​

Protea Finance Limited, South Africa.​

Tel: 27 733 497 25​

Fax: 27 866 009 75​

Email:​

 

[AverageJoe21]

There is no way I can make it to South Africa. What else can I do to get my money? I'm very exited!
Thanks!
Jeff Starnes

 

[AverageJoe21]

Subject: RE: NELSON MANDELA INT. GRANT CLAIM PROCEDURE


Attn: Jeff Starnes,

This is confirming the receipt of your email message. In the advent of your inability to travel to South Africa to claim your grant award personally, we will arrange representation for your grant claim. We believe this will be a more convenient means of getting your prize across to you in your country.

Please contact our affiliate attorney for legal representation on your behalf. Send the attorney a letter of authorization to represent you in making the claim and please remember to include in your letter to the attorney the following information's:

1. Your grant reference number
2. Your full names
3. Your telephone and mobile numbers
4. Your physical address where you want your certified cashier’s cheque delivered.
5. Your age and occupation

You are advised to contact the attorney as soon as possible as the dead line for possible grant claim is fast approaching.

Below are the contact information's to the attorney:

Contact person: Mr. James Madiba
Email: [email protected]
Email: [email protected]
Phone number: 27 741 821 455
Fax number: 27 866 005 511

The attorney is in a better position to tell you what it's will cost you to deliver your certified cheque to your doorstep. Please note that in this case your certified cashier's cheque as well as original copy of your grant certificate will be delivered to your postal address by an insured courier service.

 

[AverageJoe21]

Hi Mr. James Madiba,​

I was asked to contact you regarding a sum of money that I have won. I'm told that you can help me collect this money. The information to the accout is below. ​

Thanks!​

Jeff Starnes​

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reference number is NMIGA/SA-211
Jeff Starnes
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]411 N. 6th Street
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]Emery, SD 57332[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]I'm 55 and have been at my job for almost 25 years[/FONT][/FONT]
[FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif][FONT=Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,Sans-serif]I work for a plumbing company[/FONT][/FONT]

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REF NUMBERS: NMIGA/SA-211​

BATCH NUMBERS: 46-184-WAN​

SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 GRANT​

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[AverageJoe21]

Subject: Attn: Jeff Starnes

Dear Jeff Starnes,

This is to inform you that your Grant claim information’s: REF NUMBERS: NMIGA/SA-211 BATCH NUMBERS: 46-184-WAN. SERIAL NUMBERS: 215-18 GRANT, has been verified at the Nelson Mandela International Grant Award office. We are glad to inform you that your Grant award information’s above match those in the database of the award organizers for this year International Grant award. Congratulations

Following our verification, we are please to inform you that we were able to obtain your Grant award certificate from the Nelson Mandela International Grant Award office as well as a letter of Guarantee from the Protea Finance Limited, below is the attached certificate as well as the Letter of Guarantee.

Also attached is a power of attorney document, please fill this document and send it back to me as soon as possible by email attachment or by fax.

Your prize won, has been written on a certified casher’s cheque and will be posted to you via an insured courier service to your specified postal address. As soon as you receive the certified cheque, you can personally pay the cheque to your bank and the total amount (US$500,000.00) will be made available to you. Please confirm your postal address where you want your certified cheque sent to as soon as possible.

Be informed that we do charge a total fee of US$980.00 (Nine Hundred and Eighty US Dollars)

This fee comprise of the following listed below:

1. Processing Fees: US$300, 00
2. Courier service: US$490, 00
3. Registration Fees: US$190, 00

As soon as we receive the above stated fees from you, we will proceed to the Protea Finance Limited office to secure your certified cashier’s cheque release and send to you by an insured express courier service. Please note that these fees cannot be deducted from your Grant money due to the terms and condition of the Grant award organizers.

When you are ready to make the payment, kindly contact this office again on instruction on how you can send the money to our office to enable us to proceed immediately. Please call me on my direct phone number 27 741 821 455 if you have any questions to ask me.

Thank you for using our services as we hope to hear soonest from you. CONGRATULATIONS!
Best regards,

James Madiba Esq

 

[AverageJoe21]

Here are the attachments

 

[AverageJoe21]

This was just sent back to the attorney today


I'm in the processes of getting the power of attorney document ready for you. It may take me a couple of days to get it scanned so I can email it to you. I would like to go ahead and pay the fees so that we can get that part taken care of. I would like this to go as quickly as possible.
Thanks Again!
Jeff Starnes

 

[InvaderMark]

youre going to pay?

 

[JohnnyBravo]

youre going to pay?

Are you stoned....he's just fucking with them!!!!

 

[InvaderMark]

Are you stoned....he's just fucking with them!!!!

hahahahahaha sorry

 

[bobmaf]

i`m in the process of screwing with 3 of them too

play them at there own games go for it i`m glad i`m not the only one doing this

 

[edux10]

Who couldn't they take the 980$ out of the money they are going to give you?

 

[AphexTwin]

Who couldn't they take the 980$ out of the money they are going to give you?

It's part of the terms and conditions of these spam e-mails, they all have them.

 

[edux10]

shady
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[AverageJoe21]

shady
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Dude, its a scam.....I'd never see the money. You pay the 980.00 and then the emails stop and thats the end of it. This is a game that I am playing with them.

 

[mastakoosh]

i get one about i am the last remaining member of an inheritance from someone i never met. in order to get my inheritance i must send thousands of dollars to recieve my millions lol. i sent an email back to them saying get a job you scumbag cocksuckers.

 

[AverageJoe21]

i get one about i am the last remaining member of an inheritance from someone i never met. in order to get my inheritance i must send thousands of dollars to recieve my millions lol. i sent an email back to them saying get a job you scumbag cocksuckers.

I think I will start replying to every one I get that way I take up their time from harassing others. I'll try to drag it out for as long as I can and then at the end I'll give them the ol' "I have a friend in south Africa that owes me $5600.00 and I'll have him send you a money order for $5600.00 and you take out your fees plus a little extra and Western Union the rest to me"