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Got this spam PM in my box here
MR. SALAME ABU.
EMAIL: salame20032001@yahoo.co.uk
DAKAR SENEGAL
ATTN: THE DIRECTOR/CEO STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I know you will be surprised to read from me, but please consider this
letter as request from a family in dare need for your
assistance. Firstly, I must introduce myself, I am Mr.AMADU ABU. from
Zimbabwe, the only son of Mr. SALAM ABU. I am
presently residing in DAKAR-SENEGAL as refugee. On behalf of my mother
who is a widow Mrs. RAHALETU ABU, I decided to solicit
for your assistance to transfer the sum of US8.5$(Eight .Five Million
Dollars) in your personal or company account.
Before my fathers death he was among the few black Zimbabwean rich
farmers and he was poisoned by the agents of the
ruling government of president Robert Mugabe for his alleged support
and sympathy for the Zimbabwe opposition party
controlled by the white minority. Before his death, he deposited this
money to a Security and Finance Company in DAKAR -
SENEGAL. This money was deposited in a box as gemstones to avoid much
demurrage from the Security Company. This
money was earmarked for purchase of new machinery and chemicals for the
farms and to establish new farms in Lesotho and
Swaziland. In his will he specifically drew my attention to this sum of
US$8.5million that he deposited in a safe box of a private
Security and Finance Company here in DAKAR-SENEGAL, In fact my father
said in his will and quote: My beloved son, I wish to
draw your attention to this money which I deposited in your name in a
box with a Security and Finance Company in DAKAR-
SENEGAL. In case of my absence on earth caused by death, you should
solicit for a reliable foreign partner to assist you to
transfer this money out of SENEGAL for investment purposes.
From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my
family depends on this money, as such I will be very grateful
if you can assist us. We are now living in SENEGAL-DAKAR as asylum
seekers and financial laws of SENEGAL does not allow
asylum seekers certain right to such huge amount of money. In view of
this, I cannot invest this money in DAKAR-SENEGAL,
hence I am asking you to assist me to transfer this money out of
DAKAR-SENEGAL for investment purposes. For your efforts, I
am prepared to offer you 20% of the total fund, while 5% will be set
aside for local and International expenses and 75% will be
kept by my family and me. Final modalities on how the transfer will be
made will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and
confidence between ourselves. Looking forward to your reply and please
treat as very urgent.Best regards,
SALAME ABU.
Sheesh! It's a con, not that you lot need to be told that, and under no circumstances should you respond to it.
Dear Admin - get rid of this member.....
[i]the early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese[/i]
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Got this spam PM in my box here...snip...
Sheesh! It's a con, not that you lot need to be told that, and under no circumstances should you respond to it.
Dear Admin - get rid of this member.....
*Hi Christina! I've not received any spam or junk mail in my PM box...never have. Your post does bring back a memory, however, of others here with a similar complaint many months ago.
What's the date of the message? I checked your profile before you posted this; the information in your profile stated you hadn't posted in nearly a year. Just curious.
I know Adrian did bump an offender who was spamming a few members (including Josh, IIRC). Yours is the first complaint of this kind since months ago; hopefully this isn't starting to be a problem again (which is why I'm curious about the date of the PM, i.e. how recent).
--Cindy
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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Well. as you can tell I don't stop by much any more, (mainly because the discussion is way over my head) but I had set up for email alerts for PM's, and I dropped in that same day to see what was happening.
The date and time of the PM was Oct. 21 2003, 19:06.
It's still in my inbox if an admin wants to go look.
[i]the early bird may get the worm, but it's the second mouse that gets the cheese[/i]
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Adrian: I just received the same message as an email sent from this board:
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Mark Friedenbach,
This email has been sent from amadu via Ikonboard.
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MR AMADU ABUDULAHI.
EMAIL: amadu245@voila.fr
DAKAR SENEGAL
ATTN: THE DIRECTOR/CEO STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
<snip>
Best regards,
AMADU ABUDULAHI
Can't something be done about this?
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I received the same request once so far, and deleted it forthwith, without a qualm!
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Just deleted amadu and salame. Sorry to those who received spam, but I don't like deleting people's accounts until there is some independent confirmation that they are spammers - which this thread provided. Thank you all!
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