See ya later

[FocusFin]

Got this email from South Africa. As soon as I get my 40% of 23 million I'm outta here - movin' to the Caribbean and building a huge aquarium. Bite me

From the Desk of Dinga Law Firm
2nd Floor, Nedbank Place
35 Sauer Street Johannesburg
Republic of South Africa
Email:
Direct Mobile: +27-83-573-6410

Greetings to you my dear friend,

I got your information while searching for a reliable person who will
assist me in a business proposal that will benefit we both and I have lay
all the trust in you before I decided to disclose this confidential
transaction to you.

I am Barrister Augustine Dinga, an Attorney at Law. I have an urgent and
very profitable business proposition for you that should be handled with
extreme confidentiality. I know this proposal will come to you as a
surprise for the fact that we have not met before believing that
transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive or worried but
I can assure you that you will not regret been part of this mutual
beneficial transaction.

SUBJECT: A deceased Client of mine name Withhold, A citizen of your Country
whom here in shall be referred to as my client, made a numbered time Fixed
Deposit for twelve calendar months valued at US$ 23.5 Million Dollars
(Twenty Three Million, Five Hundred thousand United States Dollars) only in
a Financial and Security Company on January 12th 2000.

My client was a Consultant, and contractor with the South Africa Solid
Minerals Corporation (SSMC). Upon maturity the Financial and Security
Company sent a routine notification in accordance with the Company policy
to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month they sent a
reminder and finally it was discovered from his contract employers South
Africa Solid Minerals Corporation (SSMC) that My Client, his wife and two
children died in the AF4590 France concord plane crash bound for New York
in their plan for a world cruise on Monday 31 July, 2000.

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a Will
and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. On this occasion
I made further investigations and discovered that my client did not declare
any next of kin or relations in the Deposit paperwork with the Financial
and Security Company.

This sum of US$ 23.5 million, I understand was kept in the Financial and
Security Company for safekeeping to enable him have direct and immediate
access to the funds for a contract that he intended to execute. No one will
ever come forward to claim it and according to the Government Law as
provided in section 129 sub 63(N), South African Banking Edit of 1961 at
the expiration of 9 years the money will revert to the ownership of the
South African Government, if nobody applies to claim the fund.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the Next of
kin and beneficiary of my deceased client as you bear the same last name so
that the proceeds of this account valued at US$ 23.5 million can be paid to
you, so we can share the amount on a mutually agreed percentage of 60% for
me and 40% for you.

All legal documents to back up your claim as the deceased Next of Kin will
be provided by me. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed
under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law.

Your most urgent response will be highly appreciated to avoid making
further contacts.

Warmest Regards and hoping to hear from you soon,

Barrister Augustine Dinga
Dinga Law Firm

[Cheebs]

Holyyyy sketch bag! Haha, I've seen some interesting scams, but this one takes the cake!

[drboeing]

The police are always interested in this scam, its been around a long time, but if its still running, then they are still getting victims.  Please call the non emerg line and report, youll be saving someone else from getting suckered.

[yellowtang]

Wow..... they seem to be getting more sophisticated by the minute....
certainly different than all others...
with all that cash you'll be getting you'll certainly will be able to
set a huge reef with all the bells and whistles!!!!
LOL LOL LOL

[Nerine]

Hey that's my money.......they sent me an email too!! along with my Nigerian prince and the FBI and whoever else cares to send me millions

[rockgarden]

Speaking of scams: After escaping from the November OVAS meeting with $4 profit on my significant sales efforts, I replied to a camera ad posted on Craigslist/Ottawa asking where I might view the precious bit of photo equipment that was being offered at a significant discount.  Got this as a reply:

I'm in Hamilton, ON now (relocated for work) but overnight shipping is included in the price, UPS or FedEx, and insurance/tracking is also
included.

If you use eBay I'd like to do it that way, so we're both protected and can exchange feedback later. You will be covered by $2000 buyer
protection and get 90 days money back guarantee...I did over 70,000 transactions with them I just need your name and eBay ID, once I set it up with eBay they'll
confirm it with you and then we're good to go, even if you don't use eBay now I can set it up.

It will be set up for WU payment which is instant so I can ship same day. My sister works for them and gets the fee back so I will cover the fee.

Just go to www.westernunion.com and find their agent close to you

Let me know when you do that and I can send you all details and instructions

To add insult to injury, when I flagged this particular "deal' as  a scam guess what I got in return from Craigslist this AM.  I've been blocked!

about > domain tou violation

Why am I seeing this page?

The website formerly operating at this domain violated craigslist's Terms of Use (TOU), and/or enabled or facilitated others in violating the TOU, and/or infringed craigslist's trademark(s) or other intellectual property. The domain has been transferred to craigslist.

craigslist does not permit automated posting or the employment of posting agents (software or human). Users who post non-local or irrelevant content, repeatedly post the same or similar content, or otherwise misuse craigslist's services detract from the user experience for all craigslist users.

craigslist may take action at any time against those jeopardizing the website or its user experience, violating the TOU or infringing upon craigslist's intellectual property.

craigslist has enjoyed considerable success in such litigation, securing multi-million dollar judgments in a number of cases, and eventually shutting down a variety of illegitimate TOU-violating enterprises, including ones operating outside the United States.

You may wish to:

   review craigslist's Terms of Use
   follow craigslist legal matters on the company blog
   Visit craigslist

Of course, any attempts to contact Craigslist to request an explanation, just leads to more automated messages and since I have never posted to Craigslist and have never had an account at Craigslist I must assume that someone with a Western Union account has decided to target me. Oh well, so much easier to buy fish at OVAS

[Greatwhite]

I love internet scams.  I've seen a lot of them.  I liked one where I got an email similar to the one up top - but it was a millionaire whose plane had crashed in Alaska.  I Googled it, and yes indeed - some millionaire's plane had crashed in Alaska a week or 2 prior.

They are great when they are current like that.

[bt]

To add insult to injury, when I flagged this particular "deal' as  a scam guess what I got in return from Craigslist this AM.  I've been blocked!

You haven't been blocked.  They're having some widespread issues this morning.  It isn't affecting everyone (possibly just not yet), but it's affecting enough people that it's making the rounds in the news.  Nobody has been able to get a response from CL yet on the issue.

http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111129/craigslist-canada-website-shutdown-111129/20111129/?hub=OttawaHome

[rockgarden]

Nice to know that it isn't anything to do with what I sold at OVAS 

http://toronto.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20111129/craigslist-canada-website-shutdown-111129/20111129/?hub=TorontoNewHome