Anyone else get a PM asking for money?

[deinstein]

Here is what it said in my message:

From Esther Totime.

Cote D' Ivoire.

Abidjan.

Dearest one.

I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. I am esther totime, 23years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs amanda. My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days.

It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year 12th.Febuary 2005.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time. But God knows the truth!

My mother died when I was just 4 years old,and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on Febuary 12 2005 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he had a sum of 7.500,000 US DOLLARS (seven. five) MILLION USA DOLLARS)kept in a security company in (AFRICA).

He also said that the security company does not know the content of the safe Box.He decleared it as family treasure and used my name to Deposit the Box as his first daugther for next of kin. He also explained to him that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business assocaites, That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money to and use it for investment purposes.
I want you to assist me in clearing this box from the security company and then transfering the fund inside the box into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose.

I am just 23 years old and a university undergraduate and really I don't know what to do.
Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this funds. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.

Dearest one, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your daughter?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible

Thank you so much.

My sincere regards,

Esther Totime.

Note;
here is my private email adrss,( esthertotime2222@yahoo.com ,

[okieinla]

I got one too.

[TURobY]

Now I feel used! I just sent her $30,000 because she needed my help.

Well, I guess I will just have to go to Nigeria to speak with Ester and tell her how disappointed I am in her behavior.

[billintulsa]

Seriously - is there ANYONE who doesn't know this is a scam?

[Steve]

I got it too, deleted it without reading it.

I get tons of that garbage in my personal email, most goes directly to spam folder.  I never even open the messages.  Ebay, paypal, "banking" emails (from banks I have never done buisness with), all sorts of phishing scams etc.  I can't believe anyone today falls for that nonsense.

[RecycleMichael]

Dear TuRoby:

Please send me some money.

My sister is wearing clothes from a discount store, my mother is ordering dinner from restaurant with cloth napkins, my dog is eating out of last year's dog bowl and I am forced to watch television on a tiny 27 inch HD flat screen television set.

I am just a mild setback away from gaving to rent out our servant's quarters to strangers.

Please help.

My cardboard sign says "will blog for food."

[TURobY]

quote:Originally posted by recyclemichael

Dear TuRoby:

Please send me some money.

My sister is wearing clothes from a discount store, my mother is ordering dinner from restaurant with cloth napkins, my dog is eating out of last year's dog bowl and I am forced to watch television on a tiny 27 inch HD flat screen television set.

I am just a mild setback away from gaving to rent out our servant's quarters to strangers.

Please help.

My cardboard sign says "will blog for food."

Check your PM Inbox for my bank account details, and a comprehensive list of my personal information. []

[RecycleMichael]

You are so generous...and I had no idea that you were so wealthy!

[cannon_fodder]

I'm creating a fake Gmail account and going fishing... wish me luck!  I believe it is my duty to screw with these people, perhaps I am wasting time that would be spent scamming a real person or if enough people scammed the scammers they would be forced to stop.

My goal is to get money or goods from them without revealing anything about my identity.  More likely, drag them out as long as possible. And have fun while doing it.

Go.

- Jesse


Dear Esther,

Per your request I would be happy to help you setup a bank account in the United States or to utilize one of my accounts if you desire.  I am a retired school teacher so I do not have a lot of experience with banking but I think I can help you out.  I am not sure what constitutes a fair price for such a service and dont want to start bidding against myself, so what do you think would be fair?  I have plenty of money set aside for my retirement but it would be nice to bolster my account while helping you out at the same time.

Please let me know what you think would be fair and what other steps you need me to help you with.

With God's love,

Gloria

[Admin]

Anyone mind telling me the username?

[Steve]

quote:Originally posted by Admin

Anyone mind telling me the username?

It is "esy1"  Profile shows name of Esther Totime from Ivory Coast Africa.

[Admin]

Thanks!

Locked out esy1 and another potential spammer.

[Hawkins]

Nigerian scam. And an old one at that.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

Perhaps this person noticed our thread on panhandlers, and saw some potential soft targets... hehe.

[Conan71]

"Pigeon Drop" is what my boss calls it.  They used to send it out via fax before email came into vogue.  I'd be a gozillionaire right now if any of those were true.  I can't tell you how great my luck is on those Dutch/English lotteries, I've been the grand prize winner at least 25 times on those.

Counting my wealth on email anyhow, I'm worth at least several billion dollars. [}:)]

[RecycleMichael]

Buy me a house, Mr. Billionaire.