Kwofie Possible

[TheBB]

Does anyone remember that old scam mail about Nigeria? I got another today, slightly similar, telling the story of "Kwofie Possible", who wants to retrieve her dead dad's long-lost treasure of gold from the evil corporations:

Dear Friend,
I know you will be suprised recieving this mail from me but I
respectfully insist that you read it carefully as I am optimistic that it will
open doors for both of us and our families.I want you to assist me and
my mother in helping us stand as a beneficiary to receive our
deposited consignment in a security company in Europe.

I am Kwoefie Possible from Ghana but Residing in London now and I am
19years old. My father Died 10years ago and I was only 8 years old then.
Going Through my dads files I discovered that he deposited some 150
kilos of Gold in a company for safe keeping.

I wrote the company inquiring from them how I am going to retrieve this
deposit but they have given me Conditions that I cannot meet because of
my immediate Status. They said that I will have to pay for the
storage/administrative charges before it can be released to me.

I am writting you if you will help me retrieve this deposit.If you are
willing we will have to discuss terms and Conditions of sharing.I am
seriously searching for someone with experience and must be advanced in
age and must have a good knowledge of this because I am a novice in this
field so that we wouldn’t have any problems in future.

I will long to get words from you and do reach me through my personal
mail address (kwofie@telkom.net)
Have a blissful day and I long to hear from you.

Sincerely Yours,
Kwofie Possible.

Sick.

[Schwitzer]

Well, I hope you had a blissful day, anyway :P

[Nuts]

Because I am listed in trade journal mailing lists, I get these almost daily. They are ever so polite when asking to scam you. ;)

[Modred]

I've gotten those from "Nigeria," "Kenya," a variety of Eastern European countries, and I think even "Venezuela." The funny thing is, they were all from the same address. =P

[Kabam]

I got one of those from New Zealand. It was funny as hell :D Except she wanted people to send money so she could live, because her mother died and she had nothing to live off of, and yet she had the internet.

[Geno]

I've gotten one about some Russian oil scam. They couldn't even spell like 4 or 5 words, and then promiced me some random amount... Kind of hilarious, so I deleted it right off.

~Larry "Geno" Meyers
- BI's RP forum Aide

P.S. Irony: They linked to a webpage home of the corprate president. It had at the very top "Anyone who has *Insert the email name here,* don't listen to it!" in big bold print XD

[Black.Ice]

I actually get letters postmarked from Nigeria and other various countries. My dad received the first one way back. I think it was in the late 90's.

[Beef]

19 years old - 10 years ago = 8 years old? lol.
He seems to have pretty good spelling and grammar in the first paragraph but after that he mysteriously loses most of that...

[DragonPaladin]

We should take some Federal Marshals and actually claim that money. That way, when they declare us fraudulent, we point a couple of guys at them and say, "Too bad." Or notify the Nigerian government every step of the way, so when they scam us, their asses are busted sooo bad. I'd love to see their faces when they go, "You're under arrest for fraud." And then we go, "Nooo...You're under arrest for fraud." And the Nigerian police show up...

[Vhaeraun]

I doubt these guys are actually from Nigeria. The guy who sends these is prolly sitting in a basement in Louisiana naked playing with himself...

[Killphill]

Yah, things like that just piss me off. Did it say to send it to more people at the bottem? Stupid chain letters!

[Modred]

Nah, it isn't a chain letter. Just a way to milk money from gullible Americans. And apparently Norwegians, too. Sadly, there are people ignorant enough to give their bank account numbers to the return address in messages such as this. Of course, no large sum of money is deposited, although the account is often drained rather quickly...

[hammocksleeper]

Have you seen the website where some guys writes this guy back and actually scams the scammer. The prankster doesn't get any profit, but the email scammer loses around $1000. Someone will post the link eventually, I don't feel like looking for it. ;)

[Modred]

Haha, that's great Hammock. I haven't heard of that incident.

[TheBB]

19 years old - 10 years ago = 8 years old? lol.

That's possible, since it depends on the respective dates in the respective years as well.

Example, I was born in 1984, but I am 20 years old, despite living in 2005, since I haven't had my birthday yet this year.