The "Trans-gender" scam :O Thread poster: Thayenga
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Thayenga 
Germany
Local time: 06:06
 Member (2009)
English to German
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Hello everybody,
this morning I received an email from, according to its header, a certain Carol Steffgen, whose IP address locates her in Phoenix, Arizona.
Good Day
Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met before, I
am Andrew Bailey, I work with Bank Of England as Executive Director for Banking
and Chief Cashier, There is the sum of $20,600,000.00 Dollars in my Bank, There
were no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds which means no one would
ever come forward to claim it.
That is why I ask that we work together to transfer the funds out of my Bank
into your Bank Account or any other account of your choice, I will be pleased to
see if you can help me and also be a good and trusted person. Once the funds
have been transferred to your Nominated Bank Account we shall then share in the
ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you,do send me email as soon as possible for more
details here is my e-mail address: andrewbailey03@xnmsn.com
Regards,
Andrew Bailey
So Carol became Andrew, though "both" are located in Arizona. The old scam with a slightly different "touch".
Have a wonderful, scam-free day.
Thayenga
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| | | | Isabelle F. BRUCHER
Belgium
Local time: 06:06
English to French
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| Jenny Forbes
Local time: 05:06
 Member (2006)
French to English
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Fascinating. Perhaps Andrew underwent a sex-change operation down there in Arizona and became Carol, but it hasn't quite worked yet.
You'd think scammers would be a tad more careful, wouldn't you?
Jenny
| | | | Thayenga
Germany
Local time: 06:06
Member (2009)
English to German
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TOPIC STARTER
Jenny Forbes wrote:
Fascinating. Perhaps Andrew underwent a sex-change operation down there in Arizona and became Carol, but it hasn't quite worked yet.
You'd think scammers would be a tad more careful, wouldn't you?
Jenny
That's one "sound" (?) explanation.
Well, if scammer tended to be a tad more careful, then... they would realize that nobdy falls for their scam and would, therefore, eliminate themselves.
| | | | George Trail
United Kingdom
Local time: 05:06
Member (2009)
French to English
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| Another critical error | May 3, 2012 |
This scammer is indeed careless. He/she (lol) says that ...they are with the Bank of England but the sum is in dollars! Besides, who would be stupid enough to offer that kind of money to a stranger without attempting to justify their actions? Not least because you never know who they are or what they'd do with it! Again, they make the classic would-be scammer's mistake of not addressing you by your name.
| | | | Teresa Borges
Portugal
Local time: 05:06
Member (2007)
English to Portuguese
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| Therrien
Canada
Local time: 22:06
English to French
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| But some people fall for it... | May 3, 2012 |
I've personally met someone who's late father was scammed in this wise.
If they keep the number of emails up they're bound to hit the lower end of the IQ bell-curve in that mix. If they keep doing it, it's because it works, sadly.
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