Don't be snookered

So I looked in my inbox on OH this morning and this is what stared back at me... From Williams and Suzan /Appeal for Assistance. Dearest One, We are Williams and Suzan Alfrouk from Sierra Leone.We are writing you from Rep of Cote d 'Ivoire where we have been taking refuge after the brutal war and murder of our perants by the rebels during the renewed fighting in our country. Because of the war our late Father sold his shipping company and took us to a nearby country Cote d'Ivoire where he deposited US$18, 300, 000.00 Million in his foreign account with one of the bank here in Cote d'Ivoire Please due to the courrent political sutuation in Ivory Coast we are seeking for your assistance to transfer this Money and also relocate to your country to further our study and we are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum for your help. Please,Kindly call us on this Number +22504618140 for more discussion or contact us on this e-mail addresse ([email protected]) for more details. Best Regards Williams and Suzan +22504618140 How the hell does this happen? Stupid spammers can get anywhere nowadays!!

I get this at least once a day on some of my less used email accounts ... I should PM you a joke of someone who actually messed around with one of this crooks, and got the better of them

Oh please do lol

Can you send it to me also?
Thanks!

Sierra Leone???  Damn, that's some low-rent outfit.  I'd be insulted, because if the scammer isn't from Nigeria, then it ain't **** 15 percent of 18.3 million... in US Dollars?  Them's some cheap-ass *******s!

Scams like this have been on news shows like 20/20, Dateline, 60 Minutes, etc several times.  It amazes me how many people bite at this and lose alot of money.  Someone is always looking for the quick rich, with no work way out.  Michael.

Yeah just like some people who get weight loss surgery, huh?

Yes there out there. I work for a well known US company and I guess ALOT emails mension something about a sweepstakes offer involving our company.. They ask for an entry fee that is a couple of hundred dollars. A few poeple have fallen victum to it and LOST A TUN of money.. Best to be leary.. Of all of them Its gotten to the point that we have our own FBI investigater assigned to watch for this activity involving the company name.. A lot of them seam to come from Nigeria ??? spelling. Any time you see a heading with an offer like that you're better off Erasing it and notifying you  on line provider.

Good one, Lance.