Yeah, it's hard to believe, but it must be worthwhile to keep doing it since it's been around for about 40 years now. It does have a serious side though, I've read that some victims got killed after trying to back out when they were in too deep.

If you really like the Nigerian Scam letters just google "Nigerian Scam" or try this site that has them broken down into categories:
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Nigerian/nigerianex.htm

I started collecting them a couple of months ago but got fed up. They are also called 419 scams. You can also try this site:
http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.asp

Snopes is particularly good because it is a collection of many of the world's best urban legends (you know - all those breathless emails that warn you about the (?????) that you must send to all your friends so they don't die/burn down their house/kill their pets/whatever.

GrimJack

Right :rolleyes:

hello,
My name is sonul , I am the newset member of your group and am very exited about it ...
Regards,
Sonul....[*_-]

Ok, this may seem quite strange but i LOVE reading through nigerian/african bank fraud emails, they try to convince you that you will get rich and in fact take all your money. Its all highly illegal but i love reading through them. I am amazed by the efforts these people put into conjouring up riduiculous stories. From nigerian royalty to brothers on death beds, these emails are really quite interesting...below is an email i recently received. Please post more of these emails if you receive any :cheesy:

ok....lol.... :rolleyes:

People have some fun with them too.. do a search on google for 419 baiters.. example:

http://www.419eater.com/

Some funny stuff there.

dale

Hey Sonaul. Welcome to DaniWeb ;) Gee, what a thread to post a welcome.

lol -- found this which you guys may find interesting:

How some spammers get your e-mail Experts: Spammers turn to chain letters to collect addresses

By Powell Fraser CNN

(CNN) --Forget bad luck. Those annoying chain letters circulating the Internet could be cursing you with an inbox full of spam e-mail, computer experts warn.

While not as efficient as "spiders" which automatically crawl the Web in search of addresses, computer experts warn that some spammers are using chain letters to collect e-mail usernames.

"Chain letters are the ideal place to collect addresses. I've seen several hundred on one e-mail. The list went on for pages," said Bill Orvis, who maintains the U.S. Department of Energy's hoax advisory Web site.

Organizations that help users and companies fight spam have begun to take notice. Orvis, for example, recently posted Web warnings for government employees and the public, pointing out the dangers of forwarding chain letters.

So far, no spammers have been caught harvesting e-mail addresses from chain letters, but Orvis thinks it's just a matter of time.

"Just by forwarding a message to a dozen friends, it only takes a few generations before you fill the network with messages," he said. Some experts skeptical

Other spam experts, however, are skeptical about this tactic. Michael Herrick, whose Spamfire software helps individual users filter junk e-mail, doesn't think spammers are using chain letters in this way.

Pam Small, spokesperson for the spam filtering company SurfControl, was also skeptical about the use of this tactic.

"Yes, it can be done, and yes, it may be done by some of the less sophisticated spammers," she said. "But because spammers are dealing in high volumes and looking for valid e-mail addresses, there are quicker ways to gather them."

Herrick, however, admits that the practice could be a good way to bypass e-mail filters which block messages from senders who are not known to the recipient. Spammers could use chain letters to discover the addresses of people with whom you frequently communicate. Spam purporting to be from someone in your address book would sneak by filters.

"If I were a spammer, I'd be working very hard to perfect this technique," he said.

Whenever i see spam that someone has posted for others to see,i love FILLING OUT EVERY LINE OF THIER FORM..........

With BOGUS data! [img]http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/dani-images/smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]

(Provided they provide the link in the email also)

i sign the spammers adress up for spam hehehehe

Very good !!!

What about this....I bet if they become writer they are gonna earn much better!!!
Name: Ahmed Raafia
Email: ahmed_raafia@walla.com
Tel: +855-11694305.
Attention:My Good Friend,

I am contacting you based on trust and I believe you will treat this offer with keen interest and utmost sincerity.
My name is AHMED RAAFIA,My father got maried to African American from a speaking colony of Cote D' Ivoire were I grow up and the family was blessed with two children I and my younger sister sarah who is 15 years old although she is late.
Following the recent crises between the Israeli forces and the hezbollahs militant group in lebanon, During one of the Israel air strike in lebanon, my parent became victim of war as my parents lost there lives on their trip to our home in lebanon. Our building was razed to nothing leaving 13 people dead and over 65 injured.MAY THEIR SOUL REST IN PEACE!!!!
My father was a cash crop merchant and an international business man on exchange of international currency.He deposited the sum of $19 Million US Dollars under the coustody of a Financial firm here in a secured arrangement,Because of the love he has for me,he told me in confidence about the fund.
Please I need your sincere help now!My life is in danger due to frequent war and political crises in Lebanon and Cote D' Ivoire as I do not want to stay here.Please help me and save my life.I want to take you as my late father's business associate so that you will help me claim the fund for investment and we can make an arrangement for the transfer of the fund to you for investment.
I need your assistance in getting a residence for me and also help me in investing the fund in profit yeilding business in your country. and your willingness to go into investment will be appreciated.Moreso, as soon as the fund enters into your care, you will invest the fund.
I will offer you 30% of the total fund for your assistance alone.As soon as I here from you I will give you all the information you need about the fund you may require from me thereafter.

Please get back to me as soon as posible and endeavour to include your telephone
Please reply with this id and called me with this number +855-11694305.
Await your call.

BEST REGARDS
AHMED RAFAAIA.

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FUNNIEST EMAIL EVER!

Lol what the heck?

yeah it was so random

Spammers suck :D

Yeha I have to agree with you I've already won the british, nigerian, and worldwide lotteries that I didn't even enter. I felt bad that I couldn't transfer 250 million into my bank account to help out a dying person. Sometime they really choke me up. not

I checked one of my email accounts and there was a spam message about my EBAY auction (I dont have any) and of course when i went to the Item # it was invalid :D

Stupid idiot morons