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« on: May 06, 2004, 12:54:28 pm »
FROM BARRISTER LOTUS LONTO
LOTUS CHAMBER LOME TOGO
FAX/PHONE/00228 920-66-79
LOME TOGO WEST AFRICA.


Attention: (my name was here)

                                                       
   


I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this  matter.Let me start by introducing myself properly to you.I am  BARRISTER LOTUS LONTO the Attorney to your late uncle Engr.J.B Taymizyan (Snr) a contractor with the Federal Government of lome-togo,until  his death last two years ago in political crisis in Abidjan  capital of Cote d'Ivoire,He Banked with Standard Trust  Securities,lome-togo and had a closing balance as at the end of  September, 2002 worth US$28,000,000.00(Thweenty eight Million  United States Dollars).
 
The financial firm now expects the Next of Kin to come forward as  Beneficiary.Efforts has been made by the Standard Trust  Securities of lome-togo to get in touch with any of the Deceased  Family Relatives,but they have met with no success.
 
As the deceased being a foreigner,that was why i decided to  contact you so that you can put claim on this fund as you bear  the same last name with him.Now the management under the  influence of the bank Chairman and Members of the Board of  directors, that arrangement has been made for the fund to be  declared Unclaimed In order to avert this negative  development, it is my duty to contact you so that you can stand  as the next of kin to his properties.All documents and proof to  enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out by me for  this claim.I have secured from the probate an order of Mandamus  to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries,and more so i am assuring you that this claim is 100% risk free.
 
Now it is left for you to deceide on what you will give me as my  percentage for assisting you in this claim.I hope to hear from  you soon or call me immediately you receive this mail on this  phone number 228-920-66-79.


i want to let you know that this trasaction have to be done  legitimately and confidential as i dont want any one to know that  you are not the right applicant.
 
Call me as soon as you read this message.
Yours Sincerely,
BARRISTER LOTUS LONTO.


I actually believed it at first.  Then I did a search online and it seems people ALL OVER the world have been getting emails similar to this one, with the names and money amounts changed.  Some people have actually lost money to this.  Good thing i didn't fall for it, hehe.

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« Reply #1 on: May 06, 2004, 12:57:15 pm »
Yep, there are lots of different ones.  Send them the other's contacts and say "I though he might be of service to you"

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« Reply #2 on: May 06, 2004, 01:10:46 pm »
Theres a website devoted to people who get the scammers back, sometimes actually getting money from them to prove it isnt a scam!!!
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« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2004, 01:19:11 pm »
I got one from AOL employee 'GhettoBooty' informing me that my AOL account was about to be interrupted.  :roll: Yes, an employee with such a sophisticated name is SO trustworthy.  :?
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« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2004, 01:25:51 pm »
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I got one from AOL employee 'GhettoBooty' informing me that my AOL account was about to be interrupted.  :roll: Yes, an employee with such a sophisticated name is SO trustworthy.  :?


lmao!!

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« Reply #5 on: May 07, 2004, 09:45:49 am »
heh, i get those weird emails all the time.

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« Reply #6 on: May 07, 2004, 09:56:11 am »
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I got one from AOL employee 'GhettoBooty' informing me that my AOL account was about to be interrupted.  :roll: Yes, an employee with such a sophisticated name is SO trustworthy.  :?


You're a lying ass Jessica, lol, I told you about that one!

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« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2004, 10:36:28 am »
i got one a long time ago

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« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2004, 11:35:12 am »
I got the same one you old tart.
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« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2004, 02:04:00 pm »
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Are you really in France? :(

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« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2004, 02:17:25 pm »
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Are you really in France? :(
No, she isn't, she lives down the road from me--she's just what they call a "French Sympathizer."