HELLO,
I WILL WANT YOU TO SUPPLY ME SOME PRODUCTS FROM YOUR STORE,BUT BEFORE THAT I WILL LIKE TO KNOW IF THIS METHOD OF PAYMENT IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU:MASTER,VISA,AMEX,DISCOVERY CREDIT CARD BEFORE I PROCEED WITH THE PURCHASING,ALSO ADVISE ME THE COURIER SHIPPING METHOD OF YOUR COMPANY TO LAGOS-NIGERIA.WAITING TO READ FROM YOU TO THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THIS EMAIL ORDER ENQUIRY.
LOOKING FORWARD TO READ FROM YOU SOON.
REGARDS.
LAKE.
I wonder what the angle is? BTW, feel free to post your most creative responses!
The big question is: do you have an online store? If so this is only slightly less weird.
I could see him trying to get paypal account info out of you… or if he really though you were stupid, your bank account # for a credit card-to-bank transaction, and then cleaning you out… who knows. Sometimes Nigerian scammers try to get people out of the country so the scammer can kidnap the victim and extort them for money in exchange for release…
I’d respond that your store works on a Ham only basis, and that you will agree to ship goods only after you receive a shipment of fine Nigerian ham.
ebolamonkeyman.com has better responces (albeit far more potty-mouthed).
Yo, Lake, homes, we down wid dat, dass what Im sayin, we take all those, Amex, Visa, Discovery, all that plastic sh*t, yo. Hey man, why dontcha email me with all your card account numbers so they be ready for you when you order! Oh, and we be shippin by one big mofo of a ship, dawg. But whatchu be wantin, bro? We can get anything you want. I mean, anything, you diggin it? Hey, and mebbe me an some of my homes be comin on that big mofo ship to see you there in Lagos, like upclose an personal, man, to mebbe meet our African brother, find out why you botherin us, man, like reach out an touch you, man, see what Im sayin? Oh, we lookin forward to be reading from you soon, dawg!
Regards,
P. “Fipple” Doddy
Sounds like stage two of a scam. Having obtained someone’s credit card details they are now trawling round to find firms they can get goods from using the stolen info.
My earlier proposed response was, perhaps, not in the best of taste…so here’s another:
“Thank you for your so-kind enquiry into products from our online store. So charming to hear from someone in Nigeria! Obviously you are deeply concerned, as are we, about the horrendous damage the advance payment fraudsters are doing to the reputations of all honest, hardworking persons of your nation. Thus, we are pleased to confirm that, indeed, we do indeed accept all major credit cards in payment for our many anti-fraud products and services. As you know, we offer such useful publications as “MuGu Guy Pan: How to Taunt Advance Payment Scammers For Fun and (No) Profit,” as well as a full range of informational publications from the U.S. Secret Service and Interpol. Kindly let us know how we may be of service to you in our mutual efforts to eradicate this vicious fraud and incarcerate those who perpetrate it. Have a pleasant day.”
This from the Ebolamonkey website’s hatemail page:
“YOU NO SET UP WEBSITE GIVING INFORMATION ABOUT OUR OPERATIONS AWAY, ALL
OPERATIONS ARE STRICLTLY CONFIDENTIAL. IT IS IN BREACH OF NIGERIAN CRIMINAL CODE
ACT THAT YOU RUN WEBSITE DEFAMATION OF NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT. REMOVE WEBSITE, OR
YOU BE KILLED.” (This person managed to have this email sent from administrator@nigeriangovernment.org)
Here’s another site that will have you rolling on the floor. This '0le gal gets the scammers to spend twenty to forty bucks a pop to fedex cashiers checks to her from nigeria, strings them along as long as possible, often times getting them to make dozens of expensive international phone calls to her turned-off sell phone, then taunts them mercilessly.
You know, maybe if more of us were doing this sort of thing it would eventually become too risky (because of the mailing costs) for these jerks to keep plying their trade!
