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[mandla]

Yesterday I checked my email and found a letter from some person I never heard from before. Now wierdly enough when i read this I fell for it but then i was in for a rude awakening later today when I got another email. The ltter was froma Miss Grace Bello. It read -

Hello,

How are you I saw your profile and I was highly satisfied with it.
My name is Miss. Grace Bello, i am 24 years old from Durfur Region of Sudan and presently i am residing in the refugee camp here in Dakar Senegal as a result of the killing of my family by the rebels last year, please don't be discouraged for hearing this.

My late father Engr.Ousman Bello, was the Chairman, Gruv-Melton Oil and Gas Company a private extracting oil firm in Durfur. The brutal killing of my mother and my father, one kid sister and kid brother took place one early morning as a result of the civil war that is going on until now in Sudan. It is only me that is alive now and I managed to make my way to the West African state called Senegal where i am leaving now in a refugee camp here in Oakam North, 12 km from the capital city of Dakar Senegal

I would like to know more about you. Your likes and dislikes,your hobbies and what you are doing presently. I will tell you more about myself in my next mail. Attached here are more of my pictures for you, and i will also like to see more of yours. I wait to hear from you soonest. Kiss

Yours gracebello

Attached to the email was her photograph and an Id Card seemingly from The refugee camp that she claimed to live in. Everything was looking coture and I had no reason to suspect because all the things she email when piced to gether did paint a geniuine looking picture.

Now I automatically had my guard down when I saw this because nothing about this letter says scam artists. It just sounds like someone who was in an unfortunate situation so I wrote back and was nice and understanding though I did ask what profile they got my email from as I was not signed up to any profile site using the private email they'd sent this too. Ususlly I have all public email and site email on one account and personal emails from close friends and family coming on a diferent email.

The response was sincerely that I wrote and I really felt sorry for this girl. I asked her how she was coping and told her if she ever needed someone to talk to I dont know her but I am willing to be a friend because of the extenuating circumstances she was in. I asked her to give me more information of how her parents had been fkilled and how she had managed to escape you know just out of curiousity I wanted to know t the full details so I understand it all better.

I said I wouldnt send any photos for now or ny personal infpr about me because I didnt know her that well but maybe with time and all that we would become better friends and maybe we'd exchange photos. Now A few minutes ago I checked and she had responded to my email

Good day my dear,

Thank you for your response to my mail and your pictures, (which I never sent out ) you are a very handsome man and i like you so much. As i told you earlier I am staying in a refugee camp. This Refugee Camp is headed by a Reverend Father Peter Ajai whom i used his office computer to send you this email and i only enter his office when he is less busy.

The Reverend father's e-mail address is (rev_peteraja@yahoo.com ) This is his telephone No. +221 76 85 45 382. You can as well reach me through his telephone number, when you call tell him that you want to speak with Grace Bello.

My father deposited the sum of US$2.5 Million (Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with Chase Financial Bank in London in which he used my name GRACE BELLO as Next of Kin to inherit the money if he eventually dies. Unfortunately now that he is dead and I have to inherit the money having lost all members of my family in the war in my country.

When I arrived Senegal I sent mail to the bank telling them that my father is dead. They demanded for Death Certificate confirming that my father was actually dead. Then I gave them the certificate as demanded. They also asked me if I have the original copy of the Deposit Certificate, I gave them with the account information my father used in opening the account with the bank. The bank confirmed the two documents that they are ok.

The bank now said since I do not have any traveling documents to come to London and even bank account where they can transfer the money that I should look for a reliable foreign partner who I trust to stand for me as a trustee to receive the money on my behalf. Which is why I contacted you to receive the money for me so that from the money you can send me part of the money to get my traveling documents to travel to meet you in your country to continue my education which is the most important to me.

Or in the alternative, if you can help me to get the Camp Clearance and Passport to come to join you then on my arrival i will apply directly to bank myself so that they will transfer the money in to your bank account.

It is now left for you to choose which option you prefer to help me. (1.) Either to agree to represent me at the bank so that I can give you the contact of the bank in London and all information for you to contact them directly so that they can transfer the money into your bank account. (2). Or to help me come over to your country so that on my arrival i will apply to the bank for the transfer of the money in to your bank account.

I promised to give you 25% of the total sum for your assistance, while you will help me to manage my own share of the money in any good investment in your country because i do not know much about business.

Honey these are the reason why i contacted you and the ways you can help me. Waiting for your positive response.

Yours faithfully
Grace


As soon as I saw this I thought WTF a 419 scam wow they have evolved havent thay. I still cant believe this and I am surprised how they are actually using such heart felt info to con people of their cash what dirty rotten scoundrels.

How far are they willing to go and to abuse peopels trust just to try and robus of our cash. And is it not obvious to them that we will definitley see thruough this.


Anyway I have written back and told her I am willing to help after all I wanna waste her time and drag this as long as I can make them work hard for nothing . That will teach the bastards

Edited by mandla, 13 April 2010 - 02:27 AM.

[AliciaBwDISH]

anwiii, on 20 March 2010 - 01:31 AM, said:

how do you think the phrase originated? people get scammed and learn from the experience obviously. so knowing people are still getting scammed should not be too astonishing. most scams feed off peoples desperation. when you can make their desperation bigger than what they really know, then you got 'm. it's no mystery. i think most people get scammed at least once in their life and on different levels. i created a thread here about dish network being a scam because they allow their sales reps to lie just to get a commission. it's all over the place. sometimes it doesn't make people stupid or ignorant if they got scammed either. yea, some of the scams seem obvious....but i would also have to say, once in a while, something that looks too good to be true, is not a scam. i posted another thread in the freebies about certain companies like walmart who give away free samples. the next post was someone saying it was a scam. they can't believe in companies who give things away. so it can work both ways even though i posted something that was true, some people just didn't have it in them to believe in something as small as giving away free samples.

Anwiii,

We do have 3rd party retailers that we allow to sell our services and we make every effort to ensure they are providing accurate and consistent information. There are some situations that may cause your bill to increase or change; promotions expiring, price increases, additional receivers, additional features, additional programming. We never require customers to use retailers, you can always call directly into DISH Network or visit our website Dishnetwork.com to sign up directly through us. If you have any other questions or concerns please feel free to contact me directly.

Alicia.Brink@Dishnetwork.com

[sheepdog]

While we are on the subject of scamming as a business, it seems these days that lots of people are finding ways to do basicly just that, scam people, and finding perfectly legal ways to do it. One that springs instantly to mind is this new Car Fax company. They spend lots of money on advertising on television trying to convince the general public that only "reputable" car dealers will give them a car fax report on a car that the company is trying to sell someone. They are simply gouging the car retailers for a chunk of cash, driving up costs of doing business, and for what? Do you all realize how WORTHLESS a car fax report is? The only information those reports have is if a car has had major work done in a AUTHORISED car dealership. Considering the millions of non authorized mechanic shops, the chances of actually having any information on a car you are considering is highly unlikely to show up on the car fax. It's nothing more than a big rip off.

[anwiii]

this alicia brink is stalking my threads now. i think she was thinking she was in the dish network scam thread i posted about heri company 2 years ago. they lie on the phone, and now they come to stalk you to lie over the internet. tooo funny! hahahaha they are desperate. DISH NETWORK IS A SCAM

[sheepdog]

Actually, we have Dish network now, had Direct Tv a few years ago. I actually like it better than Direct Tv, but there really isn't much difference. Both are too expensive for what they are. I hate that you have to pay in one of the higher packages to get the 2 channels that hubby and I both like. We really don't watch that many channels, and could get by with a lot less, but it's not set up that way, which really sucks. They can keep all those shopping channels, and amazingly enough the sports channels too. Would you believe I actually found a man that doesn't give a hoot about profesional sports???? I can't believe I got that lucky!

[AliciaBwDISH]

anwiii, on 02 September 2011 - 08:01 AM, said:

this alicia brink is stalking my threads now. i think she was thinking she was in the dish network scam thread i posted about heri company 2 years ago. they lie on the phone, and now they come to stalk you to lie over the internet. tooo funny! hahahaha they are desperate. DISH NETWORK IS A SCAM

Anwiii,

I deeply apologize you feel we are stalking you. We are in by no means desperate, we are simply trying to assist our customer in every way possible. As you may know the internet is a fast growing internet and a wide spread way for customer to to get out their frustration so why not take that opportunity to assist them as well. I am more then willing to help any DISH Network customer on a personal level via email as well. My personal email address is Alicia.Brink@Dishnetwork.com. Because I am within the executive offices I will be able to provide all DISH customers the personal attention their individual situation requires. We do however still appreciate your feedback and will take it in consideration. Hope you have a great day.

sheepdog, on 08 September 2011 - 02:02 AM, said:

Actually, we have Dish network now, had Direct Tv a few years ago. I actually like it better than Direct Tv, but there really isn't much difference. Both are too expensive for what they are. I hate that you have to pay in one of the higher packages to get the 2 channels that hubby and I both like. We really don't watch that many channels, and could get by with a lot less, but it's not set up that way, which really sucks. They can keep all those shopping channels, and amazingly enough the sports channels too. Would you believe I actually found a man that doesn't give a hoot about profesional sports???? I can't believe I got that lucky!

Hey there SheepDog!

Glad to hear you found the perfect guy! He sounds like a keeper. I would love to help you out on your account. If you can email me the channels you watch with your account number I would be happy to see what I can do for you. It may not be much but its worth a try! My email address is Alicia.Brink@Dishnetwork.com. Have a GREAT day!!!!!