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[personal profile] geoviki
Well, it's a good thing I'm around tonight because I received a critically vital email that I must address immediately. But let me take precious seconds to share parts of it with you first.

Greeting Dear,

My name is Avelin Regato. A complete citizen of the Philippines , widow to the late Mr Desmond Regato who died of ulcer and he has been buried.


Oh, I'm relieved he's not sitting out in the open somewhere while I come to the rescue. And his widow, the complete citizen, must be relieved as well.

I inherited a total sum of 12.3 million dollars from my late husband, this money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company in Cote D'Ivoire....

Wow, I thought the half-mile drive to my bank was a pain in the ass. The Regatos apparently go half-way around the world, from the Philippines all the way to West Africa, just to get cash for the weekend.

This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement as a family treasure. This means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box.

That makes two of us who don't know..but can I just speculate as to what this "metallic trunk box" holds? Diamonds? Bonds? A surprise seekrit manuscript of book 8 by J.K. Rowling?

My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping the box of money to any address that you think are very secure and save in your country with your percentage of which we shall chat on soon.

"The way she found me?" Do you think it was by reading my HP porn stories? Or maybe from musical posts. Hey, maybe she's a Miyavi fan, too. And that has created this bond between us. Wow. So we can now chat on this - on Y!M?

In fact, since the death of my husband, his brothers has been seriously chasing me around with constant treats.

"Look, Avelin! I've got Godiva chocolate! Mmmmmm!"

Out of fear of my late husband's family, and when the situation becomes uncontrollable because of pressure on me from the family, I decide to look for a trustworthy person who could assist me retrieve this box of money from the security company for onward lodgement into his account for the purpose of future investment. Consider my situation as a widow and come to my rescue.

Well, I'd do it except I'm not sure if my bank accepts "onward lodgement." Too bad, though. I'm sure it's entirely legit and aboveboard, and I'm passing up a terrific opportunity. Some day I'll look back and say, if only I'd helped Avelin (does that sound like the make of a car to you?) I'd be rich today.

Date: 2009-01-10 03:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alaana-fair.livejournal.com
LOL! I'm falling from my chair laughing. I especially loved the brothers with the treats! *gigglesnort* Too amusing!

Date: 2009-01-10 03:17 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scrtkpr.livejournal.com
Have the metallic trunk box shipped to my house and give me a cut, pleeeease? My bank totally accepts onward lodgement! Ahahahaha.

Date: 2009-01-10 03:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] libby-drew.livejournal.com
It's like The Da Vinci Code.

The secret's in the porn.

Date: 2009-01-10 04:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] annafugazzi.livejournal.com
::wiping eyes::

I will never look at those ominous Godiva chocolates the same way again.

Date: 2009-01-10 04:32 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cordelia_v
I think we've all received at least 50 variations of that particular scam. And yet, the English in this one is something extra special. Treats!

Date: 2009-01-10 04:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dementordelta.livejournal.com
Hmmm...I don't know, maybe it's not too late to reconsider. I mean, you could quit your job and write a lot of porn with your share of that treasure.

Date: 2009-01-10 05:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mayflo.livejournal.com
Hee, I just heard from neighbours about this kind of fraudulent legitimate concern of a widow that's spamming around making people all over the world laugh with them XD

I also got the most unlikely of PMs myself in my Japanese blog which boggled me. I'm going to the bank tomorrow to check if I didn't get hacked (again) D: Although I didn't do what they asked me to do :P

Anyhow, this is said to be a Manager of a famous actor (no name was revealed) who's asking me to help him cheer up cos he's in deep depression and just then found my blog account and felt attracted to my user name.

uh. sure.

So the manager left me a site URL where I'm supposed to leave my contact info because both she (manager) and the actor are strictly prohibited from their company to open an account at the blog and have personal contact but she's doing this against company policy and her account may be deleted any moment if found. (And it was indeed deleted when I checked it)

Seeing how far people want to go to do... I'm not sure what, but their attempts are a nice way to have a good laugh and kill time at best *giggle snort*

Date: 2009-01-10 10:42 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] luci0logy.livejournal.com
Hubby tells me there's a web site dedicated to hooking these scammers in and giving them a run for their money. I once received an email from Yasser Arafat's 'widow'. As if!

Date: 2009-01-10 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jonem.livejournal.com
Ooh, I love it when they impersonate people we've heard of! I once had one from the widow of the Russian journalist who died of Polonium poisoning (supposedly offed by the KGB).

It makes laughing so much more fun.

Date: 2009-01-10 10:40 pm (UTC)

Date: 2009-01-10 12:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ellid.livejournal.com
Even better is the one I got a few years ago:

"My name is Grimhelm Wormtongue, son of Grima, prime minister of Rohan before the recent coup. Before he fell from power my father managed to deposit 35,000,000 gold pieces in the Bank of Gondor...."

Date: 2009-01-10 01:07 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kamion.livejournal.com
no kidding!!!

Date: 2009-01-10 05:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com
Oh, my. You really should reconsider. I mean, she's being chased around with treats! The horror this poor woman's life has turned into.

*snorts* Thanks so much for sharing. That was a great way to start off the afternoon. ♥

Date: 2009-01-10 07:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scoradh.livejournal.com
LOLD SO HARD

Date: 2009-01-10 07:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] parthenia14.livejournal.com
Avelin sounds like a character from Merlin, or some other mediaeval fantasy land.

Date: 2009-01-10 09:45 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] jonem.livejournal.com
constant treats

Mmmm. You should look into that - she may be willing to share.

Date: 2009-01-11 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lemonade8.livejournal.com
How can you just leave Avelin being chased around the Phillipines with treats being threatened to her? It must be exhausting.


I'm very disappointed in you. Seriously.

;D

Date: 2009-01-13 02:13 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] themostepotente.livejournal.com
Personally, I think it's because she's a George Michael fan :-)

Date: 2009-01-31 01:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] adores-draco.livejournal.com
I'm so relieved her husband has been buried. :) And wasn't she lucky to find a trustworthy person like you!

About a year ago I won 500.000 GBP at Yahoo Lottery. How lovely. Except there is no Yahoo Lottery. After opening the first e-mail (I was curious...) I got several others. I think the total sum was finally 4,5 million pounds. The scam pages kindly informed that the idea was that I should buy a plane ticket via the "reliable" person or agency who sent the e-mail to be able to get the money. Who wouldn't spend a couple of hundreds to get millions of pounds! Riiiiight.

Date: 2009-01-31 01:34 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] geoviki.livejournal.com
What??!!!! You passed up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity? Fie and for shame!
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