Liberian Spam
With Charles Taylor out of office, it hasn’t taken long for the Liberian version of the Nigerian scam to surface in my inbox:
I am Mr. Jonson Tubman, former Special Assistant to the Liberian President, Mr. Charles Taylor, who just stepped down from the office of the President due to rebel’s insurgency who wants to overthrow his government. President Charles Taylor, in his bid to fend-off rebel insurgency, and since he could no longer trust the army generals, confidentially put in my care, the sum of $18,000,000.00 (eighteen million United States dollars) in one instance for the purpose of purchasing arms and ammunitions should the need arise…
You know, that Mr. Tubman sounds awfully sincere. I might as well send him all my banking information…
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do not send these people any banking information. THIS IS A SCAM!!!!
Um, that was more or less the point. (Notice the use of the word “scam” in the first line of the blog entry.) But, I suppose it can never hurt to repeat it.
Yes, this msg and all like it are scams. Scams scams scams.
I got a new scam letter a William Doncuyun tel: 233-244-788185
needing investment advice on $180,000 he was entrusted with do to a coup in his homeland. He is offering 25% comission for your “advice”. Beware! This is a variant of the Nigerian Lottery scam. I replied and told him i would post a warning on the net
about his deal.