I finally received one of those scam e-mails offering to wire millions of dollars to my bank account if I just send my information to some guy. This time its from South Africa.<\/p>\n
Oo! I can’t wait. Of course, I’m not stupid enough to give anyone my bank account information. I thought I’d be a bit more creative. Here is my response followed by the original e-mail:<\/p>\n
Date:\t Sat, 20 Nov 2004 18:45:02 -0800 (PST)
\nFrom:\tJason
\nSubject:\tRe: Private
\nTo:\tsmith-bowani2@homemail.co.za<\/p>\n
Mr. Bowani,<\/p>\n
I would like to take advantage of this wonderful
\nopportunity. Sadly, I do not have a bank account to
\ndeposit the funds into.<\/p>\n
I am still willing to help. Please wire me $9,000 USD
\n(so as not to attract the attention of the I.R.S.) and
\nI will set up an account for you.<\/p>\n
I anxiously await your reply.<\/p>\n
— SMITH BOWANI wrote:<\/p>\n
> Hello,
\n>
\n>
\n> I am Mr. Smith Bowani, an auditor of a reputable
\n> bank in Johannesburg, Gauteng Province in the
\n> Republic of South Africa. I have an urgent and very
\n> confidential business proposition for you.
\n>
\n> We had a foreign client named Mr. Wooin Shim, who
\n> deposited a huge sum of money (18.6 Million United
\n> States Dollars), with our bank. Eventually, this
\n> client died in a plane crash and since his death we
\n> have not had anybody come up for the claims as the
\n> next of kin.
\n>
\n> You may want to take a look at other passengers,
\n> who were on the same plane; here is a site for your
\n>
\nperusal.http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/WORLD\/9708\/06\/guam.passenger.list\/
\n>
\n> A situation I have monitored closely with my
\n> position in the bank. Now having monitored this
\n> deposit and managed it over the years before his
\n> death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of
\n> kin for the past years. I now solicit for your
\n> assistance to present you as the next of kin as
\n> every other arrangement\/ processes will be monitored
\n> by me and my partners involved. However I got your
\n> contact from a trade consultant here in South
\n> Africa, though I did not disclose the purpose of my
\n> seeking for a foreign business partner to him.
\n> Although we will still have to sign some agreement
\n> before the final transfer of the fund into any of
\n> your designated bank account.
\n>
\n> I have involved a very senior official in the
\n> operational department, and we have agreed that
\n> after the transfer of the money into your account,
\n> you shall be entitled to 20% of the total sum, my
\n> colleagues and I will have 75% while 5% will be used
\n> to reimburse any expenses incurred. All necessary
\n> precautions have been taken to ensure a risk free
\n> situation on the side of both parties. Please note
\n> that this deal can only take place on the following
\n> conditions;
\n>
\n> 1. You will provide the bank account and other
\n> relevant particulars\/information for easy and onward
\n> Remittance of the Eighteen million, six hundred
\n> thousand USD.
\n>
\n> 2. Absolute confidentiality and sincerity will be
\n> required and guaranteed, considering our positions
\n> in the bank.
\n>
\n> 3. Assurance that our own share will be released to
\n> us in good faith when this money finally gets into
\n> your account.
\n>
\n> Please treat with utmost confidentiality. Contact me
\n> as quickly as possible through my e-mail.
\n>
\n> Expecting your urgent response,
\n>
\n> Best Regards,
\n>
\n> MR. SMITH BOWANI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I finally received one of those scam e-mails offering to wire millions of dollars to my bank account if I just send my information to some guy. This time its from South Africa. Oo! I can’t wait. Of course, I’m not stupid enough to give anyone my bank account information. I thought I’d be a … Continue reading “Money from South Africa”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-shenanigans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/251\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/semperjase.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}