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By Adam
#139088
Hello,
My name is mark woods, I am a resident in Monrovia the capital city
of Liberia.I have decided to approach you like this due to the consistent unrest in my country,I and my wife would like to transfer our funds out of Liberia to your country.I dont know how soon this is going to take or how you would be able to assist us, but due to the present situation and my status in the past regime,i have decided to approach or rather encroach into your privacy like this. As soon as i find a means of transferring this funds out of the Liberia investment bank,i shall make concrete arrangement to come over with my wife and kids so as to give you all the assistance needed to transfer this funds to your personal account or any private account that would be more appropriate.If its also possible for you to get us a house preferable a duplex with about four rooms,my wife would make prompt arrangement to pay for it immediately the funds gets there since she might likely arrive your location before me.I would begin the transfer preparation as soon as hear from you favorably and would also need to inform you that we shall arrange with you on an agreed percentage to be set aside for you for the inconveniences and troubles we think we might be causing you and your family during this brief funds transfer process.
I believe in God and i am sure i can trust you to help me and my family out.
regards,
Mark....

Hmmm.
By MC
#139097
I got sent that a couple of weeks ago as well.
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By Sidders
#139101
I get loads of these. People actually fall for them too, there was a programme about it on BBC 1 the other week.
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By Quincy
#139103
the people who fall for it must be complete muppets. its so dodgy.
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By Sidders
#139104
Yep, they are.
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By Mcqueen_
#139113
I think it was in the b3ta newsletter, where someone actually replied to one of these kinda things and met the people behind it all etc.

Can't remember the outcome now though...
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By Quincy
#139114
got conned out of thousands and lost their homes, now sleeping in the doorway of iceland in truro.
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By Mcqueen_
#139115
No. I think they knew exactly what they doing...
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By Quincy
#139116
i see. they try and prosecute the people responsible then or something? did they take it watchdog?
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By Mcqueen_
#139117
Can't remember the outcome now though...
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By Uglybob
#139123
was it not a matt allwright programme like rogue traders.
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By Sidders
#139133
Yeah it was. Think it was called Scam Busters.
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By gemma_anon
#139151
Hmmmm .... Mark Woods, Hardly the name of someone who lives in Liberia :? I've come across similar things to this before and I find the best option is to delete them (usualy without even bothering to read them) Who would fall for a scam like that??

Tatty Bye bye
Luv Gem x.x.x
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By Quincy
#139159
gemma_anon wrote: Who would fall for a scam like that??

answer: B26354, hes an idiot.
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By Hattie
#139183
Quincy wrote:
gemma_anon wrote: Who would fall for a scam like that??

answer: B26354, hes an idiot.


Or Phil Pemberton, he'd probably want to make friends with whoever sent the email.
By Sheep
#139187
He's probably in on it
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By HoTdOg
#139190
phil pemberton is one of those boring liberians....shhhhhhhh
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By Hattie
#139197
Sheep454 wrote:He's probably in on it

I don't think he's that intelligent
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By Sidders
#139200
Can we stop talking about Phil Pemberton already?
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By kendra k
#139204
no, he's a celebrity here. something of a folk hero. and perhaps the only person sadder than some members of this board (if he truly exists). everybody needs a dog to kick.
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By coct
#139205
hes done * well to get to hoare status so fast
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By Sidders
#139240
Yeah, but that ain't hard. Hoare's lost it.
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By kendra k
#139244
lost what? his hair? that's not news.

i could probably rattle off a number of members of this board who have "lost it."
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By coct
#139249
well * do it then