A forum member sent me this email today:
DEAR,GOOD DAY.

I KNOW THIS MAIL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SUPRISE CONSIDERING THE FACT
THAT WE HAVE NOT KNOWN EACH OTHER NOR HAD ANY FORMAL DISCUSSION BEFORE.I
GOT YOUR CONTACT AS I WAS GOING THROUGH THE SEARCHING FOR A RELIABLIE
PERSON TO ASSIST ME.

MY NAME IS MIKE ROBERT GUEI. THE SON OF FORMER MILITRY HEAD OF STATE
COTE D"IVOIRE GEN.ROBERT GUEI WHO WAS MURDERED BY THE REBELS ON THE 19th
SEPT.2002 DURING A COUP ATTEMPT.AFTER THE TRAGIC INCIDENT I RAN TO
DAKAR-SENEGAL FOR SAFETY.BECAUSE LAST YEAR MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED THE
SUM OF$9,000,000:00 USD DOLLARS.(NINE MILLON US DOLLARS) IN A SECURITY
COMPANY HERE IN DAKAR-SENEGAL WITH MY NAME AS NEXT OF KIN.

FURTHERMORE, I HAVE ALL THE VATAL DOCUMENTS THAT COVERS THE DEPOSITED
FUND WITH ME HERE IN DAKAR-SENEGAL AND ALL WILL BE FAX TO YOU. I AM
LOOKING FOR A TRUSTWORTHY PERSON TO ASSIST ME WITH THE FOLLOWING BELOW:
(i)TO ASSIST ME WITH A TRUSTWORTHY ACCOUNT WHERE THE FUND WILL BE
TRANSFERED TO.(ii)TO ASSIST ME AND INVEST THE FUND IN PROFITABLE BUSINESS
AND START A NEW LIFE. I HOPE YOU WILL TRUST TO ASSIST ME AS YOUR FRIEND
OR YOUR SON,IF SO THANKS BE TO GOD BECAUSE WITH HIM ALL THINGS ARE
POSSIBLE.

I WILL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.
YOUR URGENT REPLY WILL BE APPRECIATED.

THANKS AND REMAIN BLESS YOURS,
MIKE ROBERT G.
MK2ROBERT@JUNO.COM



Oh yeah the members name was mike33
I noticed he has 0 posts. I am sure he is a con artist , and should be banned from this board.


I hope this gets immediate attention from our moderators
Thanks,
Brian

 

Actually It is probably because he had his e-mail shown on the site and a e-mail harvester came by picked up on it.

It won't be mikes fault.

This has shown the importance of not putting your email on a Post on FTE but instead, Activate the FTE ONLY e-mail system in your profile.

This will allow FTE users to contact you ,without you getting spammed by people like the person above did.

 

This is a variant of the Nigeria Bank Scam. Whenever I get similar E-mails I always check Hoaxbusters.

<http://hoaxbusters.ciac.org/>

I have gotten a lot of hoax E-mails, most were forwarded by friends who hadn't checked them out. I usually send a polite but strongly worded reply informing them that it's a hoax and to please not send me similar things in the future. We're all smarter than that (after all, we drive Fords, don't we?) Save yourself some embarrassment and check 'em out before you forward 'em!

 

It's suprising how many scam emails I get a year, I really hope that people actually don't fall for these things

 

Didn't something similar happen like this a while back using names from FTE?

 

I've received variations of that email. It's kind of annoying.

I've also picked up viruses when the kids are so kind as to turn off the firewall. One of them sent random files off my pc to people on my list. Attached to the file was a 78k sleeper. Most of my friends are astute enough to know when something looks fishy. Except for my boss, (I've worked there six years), who received an email from me titled, "Resume.doc".

Another time I started getting a few hundred returned emails at a time, one being from the ISP wanting to know what was going on. I was spamming and didn't even know it.

Signed,

shirtlesspants@abusemeI don'tknowanybetter.com
(to reply, remove pants)

 

I know about those Hoax mails.
I got one from "Mil1ion" not to long ago.
It wasn't him, but it was a virus attached.

 

See https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/s...hreadid=139110