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Re: EMAIL HOAXES AND CHAIN EMAILS
« Reply #160 on: 15/12/2006 21:53:18 »
Are the ones you get all from Nigeria and South Africa then?

I actually got one not too long ago from a "firm" in London  [:o] [::)] [;)]
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« Reply #161 on: 15/12/2006 22:26:53 »
Quote from: Mirage on 15/12/2006 21:53:18
Are the ones you get all from Nigeria and South Africa then?

I actually got one not too long ago from a "firm" in London  [:o] [::)] [;)]

Really ?..London ?....

99% of them are from Nigeria....others come from Holland !..especially the lottery winning ones !...oh and sometimes South America..but never from good old UK !..wow !!
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« Reply #162 on: 15/12/2006 22:32:14 »
I know, I was quite amazed to find one from London in there. I'll try and post it on here over the weekend  [:)]
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« Reply #163 on: 15/12/2006 23:11:26 »
Cool Dude !

Me wonders if they are using a new tactic and that perhaps it's been made to look like it's come from London !...would luff tewe see it so, yes, please ..post it if ewe can...
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« Reply #164 on: 16/12/2006 03:47:14 »
There are a ton of them!! I have been bombbarded with lottery ones!
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« Reply #165 on: 18/12/2006 16:30:50 »
I lost the 'lottery' once with a bad kebab and a can of 7up
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« Reply #166 on: 18/12/2006 16:35:57 »
HEE HEE HEE HEE! LOL HELLO DANIEL!
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« Reply #167 on: 18/12/2006 16:42:46 »
Hello me dear  [:X]
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« Reply #168 on: 18/12/2006 17:53:19 »
Glad you had a good weekend. Aren't those lottery ones nuts,and they are so persistant!!!
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« Reply #169 on: 18/12/2006 18:20:13 »
They certainly are. Even if you don't mail them back  [::)]

Oh you want my bank detail, well sure you can have them, oh, and don't worry about it, I'll send some money as well........they certainly are crafty buggers aren't they  [;)]
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« Reply #170 on: 18/12/2006 18:31:15 »
They are preditores of a different kind.. and relentless!
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« Reply #171 on: 18/12/2006 18:41:08 »
They're like Welsh comedians, always using the same old lines and act, jokers who are not funny  [;)]


I would just like to note that I do not have anything against the Welsh, was just making a joke, plus I've met a few Welsh girls who are hot that I melted with a slight release of man joy. Anyway, yay Welsh
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« Reply #172 on: 18/12/2006 18:47:47 »
LOL, You have that right! They are so annoying and so not funny! I get so mad.. I deleted over 3000 spam the otherday from my mailbox! it gets to be too much to look at! then at some point my filter fails and they strt jumping the border to my in box rather then spam folder as it gets too full!
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« Reply #173 on: 18/12/2006 18:50:16 »
Only a couple ever make it into my inbox on yahoo. The majority of them go into my bulk folder and with one click, wait, make that two clicks of the empty and then ok box, they're all gone  [:)]
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« Reply #174 on: 18/12/2006 18:55:45 »
That's cool. Gmail is easy enough to rid, it empties out Neil tells me on its own after so many days.. It just makes me crazy waiting!
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« Reply #175 on: 18/12/2006 19:06:54 »
I only use my gmail for job applications or important documents really. Hotmail is my general one, and yahoo just anything I sign up to that I don't really trust  [;)]
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« Reply #176 on: 18/12/2006 19:37:35 »
Yes I still have Aol As I havent figured out which is better yet ! LOL I kind of think Asis is faster, but I am not sure yet! It offers no mail facilities that I know of jut internet connection!
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« Reply #177 on: 18/12/2006 22:25:38 »
What about that bloke who was in the news recently...he was conned out of £90,000 over a period of a whole year ($180,000..God Bless America for this exchange rate !)...as they kept on asking him for release fees or something so that they could release the money to him !!
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« Reply #178 on: 22/12/2006 22:43:09 »
Doesn't emails like this which praise God etc just offend the religious ?
Surely these people have no faith at all  !!


            Dear beloved in Christ,

I am the above named person from Angola. I am married to Mr.George Moahiri, who worked with Angola embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2005. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7.500.000) now in the confidence Bank account here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire West Africa. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next eight months due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a church that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that 'Blessed is the hand that giveth.

I took this decision because I don´t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don´t want my husband´s efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don´t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that 'the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace'. I don´t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband´s relatives around me always. I don´t want them to know about this development.

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank. I will also issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another ministry organisation for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Hoping to receive your reply.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Mrs.Boale Carole Moahiri
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« Reply #179 on: 23/12/2006 02:40:17 »
THat makes me angry!!!
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