Yup, you guessed it right, i'm about to tell you the latest scam which is happening with me right now. It's not over yet as i have decided to "Scam the Scamster". Let's see how successful i'll be.
Now before i start, i must tell you that best solution to avoid any online scam is to ignore it, do not pay any heed to these offers no matter how lucrative they look. I've decided to jumpin till the time it's safe for me, the moment i smell the danger, i'll pull out...Game Over. At the same time i'll keep blogging about it, just for fun.
So, this is how it started, i was enjoying my evening tea in the balcony and i received a message on my cellphone from an anonymous number, it read
"Their is a matter that requires your urgent attention which we cannot talk over the phone. Email me on: talibab@msn.com immediately for details of it. Thanks"
The moment i read the message i grew suspicious about it, because you don't receive these kind of messages every now and then. Somewhere in my mind i knew what it was all about, still to confirm i went online and checked the number of the message and it was from New Delhi.
After sparing a thought about it i was like, what the hell, let's see what the matter is, so i sent a mail at the given email address. After an hour or so i received a reply and i couldn't stop laughing reading that mail. I knew it's a scam, at the same time i was wondering how creative these people are, everyday they have a new idea to fool the people around them.
Now to make you believe, here is the reply i received in my mail, it's quite lengthy but i'm sure you are going to enjoy it, here it is...
"Greetings,
Please do forgive me for sending you the sms through anonymous mobile messaging protocol, this is because of the need to maintain maximum confidentiality. My name is Zoran Savovski and I want to ask for your help in getting back the money left behind by Late Mr. Manoj Kumar Jain a citizen of your country. If this will endanger your position and reputation, I would not have contacted you. This is safe and beneficial to both of us financially. Late Mr. Manoj Kumar Jain worked here in Bucharest, Romania as an international businessman and he deposited in our bank the sum of four million, eight hundred and twenty two thousand Euros (€4,822,000.00) as fixed deposit for a period of two years in 2005. This deposit has matured and he has not come for it since then. We have tried to reach him and could not, his telephone number cannot be reached, emails sent to him kept bouncing back as undelivered and we never got any response from the letters posted to his residential address. This issue prompted me to carry out an independent investigation about his whereabouts. I later realized with shock that he was shot dead sometime in March 2006 by criminals who robbed them while on vacation in Mexico. I went to Mexico and confirmed his death myself, it is really a sad story because he was nice and generous man for the little time I knew him. His death has not been reported to our bank and nobody in our bank is aware of this except me.
I made inquiries at your embassy here in Bucharest and no information of him was found. I have also checked our records, there is no information of him relating to India and he did not put a nominee the time he made the deposit, all these have made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives. Since this is the issue, I want you to apply as his nominee to claim the deposit from our bank since it is believed he was from India according to his name. I know there are a lot of Indians here in Romania, but it is only someone in India that can successfully make this claim because of the way our bank works. It does not matter whether you knew him or not, it does not matter if you have any kind of relationship with him or not. I will guide you all the way to make this claim if you accept to do this with me. It is not a matter of being greedy or having bad morals, it is not the best to leave the money to eventually end up in the hands of few corrupt government officials while we have the opportunity to live better with it. This transaction is a risk free one and as the operations manager of our bank, the final approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you will have the right to claim the money.
We will share the money into two equal parts (50:50) for each of us when the claim is made. Everything will be done successfully and legally, have no fear about this. Right now, I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up this claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make this claim successfully and we have to do this within shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the government account if not claimed now. If you are willing to do this with me, write back and then,I will tell you what next to do to make sure you receive the money immediately. I am waiting for your consent in order to move to the next step towards getting the money. Below is my telephone number, call me only when you have sent me email to enable me check and get back to you immediately. For security reasons, we do not have to discuss about this transaction over the telephone.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Zoran Savovski.
Phone: +40-312-263006."
Now after reading the mail, i'm sure you must have understood everything. So i replied to the Devil(Mr. Zoran Savovski), and now all i have to do is to wait...i think it is going to be very interesting, will keep you all updated!!