How can a spammer pull off a money laundering scam when he honestly replies to my emails?
Dear Sir,
Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is notmandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. I am Ahmed Hassan 23years old and the only son of my late parents Mr.andMrs.MOHHAMED HASSAN, My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(acocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year 2006.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.
But God knows the truth! My mother died when I was just 4 years old,and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on 2006 he called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told her that he hada sum of$4.500.000(Four Million, five hundred thousand dollars) kept in a bank in (AFRICA). He also explained to her that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business assocaites, That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money to and
use it for investment purposes. I want you to assist me in transfering the fund into your bank account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose.
I am just 23 years old and a university undergraduate and really don't know what to do.Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this funds. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. Dearest one,I am in a sincere desire of your
humble assistance in this regards Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.
Now permit me to ask these few questions:-
1. Can you honestly help me as your son?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?
Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
Thank you so much.
My sincere regards,
Ahmed Hassan
MY RESPONSE
Why hello friend,
I have been awaiting your email. I was recently contacted by my future self who told me I would be receiving this email on this very date. At the time I thought I was still tripping balls from the 3 tabs of acid I ate for breakfast but you have confirmed my visit from myself to be real. Man this is freaky. He told me before I proceed with this offer you would know the answer to the following question.
What grows in the midst on the mountain?
Before I can give you my bank information which I will gladly do along with my social security number, birth certificate and blood samples…do you want my first born too, I will need to know the answer. Not sure if you require all of that but I am willing to provide you with all of this.
I am so glad that you turned out to be real and I look forward to blossoming our love for one another.
I don’t want to rush into things but I think I love you.
Kisses
HIS REPLY
Dear Afro.
I received your mail and i thank you so much i contacted you to help me transfer this money into your account because my uncles has claimed all my fathers belongings and turn their back on me but i thank God for this money that was deposited here in this country by my late father Please i want you to send me your phone and fax number so that i will go to the bank and introduce you as my late fathers foreign business partner and also give you the bank contact so that you will send them your bank information where the money will be transfer into
Finaly i want you to keep this transaction very secret because this money is the only hope i have in this life as i dont want to lose it.
Await to hear from you soon.
Ahmed
MY REPLY
Hello dear friend,
I had a dream last night that I was walking in a desert with a Indian guiding me on my journey through life. It was very hot but he made sure that I continue on regardless of my fatigue. It seemed like we walked for days but we finally reached my destination. It was here that he told me that I would be receiving information from someone that was in dire need. As I stated in my previous email I was recently visited from my future self explaining the situation we are now in. Couple that with my dream and I know this is my destiny. I will gladly give you my phone number, fax number and bank account…but I need to know the answer to the following question:
What grows in the midst of the mountain?
This will prove that you are who you say you are and not an impostor. In my dream I received a phone call on my sports illustrated sneaker phone and the person on the line warned me that someone might be trying to scam me.
My heart is over flowing with love for you so I know you are honest and genuine. Please get back to me with the answer so we can continue the journey together, as one, as God would want it.
Toddles
HIS FINAL REPLY
Please if you dont want to help me then forget it.
Furniture shopping: Everyone’s done it… a sturdy new coffee table, a firm yet all encompassing easy chair for the TV room – or a full-size, extra cozy couch the whole family can enjoy.
Canadian couple Doris Moore and her husband Douglas decided to make such a purchase – and chose a lovely, brand-new, brown leather set: Couch, loveseat and chair…
What they did not purchase was the particular shade of brown they got.
The tags, boldly appearing on each piece, told the Moores in no uncertain terms that the color of their comfy new set was actually “Nigger-brown.” Enough to shock even the staunchest bigot where they stand…but that wasn’t the worst part – it was their 7 year old daughter who discovered the flagrantly fiendish flub.
Curiously poking around just after the delivery men left, little Olivia asked mommy what the word meant. Ms. Moore then got on the phone and began a journey find who was responsible for the insulting label.
"The greatest con is when everyone involved gets what they want" is the central point for this action/drama/thriller/comedy (acadramediller in movie talk) about two con brothers (Adrien Brody & Mark Ruffulo) and their muted explosions expert-sidekick (a hilarious Rinko Kikuchi) who after years of achievements in conning look to take down one last mark in a rich yet eccentric mansion dwelling loner (Rachel Weisz) to cap off their careers. The confusing, and at times convoluted, con unravels itself as the plot of the film and the con gets sidetracked due to a little case of mixing business with pleasure but ultimately in true con movie fashion nothing is what it seems.
This gorgeous and beautifully shot/edited second effort from Rian Johnson (Brick) shows no signs of a sophomore slump, simply put this is nothing short of a hysterical and well stylized con movie. The problem with the movie is not the performances, plot or dialogue (although Adrien Brody & Mark Ruffalo are a little blah as to be expected) but it struggles to find its identity. You'll laugh out loud more than any Judd Appatow-esq flick made due to some of the most tastefully executed physical humor I can remember, specifically Weisz & Kikuchi who cary the funny load and carry it well. But wait, it's also a romantic drama? And it has a ton of action? On top of that, its still a con movie with all types of slight of hand plot twists so what is this movie? There's too many cooks in the kitchen here and unfortunately its battling itself to find out which cook will win (kinda like Iron Chef). This kinda works for the first 2 acts but in the end that overly feminine romance cook (Kat Cora?) wins and starts serving a taste of love all over the place. Too bad.
The upside to Brothers Bloom's many faces is its absolutely perfect for a date. It has enough to keep both girls and guys fully interested, plus its artsy. Suggest this movie to your girlfriend/potential bone partner as your sacrificial chick flick of the month (or year) and it'll secretly be your get out of jail free card. Now that I think about it, maybe the film itself is actually the greatest con because everyone really does get what they want....
At first glance, this is a story about an incredibly likable guy named Andrew who was killed by an evil succubus of an ex-girlfriend for no other reason but because he ended the relationship and she is batshit. That's crazy enough to stand on its own, but unfortunately for all of Andrew's close friends and family its only the beginning of a 4 year nightmare. What unfolds is a murder mystery, an amazing child custody battle, and a commentary on how an insane criminal devil-woman can work the system and roam free with incredibly little interference from the government (Canada).
Andrew's best friend Kurt (writer, directory, narrator) goes on a nation wide road-trip to gather footage for a film in order to tell the man's story to Zachery, the son his best friend didn't even know he was going to have. With help from interviews from Andrew's many close friends and family from around the world as well as old videos and phone calls, this amazingly sad, maddening, twisted, and absolutely riveting documentary will keep you glued for its duration and leave you in shambles by the end. To say any more would be to ruin the experience but this is by far one of the most gripping and emotional documentaries, perhaps films, you will ever see.
The Japanese continue to do weird sh*t. Next up is the "Marriage Hunting Bra." Unlike the cougars here in the States, fear of becoming an "old maid" in Japan is serious business.
Thus Triumph International was inspired to create this concept bra that uses an embedded LED to display the number of days left until the woman's perfect wedding date. As if that wasn't enough pressure, the bra even features a ring holder, a pen and personal marriage seal (or hanko) for when the big day arrives.
"It was pretty bizarre," said neighbor Ramon Rodriguez.Rodriguez was one of the first to discover 34-year-old Angelo Mendoza on April 28 after police said Mendoza bit an eyeball out of his 4-year-old son's face and ate it."The guy was crazy. Real bug-eyed; he had to be on drugs," said Rodriguez.
Court documents said neighbors checked on Mendoza's son, Angelo Jr., after they noticed the father acting nervously and fleeing from his east Bakersfield apartment in his wheelchair. Inside, they found little Angelo naked and bleeding. Police said the boy had numerous bites to his hands and his eyes were swollen shut. Doctors said the boy's left eye and muscle were completely missing. His other eye was mutilated beyond repair.
The boy told them, "My daddy ate my eyes out." Rodriguez said meanwhile Mendoza approached him at a neighbor's vacant house down the street.Rodriguez said the boy's father wheeled himself into the front yard and asked Rodriguez to play with him and a pet dog. He was wearing boxers and a sweater. When Rodriguez refused, Mendoza got off his wheelchair and dragged himself into a back yard, where he found an ax.By then Mendoza had stripped naked. He chained himself to a tree in the back yard and began hacking at his leg with a pickax while yelling incoherently."He told me to look into the sun and pray with him. I was kinda scared for a minute," said Rodriguez.Then Rodriguez jumped on Mendoza and wrestled the ax away."As soon as I grabbed the ax he tried to bite me, and I had to hold him down with my knee. There was dry blood around his mouth. I don't know if it was his own, but I'm pretty sure it was his son's now that I hear the story," said Rodriguez.
The police report said Mendoza appeared to be under the influence of PCP. Rodriguez said had he known about little Angelo, the outcome would have been different."I would've just let him cut his leg off. What happened to his son is not right. I would've left him alone," said Rodriguez.Mendoza was arrested on charges of torture, aggravated mayhem, and cruelty to a child. The toddler is now in the custody of Child Protective Services. Mendoza is due in court May 20. His bail is set at $1 million. via
Several different and sometimes contradictory versions of this experiment have circulated over the years. The following synopsis serves to illustrate key story points common to most accounts of the purported experiment.
The experiment has been claimed to have been conducted by Dr. Franklin Reno, or Franklin Rinehart, as a military application of a unified field theory, a term coined by Einstein. Unified field theory aims to describe the interrelated nature of the forces that comprise electromagnetic radiation and gravity, although to date no single theory has emerged with a viable mathematical expression.
According to the accounts it was thought possible to use some version of this theory to bend light around an object so that it became essentially invisible. The Navy would have regarded this of obvious military value and sponsored the experiment.
Another version of the story says that those researchers were preparing magnetic and gravitational measurements of the seafloor to detect anomalies, supposedly based on Einstein's attempts to understand gravity. In this version there were also related secret experiments in Nazi Germany to find antigravity, allegedly led by SS-Obergruppenführer Hans Kammler.
Supposedly a destroyer escort, the USS Eldridge, was fitted with the required equipment at the naval yards in Philadelphia. Testing began in summer 1943, and was successful to a limited degree. One test, on July 22, resulted in the Eldridge being rendered almost completely invisible, with some witnesses reporting a “greenish fog” in its place. However, crew members complained of severe nausea afterwards. At that point, the experiment was altered at the request of the Navy, with the new objective being invisible solely to radar. None of this has been substantiated.
The theory continues that the equipment was not properly re-calibrated, but in spite of this the experiment was performed again on October 28. This time, Eldridge not only became entirely invisible, but actually vanished from the area in a flash of blue light. According to some accounts, the U.S. naval base at Norfolk, Virginia, just over 215 miles (346 km) away, reported sighting the Eldridge offshore, whereupon the Eldridge vanished from their sight and reappeared in Philadelphia at the site it had originally occupied, in an apparent case of accidental teleportation. It was also said that the boat traveled back in time for the brief time of 10 seconds.
Many versions of the theory include descriptions of serious side effects for the crew. Crew members would have been physically fused to bulkheads, suffered from mental conditions or would have just vanished into thin air. It is also claimed that the crew may have been subjected to brainwashing, in order to keep the experiment secret.
Anvil is the most famous band in the world that you've never heard of. Back in the late '80s when heavy metal was at its peak, Anvil was spoken in the same breath as Scorpions, Poison, Bon Jovi, etc. All of these bands more than respected Anvil, they praised them and say that Anvil had set the bar at which a metal show should be executed. The problem was at some point all of these bands got to the next level of huge and for some reason Anvil didn't. They fell to the way side.
Almost 25 years later Anvil is still playing, held together by the original lead singer and drummer who are still best friends and the living version of dumb & dumber. The problem is they are broke from working crappy day jobs and touring when they can get vacation time plus they are 50 going on 20 and time is running out quickly for them to finally make it big. This is the story of their climb out of the grave and back into their much deserved relevancy. Not only are there an uncanny amount parallels to everyone's favorite fictional metal band Spinal Tap (the drummer's name is Rob Reiner and that's really just the start) but Christopher Guest couldn't write a funnier script than these guy's actual lives. Even when the band is at what seems the lowest of the low, someone has an unintentional one liner that absolutely kills and your left simultaneously pitying and laughing at these love-able losers. Fan of the metal scene or not, this documentary is extremely well made and side splittingly funny but also amazing that such a fantastic metal band could dwell in obscurity for so long and still have the courage to stay together in hopes of one day unleashing their "Metal on Metal" on a jam packed arena one last time.
4.5 out of 5 devil horns \m/
On a side note, Anvil has some of the best album covers we've ever seen. Check out the gallery HERE.
How can a spammer pull off a money laundering scam when he honestly replies to my emails?
