Is this safe to pay?

[spanner570]

Chaps, I've just had a genuine email.

It has asked me to pay an invoice for £5.000 for goods supplied.....It looks totally genuine and I think it perfectly safe to send the money to......

Gladness B. Madikwe

Sales & Marketing Clerk

Morupule Coal Mine

Private Bag 39

Palapye

Botswana

I've also drafted a note to him....

Dear Gladness,

I am in receipt of your email and I will send the money by return.

Thank you for the prompt delivery of my 50 tons of Grade 1 coal, all nicely bagged in 5Ib. bags. That was very thoughtful of you. My wife will be able to carry that amount to the fire easily.

However, in future could you deliver my next order in bulk because..

A) My postman has smashed my letterbox trying to fit all the bags into it.

B) My wife says she would like to loose some weight, and would like the load dumped in the lane so she can shovel it into a barrow and wheel it around the back of our property.

Finally, I hope your son is progressing well at the Botswana State University and the money I am sending with a copy of the invoice, will help further his education.

Best wishes,

Winston Churchill

[Guest]

I suspect the humour will be lost on them.

[Alan 45]

You lucky sod Ron , real coal ! That beats me winning the Nigerian lottery every month

[Gern]

That's very philla ...., philthr ...., philantor ...., generous of you! I thought you got all your minerals etc (gravel for paths, stone for roads, soil for gardens and similar) from your garden - Cheshire!

Gern

[stona]

I've checked Ron and this seems totally legit to me. Here's a picture of the Morupule colliery in Botswana.



Get your cheque book out!

As it happens I have 27 million pounds worth of diamonds which are owed to you. Whilst you've got the book out write another cheque for a mere 3,800 pounds, payable to me, as an administration fee and I will arrange to have the diamonds delivered...just like your coal.

Alternatively you can forward me all your bank details and I promise only to relieve you of my fee

Cheers

Steve

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

How come I never drop on good fortune like this, all I get is offers for little blue pills and extensions to certain body parts, the coals a lot more useful!

Adrian

[Gern]

How come I never drop on good fortune like this, all I get is offers for little blue pills and extensions to certain body parts, the coals a lot more useful!Adrian

That's still better than I get Ade! I'm with a couple of agencies as I'm still looking for a teaching job. The best offers I've had so far are long-distance lorry driving in Canada and a meat cutter in a Halal slaughterhouse somewhere in the Midlands.

Gern

[Guest]

How come I never drop on good fortune like this, all I get is offers for little blue pills and extensions to certain body parts, the coals a lot more useful!Adrian

Why would you want longer fingers?

[Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds]

Why would you want longer fingers?

Would come in handy with Photo Etched parts

Adrian

[PaulTRose]

seems kosher to me

[colin m]

Please excuse the Hi-jack Ron,

I've received the below, I'm not going to delete it just yet as every time I read it, I nearly wet myself laughing. I like the bit in capitals near the bottom, watch out for hackers and spies. SPIES - good heavens !

I have a wife and two daughters, that's a lot of shoes and bags. Does he really think $2.7 million dollars is enough ?

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER

ARAB UNITED BANK LIMITED

Asian Money Transfer Department

2014 Saudi Arabia Muslim Brotherhood.

WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER DETAILS

This is from the Western Union Money Transfer . Be inform that western union is giving out funds to farmers to yield more food for your country, for education, for business to produce goods and to serve goods to the nation, to foundations to care for the less privileged ones. This program is called "operation build the nation" in support of Society of the Muslim Brotherhood, ARAB GROUP UNITED NATIONS (A.G.U.N), INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS (IMF) AND THE ARAB UNITED BANK. The world muslim brother union to support the Arab Nation that is currently having war. the purpose for this program is to let the world know that ARAB/ISLAM are not terrorist. We the Society of the Muslim Brotherhood is standing and fighting against terrorism that are causing crisis spoiling the name of Allah/Arab/islam.

Your name is nominated among the listed beneficiaries. We have given money to various foundations, orphanage homes and we are also giving money to individuals and Issuing you the sum of ($2,700,000) for the upkeep of you and your family for a better life and to secure good investment for your generation.

We had general meeting in New Delhi India were the members of staff commissioned a new foundation in India. The meeting was a very big program. Celebrities and all our financial associate/banks managers was present. All persons received their funds IN DELHI India. The speaker called names out to the red Capet and got their Western Union Money Transfer ATM CARD sum of ($2,700,000).

We received Payment notification from the INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS to transfer Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars. I have today sent western union money transfer to you following the instructions that i receive from the IMF COMMITTEE after our last week meeting in New Delhi India.

WARNING: LET IT BE KNOWN TO YOU THAT THESE TRANSACTIONS ARE BASED ON DIGITAL CODES AND COMPUTERIZED SYSTEMS, IT IS THEREFORE UNSAFE TO REVEAL YOUR DETAILS TO SOMEONE ELSE, E.G WESTERN UNION "MONEY TRANSFER CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN)". WE THEREFORE ADVICE THAT YOU KEEP THIS PROCESS VERY CONFIDENTIAL UNTIL THIS PROCESS IN COMPLETED. THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST HACKERS AND SPIES.

You are to provide the following details for Mr Altal Mohammed B. Pedro to make the Western Union Money Transfer to your full details:

YOUR FULL NAME: ************************************************** *****

ADDRESS: ************************************************** ***********

TELEPHONE NO: ************************************************** ******

DATE OF BIRTH: ************************************************** ******

NATIONALITY: **************************************************

OCCUPATION: ************************************************** ********

MARITAL STATUS: ************************************************** *****

YOUR GENDER: ********************************.***************** ********

Contact the approved agent (Mr. Altal Mohammed B. Pedro) via the details as provided

below:

============================== ==========

Name: Mr. Altal Mohammed B Pedro

E-mail: frankpedro@qq.com

(ARABIAN HIGH COMMISSION) Embassy in India

The Financial Desk Controller's Office

Arab United Brotherhood World Wide.

============================== ==========

[spanner570]

Perfectly plausible Col' and what a generous offer. You are very fortunate to be yet another celebrity to receive this money.....Don't miss out!.......

When you do get your $2,700,000, could you sub me the £5,000 I owe my new friend Gladness Madikwe for his coal?....I'm a bit short of readies just now, and don't want to let him down....

I'll pay you back £1 a week, if that's o.k. with you.

[tr1ckey66]

I've got egg, sausage, spam, spam, spam and spam and a unpaid invoice for £5000

Straight into the trash bin

Cheers

P

[Guest]

I suspect the humour will be lost on them.

Read this and got the same reaction Richard. People who do this have one a great expectancy and or no sense of humour.

The awful thing is that some people are dopey enough to part with the lolly.

It is also at home not just Botswana. Three elderly people in Jersey , younger than me , trusted their money to two financiers and a local magistrate (magistrate in Jersey are senior qualified Advocates of the Royal Court of Jersey) to invest.

They invested in themselves and are now, lucky things, being Royally entertained and fed rent free all founded by all those kind people living in Jersey . Where well of course Jersey Home for wayward beings and strays. Goes something like the Jersey Prison Service.

They still have the money. The Elderly people in 2 cases have none. Believe that 3 well educated men with pensions and houses etc. The magistrate was suspended on full pay until conviction and even after he was sent to jail he was entitled to payment as a magistrate for his contract period and also to a full pension.





Laurie

[Gern]

You know how it goes Laurie:

"Corrupted men only elected other corrupted men to be their peers, lest they have to question the things that gave them their own vast privileges." - Tom Clancy.

The same goes for punishments - don't be too harsh so you don't suffer when it's your turn!

Gern