Just recently, I received an email from someone who claimed he was associated with Moneygram, but thank god, we have Gmail. Google’s email service is equipped with a powerful spam detection program that is capable of learning and noting patterns used by scammers to scam people. With its smart detection function, it was able to catch the notorious scammer’s email and sends it to my spam folder.
Here’s the email: (click to zoom in)
OK, first of all, this Moneygram Remittance Department is in Nigeria, and I am in the US. So for me to have an account over there already raises a red flag, if not, thick eyebrows. He also said someone stole my money amounting 920,000 USD. Seriously, if I have that kind of money, I would quit my job and would already be in Hawaii or in the Bahamas. Anyway, he goes on to say that I will get paid $6000 daily until the 920,000 stolen from me is fully paid. Hmm… it sounds interesting, I mean… freebies man! Who doesn’t like freebies? Well, except that there’s a catch. In order for me to get paid, I need to be registered as the receiver, and to become a receiver, I need to pay a $50 service fee. Pfft…
OK, let us analyze for a moment… so the sender’s name is John La Nwako, but then he wants me to send $50 to some guy named OKECHUKWU FRANCK MMORBA (Yes, all in caps lock). Goddamn, how do you even pronounce that name? His country is in NIGERIA. Btw, also note of the sender’s email – MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON <moneygram.@wonder.ocn.ne.jp> – what kind of Moneygram email is this? And also, he has this opening header:
MONEYGRAM REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
178 AVENUE PAPE JEAN PAUL II, NIGERIA 01 B.P. 2020
Telephone: +2347032000000
Email: moneygramoffice4576@yahoo.com
Yep, moneygram is now using yahoo.com as their email service provider, SMH.
Not only that… he has this signature:
THANKS
MR. WILLIAM JOHNSON
FEDERAL OPERATION MANEGER – He spelled Manager as Maneger. Seriously man, you need to do better than that if you want people to buy this sh*t. Start with your spelling. ~ Gestapo
It’s also worth noting that majority of scammers I encountered, not only from spam emails, but also in Craigslist, and free Dating Sites, are usually from Nigeria. Before, I encountered someone posing as a beautiful woman, who claimed she was a nurse and a US citizen who was sent to Nigeria. Eventually, she asks me to send her money because she needed to buy her sanitary napkins… OK… first of all, I know that nurses get paid well… but this one can’t even afford to buy her napkin (facepalm). I also encountered someone from Craigslist who says he’s renting his apartment for a cheap price… I look at the apartment picture and noted that this apartment is in Downtown Manhattan (SOHO), and this is not just an ordinary apartment… it looks like a fancy 5-star apartment, and he’s just renting it for a measly 1000 dollars when I know apartments like this would be around 6K or more per month. I rode his BS until he told me he’s currently in Nigeria, so I needed to send the money over there so he could send me the keys. OK, how about I send him the finger instead?
Sadly, while scammers like these may seem ridiculous, sometimes they are still able to scam people who are gullible enough to believe this kind of crap.
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