So rather than just deleting this obvious scam email, lets see how far we can take this Here's how it goes, I'll post up the response, and you guys come up with my/our reply So here's how it started, this "chick" hit me up on blackplanet.com wanting to know more about me.. I sent her a very short email just my age and where I'm from, probably about 3 sentences max. Here's what I got back..

I'm 24, 5' 3, Lora Randy from Sunland, California, United States of America. Tel: 818-423-5155 or 818-813-8349. These are my telephone numbers when was in CA. I

I've been having a problem with my Dad who i live with but right now due to our differences, have left the United States after the death of my Mom in United Kingdom. MY Dad works with Oil Contractors in UK and Africa include some parts of the Asian and American. I
work with my father as his personal auditor and we
move around for his contracts wherever he is awarded.

My first fiancee, Victor Brown, absconded with my dad's
money which was kept with me after a completion of a
contract in EAST london,UK. When my boy friend got
absconded with the undisclosed sum of USdollars, this
brought the first brakeup between me and my dad, cos
he thought we have the deal together, but not knowing
that I'm innocent about this. So my dad has been
harsh and tough on me about this.

After all these happened to me and caused by my Ex
Husband, I joined a dating site (www.couple.com) where
I met an African guy online here who promised heaven
and earth that he wants to marry me and make me happy
in life; "I never knew I was going from Fry-pan to
Fire". The African guy told me of investment
opportunities in Africa and he convinced me to come
along with lots of money while coming down, which I
did. On getting here, all his intention is to take
away the money from me and leave me alone. I came from
the United States with a total sum of 500,000.00
with all the money I've gotten from my Dad's business.
Because the african guy told me of an idea to
investment in Oil firms here. When I got here, he made
all possibles means to scam me and get away with my
money. Then when I noticed this, I took the money and
my travelling boxes and deposited it with a
Security/Insurance Company here in Africa in order to
safe myself and my assets. Thereafter I left the guy's
apartment to an hotel where I am in right now and from
which I am communicating with you now.

Now, I'm in need of your help, have gotten the enough
money to run myself when I get to USA, i want to come
over to you and we can start a new life together
I don't want to live here anymore, you know I'm a
foreigner here and it is absolutely danger for me
here, so that is why i need your assistance.

How i want you to help me? I have some money, which
I've gotten from an over invoiced Contract
renumeration executed by my dad with some contractors
in Trinidad and Tobago under an Oil Firm, that was the
money I brought here for an investment while coming to
meet the african guy, but I've hiding the money up
from the guy here in West Africa and I've left his
apartment, because i might got setup if I did not act
fast, so for me to be more safe and secure, I put this
money in a box and got it locked up with a security
code known to me only, and I deposited the box with
some of my travelling luggages with a Security and
Insurance Company who render private diplomatic
delivery service and i told them that the two boxes
are my travelling luggage, which I want to send forth
to U.S.A because i'm returning home, then i paid them
up their custody and security fee.

So, I want the boxes sent to you while i catch up with
you as soon as it is been delivered to you while I
come over to meet you and we can start a new life
together. Every arrangement for the delivery is kinda
perfect, I have obtained customs papers for private
freight and there are seals on the box showing that it
is a private delivery and check performed, it is free
from customs checks, it will be delivered at your door
step by the diplomats of the security company, you do
not need to burn out to receive it. And the boxes have
security codes lock known to me only, only me can open
the boxes, except if I tell anyone the Code, so the
Boxes cannot be opened on the Way of delivery to you.

Therefore, I want you to contact me as soon as
possible, so that you can make the Clearance from the
Security Company as the Recipient of my Boxes in the
United States. And once the box gets to you, you will
my travelling luggage and that containing the money
for me,then, I will be there with you, then we can
open the box together.

I will appreciate your trust towards this and hoping
to hear from you and to meet you in person.if you do this for me i will compensate you with 10percent of the money ok.

 

Holy crap.

You write her 3 sentences and "she" writes back a novel. These scammers need to realize most people don't have the attention span to read that much.

 

Seriously, at first I thought it was legit when she first hit me up. Then when I wrote that little bit, and saw what "she" wrote back I immediately called

 

I'm inclined to think this is legit.. she is just a complete ****ing moron with an IQ of 45 and the literary skills of a three legged dog.

 

Write her back, but use one of their own scams against her. Say...that is amazing, because I have all this money in Nigeria that I need to have taken out.

Tell her you'll help her if she helps you.

 

YES!! This is the best idea

 

 

Too soon. Tell her she sounds cute and ask for "candid" photos first. Maybe include a couple shots of Ron Jeremy to introduce yourself.

 

Another good point...

 

Tell her that you traveled to London a few years ago and met some nice girls then proceed to copy and paste the JamesK-Bella story.