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Thierry LOTTE 
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| An hilarious link about Nigerian scams | Nov 23, 2005 |
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This week I also received 3 Nigerian scams through my ProZ.com e-mail.
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Dont m... See more Have already posted this on past forums about the same subject but I do it one more time for the newcommars on this site :
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This week I also received 3 Nigerian scams through my ProZ.com e-mail.
Now, I use to reply by sending them this (hilarious indeed !) URL :
http://j-walk.com/other/conf/index.htm
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Dont miss that link ! It is worthwhile... ▲ Collapse
| | | | loula_luv
Local time: 04:57
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| I swallowed the bait this morning!!!!! | Nov 26, 2005 |
I knew I shouldda had my morning coffee first! I woke up early, half asleep and wanting to check if I recieved paypal payment on my last project......... I found the Gambian email.. details of payment were confusing:
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You have been sent a message via your ProZ.com page.
Author: BARRISTER ANDERSON E NGOM
[NOTE: The author is not a ProZ.com member or was not logged in when sending
this message.]
Author's IP address: 80.88.157.108
Message... See more I knew I shouldda had my morning coffee first! I woke up early, half asleep and wanting to check if I recieved paypal payment on my last project......... I found the Gambian email.. details of payment were confusing:
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You have been sent a message via your ProZ.com page.
Author: BARRISTER ANDERSON E NGOM
[NOTE: The author is not a ProZ.com member or was not logged in when sending
this message.]
Author's IP address: 80.88.157.108
Message type: Job-related
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Hello Sir,
I am a human right activist and a pastor from Gambia, and
my name is Barrister Anderson Ngom
I need the service of an interpreter for my Algerian
french
and arabic speaking wife.
We will be coming to America on the 17th of December for a
14 days Vacation
with our daughter of the age 7
We will require the services of the interpreter
for 5 hours daily,12noon to 5pm) this could be adjusted to
suit your convinence
Hence this is a sponsored vacation, we will like to pay in
advance of our visit so she and our darling daughter of 7
years of age will be assured of an interpreter during our
visit because this is our first visit .
Which part of the States are your residing?
Presently I am in Europe on official assignment and you
can
reach me on +447031861124.
An early reply will be appreciated.
Please acknowledge if you can offer this service ASAP and
give me a price quote, as time is not really on our side.
Send your reply to my [email protected],
please give me your private phone numbers so that I can
call you
on phone to quicken the process.
Looking forward to hearing from you urgently
Remain Blessed,
Barrister Anderson Ngom
NOTE THAT MY SPONSOR WILL PAY FOR YOUR SERVICES WITH
TRAVELLERS CHECK.
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NOW: I replied with my rates, billing adress and tele!!!!!!!!!
and got a confirmation email, and a great phone conversation: but when I asked him: why visit my area in the usa for the first time..... it isn't really a tursit destination... he didn't know what to say. So i got back online, reread the email and screamed: a scam..... and the man has my adress and name! boy do i feel violated!
I am trying to reassure myself that he can't use it anyway?!?! Any ideas? ▲ Collapse
| | | | Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 06:57
Member (2002)
Spanish to English
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| Don't worry about it | Nov 26, 2005 |
loula_luv wrote:
I am trying to reassure myself that he can't use it anyway?!?! Any ideas?
Hi!
I don't think you have anything to worry about. As I wrote above, I "swallowed the bait" as far as you did, until I smelled a rat too. But really, you and I have only given this man information -- our address and telephone number -- that can be found very easily doing a Google search of our names. There are loads of sites such as WhitePages.com in which this same information can be had free, not to mention the fact that if one is to open our online CV's, our personal data are there as well. Don't sweat it, just learn the lesson of caution like we all did! :)
Bill
| | | | loula_luv
Local time: 04:57
English to Arabic
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| So... i swalled it, glad I didn't wait till december 17th | Nov 26, 2005 |
Bill Greendyk wrote: Hi! I don't think you have anything to worry about. As I wrote above, I "swallowed the bait" as far as you did, until I smelled a rat too. But really, you and I have only given this man information -- our address and telephone number -- that can be found very easily doing a Google search of our names. There are loads of sites such as WhitePages.com in which this same information can be had free, not to mention the fact that if one is to open our online CV's, our personal data are there as well. Don't sweat it, just learn the lesson of caution like we all did! :) Bill
Thanks for your response, I should also learn to check the forums snd be more active on these websites. Had I been more familiar with online translation communities' communication on both websites I used, I would have spotted it more easily. But, like you said! a hard lesson to learn!
loule.
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| Bishop Opoko from ghana | Nov 27, 2005 |
Well guys this guy or guys are something else. I was another to took the bait but thanks to your web site I look into this forum. I'm disapointed because this was going to be my first big job. lol.
well i hope this is not how this job or profession works because it is really dissapointing.
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>I am Bishop Leslie Opoko and I am an English speaking clergy from Ghana. I will
be coming over to Fayetteville
>.in the U.S on holidays from 26th of November to t... See more Well guys this guy or guys are something else. I was another to took the bait but thanks to your web site I look into this forum. I'm disapointed because this was going to be my first big job. lol.
well i hope this is not how this job or profession works because it is really dissapointing.
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>I am Bishop Leslie Opoko and I am an English speaking clergy from Ghana. I will
be coming over to Fayetteville
>.in the U.S on holidays from 26th of November to the 9th of december 2005 for a
10 days Vacation with my Spanish wife, who speaks only Twi and Spanish,
alongside my kids of the ages of 3 and 5 respectively.
>We will require the services of a Spanish interpreter for 7 hours daily, 12noon
to 7pm, though this could be very flexibly, for 14 days. As I will not always be
with them on most occasions due to other seminars/conference which I will be
attending. We will like to pay in advance of our visit so she can be assured of
an interpreter during her shopping and sightseeing because this is her first
visit to USA.
>An early reply will be appreciated. Please acknowledge if you can offer this
service ASAP and give me a price quote, and it is most important, you
immediately call me on my direct line (011 233 244 033 930) as soon as you
receive this email, so we can conclude on all other arrangements ASAP, as time
is not really on our side.
>Direct Line: 011 233 244 033 930
>Fax Line: 011 233 277 900 032
>e-mail add: [email protected]
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>Remain Blessed,
>Bishop Leslie Opoko ▲ Collapse
| | | | Bill Greendyk
United States
Local time: 06:57
Member (2002)
Spanish to English
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| I think I got him thinking! | Nov 27, 2005 |
Using a phone card, I called Bishop Leslie Opoko at 3:45 Ghana time and informed him that I was an undercover agent working out of Monrovia, Liberia, and that through a series of intense investigations I and a team of colleagues had located his exact position through sophisticated espionage technology. He stuttered and stammered, and began shouting in a foreign language to what sounded like a room full of men, who let out with a cacaphony of excited, apparently frightened voices!! Since I have... See more Using a phone card, I called Bishop Leslie Opoko at 3:45 Ghana time and informed him that I was an undercover agent working out of Monrovia, Liberia, and that through a series of intense investigations I and a team of colleagues had located his exact position through sophisticated espionage technology. He stuttered and stammered, and began shouting in a foreign language to what sounded like a room full of men, who let out with a cacaphony of excited, apparently frightened voices!! Since I have taken part in a short-term UNICEF-related job in 1988 in Ghana, I looked up in my old journals for street names, hotel names, local landmarks, and especially local jargon. As I rattled them off to him, he gasped and hung up on me. I hope this is the last we hear of Bishop Opoko!
Bill
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| | | | loula_luv
Local time: 04:57
English to Arabic
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| Do you think it's the same personality? | Nov 27, 2005 |
Bill, you're a genius!
I thought of everything, how to get him back!! I wanted to take it to the FBI!!!! But I didn't know if they could help, or even take it seriously.
But thanks to Bill here, they gotta know that their scam is utterly rediculus.
Bonita, don't worry about it.... we'll get another break soon enough. I am just glad I didn't rush the advance payment he proposed.... God knows what would have happened.
| | | | | Opoko and company scam | Nov 28, 2005 |
I just recive today a check for $9100 to cover my service and I guest, pay for his trip. The check is reported as counterfeit by a bank in Indiana and also by the FDIC. I also call him several times last night.I'm reporting this to de FBI because in the invoice I have a address and a phone in the USA.
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loula_luv
Local time: 04:57
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| That was fast! | Nov 28, 2005 |
bonita2 wrote:
I just recive today a check for $9100 to cover my service and I guest, pay for his trip. The check is reported as counterfeit by a bank in Indiana and also by the FDIC. I also call him several times last night.I'm reporting this to de FBI because in the invoice I have a address and a phone in the USA.
Hmmmmn... Bonita, you have taken this scam to a whole different level! Happy ending fortunately
Good luck! and let us know if the FBI does help.
loule
| | | | tabler
United States
Local time: 04:57
French to English
| Opoko is still out there | Dec 3, 2005 |
Well, thanks everyone! You just saved me a trip from Helena to Bozeman (MT). I was expecting the Opoko family to arrive on Monday, but no, I hadn't yet received a check, because "time was not really on our side".
Now I can get back to the translation project I'm working on. What amazes me is that they're still using the same names!
Julie
| | | | loula_luv
Local time: 04:57
English to Arabic
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| Opoko Still Lives.....And won't Give Up! | Jan 7, 2006 |
Dear All,
I have ignored and blocked corrispondence with opoko since November 2005, after I detected a scam in his intial email.
I just recieved a new one, Heartbreaking..... it goes something like this:
DEAR DR HALA,
GOD WILL BLESS THIS FOR YOU ABOVE ALL OTHER YEARS.
I MUST TELL YOU THAT SINCERELY I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF YOU AND MY INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE YOU EITHER BY PHONE OR BY MAIL DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY MOTHER DIED ON T... See more Dear All,
I have ignored and blocked corrispondence with opoko since November 2005, after I detected a scam in his intial email.
I just recieved a new one, Heartbreaking..... it goes something like this:
DEAR DR HALA,
GOD WILL BLESS THIS FOR YOU ABOVE ALL OTHER YEARS.
I MUST TELL YOU THAT SINCERELY I HAVE BEEN THINKING OF YOU AND MY INABILITY TO COMMUNICATE YOU EITHER BY PHONE OR BY MAIL DUE TO THE FACT THAT MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 20TH BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS AND I HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THE COUNTRY SIDE WHERE THERE IS NO INTERNET SERVICES AND THE TELEPHONE NETWORK IS VERY BAD.
I JUST HAVE TO LEAVE SOME OF THE THINGS PENDING TO COME BACK TO TOWN TO REACH YOU AND TELL YOU WHY I HAVE NOT REACHED YOU AND TO HAVE TO POSTPONE OUR TRAVELLING TILL THE 30TH OF JANUARY 2006.
MY MOTHER IS A PRINCESS AND THE BURIAL RITES ENTAILS A LOT.
PLEASE I AM VERY SORRY FOR THIS DEVELOPMENT AND REGRET ANY INCONVINENCES THIS HAVE CAUSED YOU, AND WILL SO VERY MUCH WANT TO HAVE YOU AROUND FOR THE NEW DATE WHICH NOW IS UNFAILINGLY.
PLEASE CONFIRM THAT I YOU WILL BE AVALIABLE FOR US AS AT THEN SO THAT AS SOON AS I AM THROUGH WITH THE BURIAL
NEXT WEEK, I WILL CONCLUDE ALL OTHER ARRANGEMENTS.
ONCE I AN VERY SORRY FOR EVERYTHING, WHEN I AM ON GROUND, IF NEED BE WE WILL AGREE HOW IN ANY WAY I CAN COMPENSATE YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
PLEASE REPLY THIS MAIL LATEST BY TOMORROW SO THAT WE CAN COMMUNICATE BEFORE I GO BACK TO THE COUNTRY SIDE ON MONDAY.
MY VERY WARM REGARDS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
BARRISTER NGOM.
.........................I just don't know how ppl like him can insult anyones inteligence by such nonsense...
He must be desperate! ▲ Collapse
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