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Topic: I got a Nigerian scam letter naming me as the rich dead guy. |
Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 11:04 am |
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You all know the scam. I am barrister Jivas Ripoffya lawyer to the late gazillionairre, Fuller Crappa from the country of fecalia, and we want to give you 20 millions dollars. Send us your bank account etc. We've all gotten the letters.
Only this time the sender named me as the dead guy with the bucks. He said I died in a plane crash 2 years ago.
How dumb can he be to have sent me a scam letter telling me I'm dead? (Maybe I really did die 2 years ago and just don't know it?)
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chris ivey
From:
california (deceased)
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 11:51 am
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mike...can i become a beneficiary to your deadness?
i've been thinking of relocating to nigeria...they seem to have lots of money to give away. |
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Charles Davidson
From:
Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 12:02 pm
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I'm already worth several hundred million,as soon as I send them my SS,number,credit card number,and checking account number I will get the check in the mail.Hope they send it Fedex,I don't trust the post office. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC.
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Mike Schwartzman
From:
Maryland, USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 12:21 pm
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How dumb can he be to have sent me a scam letter telling me I'm dead? (Maybe I really did die 2 years ago and just don't know it?)
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Pretty dumb, but maybe he thought you'd appreciate the tax break. 
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Ben Lawson
From:
Brooksville Florida
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 3:42 pm
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I just got this out the Nigerian Beacon obit. column
"Mike Perlowin, previously dead is feeling much better now. Mike & the Perlowin family wish to thank all who sent regards and best wishes. They were greatly appreciated." |
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Duncan Hodge
From:
DeLand, FL USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 5:02 pm
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You mean you aren't dead? Now I'm thoroughly confused, Mike. But why in the world am I asking you a question as you have clearly told me that you are dead.
Sorry, my bad.
Duncan
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Darvin Willhoite
From:
Roxton, Tx. USA
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Posted 5 Oct 2009 5:58 pm
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Nigeria must be the richest country in the world. It seems that everyone that dies there is a multi-millionaire, and the heirs can't get their money out of the country without my help.
Seriously, I've been there and Nigeria is probably the poorest country I was ever in. At least the area around Kano is very poor.
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Darvin Willhoite
MSA Millennium, Legend, and Studio Pro, Reese's restored Universal Direction guitar, a restored MSA Classic SS, several amps, new and old, and a Kemper Powerhead that I am really liking. Also a Zum D10, a Mullen RP, and a restored Rose S10, named the "Blue Bird". Also, I have acquired and restored the plexiglass D10 MSA Classic that was built as a demo in the early '70s. I also have a '74 lacquer P/P, with wood necks, and a showroom condition Sho-Bud Super Pro. |
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Larry Bell
From:
Englewood, Florida
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 6:02 am
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This scam is a variant of an old confidence scheme known as the 'Spanish Prisoner'. It was the subject of a movie of the same name and also one from years ago 'The Flim-Flam Man'. Anyone who falls for a scam that requires sending substantial sums of one's own money to someone you have never seen deserves the consequences, IMHO.
My daddy taught me long ago if something appears to be too good to be true, it probably IS.
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My CD's: 'I've Got Friends in COLD Places' - 'Pedal Steel Guitar'
2021 Rittenberry S/D-12 8x7, 1976 Emmons S/D-12 7x6, 1969 Emmons S/D-12 6x6, 1971 Dobro, Quilter ToneBlock 202 TT-12 |
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Bob Simons
From:
Kansas City, Mo, USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 6:14 am
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Mike! Sorry to hear you're dead! If you haven't left them to anyone, can I have your chops?
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Mike Perlowin
From:
Los Angeles CA
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 6:38 am
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| Bob Simons wrote: |
| Mike! Sorry to hear you're dead! If you haven't left them to anyone, can I have your chops? |
Why certainly Bob. Here they are.
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Please visit my web site and Soundcloud page and listen to the music posted there.
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Les Green
From:
Jefferson City, MO, R.I.P.
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 6:39 am
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Mike....keep your 'chops', can I have your MSA's?
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73 MSA D10 8&4, 74 MSA S10 3&5, Legrande II 8&9, Fender Squier 6 string, Genesis III, Peavey 1000 |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 6:40 am
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MP, Im happy to hear that the news of your demise has been greatly exagerated  |
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Joe Casey
From:
Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9)
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 6:51 am
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| OH no ,I just sent the guy 2o grand...You mean I'm not going to get the 6 million he said I'd get..Well the Jokes on him.. I sent him a check... I don't even have a checking account..:)So I sent one of Smileys..Come to think of it he's broker than I am.. |
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Donny Hinson
From:
Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 7:39 am
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| Mike, so sorry to hear of your passing. Please leave me your Fender 400 or Fender 1000. If you don't have either of these, please procure either one (by any possible means) as soon as possible. Internet scams being what they are..you never when you may possibly die again. |
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Jim Cohen
From:
Philadelphia, PA
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Mark van Allen
From:
Watkinsville, Ga. USA
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 8:42 am
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Well, Mike, it'll probably help with CD sales...  |
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Gene Jones
From:
Oklahoma City, OK USA, (deceased)
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Posted 6 Oct 2009 8:52 am
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"Only this time the sender named me as the dead guy with the bucks."
If only I could be so honored! 
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LJ Eiffert
From:
California, USA
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Posted 9 Oct 2009 10:55 am
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Hey Mike Perlowin, Now I know what born again means.Follow Mike Perlowin to the end of his riff.Thank God he love you for who you are and not for where someone put you.Dead?  Leo |
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