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Jetée · 03-29-2007, 01:16 PM

And the beat goes on...

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Originally Posted by morris_from_24

A delightful thread, thank you for giving them a taste of their own medicine.

The first email addr seems to have been shut down, but the second still worked.

Here is the email I sent

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Dear Sir,

I am searching for the where abouts of my brother Brian Griffian Sexton. All I have is is his old computer with all of his address contacts. I am writting in the hopes that you might have had contact with him and could help me locate him.

Ever since our mother our was diagnosed with the cancer he has slowly faded away from the family. At one point he just stopped returning calls and responding to emails. I am running out of hope that we can be in contact again.

Any information you could provide about my brother would be most helpful.

Warm regards,
John Sexton

Hey Morris, keep us informed of your progress with the MUGU Nigerians in this possible continuation of the 'Scammer Saga'. It'll be worth a laugh if they actually respond, those dumb thieving con-artists. I'll possibly join in the effort to string these greedy suckers along with a junk e-mail account because they actually had me going with their ruse tactics.

Time to take out the trash, partners!

amandachenee · 04-10-2007, 01:32 PM

Ok... After spending a few hours of my workday reading this... I just HAD to get in on it. I emailed him the following:

My cousin Brian had sent me an email with your information last summer, stating that you had come into a large sum of money that was meant to be mine. I am Richard Burson Sexton's illegitimate daughter, and this money should belong to me. Please get back to me asap. Thank you.

Bless your eyes.
Penelope

Stoked · 05-04-2007, 08:15 AM

I don't think I've laughed till I've cried at an internet thread in about 4 year. The letter is just comedy gold. His final rant/abuse is also a thing of beauty.

Very GG.

AVoiceOfReason · 07-05-2007, 03:34 PM

I respond to these quite often, but I've never taken it past the fourth response. If they make the mistake of invoking the name of God in their email, I tell them that God Almighty is watching their efforts to scam people, and they will have to answer for it on judgment day, etc.

I had ONE guy, in all the ones I strung along and then told them I knew it was a scam, write back and admit it. (I normally sign off with "Get a real job and stop trying to steal.") He said he was poor, needed food, no jobs in his area, etc. but to his credit, he said "And I'm not asking you send me any money."

So I didn't.

Midnight · 08-14-2007, 10:23 PM

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I havent laughed this hard in a long time. MAN I wish I had been told about tfp earlier - i'd have loved to have been around this place while this was going on!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Midnight

timthetwat · 01-21-2008, 06:00 PM

Good reading

jewels · 01-21-2008, 06:37 PM

Wow, I finally got to reading this thread. Incredibly hilarious and entertaining.

What patience. And how did that $520 climb to $550?

Manuel Hong · 01-22-2008, 05:51 PM

I laughed til I cried. Thanks Crack.
Now I have a tummy ache.

lagoonguy · 03-31-2008, 07:26 AM

hehe good stuff. and someone else posted it but 419eater.com is good too.

Varulven · 04-01-2008, 09:48 AM

Great,
thanks for real good laughs and keeping them away from my email.

blahblah454 · 04-18-2008, 03:03 PM

I forgot about this! Its just as funny reading it the second time around.

paparora · 08-20-2008, 02:17 AM

Best thread ever!!!!

Katyanna · 08-27-2008, 07:19 PM

I just about busted a gut reading this, hilarious what lengths they will go through. Good job.

04-10-2007, 01:32 PM	#122 (permalink)
amandachenee Upright Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Utah	Ok... After spending a few hours of my workday reading this... I just HAD to get in on it. I emailed him the following: My cousin Brian had sent me an email with your information last summer, stating that you had come into a large sum of money that was meant to be mine. I am Richard Burson Sexton's illegitimate daughter, and this money should belong to me. Please get back to me asap. Thank you. Bless your eyes. Penelope __________________ I am whole without you, but I would rather be only half and be with you. Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. ~Anonymous

05-04-2007, 08:15 AM	#123 (permalink)
Stoked Upright Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Left of the Kidney.	I don't think I've laughed till I've cried at an internet thread in about 4 year. The letter is just comedy gold. His final rant/abuse is also a thing of beauty. Very GG. __________________ If kittens didn't want to be eaten why do they look so delicious?

07-05-2007, 03:34 PM	#124 (permalink)
AVoiceOfReason Psycho Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Greenwood, Arkansas	I respond to these quite often, but I've never taken it past the fourth response. If they make the mistake of invoking the name of God in their email, I tell them that God Almighty is watching their efforts to scam people, and they will have to answer for it on judgment day, etc. I had ONE guy, in all the ones I strung along and then told them I knew it was a scam, write back and admit it. (I normally sign off with "Get a real job and stop trying to steal.") He said he was poor, needed food, no jobs in his area, etc. but to his credit, he said "And I'm not asking you send me any money." So I didn't. __________________ AVOR A Voice Of Reason, not necessarily the ONLY one.

01-21-2008, 06:37 PM	#127 (permalink)
jewels Eponymous Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: The Space Coast	Wow, I finally got to reading this thread. Incredibly hilarious and entertaining. What patience. And how did that $520 climb to $550? __________________ Politics is applesauce. - Will Rogers

01-22-2008, 05:51 PM	#128 (permalink)
Manuel Hong Addict Join Date: May 2003 Location: Land of the puny, wimpy states	I laughed til I cried. Thanks Crack. Now I have a tummy ache. __________________ Believe nothing, even if I tell it to you, unless it meets with your own good common sense and experience. - Siddhartha Gautama (The Buddha)

08-14-2007, 10:23 PM	#125 (permalink)
Midnight Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Chicago's western burbs	ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!! I havent laughed this hard in a long time. MAN I wish I had been told about tfp earlier - i'd have loved to have been around this place while this was going on! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Midnight

01-21-2008, 06:00 PM	#126 (permalink)
timthetwat Upright Join Date: Jan 2008	Good reading

03-31-2008, 07:26 AM	#129 (permalink)
lagoonguy Crazy Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Atlanta	hehe good stuff. and someone else posted it but 419eater.com is good too.

04-01-2008, 09:48 AM	#130 (permalink)
Varulven Upright Join Date: Mar 2008	Great, thanks for real good laughs and keeping them away from my email.

04-18-2008, 03:03 PM	#131 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: On the road...	I forgot about this! Its just as funny reading it the second time around.

08-20-2008, 02:17 AM	#132 (permalink)
paparora Upright Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Maryland	Best thread ever!!!!

08-27-2008, 07:19 PM	#133 (permalink)
Katyanna Psycho Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Minnesota	I just about busted a gut reading this, hilarious what lengths they will go through. Good job.

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