Private Message SPAM "Investment Assistance"

[RubenZ]

hahah thats cool. but i wonder how to make money from it

[VTX Al]

I have already won three multi-million $ lotteries -- and that's only today. A couple yesterday and lost count of how many I won last week. Not gonna be a bank big enough to hold all my money.

...VTX-AL

[GASPEDDLER]

Those damn Rebels...

[kandl]

Originally Posted by Danielflading

I have received a SPAM private message for investment assistance.

X2 - same PM from Miss Stella earlier today. User = skone2000 but these bottom feeders rarely hang on to a handle for very long.

[Mountainmanbob]

Does somebody want to transfer millions of dollars into your account?
Does someone want to pay you to cash cheques and send them the money?
Met a new friend/penpal on a friendship/dating site who's asking you for money?
Has a dying person contacted you wanting your help to give his money to charity?
Have you sold an item and are asked to accept a payment larger than the item amount?
IT'S A SCAM!
Don't fall for common scams like this - fight them!

So what is scambaiting? Well, put simply, you enter into a dialogue with scammers, simply to waste their time and resources. Whilst you are doing this, you will be helping to keep the scammers away from real potential victims and screwing around with the minds of deserving thieves.
It doesn't matter if you are new to this sport or a hardened veteran; if you are wasting the time of a scammer, or frustrating them in any way well that's good enough for us, and we would welcome you to join with our now very large community.
Although this site concentrates mainly on the Nigerian 419 scam, we are happy to deal with other types of scams if and when the opportunity arises. We also have a large team of experts dedicated to the removal and closure of fake scammer banks and sites.
Even if you are a newcomer, much fun can be had and at the same time you will be doing a public service. If you are new to this game and need to know what scambaiting is all about, please click on the 419 FAQ link at the top of the page. See also Baiting Tips for information on getting started on this great cyber-sport

[cfsoistman]

She started off with Hello Dearest, now isn't that sweet?
I was counting on that money and the money coming from my distant relative's estate "Pedro Soistman" died tragically and his millions are being held until a relative can come forward to assist in the allocations of his funds to various charities. For my participation I receive 20% of his millions. It doesn't get any better than that. I didn't even know there was a Pedro in the family!!!!

[KyDan]

FYI moderators and Admins had a discussion yesterday.
Damage control really.
If you get an e-mail saying you have a new PM and then go looking and
don't find it, it probably means an Admin has banned a spammer and done
a global delete of all PMs from them as well.

Admins can delete spam PMs when they know about them but obviously
can't recall the email telling you to look for a new PM.

Happy Friday

[LFugate]

Thanks Dan, you guys/gals are doing great job staying on top of this type stuff.