Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
Aug 28th 2014, 8:33 am
#1
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Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
(EMail received today....)
Dear Friend, First and foremost i must seek your strict confidence, Let me introduce myself to you, my name is Robert Lubanga from Democratic Republic of Congo. My Father name is Thomas Lubanga from Congo. Am a refugee in Ghana presently in refugee camp i cannot go to Congo because of the war that is still going on, i succeeded to escaping to Ghana with part of my father money worth the sum of $1.5 million which i want to invest in western world. The money is presently in a hotel here in Ghana, i was formally staying at the hotel when i first got to Ghana, i decided to keep the trunk box with the hotel manager before i went to the refugee camp for safe keeping, because i was afraid, but he dont know the content in it, it has been there for sometime. The deal is this, I want you to stand as my dad and i will introduce the hotel manager to you and you make arrangement to claim it as my dad and i start sending you the money via western union and you make arrangement for me to come over to your country and we will both invest the money together for our mutual benefit. Please dont disappoint me so that i can be out of the refugee camp and start living a good life. I await your response. God bless you and your family. yours faithfully Robert Lubanga
Dear Friend, First and foremost i must seek your strict confidence, Let me introduce myself to you, my name is Robert Lubanga from Democratic Republic of Congo. My Father name is Thomas Lubanga from Congo. Am a refugee in Ghana presently in refugee camp i cannot go to Congo because of the war that is still going on, i succeeded to escaping to Ghana with part of my father money worth the sum of $1.5 million which i want to invest in western world. The money is presently in a hotel here in Ghana, i was formally staying at the hotel when i first got to Ghana, i decided to keep the trunk box with the hotel manager before i went to the refugee camp for safe keeping, because i was afraid, but he dont know the content in it, it has been there for sometime. The deal is this, I want you to stand as my dad and i will introduce the hotel manager to you and you make arrangement to claim it as my dad and i start sending you the money via western union and you make arrangement for me to come over to your country and we will both invest the money together for our mutual benefit. Please dont disappoint me so that i can be out of the refugee camp and start living a good life. I await your response. God bless you and your family. yours faithfully Robert Lubanga
Aug 28th 2014, 8:38 am
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
(EMail received today....)
Dear Friend, First and foremost i must seek your strict confidence, Let me introduce myself to you, my name is Robert Lubanga from Democratic Republic of Congo. My Father name is Thomas Lubanga from Congo. Am a refugee in Ghana presently in refugee camp i cannot go to Congo because of the war that is still going on, i succeeded to escaping to Ghana with part of my father money worth the sum of $1.5 million which i want to invest in western world. The money is presently in a hotel here in Ghana, i was formally staying at the hotel when i first got to Ghana, i decided to keep the trunk box with the hotel manager before i went to the refugee camp for safe keeping, because i was afraid, but he dont know the content in it, it has been there for sometime. The deal is this, I want you to stand as my dad and i will introduce the hotel manager to you and you make arrangement to claim it as my dad and i start sending you the money via western union and you make arrangement for me to come over to your country and we will both invest the money together for our mutual benefit. Please dont disappoint me so that i can be out of the refugee camp and start living a good life. I await your response. God bless you and your family. yours faithfully Robert Lubanga
Dear Friend, First and foremost i must seek your strict confidence, Let me introduce myself to you, my name is Robert Lubanga from Democratic Republic of Congo. My Father name is Thomas Lubanga from Congo. Am a refugee in Ghana presently in refugee camp i cannot go to Congo because of the war that is still going on, i succeeded to escaping to Ghana with part of my father money worth the sum of $1.5 million which i want to invest in western world. The money is presently in a hotel here in Ghana, i was formally staying at the hotel when i first got to Ghana, i decided to keep the trunk box with the hotel manager before i went to the refugee camp for safe keeping, because i was afraid, but he dont know the content in it, it has been there for sometime. The deal is this, I want you to stand as my dad and i will introduce the hotel manager to you and you make arrangement to claim it as my dad and i start sending you the money via western union and you make arrangement for me to come over to your country and we will both invest the money together for our mutual benefit. Please dont disappoint me so that i can be out of the refugee camp and start living a good life. I await your response. God bless you and your family. yours faithfully Robert Lubanga
go for it
Aug 28th 2014, 8:38 am
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
No, seems legit.
Aug 28th 2014, 8:39 am
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
I'd do it, but I'm a bit too far away at the moment..
Aug 28th 2014, 8:40 am
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
You need to cut out the middle man. Contact the hotel directly and pretend to be Robert Lubanga; you know about the trunk and what's in it. Sorted. 
Aug 28th 2014, 8:41 am
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
What flaw?
Aug 28th 2014, 11:19 am
#7
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
Yes, first flaw "Dear Friend"
How impersonal
How impersonal
Aug 28th 2014, 10:01 pm
#8
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
Democratic Republic of the Congo and Congo are 2 different countries.
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Aug 28th 2014, 10:02 pm
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
There's the issue that if you are standing as his Dad you might be the wrong colour..... 
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Aug 28th 2014, 10:28 pm
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Aug 29th 2014, 4:03 am
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
(EMail received today....)
Dear Friend, First and foremost i must seek your strict confidence, Let me introduce myself to you, my name is Robert Lubanga from Democratic Republic of Congo. My Father name is Thomas Lubanga from Congo. Am a refugee in Ghana presently in refugee camp i cannot go to Congo because of the war that is still going on, i succeeded to escaping to Ghana with part of my father money worth the sum of $1.5 million which i want to invest in western world. The money is presently in a hotel here in Ghana, i was formally staying at the hotel when i first got to Ghana, i decided to keep the trunk box with the hotel manager before i went to the refugee camp for safe keeping, because i was afraid, but he dont know the content in it, it has been there for sometime. The deal is this, I want you to stand as my dad and i will introduce the hotel manager to you and you make arrangement to claim it as my dad and i start sending you the money via western union and you make arrangement for me to come over to your country and we will both invest the money together for our mutual benefit. Please dont disappoint me so that i can be out of the refugee camp and start living a good life. I await your response. God bless you and your family. yours faithfully Robert Lubanga
Dear Friend, First and foremost i must seek your strict confidence, Let me introduce myself to you, my name is Robert Lubanga from Democratic Republic of Congo. My Father name is Thomas Lubanga from Congo. Am a refugee in Ghana presently in refugee camp i cannot go to Congo because of the war that is still going on, i succeeded to escaping to Ghana with part of my father money worth the sum of $1.5 million which i want to invest in western world. The money is presently in a hotel here in Ghana, i was formally staying at the hotel when i first got to Ghana, i decided to keep the trunk box with the hotel manager before i went to the refugee camp for safe keeping, because i was afraid, but he dont know the content in it, it has been there for sometime. The deal is this, I want you to stand as my dad and i will introduce the hotel manager to you and you make arrangement to claim it as my dad and i start sending you the money via western union and you make arrangement for me to come over to your country and we will both invest the money together for our mutual benefit. Please dont disappoint me so that i can be out of the refugee camp and start living a good life. I await your response. God bless you and your family. yours faithfully Robert Lubanga
Aug 29th 2014, 4:38 am
#13
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
Damn - I've booked my flight.....
Aug 29th 2014, 4:52 am
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Re: Anyone see the slight flaw in this request?
These are well worth a read if you have some time to spare:
What's the Bloody Point?
People baiting the scammers, and in some cases getting the better of them!
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