Did anyone else get a suspicious PM?

[xSilverPhinx]

I found this in my inbox (from the user 4christianlove):

From Sister(Mrs).Felicia Koroma,
Abidjan Cote d Ivoire West Africa

Dearest in the lord,

I am Mrs Felicia.H.Koroma ,from Sierra Leone.I am married to late Mr. Joseph Koroma, who worked with Sierra Leone Embassy in Ivory Coast for Twenty-Six years before he died in the year 2003,after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. We were married for Eighteen years with a duaghter (Edvige) who later died in a motor accident.Before the untimely death of my husband,we were both born again Christians(from muslim to Christianity). And since after his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (US$2.5M )Two Million,Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a General Trust Account with a prime bank in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire. Presently,this money is still with the bank. Following my ill health, being a victim to cancer , I have decided to donate this fund to a Christain organizations (Church or person) that will utilize this fund the way I am going to instruct herein,according to the desire of my late husband. I want this fund to be used in Christain Activities like,Orphanages,Christain schools, and Churches for propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.The Bible made us to understand that "Blessed is the hand that giveth". I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers.I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace". I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health as well the presence of my husband's relatives around me .I don't want them to know about this development. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life as well commit me into your daily prayers. Contact me on this e-mail address:(feliciakoroma@hosanna.net), any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another Church for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply immediately .

Remain blessed in the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Sister Felicia Koroma,
Avenue 4 Marcory residential
14 bp 211 Abidjan 1

Did anyone else get a message from this user?

If you did, don't answer it, it looks a lot like a 419 scam.

Some basic information: http://www.419.org.uk/

A humorous scambaiting site: http://www.419eater.com/

[Tank]

Got it. Sent copy to mods. Assume user is now an ex-user!

[Tank]

Whoever sent it has got to be one dumb mother F***** sending it to atheists  

[madashell]

I recently registered to this forum and got the following private message:

Delete messageQuote messageFrom Sister(Mrs).Felicia Koroma,
Sent: Wed Jun 02, 2010 5:44 am
From: 4christianlove
To: madashell  

From Sister(Mrs).Felicia Koroma,
Abidjan Cote d Ivoire West Africa

Dearest in the lord,

I am Mrs Felicia.H.Koroma ,from Sierra Leone.I am married to late Mr. Joseph Koroma, who worked with Sierra Leone Embassy in Ivory Coast for Twenty-Six years before he died in the year 2003,after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. We were married for Eighteen years with a duaghter (Edvige) who later died in a motor accident.Before the untimely death of my husband,we were both born again Christians(from muslim to Christianity). And since after his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (US$2.5M )Two Million,Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) in a General Trust Account with a prime bank in Abidjan Cote d Ivoire. Presently,this money is still with the bank. Following my ill health, being a victim to cancer , I have decided to donate this fund to a Christain organizations (Church or person) that will utilize this fund the way I am going to instruct herein,according to the desire of my late husband. I want this fund to be used in Christain Activities like,Orphanages,Christain schools, and Churches for propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.The Bible made us to understand that "Blessed is the hand that giveth". I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers.I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace". I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health as well the presence of my husband's relatives around me .I don't want them to know about this development. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life as well commit me into your daily prayers. Contact me on this e-mail address:(feliciakoroma@hosanna.net), any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another Church for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply immediately .


This is obviously a scam and I would think that the board should have some protection for it's members to stop these things from being sent to it registered users.

[KDbeads]

Yep, forwarded mine to Whitney  

[Asmodean]

Didn't get it

[Asmodean]

There is a thread here: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=5024

I believe it deals with the same message. You can always send a copy to the forum staff though

[Will]

We're on it like a hobo on a ham sandwich. Thanks for the PM, Tank.

[JillSwift]

I think y'all now know why I don't turn on PMs.  

[philosoraptor]

Yeah, this graced my PM box when I logged in.  A new spin on the Nigerian prince scam, I guess.

[Whitney]

this is the first time it has happened and they are having to do it manually as far as I know.

Chill I'll take care of it in a bit.

[Whitney]

the spammer has been banned and in case they come back I change the pm settings so that you can't send a message to more than 10 people at a time.

[Squid]

I actually have gotten this in an e-mail before, almost exact wording.

[theTwiz]

the spammer has been banned and in case they come back I change the pm settings so that you can't send a message to more than 10 people at a time.

Right when I was about to pass along this great deal I got on viagra and rolex watches to all the members at haf

[Asmodean]

Right when I was about to pass along this great deal I got on viagra and rolex watches to all the members at haf :eek: