Spam Alert – Blessing Maxwell

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June 5, 2017 at 11:29 am #8600
JayCeeDee
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@admin

Hi Lee – sorry to drop this on you, don’t know if it’s easier to nip it in the bud now, rather than later. Cheers.

Just had a Message from this character who joined 15 minutes ago. The usual emotional appeal BS. Don’t know if he’s dropping messages all round, but just got an Internal Server 500 Error. PITA.
June 5, 2017 at 11:31 am #8601
Dave Rice
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I had the PM as well so it’s probably widespread. No errors though.
June 5, 2017 at 11:33 am #8602
PlaneMan
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Dave Rice wrote:

I had the PM as well so it’s probably widespread. No errors though.

Same here.
June 5, 2017 at 11:34 am #8603
JayCeeDee
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As I was trying to post a new topic, it went with the 500 error so I thought he might have overloaded it!!?

Edit – his avatar is a white woman in a hospital bed – I suspect he’s the complete opposite, but I’d like to oblige as far as the hospital bed is concerned.:-)
June 5, 2017 at 12:34 pm #8608
The Duke
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I fancied that 10%
June 5, 2017 at 12:47 pm #8611
JayCeeDee
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The Duke wrote:

I fancied that 10%

10% of what?? You mean you read more than just the first two lines??????:-)
June 5, 2017 at 12:59 pm #8616
The Duke
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I read it all. being on Gmail I don’t the African oil spam emails or the like, never had one. So I was super interested in the offer. Rather reading what the offer was.

I can’t believe people fall for such scams.

The answer to your question was $3m
June 5, 2017 at 1:02 pm #8619
StevieP
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Me too

Forumite <admin@forumite.co.uk>

11:24 (1 hour ago)

to me
blessing maxwel sent you a new message: “Hello dear,”

“Good Day To You,

How are you today and your family,

The reason I write you this letter is because I needed a trust worthy person that can handle this issue with care and carry out my instructions and directives with sincere heart I am Mrs Blessing a Greece citizen living in Lome Togo, I’m 42 years old widow suffering from a long time cancer of the breast in addition to high blood pressure. Reference to the doctor’s confirmation that I have less than three months to live, So I have decided to Donate €3.000.000.00, which I deposited in my bank for the help of orphans and the less privilege through you for the work of humanity in the society as I don’t have a child that will inherit my wealth when I’m no more alive, I know too well that this project will make you have limited access to your own activities, so I permit you to take 10% of this fund for your faithful time/commitment and use the rest for the work of humanity to fulfill my last wish on earth.reply E-mail(maxwelblessing@yahoo.com) or (blessingmax7@gmail.com)

Your Sister
Mrs Blessing.”
June 5, 2017 at 2:14 pm #8620
JayCeeDee
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New user registration. No longer allowed to send messages for 24 hours after registration.
Admin only allowed to send out bulk messages.

Cheers Lee, never been troubled before, so that’s appreciated.?
June 5, 2017 at 2:16 pm #8621
Richard
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I thought that Maxwell had something to do with the Mirror and its pension fund before ‘falling’ off his great big boat. But this text does not sound like his style, the name was enough to set bells clanging, I am unlikely ever to know anyone by that name.

I suspect that everyone will have had the chance of ‘delight’ at reading the death inducing prose.

For ‘someone’ at death’s door, they have been busy creating fake accounts. Perhaps returning the favour and signing them up for some new experiences to enrich their life while they still live might be a good idea?
June 5, 2017 at 2:23 pm #8622
Bob Williams
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Got this on my phone this morning while shopping. Blocked it, killed it. It was obvious from the name, was it not? Not wanting to give these sickos any tips, but if they chose a ‘generic’ British name, they might get more results. Something like Smith, Jones or Patel?

When the Thought Police arrive at your door, think -
I'm out.
June 5, 2017 at 2:25 pm #8623
Dave Rice
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My Novatech account managers first name is Blessing.
June 5, 2017 at 2:32 pm #8624
dwynnehugh
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Just had one too, done exactly as he asked!!

The more you meet people the more you understand why Noah took animals instead of humans
June 5, 2017 at 2:37 pm #8625
JayCeeDee
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Dave Rice wrote:

My Novatech account managers first name is Blessing.

Do you still recognise him, even when he’s in disguise???
June 5, 2017 at 3:34 pm #8636
Ed P
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I think he must have a Python script trolling the Internet and as soon as it saw ‘Donate Button’ as a topic, it automatically tried to grab a piece!
June 5, 2017 at 6:37 pm #8638
Tippon
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@tippon
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I’ve just seen my message. I was starting to feel special too ?
June 5, 2017 at 7:49 pm #8641
Anonymous
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oppss already covered

blessing maxwel Sent 8 hours, 29 minutes ago Star
June 5, 2017 at 9:37 pm #8646
D-Dan
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blessing maxwel Sent 10 hours, 17 minutes agoStar
Good Day To You,

How are you today and your family,

The reason I write you this letter is because I needed a trust worthy person that can handle this issue with care and carry out my instructions and directives with sincere heart I am Mrs Blessing a Greece citizen living in Lome Togo, I’m 42 years old widow suffering from a long time cancer of the breast in addition to high blood pressure. Reference to the doctor’s confirmation that I have less than three months to live, So I have decided to Donate €3.000.000.00, which I deposited in my bank for the help of orphans and the less privilege through you for the work of humanity in the society as I don’t have a child that will inherit my wealth when I’m no more alive, I know too well that this project will make you have limited access to your own activities, so I permit you to take 10% of this fund for your faithful time/commitment and use the rest for the work of humanity to fulfill my last wish on earth.reply E-mail(maxwelblessing@yahoo.com) or (blessingmax7@gmail.com)

Your Sister
Mrs Blessing.

D-Dan Sent right nowStar
Oooh, I can’t wait, free money. There are no thoughts of a Nigerian scam in my mind at all.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.
June 5, 2017 at 9:41 pm #8648
D-Dan
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Oh, missed the other thread. Ignore me.

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.
June 5, 2017 at 9:43 pm #8650
D-Dan
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Aww, am I not going to get my £300k?

Arch Linux, on a Ryzen 7 1800X, 32 GB, 5 (yes -5) HDs inc 5 SSDs, 4 RPi 3Bs + 1 RPi 4B - one as an NFS server with two more drives, PiHole (shut yours), Plex server, cloud server, and other random Pi stuff. Nice CoolerMaster case, 2 x NV GTX 1070 8GB, and a whopping 32" AOC 1440P monitor.
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