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Silliest scam ever?

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Thought I'd post a fun message I got from my old friend Tahaila Van Kleef :D This is probably the worst scam ever. I pity the fool how buys this.

Dear Great_osiris,

Hi! Where are you, haven't seen you for a long time, how is it going?
I called you yesterday, but you did not answer. The case is urgent so I decided
to contact you via email. Guess, what I'm writing from? From my new notebook
which my friends presented me the last week! They told me some interesting news:
the other day they saw a report on the TV about a company which declared search
of business partners worldwide.

My friends have entered their partnership program and got the opportunity to
take financial credit of $150,000.00 USD and opened their first computer shop.
I also decided to become part of this business. All this is so simple that
even I understood the basics. Unbelievable but it really works! Now I do all the
paperwork to get financial credit. Take a look at their website:

http://www.esprino-group.com

This is the best offer I've seen in my life and I assure you that it works!
If you have problems with money at the moment, don't worry, i will pay for your
initial order from the credit I've took, after that you can take your own
credit, this is the way my friends became official partners of the company and
opened their computer shop without investing their money. Call me as soon as
possible, the business worth it.

Oh and this month they give expensive presents to their new partners.

Check this link right now: http://www.esprino-group.com

I'm so sorry I have taken so long to reply to your e-mails. When I received you
last one, I was just about to leave work and go on holidays and I was extremely
busy. When I returned from Holiday's I got your e-mail but I thought I would
wait to I went back to work to e-mail you so I could send you photos as the
hotmail account takes so long to upload them.

Love to all

Tahaila Van Kleef
Executive Support Officer
Director-General's Office
Level 13, 111 George Street

P.S. Please don't forget to visit this site: http://www.esprino-group.com
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And this is a friend?
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:lol:
that's gotta be one of the worst ones! Someone posing as a friend you don't have! BWAHAHA! Or maybe you just forgot! :lol: :P
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It could be confusing. You could easily confuse Tahaila Van Kleef with your other friends Tallulah Van Voof and Mahaila Von Kliff. Such common names.
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It's umbelievable how they can think that anyone will buy this. It's just hilarious :)

Luckily I don't have friends like this. There have been a few loosers who have tried to get me into that Amway crap, one of them was a guy from the place where I worked last summer, the other one was my mother :P
My mom's great but she hasn't got the best of judgement when it comes to these things. She can be fooled into believing stuff quite easily, and she's very stubborn when she's made an opinion on something. No matter how much I try to explain what Amway is all about and show her independent opinions on Amway from knowledgeable people, she just won't change her mind about it.
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Interestingly, I just received an email about another scam that's going around, aimed specifically at men. Watch out for this one, guys!

I am a victim of the latest scam in Calgary which is happening at the Chinook Mall.

Two good looking 18 year old women come up to your car as you are parking. One starts wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, while the other comes to your window saying 'Hi' while bending over with her breasts almost coming out of her blouse - impossible not to look.

When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and beg you for a ride to another mall.

You agree and tell them to sit in the back. On the way they start having sex with each other in the back seat. Then one of them climbs over and performs oral sex on you, while the other one steals your wallet.

Be careful! I was assaulted last Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, but I missed them on Saturday and Sunday.

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djm wrote: I am a victim of the latest scam in Calgary which is happening at the Chinook Mall.

Two good looking 18 year old women come up to your car as you are parking. One starts wiping your windshield with a rag and Windex, while the other comes to your window saying 'Hi' while bending over with her breasts almost coming out of her blouse - impossible not to look.

When you thank them and offer them a tip, they say 'No' and beg you for a ride to another mall.

You agree and tell them to sit in the back. On the way they start having sex with each other in the back seat. Then one of them climbs over and performs oral sex on you, while the other one steals your wallet.

Be careful! I was assaulted last Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, but I missed them on Saturday and Sunday.

djm
Oh hot damn! :D
Willing and ready to be scammed, right here!
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Henke wrote: No matter how much I try to explain what Amway is all about and show her independent opinions on Amway from knowledgeable people, she just won't change her mind about it.
Amway = Evil......
....oh, wait, sorry, that was Procter and Gamble. My bad........ :D
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Howcome we don't have scams like that in Sweden? :(
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Post by raindog1970 »

I got the exact same e-mail today from 'Tahaila Van Kleef'... it's nice to get such fantastic offers from friends you didn't even know existed! :lol:
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Oh gee - I'm her friend too! :o
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I'm betting the Chinook Mall thing is an urban legend.
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Post by Jack »

I never, ever get these kinds of emails. The only people who ever email me are my mom, one friend here at school, and Jerry Freeman. :P

BUT--and this is the important part--the next fish I get (probably tomorrow) I am going to name Tahaila Van Kleef.
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emmline wrote:I'm betting the Chinook Mall thing is an urban legend.
I am sure it is.

Trust me, no matter how much you might wish, things like that just never happen in real life.

:twisted:

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peeplj wrote:
emmline wrote:I'm betting the Chinook Mall thing is an urban legend.
I am sure it is.

Trust me, no matter how much you might wish, things like that just never happen in real life.

:twisted:

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But it WOULD be interesting to see how "Myth-Busters" would test it! :lol: :lol:
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