"Scammers often rely on the greed and dishonesty of the mark, who may attempt to out-cheat the con artist, only to discover that he or she has been manipulated into losing from the very beginning. This is such a general principle in confidence tricks that there is a saying among con men that "you can't cheat an honest man." - Scams

This book is about dishonesty - from street level to Cyberworld . It describes the common scams in circulation today and their origins. It shows how each fraud is perpetrated and how the informed reader can avoid or at least minimise their losses when faced with the scenario. If after reading this book you still manage to get scammed, you deserve to be put facing a corner with a dunce cap on your head and whipped with your empty wallet !

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Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Fw: Greetings To You


Same old story; different personae.
Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone provided by Airtel Nigeria.

From: Mrs. Johanna Walther <postmasta@kpi.cc>
Date: 22 Aug 2012 02:00:37 +0100
To: <mail@websesame.com>
ReplyTo: mrsjohannawalther@kpi.cc
Subject: Re: Greetings To You

My name is Johanna Walther, a 65 years old US citizen woman with a multiracial heritage of an Afro-German born in Jan. 1947, suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, I am a missionary and I have decided to Willingly Donate the sum of $5.5 Million (Five Million, Five hundred thousand Dollars) to charity and individual through you for the good work of the lord, and to help the motherless, less privileged and also for the assistance of the widows.


My coming in contact with you is solely by the divine will and no doubt about it. Please like i told you earlier I'm a missionary woman from Germany but residing in Ghana for the missionary works.


My husband was an Engineer with an oil company in Ghana, In fact it is too sad to let you know that i lost my dear husband and two kids in a tragic motor accident, and since then i have been battling with this deadly breast cancer disease which most specialist doctors have confirmed that i may not survive no matter what. All i want to do now is to present you as my family next of kin to receive the $5.5 million which me and my husband deposited in a security company. I want you to receive this money and use it to help the less privileges, widows and orphans.


Kindly furnish me your full name and your address also your contact number, so that I will prepare all relevant documents with the assistance of our family lawyer to
effect the release of the fund to you.



Remain blessed.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Johanna Walther