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You’ll be pleased to know I’ve found my Prince...

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BeautyQueenIamNot · 07/04/2021 14:14

All I need to do is transfer him some money Hmm surely my Prince Charming should have enough money to pay for his flight

And I’ve also been watching porn and someone is going to send a video to all my contacts if I don’t pay £1000...

Where the heck do these people get my email address from?!?

Feel like I’m part of the club now I’ve got the emails

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Eggsley · 07/04/2021 14:18

Ah, but have you inherited a fortune from a relative in a far flung location? I was lucky enough to be tracked down out of the many millions of people who share my (extremely common) surname. I just needed to send over £100 to show I had a bank account and then I would inherit millions.

expectopelargonium · 07/04/2021 14:29

One of my customers at work emailed me the other day saying they had tried to pay and the bank had rejected their payment, so could I please click on this link and fill in all the bank details etc again.

"Oh yeah?" I thought. What gave the game away was that this customer never pays on time, let alone early. Grin

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BeautyQueenIamNot · 07/04/2021 15:19

@Eggsley no I haven’t had that one yet I shall look forward to my long lost relatives contacting me Grin

@expectopelargonium glad you didn’t pay!! That’s the kinda one which I would fall for

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LeeluTheNarwhal · 07/04/2021 15:25

I'm in line for $7.75 million apparently. I'm not sure what that is in pounds right now and if I could be arsed I'd be asking what the deal was. Grin

You’ll be pleased to know I’ve found my Prince...
Eggsley · 07/04/2021 17:04

@BeautyQueenIamNot my deceased relative was based in Singapore. I found it strange that the relative was not also my husband's relative, as it was my married surname that enabled them to find me, but who am I to question their methods of tracing relatives?! I haven't got round to sending the required £100 to the person who tracked me down yet though, and as several years have passed I suspect he has spent my millions himself. Oh well.

GrannieD · 07/04/2021 19:21

I think the taxman fancies me cos he texts about 10 times a day......

isseys4xmastinselcats · 07/04/2021 20:37

gosh you havent had the highly trained weapons expert who is in the middle east army but he comes from USA is a widower who flattered you to the hilt then (lol) asked you to top up his mobile phone so he could speak to his boss funnily enough he disapeared pronto when told no i dont have enough money to pay my own phone bill (at the time true)

Ellenthegenerous · 07/04/2021 20:50

Well apparently I have several small fortunes in Bitcoin when I wouldn’t have the first clue about actually buying any

Needahand42 · 07/04/2021 20:54

What are you all doing hanging around here not collecting your money!?!?! I've had 4 voicemails over the last couple of months to say I've been caught doing tax fraud and the police are about to visit, I need one of you to pay my lawyers and bail money!!!! Although I think the police must have not knocked hard enough because I haven't heard anyone turn up Grin

Spied · 07/04/2021 20:59

There's a parcel waiting for me at Royal Mail.
I just need to send them my bank details so they can take the 1.99 handling charge.....

APheasantPluckersSon · 07/04/2021 20:59

A few years ago I rather meanly ignored the cry for help to get a stranded Nigerian astronaut back to earth. Poor soul had apparently been stranded there since the late 90’s or something. Obviously meant he had a fair few years of unused salary (no shops in space) which he would split with me, if I helped get him back to earth. Luckily some kindly friends could send up food parcels to him now and then, so that’s how he survived but he was keen to return. I wonder if he eventually made it back home to earth 🤔

jannyapple · 07/04/2021 21:01

I'm in the same boat ! Apparently my NI number has been arrested !!!

Hoppinggreen · 07/04/2021 21:03

Well MY national insurance number has been used in multiple fraud cases on the North border of Wales.
It’s fine though because if I call this number they will sort it out for me and the warrant will be cancelled

Breathmiller · 07/04/2021 21:05

It's so good to hear all these opportunities for you to find your fortune. All well deserved of course.

I have been #blessed to have had a few emails from Mrs Gaddafi offering me part of her late husband's fortune to help pass it on to those less fortunate, taking a massive amount for myself of course for doing such important work. I feel like we are best friends now and have the kettle on just in case my new BFF pops in soon.

SheldonesqueIsAlmostHuman · 07/04/2021 21:10

You are all a bunch of bastards - I never get offers of free money.

I haven’t been wooed by a conman pretending to be a soldier.

And I’ve never had a penii-pic.

If anyone threatened me with porn pic reveals I’d be amazed. But then ask them how they could ever tell the difference between my body and one of those sewage fatbergs.

Because I can’t.

HmmDontKnow · 07/04/2021 21:12

Have had from Amazon, Instagram, PayPal and others where my email came with a link to click. Apparently should take me to my account. Only I don't click links straight from email. I go to the website directly to check the "problem".

I also take a look at the email addresses just for fun. Names show the right companies but within the email address is a weird combination of random letters and numbers instead of a straightforward genuine one. I never reply.

AliasGrape · 07/04/2021 21:14

I could earn up to 9k a week trading in oil apparently. On the downside though my netflix Amazon and PayPal accounts have all been suspended. Swings and roundabouts.

MerryGoRoundBrain · 07/04/2021 21:16

I am getting several phone calls a day, especially the automated one about my NIN getting up to no good in Wales. Where the fuck do these people get my number from??
Also a fake Hermes text and several fake emails from Amazon. That’s just this week. Fuck me.

HmmDontKnow · 07/04/2021 21:20

Have gotten many calls from the UK over the years - a woman telling me that I've been in an accident and they're here to help me claim compensation.

As soon as I say the same back to her and tell her I'd rather help her claim for the accident she's been in, she hangs up. I don't know why, I was only trying to help.

JetBlackSteed · 07/04/2021 21:27

I know your post is tongue in cheek OP, but if you put your email address into the search field at "have I been pwned.com" it'll tell you where it was breached. Won't make this a clicky link, cos you shouldn't click an untrusted link 😂
It's safe, was developed and run by a trusted security person. Google it first to be sure.

Also, they get your email address from other companies and businesses and friends who have you stored as a contact in the address book.

Your email is worth about a dollar, until you reply or otherwise respond (maybe with an out of office) and then it's worth about 5 dollars. This is cos they can get more for a verified human at the other end rather than a machine.

fairydustandpixies · 07/04/2021 21:30

I had an email today telling me that my HSBC bank account had been accessed by an unknown device and to click on the link if it wasn't an authorised payment. I was quite excited as I don't bank with HSBC but they obviously have some money in an account for me 😁

LoveFall · 07/04/2021 21:52

Yesterday an unknown number left a garbled voice mail in a mechanical voice telling me to immediately press 1 to speak to their fraud investigator. I didn't call back.

I get frequent texts directing me to click on a link to get money refunded.

I think they just use random numbers.

Frownette · 07/04/2021 21:58

He was after me the other day. He's not very loyal. Doesn't make you feel cherished.

Unsuremover · 07/04/2021 22:02

I liked the one at my last job that had video of me doing “unspeakable” things at such and such time and if I didn’t sent them £1000 they’d email it to all my contacts. Really tickled me because the most unspeakable thing I did was dip a Mars bar in my coffee which probably would have grossed a few people out.

Eggsley · 08/04/2021 10:35

@Unsuremover Mars bar dipped in coffee actually sounds quite nice!