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Desmond Uwah - PM Scam



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Thu May 23, 2013 4:59 pm
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Kale says...



Hey everyone. We've recently gotten reports that some of you have received PMs from a member by the name of uwah.

DO NOT CONTACT THEM IN REPLY.

THE PM IS A SCAM.


It is a variation of the ancient Nigerian Scam. Snopes has some lovely information on it, including variants.

If you have already contacted them, please let one of the staff know. We will try to help (though we cannot guarantee anything). At the very least, you should change your bank and contact information ASAP.

The message, for reference:

Spoiler! :
Desmond Uwah.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

Dear, i decided to contact you for friendship and assistace.I am desmond uwah the only son an child of late chief and Mrs Marthias Uwah,my father was put to death by his business associates during the Presidential ellection and during my fathers sickness he called me on his sick bed as his only child because my mother died when i was young and he told me about the money($6.300.000) he deposited in a Bnak here in our country, that he dont know was because of this money he was trying to be kill that if he die i shall look for some one whom i trust to help me transfer this money out of this our country to his account for investment purpose abroad while i will continue my education there, then the person will be managing the investment.So please i want you to hence up to help me to receive this money to your account there in your country becuase there is war here in my country Cote d' ivorie.
Dear am soliciting your assistance to help me transfer this money out of this country for my life sake while i will come to meet you to continue my education in your country.
Dear am looking forward to hear from you so that we can discuss on what will be your compensation for this assistace. As i have all covered documents that relates to this transfer.

Please reply me directely for more details

Email [REDACTED]

Expecting to hear from you.
Thanks
desmond.
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Thu May 23, 2013 5:16 pm
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Dutiful says...



Thats awful! :/
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Thu May 23, 2013 5:19 pm
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ChocoCookie says...



Yeah, I received it and I was all like "Ohmygosh, I should inform all the mods I know!" and BOOM!

Ha! Take that, Uwah. You can't mess with YWS. xD
Last edited by ChocoCookie on Fri May 24, 2013 7:19 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Thu May 23, 2013 7:36 pm
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KingLucifer says...



I mocked this guy, it was a hilarious conversation, because I kept telling him that I never recieved the email. For a moment I thought I actually ticked him off.
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Thu May 23, 2013 7:50 pm
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Nate says...



Thanks Kyllorac for posting this. The Nigerian "princes" must be getting desperate; targeting a site where the average age is 17?

As an update to this, the account in question has been deleted and the IP address banned. If you receive similar PMs in the future, please notify a moderator immediately, and this applies to any odd PM you receive out of the blue. Whenever someone you don't know asks for your name, contact information, or even just where you live, let a moderator know.
  





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Thu May 23, 2013 8:46 pm
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MasterGrieves says...



Oh yeah! This guy! I remember him.
He messaged me and was like, "hello dear", like......huh?
I never got the PM but...I was suspicious. Luckily he was caught and stuff, which is good :D
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Thu May 23, 2013 9:23 pm
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Love says...



I got a variant by email when I was 13, and another this year... Tis fun to mock them ^_^ I actually sent a home-made virus to the latest one to crash their computer. It probably didn't work, but it's worth a try ^_^
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Fri May 24, 2013 1:16 pm
Deadman says...



I got the PM and simply responded by saying. "I have never even spoken to you on this site before......" So I don't think I'm in any danger there.
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Mon May 27, 2013 11:38 am
GlitterGabbi says...



Scary!!! D:)
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Mon May 27, 2013 8:23 pm
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StoneHeart says...



I'd take a PM like this as a complete joke and just reply with a "That was great" and give em a review.

Cuz they need it.
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