I don't know what can be done about this, but I received one of those Nigerian money scam lookalikes in my inbox.

I assume the party must be registered with you to send me an email.

Thanks for your attention,
Derald

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Derald (and anyone else who may be reading this):

This is a problem that we've recently become aware of here at WebProWorld. We banned one member earlier this morning, and are investigating others at the moment.

We do not appreciate people using WebProWorld as a basis for sending spam or scam messages, either by private message, email, or posting in the forums. If you are found to be in violation of the forum rules, you will receive a warning from a moderator, and if the behavior does not stop, it may lead to the possible deletion of your WebProWorld account.

Members, if you know of anyone whom you believe to be spamming the WebProWorld community in any of the ways listed above, please don't hesitate to let us know. You may send me a private message or email, or post here in the Suggestions and Comments forum.

I'm sorry for any inconvenience but we ARE taking this problem very seriously. We want to keep this community as friendly and helpful as possible.

Thanks,

Brittany

No harm no foul...just thought you would want to know....enjoy the site.

Derald

FROM: LINDA OJIME
.Abidjan,Rep of Cote d'ivoireEmail liojme@yahoo.fr
DEAR Sir

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into
business relationship with you. I got your name and
contact from the internet when i was searching for a
reliable and trustworthy person and I prayed over it
and selected your name among other names due to its
esteeming nature and the
recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust
worthy person that I can do business with and by the
recommendation , I must not
hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere
business .

I am FROM:LINDA OJIME the only daughter of late Mr. and
Mrs.PETER OJIME . My father was a very wealthy
cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of
Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his
business associates on one of their outings on a
business trip .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my
father took me so special. Before the death of my
father on November 2000 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and
told me that he has the sum of Six million ,five
hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD($6.500,000)
left in fixed / suspense accountin one of the prime
bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his
only daughter for the next of Kin indepositing of the fund.
He also explained to me thatit was because of this
wealth that he was poisoned by his business
associates. That I should seek for a foreign partner
in a country of my choice where i will transfer this
money and use it for investmentpurpose such as real
estate management or hotel management.

Sir, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the
following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money
would be transferred to .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am
only 21 years.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit in your country.

Moreover, sir i am willing to offer you 15% of the
total sum as
compensation for your effort/input after the
successful transfer of
this fund into your nominated account overseas.

Furthermore, you indicate your option towards
assisting me as I believe that this transaction would
be concluded
within fourteen (14) days you signify interest to
assist me.
Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,

FROM:LINDA OJIME
liojme@yahoo.fr

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Am I having a twilight zone moment here or not? This is what we don't need in this forum. I would suggest that the rules of the forum be amended in this manner:
Anyone using this forum to solicit the transfer of money legal or otherwise, be immediately deleted from this forum. No second chances. Period.

That fact that they would promote it speaks volumes to their motives.

I'm here to forward my business venture, expand my web-related knowledge, and offer my assistance to my colleagues.

Derald

I think swstyles was posting one he'd just received - not one he'd made earlier.

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And that is exactly what we are doing.

I don't send members polite private messages if I KNOW that they are trying to scam WebProWorld. Instead, I just politely delete them from our community.

Brittany

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I've collected 4 now, and also got one that claimed to be from another member of this forum. The name of the person they used is now a moderator. They picked the wrong guy this time I guess...

peace...Paul

Just to clarify... the spammer sent the email TO the moderator (the moderator had nothing to do with the email)

What am I missing here?

As an anonymous 'Guest' and you're here to promote YOUR business venture~(hopefully for the transfer of money)
O.K. I get this, this is sarcasm, right?

All sw did was SPAM the forum.
What he (sw) posted surely wasn't meant to be taken seriously.

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Yes you missed the PM that many of us recieved. I don't think anyone was blaming SWstyles of spamming the forum. IT was pretty clear to me he was just posting one he had recieved.

Also the messages from guest are actually Derald I tyhink he forgot to login ;)

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Thanks for clearing that up, Steven!

sw is one of our most valued posters, he was just posting a message he'd received in his inbox, to make everyone aware of what was going on.

Whenever you receive private messages or emails like that from other WebProWorld members, we do ask that you either post them here (preferably in this thread!) or forward them to me, so that we can take care of the problem posters.

Hope that helps!

Brittany

I received an identical one to SWstyles. Brit would you like to repost it, forward it, or do you just want to add a mental tally mark?

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Steven,

I thought you meant you'd received a NEW spam message! If you're just referring to the one swstyles posted, then don't worry about reposting it. I already banned lojime and his/her email address, as well as reporting the email address to Yahoo! France.

I also banned another member today and reported THAT email address to Yahoo! France as well. Perhaps it's just lojime in disguise, back for round two? Who knows....

BUT If you have received any NEW spam PMs/emails please forward them to me or post them here in this thread.

Thanks!

From: snoo
To: FingerNailFixer
Posted: Tue Nov 18, 2003 2:35 pm
Subject: Good day.
No 15 Rue Majek Peres,
cocody Abidjan
Cote D' ivoire.
Tel:. 225 05899754.

Dear Sir,

Good day.
I mailing you so that you can come quickly to our aid as I have intention of establishing in your country. I am aware you do not know me but relationship most time starts unannounced.
My name is Steve Ngora, the son of Kolo Ngora an
exporter of cocoa, coffee and importer of Thailand
rice based in buoake a major city in Cote D' Ivoire.
My late father met his untimely death as a result of
the political crisis which rocked my country Cote
D´Ivoire on the 19th of september 2002.After 3 days the rebels took over Bouaké one of the major cities in the northern part of Cote D´Ivoire. My father left one morning to monitor his warehouse not knowing that it has been occupied by the rebels .As he approached his office the rebels opened fire and wounded my father with one of his staff. He died at the hospital as a result of bleeding as there is no medical staff to attend to him .
The news got to us the following day and I and my
mother arranged ourselves and headed to the capital
city Abidjan for safety with the aid of the French
military men.
Before we left we searched his room and discovered
some of this important documents which include the
deposit Receipt he used to deposit $ 7.6 million in a prime bank here in Abidjan. The fund is deposited in a suspense account and my name is used as the
beneficiary of the fund.
Due to the situation of the civil war here, I and my
mother have decided to transfer the fund to your
country for investment purposes.

We intend to establish in your country and we need your help in the management and investment of the fund.

We will want you to consider the proposal and get in
touch with us within 4days of receiving this mail,then we can issue you the contacts of the bank and the receipt given to my late father when he deposited the fund in suspense account with the bank. We will compensate you based on our agreement with you and my mother.

We are keenly waiting for your response. You can reach us with this telephone number +225 05899754 or email address;

stevengora00@yahoo.fr.

Regards.

Steve.
Tel:+225 05899754

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Just to let everyone know, snoo was banned yesterday shortly after 2:30 pm. If anyone is continuing to receive messages from him/her, please let me know ASAP!

Thanks,

Brittany