Mr. Pinball's Blacklist--Index of Scammers--Individual Email for Scammer--"JOY JOHNSON" <fhh646yhfh@att.net>

Scammer email posted Wed Dec 4 23:47:45 2013

Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM MARK OBINNA...
Date: Thursday 07 November 2013
From: "JOY JOHNSON" 
To: undisclosed-recipients:

DEAR,

I AM MR. MARK OBINNA A COMPUTER SCIENTIST WITH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. I AM 
26 YEARS OLD, JUST STARTED WORK WITH C.B.N. I CAME ACROSS YOUR FILE WHICH WAS 
MARKED X AND YOUR RELEASED DISK PAINTED RED, I TOOK TIME TO STUDY IT AND 
FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE PAID VIRTUALLY ALL FEES AND CERTIFICATE BUT THE FUND 
HAS NOT BEEN RELEASE TO YOU. THE MOST ANNOYING THING IS THAT THEY CANNOT TELL 
YOU THE TRUTHS THAT ON NO ACCOUNT WILL THEY EVER RELEASE THE FUND TO YOU; 
INSTEAD THEY LET YOU SPEND MONEY UNNECESSARILY.

I DO NOT INTEND TO WORK HERE ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, I CAN RELEASE THIS FUND 
TO YOU IF YOU CAN CERTIFY ME OF MY SECURITY, AND HOW I CAN RUN AWAY FROM THIS 
NIGERIA IF I DO THIS, BECAUSE IF I DON'T RUN AWAY FROM THIS COUNTRY AFTER I 
MADE THE TRANSFER, I WILL BE SERIOUSLY IN TROUBLE AND MY LIFE WILL BE IN 
DANGER. PLEASE THIS IS LIKE A MAFIA SETTING IN NIGERIA; YOU MAY NOT 
UNDERSTAND IT BECAUSE YOU ARE NOT A NIGERIAN.

THE ONLY THING I WILL NEED TO RELEASE THIS FUND IS A SPECIAL HARD DISK WE CALL 
IT (120 GIGS). I WILL BUY TWO OF IT, RECOPY YOUR INFORMATION, DESTROY THE 
PREVIOUS ONE, AND PUNCH THE COMPUTER TO REFLECT IN YOUR BANK WITHIN 24 
BANKING HOURS. UPON CONFIRMATION OF THE HARD DISK I WILL CLEAN UP THE TRACER 
AND DESTROY YOUR FILE, AFTER WHICH I WILL RUN AWAY FROM NIGERIA TO MEET WITH 
YOU. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, DO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME IMMEDIATELY, YOU SHOULD 
SEND TO ME YOUR CONVENIENT TELL FOR EASY COMMUNICATIONS AND ALSO RE CONFIRM 
YOUR BANKING DETAILS.

REGARDS,
MR. MARK OBINNA
POSITION: COMPUTER SCIENTIST.
TELE: +234-708-0376-684

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