Mr. Pinball's Blacklist--Index of Scammers--Individual Email for Scammer--"Joe O'Brien" <joe.obrien010@gmail.com>

Scammer email posted Sat Nov 15 00:43:19 2025

Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2025 06:18:35 +0000
From: "Joe O'Brien" 
Subject: Re: Hello!

Hi

Thanks for your prompt response. As you already know, my name is Joe
O'Brien. I work with the Minister of State at the Department of Rural
and Community Development and the Department of Social Protection, with
special responsibility for Community Development and Charities, as well
as the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration, and
Youth, with special responsibility for Integration.

I am in the position to facilitate the immediate transfer of
Twenty-Seven Million Euros to any of your nominated bank accounts in
any part of the world so long it can accommodate it and, most
importantly, so long you are in total control of your account, this
does not mean that I am going to be requesting for your banking
information rather the paying bank will be the one to set up online
access for you to carry out the transfer yourself into any bank account
of your choice.

This is an over-invoiced payment from a past contract executed in my
office department. To complete this transaction, I will need to present
you as a foreign contractor who will provide a bank account to receive
the funds. Documentation for the claim of the funds will be processed
and documented legally. I would appreciate your full cooperation and
compliance for the mutual benefit of both parties.

We can discuss the details further if you are interested in working
with me to secure these funds, and you will not regret this
life-changing opportunity. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Regards,
Joe O'Brien
Department of Rural and
Community Development.
Leinster House
Kildare St Dublin 2
D02 XR20
Ireland.

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If you received an email like this you have several choices.

Ignore the scammer. Do not respond to emails. Just delete them.
Respond, but only to lead the scammer on--to get a counterfeit check, to report stolen credit card numbers, and to waste the scammer's time. Time spent trying to scam you is time not spent scamming someone else.
Report the scammer to us and we'll post their emails so others will know about that scammer.

Whichever option you choose make sure you do the following:

DO NOT educate the scammer in any way. Educating a scammer makes them better at scamming the next person.
DO NOT let the scammer know that YOU KNOW they are a scammer. The scammer will always be nice to you if they think there's a chance they may still be able to scam you. If they know they've been discovered they will often threaten you. Their threats are empty, but are scary to some people.
DO NOT give the scammer any personal information that they cannot find in a phone book (name, address, and phone.) Feel free to give them lots of incorrect information.

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Mr. Pinball's Blacklist--Index of Scammers--Individual Email for Scammer--"Joe O'Brien" <joe.obrien010@gmail.com>

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