WTF!! Annoying Engineer Emails!

ok i keep getting these crazy emails and they are identical except for the name and photos...i have never replied back to either of them...Does this look familiar to anyone? As im sure this is not legit, it got me thinking...what kind of scam are they trying to pull? or what are they hoping to accomplish?

1st email frm "engineer mark"
HELLO,
I AM ENGINEER MARK WILLIAMS FROM UK,YOU CAN REACH ME ON (+44702408412) I WILL NEED YOU ON MY VACATION TOUR TO AFRICA ON THE 14TH OF MAY AND I WILL BE THERE FOR 8DAYS, I WILL NEED YOU TO ESCORT ME TO AFRICA IN NIGERIA. JUST
CHECK YOUR ADS OUT AND FOUND YOU SO COOL AND DECIDED PICK YOU .PLEASE
MAIL ME BACK IF YOU WANT TO GO WITH ME. I AM READY TO OFFER YOU A GOOD
SUM. HOPE 2,000 POUNDS PER DAY FOR ONE WEEK (8DAYS) IS OK. AND AN
UPFRONT WILL BE PAID TO YOU EVEN BEFORE YOU LEAVE YOUR STATE.ALL
NECESSARY DOCUMENT WILL BE ARRANGED BY ME SO FEEL FREE TO GET BACK TO
ME ASAP. LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING BACK FROM YOU. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME
ONLY IF YOU ARE WILLING TO GO WITH ME . PLEASE DO GET BACK TO ME ASAP
BECAUSE OF OTHER THINGS AT HAND BECAUSE AM ALWAYS BUSY.LOL

2nd email frm "engineer mark"
Hello,
I'm happy to hear back from you and here is my pics...All is going to
be well and all i need from you is to escort me down down there and
gimme me a maximum massages. All you need to do now is to get prepared
for this trip as there is no time to waste at all.
I just make an inquiry now with a traveling agency down there in
Africa , which i was told that you will surely need an Africa/Nigeria
Visa which i have already spoke with a Travelers Agency down there in
African so they told me all what it required of me to do. so i will
get that done on my side as soon as possible.
All you need to do now is to get back to them on their email link (
falcontravelconsultant@live.co m ) just notify them you are from
Engineer Mark. OK.
Also about your upfront and ticket fees , it will be when your visa
has been processed successfully and posted to you. Payment will be
strictly via western union and your visa Batch number will be your
test question and answers. OK. please if you are OK with this you can
get back to the travelers agency asap for prompt processing to
begins.
Regards.
Engineer Mark
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1st (and only) email frm "engineer linda"
Hello,
I'm happy to hear back from you and here is my pics...All is going to
be well and all i need from you is to escort me down down there and
gimme me a maximum massages. All you need to do now is to get prepared
for this trip as there is no time to waste at all.
I just make an inquiry now with a traveling agency down there in
Africa , which i was told that you will surely need an Africa/Nigeria
Visa which i have already spoke with a Travelers Agency down there in
African so they told me all what it required of me to do. so i will
get that done on my side as soon as possible.
All you need to do now is to get back to them on their email link (
falcontravelconsultant@live.co m ) just notify them you are from
Engineer Linda. OK.
Also about your upfront and ticket fees , it will be when your visa
has been processed successfully and posted to you. Payment will be
strictly via western union and your visa Batch number will be your
test question and answers. OK. please if you are OK with this you can
get back to the travelers agency asap for prompt processing to
begins.Also i wont be able to answer your call because im presently at
the site and i don't want my boss to know anything about these Okay?So
do get back to me via Email...
Regards.
Engineer Linda.
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So are you choosing Engineer Mark or Engineer Linda?

Go with Linda, Mark looks like a tool

Scary, to say the least. Over there, anything can and do happen.
One way ticket, I bet.

You recognize these e-mails as spam, right? I get two dozen e-mails a day that are obvious spam from the subject titles alone (really, do hot Ukranian women want to guzzle my man juice?). Just block them and move on. Or ignore them. I do admit I find the subject titles amusing.

apparently someone who doesnt speak fluent english and thinks africa is a country.

"I just make an inquiry now with a traveling agency down there in
Africa , which i was told that you will surely need an Africa/Nigeria
Visa which i have already spoke with a Travelers Agency down there in
African"

scam, pure and simple.
either just delete them from you inbox.
or string them along.
but it will take time/energy on your part to do so.
time/energy that, imho, would be better spent corresponding w/ guys here in dallas for encounters.

what kind of scam are they trying to pull? or what are they hoping to accomplish?

If you agree to make the trip, they will prepay with a money order, which they will ask you to cash then send the travel fees to the travel agency. Let's say you get paid $10,000, and the travel fees are $2000. You will cash the $12,000 money order at your bank and send the $2000 to the travel agency.

You won't hear from them but a month later your bank will inform you that the money order was counterfeit. So you're out the $2000 plus any bank fees.

It's just another advanced-fee fraud, one of many different variations. It's been going on for years.

Engineer Bojulay says don't do it.

Cool tie on Engineer Mark though.
He looks like a cut up.
Bet he gets lots of laughs from the other people on his train.

Was selling a car on CL about 4-5 years ago and was sent one of the typical spam emails.

But I decided to play along and created a temp email to use so I didn't give up my real one.

The check they sent me was as noted above, 2K more than the car value with the typical blah blah about an error and could I cash it and wire the money back.

Called the bank and informed them. Thy directed me to the FBI that told me that since the check was mailed from Canada, crossing our border meant they could not help.

Company it was drawn on was HUGE with a lot of cash in and out.

I was tempted to have some illegal take it and cash it for me but instead I simply have it framed in my office area.

Didn't cost me a dime, just time replying and cost the scammer at least a buck in postage so I guess I sort of won.

There are plenty of sites devoted to ways for screwing with those scammers.

Here's another example of how they get you to wire them money by sending you fake money orders:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQyLB...eature=related

What kind of engineer's are they?

They try to engineer a SCAM!!! I am sure they have a degree in BSing.

they probably want you to go over there so they can kidnap you and sell your ass to someone else.

these emails go directly to my inbox NOT my spam....i NEVER check my spam due to these types of emails. sigh...they found my inbox! They also sent me a passport application from the embassy. ~giggles~

they probably want you to go over there so they can kidnap you and sell your ass to someone else. Originally Posted by sroach23

fuck that! im the only 1 selling this a*#