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They made this lottery scam e-mail short and sweet.
——– Original Message ——– Subject: notification (12-Aug-2005 18:30) From: adexec_data_bv@handbag.com To: undisclosed-recipients
Sequel to the annual lottery draw of the above named establishment in europe,conducted on the 10th of August ,2005.I am glad to notify you that your e-mail address attached to ticket No ;627462108TW won in the third category a lump-sum of Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars(USD850,000;00).
Congratulations and be advised to keep confidential till your prize is processed to avoid multiple applications/filings.All participants were selected randomly by a computer software ballot device.
This promotion is sponsored by a group of corporate establishments and accedited charitable organisations in Europe.
Be informed that a minimum of 10% of your prize must be donated to a remarkable charity organisation in your locality.To file for your claim, please contact your fiducial agent;
Mrs Mary de Vries,Adexec Consultant 11(e-mail;fiducialagent03@adexec.com)
Congratulations once more,
Sincerely yours’
jan klein
NB;Kindly state your ref No and Ticket No when filing for your claim.
Marriam has added some personal touches to this standard scam e-mail. It really makes to want to help this poor damsel in distress, doesn’t it?
——– Original Message ——– Subject: FROM MARRIAM KAMARA (13-Aug-2005 3:01) From: marriam_kamara@hotdak.net To: undisclosed-recipients
Hello Dear,
Permit me to inform you my heart desire for a business relationship with you. I got your contact when I was searching for a foreign partner here in Abidjan republic of Cote D’Ivoire on my search for honest and reliable person. I prayed over it and decided to confide in you because of your integrity and educational background.
I am Miss MARRIAM KAMARA,( 22 years old ), the only daughter of late Dr and mrs Dikko kamara. My fatherwas a very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Free town, the economic capital of Sierra leone. My father was poisoned to death by his close business associates on one of their outings on a business trip My mother died when I was 9 years old and since then my father took me so special.
Before the Death of My Father last year on August 19th 2004, in a private hospital in Freetown, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me of a deposit of 10,000,000,00 united state dollars (NINE MILLION DOLLARS) he concealed in a metallic Box and deposited with a Security Company in ( Dubai U A E ), not deposited as money but as a family valuables on the 2nd of JANUARY 2003,that he used my name been the daughter as the next of kin when he deposited the money. He told me that because of envy he was poisoned by his close associates.
He also advised me to seek for an honest foreigner in a country of my choice, so that those associates will not hurt me as they have succeeded in poisoning him, it has been difficult to know who is an honest person to assist me in this transaction, and for me to continue silent over looking for assistance while the DUMORAGE is increasing, I decided to make a try from you, I arrived here (ABIDJAN) in a nearby country on the 12th of July 2005 since my uncle wants to kill me because of this certificate of depositsas he have suceeded in collecting all my father’s property left with this money, They continuously mal-treated me, and have made life very unbearable for me. The wife serve me a delicious poisoned rice meal yesterday, but for the Devine mercy the daughter secretly whispered to me not to eat the meal, I wasted the meal to the bin only to find ten dead rat on the bin the following morning and that made me to run away immediately. And i don’t want to stay long here since I know nobody or have much money to pay for hotel bill. Dear, I honourably seek your assistance in the following ways:
1) To stand as my late father’s foreign partner since my late father deposited it to be cleared by his foreign partner and no name was mentioned. 2) To provide an account where we can transfer this money 3) To help me arrange for better establishment. 4) To help me come over to your country to further my education.
Please my intention is not to disturb your Peace,but because l am sincerely in need, And desperately need a solution before my life is wasted because there is war in this country. the most important thing is for you to be aiding me as parent who will directing all my affair. and all my doings in your country. Lastly ,you will promise me that you will not betray or deny me if this my money gets into your hands. Dear, I am ready to offer you 20% of the total money for your help. But if you are not in better position to help. Please let me know. So that I can look for another helper. I am with the certificate of deposit upon demand. I am Looking forward to your kind reply.
It looks as though Eddylee is not getting enough people interested in his deal. This is the second e-mail from his Zwallet account in the last week.
Maybe this time Zwallet will react and close down the e-mail address.
——– Original Message ——– Subject: Cry For Help. (10-Aug-2005 13:34) From: .eddylee@zwallet.com To: xxx@xxx.xxx
Dear friend, greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. My name is Eddy Lee I,m a 59 years old man. I am British living in Dubai (United Arab Emirate). I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai. I was also married with two children. My wife and two children died in a car accident six years ago.
Before this happened my business and concern for making money was all I lived for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/ motherless homes. I have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries. Before I became ill, I kept $4.5 Million in a long-term deposit account in a finance/security company . Presently, I,m in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.
Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and the interest accrued from the company and distributes it amongst charity organizations. Use your judgement to distribute the money and feel free to reinburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. . I,m willing to offer you a reward If you are willing to help; please reply as soon as you can. May the good Lord bless you and your family.
This one gets sent out regularly. As such there is nothing new about it.
——– Original Message ——– Subject: CONGRATULATION YOU HAVE WON MICROSOFT LOTTERY (05-Aug-2005 13:30) From: microlottpromomail2005A@go.com To: microlottpromomail2005A@go.com
MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD. PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE (MICROSOFT ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION) FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR, INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT Microsoft B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk. RESULTS FOR CATEGORY “A” DRAWS Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice, the results of the First Category draws of MICROSOFT LOTTERY INT. We are happy to inform you that you have emerged a winner under the First Category, which is part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced today 5th of August 2005. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program. Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529, with serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and consequently won in the First Category. You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize money from 2,000,000 shared among the 2 winners in this category CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank. In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants/nonparticipants of this program. Please contact your claims agent immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice: To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary agent. *********************************************** Mr. Tom Marvin. (Microsoft liason office for lottery) microinternetlot@sify.com 1156 H T NL-6400 AA SITTARD AMSTERDAM,THE NETHERLANDS. Tel.:+31-621-938-273. *********************************************** You are advised to contact the agents by email within a week of receiving this notice. Failure to do so may warrant disqualification. NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent. REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04 BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program. Sincerely Yours, Mr.Eric Brown. THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,MICROSOFT INT. N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Contact your fiduciary agent immediatly.
This is an example of “I’ve-got-unclaimed-money-and-need-someone-to-tranfer- it-to” type of scam.
The only difference is, that they are claiming the money belonged to a deceased Iraqi and not an american or european business man.
—–Ursprüngliche Nachricht—– Von: cheung pui [mailto:cheung190@internux.web.id] Gesendet: Sonntag, 7. August 2005 05:29 Betreff: MR. CHEUNG PUI
MR. CHEUNG PUI HANG SENG BANK LTD. Sai Wan Ho Branch 171 Shaukiwan Road Hong Kong. cheung190@walla.com Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr. Cheung Pui director of operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd,Sai Wan Ho Branch.I have a obscured business suggestion for you.
Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Major Fadi Bassem who was with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war . Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the Major and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home.
After further investigation it was also discovered that Major Fadi Bassem did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the to the laws of my country at the expiration 4 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that you will be able to receive his funds.
WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem , all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.
There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.
Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall then negoiate the sharing ratio. Should you be interested please send me your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication and I will provide you with more details of this operation. Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.please contact me via this E-mail:cheung190@walla.com
Despite that, this type of story crops regularly. The west African countries, which have been, or still are, more or less involved in internal strife, are the ideal background for all sorts of fables and stories based on fact, but adapted to suit the means of the sender.
Some even quote news websites where the stories are written in detail. Don’t forget they are only using the basic story. There is no truth in what they offer.
——– Original Message ——– Subject: very urgent (06-Aug-2005 14:52) From: jgkallon2000@latinmail.com To: jgkallon2000@latinmail.com
Attn: Please
It is our pleasure to contact you, so that we can elaborate on our problems, since we cannot be able to see you face to face at first, with tears in our eyes because of fighting in our country. We are James and Gheselyn Kallon, we hail from Sierra Leone, but lived in Abidjan, Cote d’ Ivoire.
Our Father was a Limited Liability Gold and Diamond Merchant and also a Cocoa Businessman in the Republic of Cote d’ Ivoire, he went on one of his business trips to Bouaké where he was assasinated by the Rebels when they attacked Bouaké, Cote d’Ivoire.He was rushed to the private clinic where he later died.
Before his death he told me that he deposited the sum of US$5,800.000.00 USD. in a security company in Cotonou-Benin Republic, so I want you to please assist us transfer this money into your account as our Late Fathers foreign business Partner, so that you can invest this money in any good business in your country for us and also assist us to travel to your country to continue our school because we have no one here to care for us.
If our people know about this, they will want to kill us. We are presently in a refugee camp in the country. We promise you, immediately this money is transfered into your account, and we come to your country,we will give you some 20% for assisting us to do this.
Please do not take advantage of our condition in the name of God. If you are willing to assist us, please do not hesitate to contact us immediately through our alternative email: jgkallon2001@inbox.com
For more information, Your kind attention and assistance will be appreciated.
Don Pedro sent me this e-mail 8 times! Apart form that, this is just another lottery scam e-mail.
——– Original Message ——– Subject: CONGRATULATION!!! (06-Aug-2005 14:27) From: andaluciaseguro@netscape.net To: xxx@xxx.xxx
CASA DE LA PRIMITIVA C/ PEREZ Nº-122, 28019 MADRID-ESPANA. TEL:+34-654-191-722.
FROM: THE PROMOTION DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT FILE NO:RLH-22-48-K19-88. TICKET NO:62-994.
ATTENTION :
RE:AWARD NOTIFICATION,FINAL NOTICE: We are pleased to inform you of the release of the results of the EL GORDO LOTERIA PRIMITIVA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM held on the 28th July-.2005. Your name attached to ticket number 62-994 With serial number 3112-66 drew the Lucky numbers 7-0-16-3-10-24 Which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of EUR 615,800:00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED, EUROS ) in cash credited to File No: RLH-22-48-K19-88. This is from a total cash prize of ( 15,368,770:00) FIFTEEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY EIGHT THOUSAND,SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY EUROS ONLY) Shared among the seventeen international winners in this category CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your fund is now deposited with a security company insured to your name. due to mixed up of some Numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been Processed and your money remitted to your nominated account as this is a part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by other participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 names from asia, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and North America as part of our international promotions program Which we conduct once every year. We hope that with a part of your prize, you will take part in our end of year high stake 1,3 billion international lottery. To begin your claim, please contact your claims agent. DON MARTIN PEREZ (foreign operation manager) ANDALUCIA SEGUROS INT S.A. On TEL:+34-655-629-095 and FAX:+34-940-465-264.They are responsible for your processing and Remittance of your winning money to your designated account of your choice. Remember that all prize Money must be claimed before on the (31-08-2005).After this date all funds will be returned to the ministry of ECONOMY Y HACIENDO as unclaimed. NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays. if there is any change of address, please do inform your Claims agent, please remember to quote your File and Ticket numbers in every correspondence With us or your agent.Please include your fotocopy of your passport for verification of your winning, Congratulations again from all members of our staff and thank you for being a part of our promotion Program. NOTE: Contact your claim agent during working hour from 8 A.M.TO 9.P.M.EUROPE TIME. Reply e-mail,andaluciaseguro@netscape.net PRICE CLAIM TRACK Nº:9540772140 DON ALEX RENO ALVAREZ (Promotion Director)
Oh yes, this is a lottery scam or fraud e-mail! What’s new is, they say you are have won a consolation prize! This is the first time I have been a runner up.
They go on to say that they only set up this lottery to finance noble deeds. Great, if you believe that, you will also believe the story about their “E-games Random Selection System (ERSS)”.
Note the small mistake when they speak of the prize money? It is then a “consultation” and not “consolation” prize.
Last but not least the have a “DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU)” which is another term for payment agent, security or escrow company. Sounds impressive doesn’t it?
It is part of the scam, and usually tricks victims into paying twice or more …
——– Original Message ——– Subject: CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE!!! (04-Aug-2005 15:44) From: dehuuge10@go.com To: dehuuge10@go.com
CONGRATULATION!!! AWARD NOTIFICATION.
GALI EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL -wheel E-game 2005,
Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, GALI EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 4th AUGUST 2005 GALI EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL-wheel E-game, which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The Netherlands.
Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits. It major aim is to promote music, theater, art, literature, projects in the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as science, research, and higher education.
We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize winners Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL897-4321NL and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game.
Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consultation cash prize of US $ 1. 500,000.00 (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) only. The GALI EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL Group. BV, have approved a payout of your consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes for the claims of your consultation prize.For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent no later than 4TH of SEPTEMBER 2005.
For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the GALI UC AGENCY BV.Information Officer Mr. Mark Moody who has been assigned to assist you. COMPANY: GALI UC AGENCY B.V NAME: MR. MARK MOODY Contact E-mail: agentmoody07@netscape.net
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your consultation prize winning, we hope you will partake our forth coming GALI EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL-wheel Email-games.
Best Regards Mrs. Julia De Huuge (Group Coordinator) ============================================================================= NB: In accordance with the GALI EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL -wheel E-games policy and regulations,this notification is dispatched directly to only the 45 lucky consultation prize Winners.This notification also contains information that is proprietary, privileged or confidential or otherwise legally exempt from disclosure. If you are not the right recipient whose email address attached to the lucky numbers along with the winning informations you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.
To tell the truth I have never heard a Brit saying he is a Merchant. A Business man? sure.
This is what I mean about the language they use. You get the impression that the usage of old style English is typical of Africans. This type of writing is just not everyday language.
One good thing about it, at least you have can recognise a 419- or Nigerian scam e-mail when you get one.
——– Original Message ——– Subject: Cry For Help ! (04-Aug-2005 20:41) From: .eddylee@zwallet.com To: xxx@xxx.xxx
Dear friend, greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please, consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. My name is Eddy Lee.
I,m a 59 years old man. I British living in Dubai (United Arab Emirate). I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai. I was also married with two children. My wife and two children died in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened my business and concern for making money was all I lived for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/ motherless homes. I have donated some money to orphans in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries. Before I became ill, I kept $4.5 Million in a long-term deposit account in a finance/security company . Presently, I,m in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophageal cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and the interest accrued from the company and distributes it amongst charity organizations. Use your judgement to distribute the money and feel free to reinburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money to charity organizations. .
I,m willing to offer you 30% of the total money.If you are willing to help; please reply as soon as you can. May the good Lord bless you and your family. Regards, Eddy Lee eddylee@zwallet.com
Subject: My dearest , (03-Aug-2005 17:56) From: jabdul2@mynet.com To: undisclosed-recipients
My dearest , May GOD be praised!!! I am Mrs. Josephine Abdul-Salaam , I am married to Ahmed Abdul-Salaam of blessed memory who worked with Kuwait embassy in Madrid Spain for nine years before he died in the year 2000. We were married for eleven years without a child he died after a brief illness that lasted only four days. Before his death he was a very devoted Muslim and I was a devoted Christian by birth battling with both cancer and fibroid problems when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $15million dollars (FIFTEEN million dollars)with a bank in Africa. Presently, this money is still with Bank and Recently, my doctor told me that I had a terminating illness (cancer) that would last for the next four months. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness, having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to either a Christian or muslim organization or individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want this organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund churches,mosques, orphanages, widows and also propagating the word of God and to ensure that the society upholds the views and beliefs of the holy book The holy book emphasized so much on the giving of alms, charity and this has encouraged me intaking this bold step.I took this decision because I don’t have any child to start from and where I will stop and and I don’t want my husband hard earned money to be misused by people that call me an unbeliever. I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an unholy manner hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I know that after deathI will be with God the most high and the most merciful one.I don’t need any telephone communications but will only give you the contact of my lawyer {Barr Amos V. Lyssa }because he is the one who is going to assist you in making you the beneficiary of the consignment in the finance and security firm.With God, I know that all thing are possible and as soon as I receive your reply through my lawyer I will now give him instruction to make you the beneficiary of the consignment and all necessary steps to take before receiving these funds and I shall also give you the contact of the bank I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the original beneficiary of the funds.I want you and the community where you reside to always pray for me.My happiness is that I lived a life of a true devoted person though married to a Muslim, whoever that wants to serve God must serve him in truth and in spirit, please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another person organization or a devoted person for the same purpose.Until I hear from you my dreams will rest squarely on your shoulders,may the Almighty God continue to guide and protect you. Amen. Yours faithfully, Mrs. Josephine Abdul-Salaam . NOTE: BARRISTER LYSSA HAS BEEN A LONGTIME FRIEND OF THE FAMILY AND I CAN VOUCH FOR HIS SINCERITY.
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