Crime Online

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. You can also follow me on Twitter or make me your friend on Facebook. Thanks for visiting!

A damsel in distress is always good for a 419 scam story.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: URGENT (02-Apr-2006 15:46)
From: aminata_boissy@yahoo.ca
To: undisclosed-recipients

ATTN SIR, I am contacting you with reason that we are going to be of a great use to each other. My name AMINATA BOISSY, I am the Daugther of late chief Bagulo BOISSY before his death, my father was the former foreign minister of my country Angola . Before I go into further details please be informed that I am writing without any other person’s pre-knowlegde of my contacting you. Therefore i will appreciate same attitude to be maintained. all through the days before the death of my father he revealed to me about a some that loged in BANK which he deposited with my name in a BANK in Senegal for security reasons the sum of $16m (SIXTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS) which was his own share from a sale of Diamond when he was in the office, After the burial of my late father, I made frantic effort on the best way to handle this money, i sought adviSe from an attorney who advise that I must seek for trustworthy business partner. However, I sincerely ask for your ! assistance to get this fund out of the BANK and your share for assisting me will be 20% of the total sum, 10% will be use for upsetting all the expenses incurred in the course of concluding this venture and the remaining 70% you will help me to invest it in your country. I want to assure you that this transactions is 100% risk free. Incase if you have any question do not hesitate to contact me as I wait for your favourable response.
Best regards
AMINATA BOISSY.

Tags: AMINATA BOISSY, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: 419 scam, Contact, Money, Security Reasons, Yahoo

The "next of kin" deal ranks about second after the Lottery scams. There are apparently so many Engineers who have lost their lives, leaving piles of cash in African banks.

The reason why this ruse is used is obvious. It is very difficult to confirm any details which are used. But, the story sounds good, doesn’t it?

—————– Original Message ———————
Subject: Dear Trusted Friend (31-Mrz-2006 23:21)
From: drandolostony@yahoo.co.uk
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

I have a new email address!

You can now email me at: drandolostony@yahoo.co.uk

From:The Desk of Dr Andolos Tony
Bill And Exchange Manager-(’ADB )
African Development Bank
Republic of Benin. West Africa.

Phone: 00229 97 582 115

Dear Trusted Friend

Compliments of the day. I deceided to contact you after I received a worthy information about your reliability and honesty. Hence I confide in you. I am Dr Andolos Tony ,from (African Development Bank BENIN),Republic of Benin.

During the course of our auditing we discovered the sum of twelve million five hundred thousand united states dollars USD12.500.000.00) floating in an account opened in this Bank since 1997 and as from 2001 nobody has operated on this account again, and after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [HEIR]sept 11th 2001 by plane crash, hence the money is floating.

After due verification I noticed that no other person knows about this account except his wife who was also invovled in the crash, and the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that untill his death he was the Director GOLD ARK [SARL] Since our bank,(African Development Bank )Benin Rep.got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come forward and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and policies but up to date nobody came up to this bank as his next of kin or relative.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or elation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming forth and we don’t want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no one has come up as his relation. And the country law here does not allow such money to stay more than Five years, for the money will be recalled to the government treasury as unclaimed after this period.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send to you the application form,bank’s contact and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized within fourteen banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the deceased.

It has been resolved that 30% will be for you while 10% has been maped out to defray any expences that might be incured during the process of the ransaction.

Then 60% will be for me which shall be release after the funds must have been remitted into your bank account. When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision.

Include your :
1.Private Tel
2.Fax numbers for quick communication.

I will be very happy if you can treat this business with the utmost secrecy it demands because of my position in this bank.

Hoping for a very successful business relationship with you.

Best Regards,
Dr Andolos Tony

Phone: 00229 97 582 115 (direct Line

- Dr Andolos Tony

Tags: Dr Andolos Tony, Next of Kin scam, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: Compliment, United State

Now and then, you get an e-mail which shows you that you are dealing with someone with imagination. This is one of those e-mails.

Damilola starts off by saying he is a lawyer, sorry Barrister, with a side business. He claims to have 3 lucrative mines, but does not have the cash to exploit them.

He then goes on to say a deceased client, a foreign Engineer named John Owen, left a pile of cash in an abandoned account which is being misused by some bad guys. (That sounds familiar doesn’t it?)

What does he want you to do? Just act as the next of kin. Now that does really sound familiar!

Oh, and by the way. This is a "risk free" transaction and no you do not have to travel to Nigeria to do the formalities. That is reassuring …..

—————- Original Message ——————————–
Subject: STRICTLY PERSONAL: FROM BARRISTER DAMILOLA KUNLE (01-Apr-2006 2:40)
From: damilolak1l1@yahoo.co.in
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

I have a new email address!

You can now email me at: damilolak1l1@yahoo.co.in

DEAR FRIEND,

You will certainly be embarrassed by the receipt of this letter since there has never been any prior correspondence with this writer, neither have you met him in person. Well it takes just one day to know somebody and I believe we have got an issue here, which will bring us together. I got your contact via the Internet when I went on a desperate search for somebody who could be my associate in a highly lucrative and fast growing industry here in Nigeria.

I am a Nigerian attorney who is equally passionately in love with the solid mineral business. Presently I have covered three mining sites with large deposits of Copper, Lead, and Tantalite. My only problem has been on the mechanization of the mining activities on these sites in order to meet the huge demands of these precious minerals. At the moment I do not have any physical cash to finance this business but I have an idea on how to raise the needed capital within 14 banking days if you can accept to work with me on a transaction, which I am introducing to you now.

I was the attorney to a certain Australian foreign contractor called Engineer John Owen. This contractor executed a multimillion-dollar contract with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. Outstanding payment due this contractor was US$35,000,000 but this amount was not paid before the sudden death of the contractor in a car crash. Since there were no immediate survivors to inherit this outstanding amount, some dubious, cold blooded and shameless top government official hoodlums have sat on this money for more than Six years now. They have invested this money in some high interest equities in some banks. They have virtually possessed this money.

WHAT I WANT US TO DO. You may be wondering why this concerns you. Well, it does not concerns you but I do not want to seat hear and allow these criminals earn this fund when my outstanding legal fees of US$220,000 had not been paid by the contractor before his death. Officially I cannot lay claims on this fund since I am not the next-of-kin to the late contractor. Over the years I have been strategizing on how to deal with this situation so as to claim this fund. Having devised a perfect plan, I am now contacting you for it to be executed and completed successfully without wasting further time.

If you can act as the next-of-kin to the late contractor, we can pull a High Court Verdict, which shall mandate the payment of this money to you. The High Court judgment should be the Golden key in our hands to possess this fund. I have got the necessary connection to pull a favorable high court verdict but I need any foreign counterpart whom I must present as the next-of-kin to the late contractor. All I need to do is to draft a Petition to the Justice Ministry against the criminals/respondents, presenting you as the next-of-kin and the Applicant. Then we leave the Justice Ministry and the Federal High Court to determine the rightful owner of the fund.

NOTE:

1. This is a risk free transaction that would be protected by the Justice Ministry of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Federal High Court clearance/documents

2. You do not need to travel down to Nigeria during the hearing. Reasons for your absence can be arranged.

3. As the attorney to the late Engineer Owen, all documents relating to this contract are at hand and shall be scanned and forwarded to you so that you may know exactly what I am talking about.

4. You are to set up a new bank account for the purpose of receiving this funds. However, we can avoid delays associated with setting up a new bank account by making use of your current banking co-ordinates if it is capable of accommodating this huge amount. But you must empty the account by withdrawing all your deposits so that we would have the account strictly for this transaction.

5. There shall be an agreement to govern this deal so that no one feels cheated upon the consummation of the transaction. As the next-of-kin, the Nigerian Government Wires the funds into your bank account once the Court has authorized that. If you are not interested in my mining project, then you only need to retain 50% of the money and return 50% to me since I want the proceed to be equally shared. However, if you would want to be my associate in the mining business, you shall proceed down to Nigeria immediately the funds are deposited in your account so that we can discuss on how much to invest there and how much to share among ourselves. Then a Memorandum of Understanding shall be drafted to govern the Mining Company.

Finally, please note that I am in a desperate mission, which I would not allow to be aborted. You have the right to ask for clarification on anything concerning this deal. I also implore you to kindly get back to me even if you are not interested, that will allow me the opportunity to continue my search. I must execute this transaction, as that is the only sure way to actualize my mining dreams, so I need your support. Your comments are anxiously awaited. Email your response to me at: kunlechambers@sify.com

BARRISTER KUNLE DAMILOLA, Esq.

- Kunle Damilola

Tags: Damilola Kunle, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: Nigeria

If you have been following the Crime Online posts, you will already know about the NNPC scams. It was one of the first story types which was ever used. It is surprising that it is still used today.

I have to assume that it must still be working, otherwise the crooks would have dropped it years ago.

————- Original Message ————————-
Subject: Hello Friend (31-Mrz-2006 17:26)
From: calebuzor001@yahoo.co.in
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

I have a new email address!

You can now email me at: calebuzor001@yahoo.co.in

CALEB UZOR
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM COPORATION
B,sc. (UNN) MNIM: MCIA
MANAGER 11, BUDGET AND PLANNING

EMAIL:. calebuzor2003@yahoo.co.uk

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM SENDING THIS MAIL TO YOU BASED ON INFORMATION I GATHERED THROUGH MY PERSONAL RESEARCH. I MUST APOLOGISE FOR USING THIS MEDIUM TO REACH YOU FOR A BUSINESS THAT IS AS BIG AS THIS. PLEASE PARDON MY MEANS OF CONTACTING YOU. I BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION TO HELP US ( I AND OTHER MEMBERS OF MY COMMITTEE) IN OUR BID TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF FOURTY-ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($41.5M USD) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT.

WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET AND PLANNING OF THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM, THIS COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND APPROVAL OF CONTRACTS IN ORDER OF PRIORITIES AS REGARDS CAPITAL PROJECT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA. WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OURSELVES THE SUM OF FOURTY-ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATED DOLLARS(US$41.5M). THIS AMOUNT WAS ACCUMULATED THROUGH UNDECLARED WINDFALL FROM SALES OF CRUDE OIL DURING THE GULF WAR.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ACCOUNT INTO WHICH THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED SINCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR LAWS TO OPERATE FOREIGN ACCOUNT. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH US$8.3 MILLION OF THE REMITTED FUNDS, WE KEEP US$31.125 MILLION WHILE US$2.075 MILLION WILL BE SET ASIDE TO OFFSET EXPENSES AND PAY THE NECESSARY TAXES.

IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT TWO YEARS AGO A SIMILAR TRANSACTION WAS CARRIED OUT WITH ONE MR. PATRICE MILLER, THE PRESIDENT OF CRAINE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORPORATION AT NUMBER 135, EAST 57TH STREET, 28TH FLOOR, NEW YORK. 10022 WITH TELEPHONE(212)308-7788 AND TELEX NUMBER 6731689, AFTER THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTNERS IN WHICH HE WAS TO TAKE 5%. THE MONEY WAS DULY TRANSFERRED INTO HIS ACCOUNT ONLY TO BE DISAPPOINTED ON OUR ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK AS WE WERE RELIABLY INFORMED THAT MR. PATRICE MILLER WAS NO LONGER ON THAT ADDRESS WHILE HIS TELEPHONE AND TELEX NUMBERS HAVE BEEN REALLOCATED TO SOMEBODY ELSE, THAT IS HOW WE LOST US$10.5M TO MR PATRICE MILLER.

THIS TIME AROUND WE NEED A MORE RELIABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY PERSON OR A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO DO BUSINESS WITH HENCE THIS LETTER TO YOU, SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED AND INTERESTED IN THIS DEAL THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU. WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL LET US HAVE OUR SHARE WHEN THIS AMOUNT OF US$41.5M IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE EMAIL, ONLY YOUR RESPONSE SO WE CAN ADVICE YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THE TRANSACTION. ALL MODALITIES OF THE TRANSFER HAVE BEEN WORKED OUT AND ONCE STARTED WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 14 WORKING DAYS WITH THE ABSOLUTE SUPPORT OF ALL CONCERNED. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE.

PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT AND VERY CONFIDENTIAL. GOD BE WITH YOU AS I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY. .

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

CALEB UZOR

NOTE: PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY AND FAST COMMUNICATION. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE.

- caleb uzor

Tags: Caleb Uzor, NNPC, Nigerian National Petroleum Company, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: Nigeria, One Million, United State

An ordinary Lottery Scam e-mail

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.(congratulation) (31-Mrz-2006 17:36)
From: euromillion_lottery1@yahoo.com
To: info@betrug-online.info

This is a multi-part message in MIME format
–60ec08ef-1805-4501-be95-d9c27204306b
Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: EML/ES/IPP/1555002244/05
BATCH: ES34/044/ILP /SL
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE
DATE: 31th March 2006
Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery Winners International E-mail programs held on the 20th of March, 2006.Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 2203-006 with lucky main number 05 32 44 45 50 drew lucky star numbers 01 07, which consequently won in the 3rd category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,000,000.00 Euro. (One Million Euro)
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 millions Euro International lottery. this is an irish woman who won http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/4730113.stm
To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial/Claim agent:
Mr Collins Smith ( SANITAS CONSULTANT & SECURITY)
TEL: +34-680928133
Email: sanitasconsultan@yahoo.com
Email:sanitasconsultan@netscape.com

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 30TH of April 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Sincerely yours,
Mr .Richard Marcial
Lottery Coordinator.
http://www.national-lottery.com/resultseuro.asp
SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT
( sanitasconsul@netscape.net)
VERIFICATION FORM
1. FULL NAMES:
2. ADDRESS:
3. SEX:
4. AGE:
5. MARITAL STATUS:
6. OCCUPATION:
7. E-MAIL ADDRESS:
8. TELEPHONE NUMBER:
9. LUCKY MAIN NUMBER:
LUCKY STAR NUMBER:
10.TICKET NUMBER:
11.REF / BATCH NUMBER:
12.AMOUNT WON:
13.IDENTIFICATION NUMBER EITHER INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRIVING LICENCE / NATIONAL ID CARD DUELY SCANNED AS WELL.

–60ec08ef-1805-4501-be95-d9c27204306b–

Tags: Euro Millions Lottery, Lottery scam, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: One Million

It looks as though the person who sent this one does not have any experience with HTML. He has obviously just copied an HTML e-mail and posted it as a text e-mail. Not very professional at all.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: POSTCODE LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL (02-Apr-2006 1:45)
From: infol2006hlancpo@walla.com
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

Postcode Lottery INT’L
Patenlaan 23, 2288ee Rijwijk
Den Haag, the Netherlands.
(Lotto affiliate with Subscriber Agents).
From: Joan Van Henk(Lottery Co-ordinator)
www.postcodeloterij.nl

<FONT face=Courier></FONT>ATTN:

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Postcode Lottery.NL Winners International programs held on the 25th March, 2006. Your e-mail add<STRIKE>r</STRIKE>ess attached to ticket #: 0175655522 with prize #: 31765549 NL drew €1,000,000.00 which was first in the first class of the draws. You are to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros). Because of mix up in cash pay-outs, we ask that you keep you<STRIKE>r</STRIKE> winning information confidential until your money (€1,000,0<FONT face="MS Sans Serif">0</FONT>0.00) has been fully remitted to you by our accredited pay-point bank. This measure must be adhere to,in order to avoid loss of your cash prize - winners of our cash prizes are advised to adhere to these instructions to forestall the abuse of this program by other participants. It is important to note that this draws were conducted formally, and winners are selected through an<EM> in</EM>ternet ballot system from 50,000 indi<SPAN>vidual and companies e-mail addresses - the draws are con</SPAN>ducted around the world through our internet based ballot system. The promotion is sponsored and promoted Postcode Lottery.NL . We congratulate you once again. We hope you will use part of it in our next draws; the jac<I>k</I>pot winning is €85million. Remember,all winnings must be claimed not later than 20days from today.After this date all unclaimed cash prize will be forfeited and included in the next sweepstake. Please, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications remember to quote personal and winning numbers in all corres<FONT face=Tahoma>p</FONT>ondence with us. Congratulations once again from all members of Postcode Lottery-NL.Thank you for being part of our promot<SPAN>ional program.

For immediate release of your cash prize to you, please kindly contact our </SPAN>Paying Bank
address written below.

Send them the following informations:

(i) Your name,
(ii) Contact telephone and fax nu<STRONG>mb</STRONG>ers
(iii) Contact Address
(iv) Your winning numbers
(v) Quote amount won.
(vi) Notification date.

Contact person: Mr Patrick Rowley
E-mail: <S> </S>leedb1@netscape.net
Tel: 00 31 633 701 450

Congratulations once again.
Yours in service,
Joan Van Henk(Lottery Co-ordinator)

Tags: Postcode Lottery, Lottery scam, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: One Million

Are Nigerian Politicians free of corruption? Generally I would say no.

This e-mail is suggesting the same. On the one hand, you are lead to believe the “Senator” is a politician. On the other hand, he is saying he has some loot from a government oil deal which he wants to put aside for himself. To crown this all, he is looking for a reliable foreign partner who is willing to accept the cash in a transfer.

Talk about double morals!

————– Original Message ——————————-
Subject: please help me out (02-Apr-2006 6:42)
From: chrischarlesa3@yahoo.com
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

I have a new email address!

You can now email me at: chrischarlesa3@yahoo.com

FROM THE DESK OF SENATOR CHRISCHARLES
SENATE COMMITTEE ON CONTRACT REVIEW
PANEL ( S.C.C.R.P).
NATIONAL ASSEMBLE BUILDING
SENATORIAL DISTRICT ABUJA,
LAGOS ANNEX OFFICE.

FROM CHRISCHARLES

Dear Friend,

I have decided to contact you by E-mail due to the urgency of this transaction.Let me start by introducing myself properly to you.

My name is Senator chrischarles, the chairman for the committee on Pension, insurance and manpower development in the National Assembly of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

I got your e-mail address through an internet marketing firm while searching for a reliable and reputable person to handle this transaction,which involves the transfer of the sum of thirty-five million United States dollars to a reliable account abroad.

Your role became paramount due to the fact that there are lots of restrictions binding civil servants here and we are not allowed to operate foreign accounts.

This amount was secured from excess oil sales from Nigeria crude oil. The sum of $1.2 billion oil windfall was released by the NNPC and shell petroleum development company for the month of august 2002 by The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

Crude oil price was peg at $22.00 per barrel and fortunately for oil producing countries like Nigeria, there was rises in oil price to about $27.00 and $28.00 per barrel and as a result there was excess oil sales and I believe you would be aware of this rise in Oil price in last two years.

Out of this $1.2 billion excess oil funds, my colleagues and myself Because of our position in the NNPC and shell Petroleum Development Company diverted the sum of thirty-five million United state dollars we want to transfer into your account, which is in the excess crude oil sales.

Your Role.

To enable the bank transfer this US$35m secured into your bank account, You will be acting as one of our contractor who have executed a government contract here in Nigeria and beneficiary of the funds,and this money will be paid In your favour. I will guide you on how we will achieve this.Note, the reason for the transfer of these thirty-five Million us dollar into your account is because of our incapability as Government officials to own a foreign account.

All the necessary documentation for the facilitation and approval of this fund into your Account will be carefully taken good care of hence we are involved. This business we assure you is 100% risk free As all the modalities for the smooth transfer of this fund into your Account will be monitored.

You have the opportunity to discuss your percentage for your assistance.To enable us proceed with this business, please send to me immediately the following:
1)Your direct phone and
2)Your fax numbers if any.

Iam waiting for your quick response through my private Email:

My Best Regards,

Senator chrischarles

- chris charlesa

Tags: Chrischarles, Chris Charles, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: Nigeria, State Dollar, United State

I always find it strange, that these e-mails always try and suggest that "embezzlement" is a normal business opportunity to be shared with hapless "Mugus". (That is the name the Africans give to their victims. It means something like "Idiot")

This does shed some light on the moral state which is to be found in a lot of African countries.

Talking about morals, don’t forget that although corruption and graft may be a way of life for a lot of people in third world countries, it is also rife in our "civilized" western society.

Maybe we should clean up our own morals, before we demand it of others?

———– Original Message —————————
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF KINSLEYOBI (02-Apr-2006 2:18)
From: kinslyobi2@yahoo.com
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

I have a new email address!

You can now email me at: kinslyobi2@yahoo.com

GOOD DAY.
FROM THE DESK OF KINSLEYOBI
THE CITY EXPRESS BANK PLC.

ATTENTION:FRIEND

STRICTLLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I AM MR KINSLEYOBI , THE MANAGER, BILLS AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY EXPRESS BANK PLC. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND CO _OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENT.

WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF ( $35 MILLION ) THIRTY_FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS . IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY OF A WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN IN NOVEMBER 1997 IN A PLANE CRASH.

SINCE WE HARD OF HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING.HIS NEXT-OF-KIN TO COME OVER AND PUT CLAIMS FOR HIS MONEY AS THE HEIR, BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE THE FUND FROM HIS ACCOUNT UNLESS SOMEONE APPLIES FOR CLAIM AS THE NEXTOF-KIN TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES.

UNFORTUNATELY, NEITHER THEIR FAMILY MEMBER NOR DISTANT RELATIVE HAS EVER APPEARED TO CLAIM THE SAID FUND.

UPON THIS DISCOVERY, I AND OTHER OFFICIALS IN MY DEPARTMENT HAVE AGREED TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH YOU AND RELEASE THE TOTAL AMOUNT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE HEIR OF THE FUND SINCE NO ONE CAME FOR IT OR DISCOVERED HE MAINTAINED ACCOUNT WITH OUR BANK, OTHERWISE THE FUND WILL BE RETURNED TO THE BANKS TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUND.WE HAS AGREED THAT OUR RATIO OF SHARING WILL BE AS STATED THUS: 30% FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER ,60% FOR US THE OFFICAIALS IN MY DEPARTMENT AND 10% FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES INCURRED BY US AND YOU DURING THE COURSE OF THIS BUSINESS .UPON THE SUCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS TRANSFER, I AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY AND MIND OUR SHARE. IT IS FROM OUR 60% WE INTEND TO IMPORT AGRICULTURAL MACHINERIES INTO MY COUNTRY AS A WAY OF RECYCLING THE FUND. TO COMMENCE THIS TRANSACTION, WE REQUIRE YOU TO IMMEDIATELY INDICATE YOUR INTEREST BY A RETURN E- MAIL AND ENCLOSE YOUR FOLLOWING INFORMATION BELOW.

Your Full Name: …………….
Your Complete Address: ………
Name of City of Residence: …..
Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year): .
Direct Telephone Number: …….
mobile …………………….
Number: ……………………
Fax Number: ………………..

NOTE ALSO, THIS TRANSACTION MUST BE KEPT STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE OF ITS NATURE.

I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.

MR, KINSLEYOBI
N;B PLEASE, PLEASE, REACH US ONLY BY THIS E-MAIL, FOR MORE INFORMATION. Send Your Reply Through This mail box; KINSLEYOBI

- Tags: Kinsley Obi, kinsleyobi, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: United State

These people must have a sense of humor. This one even warns you of scams or fraudulent e-mails. Some even say "This is not a scam!"

Richard Umlazi, the so called attorney, is using a mobile phone and he is reachable on weekends! Hardly surprising I would say.

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: Congratulations! Award Notification Letter (01-Apr-2006 17:41)
From: national_lottery_sa0@yahoo.co.uk
To: national_lottery_sa0@yahoo.co.uk

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL LOTTERY
Customer Service /Foreign Claims Dept
Ref: ZA/2031/8161/06
Batch: R3/A312-59

AWARDS NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 10th March 2006, of  winners of the SOUTH AFRICAN/INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMS, held on 4TH March 2006 as part of our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program. You qualified for the draw as a result of you visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10! Drew the lucky numbers 5, 9, 12, 29, 40, 59, + 76, and consequently won in the Second Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,950,000.00 in cash, which is the winning pay out for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$13,650,000.00 shared among the seven international winners in the Second category,

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with the paying bank, waiting for further instruction from your claim agent UMLAZ ATTORNEY CHAMBER, for an immediate disbursement
to you.

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our mid year (2006) high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.

To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent immediately;

MR.RICHARD UMLAZI
UMLAZI ATTORNEY CHAMBER
3RD FLOOR,STANDARD BANK GALLERIES
70 ELOFF & MARKET STREET JOHANNESBURG 2000
SOUTH AFRICA.
Tel/Fax +002783 33 21829
Email:legal_chamber02@yahoo.co.uk

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 15th
April, 2006.

After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers provided below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: ZA/2031/8161/06
BATCH NUMBER: R3/A312-59
Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

MRS.MARIA DU TOIT
PROMOTIONS MANAGER
SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY
PRIVATE BAG X50
AUCKLAND PARK 2006
SOUTH AFRICA.

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Beware of scams, do contact directly with your claims agent. For further information about our program you can visit www.lotto.co.za

Tags: South African Lottery, Lottery scam, Richard Umlazi, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: 419 scam, Africa, Amp, Award Notification, Ballot System, Batch Number, Business Promotions, Category Winners, Contact, Disbursement, Email, Email Address, Email Addresses, International Lottery, International Winners, Lottery Scam, Lucky Number, Lucky Numbers, Lump Sum, Mail, Money, Oha, Remittance, Scams, Security Protocol, South African Lottery, Ticket Number, Yahoo

To tell the truth, the company website at www.chinatianyin.com looks legitimate. Regardless of that, this IS an Agent scam e-mail.

The contact telephone number is in Hong Kong and is set to telefax.

———– Original Message ———————————
Subject: COMMISSION REPRESENTATIVES NEEDED (01-Apr-2006 17:08)
From: zzhangghui@yahoo.com.cn
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

我有一个新的电邮地址了！

您现在可以发电子邮件给我到：zzhangghui@yahoo.com.cn

Jiangsu Tianyin

Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Jiangsu Tianyin Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Room 06-08, Floor 12B, Lijin Asia Enterprises Center,
No. 19 Wunjing Road, Shanghai, China.
Telephone: 00852-301-05165
www.chinatianyin.com

SOLICITING FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY.

I represent the above named Company based in China. My company manufacture, supply and export Pharmaceutics, Agricultural, Textile and Chemical Engineering Products for world trade.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in Europe and America as well as making payments through them as payment officers. In our just concluded Annual General Meeting (AGM) I as Regional Manager of this multinational company have been directed to relate with you because of the communication problem faced by most of our Board Members, since many of them cannot read, speak or write English Language except Chinese which is our official Language.

In view of this you are expected to relate directly with me as the company representative since I have been mandated to contact you and give them frequent update about our activities.

Most of our customers pay out in cash, cheques or money orders and we do not have an account in U.S.A and Canada presently that will clear this money. It is upon this note that we seek your assistance to stand in as our representative in your country. Note that Details of your account is not needed in this transaction. Also, as our representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount you clear for the company and the balance will be paid to the company’s account officer. There will be no financial obligation required from you in this transaction.

Therefore, if you are interested in becoming our representative complete the application form below and send via email or fax:

NAME:…………………

COMPANYNAME:…………..

ADDRESS:………………

CITY:…………………

STATE:.?………………

ZIPCODE………..

COUNTRY:………………

TEL:………………….

FAX:………………….

EMAIL ADDRESS:…………

WEBSITE:………………

OCCUPATION: …………..

MARITAL STATUS: ……….

DATE OF BIRTH: ………..

SIGNATURE(TYPE IN YOUR NAMES): …….

DATE:……………..?…

Please reply through the email address below and use for further correspondence.

Very Respectfully,
Mr. Zhang Hui
Regional Manager,
European Region.
E-mail: mrzhanghuii@yahoo.com.cn
Tel/Fax: +852-301-05165
- Zhang Hui

Tags: Zhang Hui, Agent scam, Representative scam, 419 scam, Internet fraud

Powered by Qumana

Tags: 419 scam, Contact, Email, Email Address, Engineer, Mail, Money, Occupation, Reply, Yahoo