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Roseline sent me a short note saying she need my help
———- Forwarded message ———- From: Roseline williams Date: Oct 31, 2007 2:21 PM Subject: urgent from Roseline To: ross_williams10@yahoo.co.nz
Hello Dear, My name is Roseline Williams from Cote D’Ivoire in West Africa, I Came across your profile after my prayers and have decided to get in touch with you , I need your urgent assistance for investment project in your country. what I need from you is to be a good and honest partner who will assist me to receive my fund over there for investment. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. I am assuring you that this transaction is 100% legitimate and risk free. For more details please get back to me. I am waiting for your urgent response in this regard.
There is no such thing as a European Lottery Corporation. But, as you and I know that does not stop the crooks from using the name for this.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: THE EUROPEAN LOTTERY CORPORATION <uelorg007@yahoo.de> Date: Oct 31, 2007 12:08 PM Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!YOU HAVE WON£2,500,000.00 To: undisclosed-recipients
THE EUROPEAN LOTTERY CORPORATION 64 MANCHESTER RD, LONDON E14 3BE
We happily announce to you the result of the last final annual draw of our International Lottery Programs.
The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category “A” with the following numbers attached Ref Number: EU/17E/LG9009,Batch Number: 839081500-ELC/2007 and Ticket Number: ELC/11452/8707-01 You are therefore to receive a cash prize of £2,500,000.00. (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom Pound Sterling) from the total payout, CONGRATULATIONS!
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and Ref Number: EU/17E/LG9009 and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category “A” winners with the information below: ************************************* Name: Mr. Allan Baas E-Mail: mr.allanbaas@winning.com Tel: +44 7045751381, +44 7045764039 Fax: +44 7005982291 ************************************* You are advice to provide him with the following information: Names: Telephone/Fax number: Nationality: Age:
NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.
You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program. 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.
Yours Faithfully, Michael Williams. Lottery Coordinator.
Here’s another inheritance story for you this time the deceased is kept anonymous. That, of course, keeps it much easier for the crooks, because they do not have to provide any sort of corroboration for the truth of the background story.
The contact telephone number is in Burkina-Faso, but that is the only thing which is true.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: salif dangote <s_dango6@hotmail.com> Date: Oct 31, 2007 1:38 AM Subject: URGENT HELP IS NEEDED DEAR FRIEND CALL ME NOW To:
ATTENTION REQUIRED: DEAR FRIEND.
TELL 00226 78 86 65 00,
I Mr.SALIF DANGOTE, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section in Bank of Africa ouagadougou-burkina faso in west Africa with due respect and regards I have decided to contact you on this business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
During my investigation and auditing in the bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased customer, a foriegner who died on plain crash and, the fund has been dormant in his account with the bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before my discovery to this development. Actually, the late customer was a big merchant who trades on Gold, Diamond, Elephant tusks and crude oil from Africa to Asia and Europe and this money he deposites in our bank to pay for his purchases.
Although personally, I kept this information secret within myself to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and during the time of execution ( Two is secret). The amount involved is $14 Million usd (Fourteen Million united states dollars).Meanwhile all the whole arrangement and directives needed to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased, will be forward to you upon your acceptance. Information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant,we are not allowed to operate a foriegn account and would eventually raise eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow from a foreign nation who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of Oath to the bank and also present a foriegn account where he will need the money to be retransfered into on his request as it may be, after due verification and clarification to designated bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer such as telephone bills etc, while 60% will be for me. Please,you have been advised to keep top secret as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after I have concluded this deal with you.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in the bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any other country you may advise me to invest in. All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish in this deal and asking any questions that are not cleared by you for a good follow-up.
Apart from the fact that BMW does not run lotteries, this one has several points which show it’s does not come from BMW.
1. Sender E-Mail Address: pbmwlottery@yahoo.com.cn 2. Public Relations Department: sir.tonyhopkins@yahoo.co.uk 3. Director of Promotions: Engr. Matt Colva Nnewtown
A company like BMW would never use freemail accounts to promote an event like this. They would use only BMW domains.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: BMW PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT <pbmwlottery@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: 26 Oct 2007 22:35:24 +0200 Subject: YOUR EMAIL WON OUR LOTTERY ( pin code X7PYWM2007 & Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23. To:
BMW GROUP PROMOTION
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, BMW
Automobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, London
United Kingdom
26.10.2007
Attention: Lucky Winner,
Message Dated The 26TH Of Oct. 2007.
This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £550,000.00 (Five hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) from the BMW e-LOTTERY BONANZA International programs held on Saturday the 20th of Aug. 2007, in London United Kingdom.The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected. Addition of a BMW automobile car is inludes, details would be sent to you on claims processing.
The BMW e-Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR). This promotional lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.
To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.
===================== Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code X7PYWM2007 and your Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information’s as soon as possible:
1.Name in full.———————-
2.Address.—————————
3.Nationality.———————–
4.Age.——————————-
5.Occupation.———————
*Monthly salary——————
6.Telephone Number.——–
*Mobile.—————————–
7.Present Country.————
8.Short comment on our products. [optional]. ——————————————
9.Fax [optional].—————-
10.Email address. ————-
=====================
Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
MR.JEFFERY ANDERSON
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNITED KINGDOM
Regards,
Sir. Tony Hopkins FIDUCIARY/ AGENT BMW GROUP PROMOTION.
Engr. Matt Colva Nnewtown. DIRECTOR OF PROMOTIONS, INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTIONS, BMW AUTOMOBILE.
This one goes along the lines of a typical inheritance e-mail. What strikes me, looking at the last few mails of this kind, is that the crooks are increasingly using “no names” for their stories.
Joyce Lake is one of this kind, which have (as far as I can tell) just turned up this one time. After doing a quick check on the URL quoted here, does refer to Joyce Lake and her husband. The crooks have obviously researched this and the passenger list with details has obviously made their job easier.
Normally, the crooks quote the bank and country in their messages. This time the only thing you will find is a telephone number: 00229 93 47 51 17. And that is a number from Benin, West Africa.
What a surprise!
Of course what does not figure with this story is, why would Joyce stash money in Benin?
———- Forwarded message ———- From: isaac john <isaac.john10000@hotmail.fr> Date: Oct 30, 2007 1:06 PM Subject: GOOD DAY, (TRY TO REPLY ME) To:
FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION: DEAR FRIEND, DATE:30/10/2007
I AM SORRY IF I AM INTRUDING INTO YOUR PRIVACY BY CONTACTING YOU SINCE I DO NOT KNOW YOU PHYSICALLY. THE FACT IS THAT I HAVE BEEN DIRECTED BY THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITARIAN SERVICE TO YOU KNOWING FULLY WELL THAT YOU WILL RESPOND TO THIS OFFER THAT I SHALL BE PUTTING FORWARD TO YOU.
COULD YOU PLEASE CONSIDER TO HELP ME TO RELOCATE THIS SUM OF FIFTHY MILLION,THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS(US$50.3m) TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR ESTABLISHING A MEDIUM SIZE INDUSTRY IN YOUR COUNTRY.
THE SAID 50.3 MILLION DOLLARS WAS DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK BY MRS JOYCE LAKE AN AMERICA CITIZEN WHO DIED IN A PLANE CRASH IN 2000.WE HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY TO COME FORWARD FOR CLAIMS BUT COULD NOT SUCCEED.
WE DISCORVERED THAT THE LATE AMERICAN DIED ALONG SIDE WITH HER HUSBAND AND CHILDREN WHO ARE SUPPOSED TO BE HER NEXT OF KIN. CLICKHERE(http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/).
I WILL GIVE YOU ALL VITAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THE AMERICAN AND THE US$50.3MILLION DOLLARS IN OUR CUSTODY SO THAT YOU WILL CONTACT OUR BANK FOR THEM TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU.
YOU CAN COME HERE IN PERSON OR YOU CAN REQUEST THE BANK TO SHIP THEFUNDS TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY DIPLOMATICALLY.
I AM A MANAGER IN THIS BANK,I WILL PLAY A ROLE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE50.3 MILLION DOLLARS IS RELEASED TO YOU. AS SOON AS I RECIEVE YOUR REPLY,I WILL GIVE YOU A DRAFT APPLICATION WHICH YOU WILL FORWARD TO OUR BANK.
REPLY AND LET ME KNOW YOUR FULL NAME,AGE,ADDRESS,OCCUPATION, AND YOUR FAX NUMBERS IF AVALIABLE.
The European Union is not a Nation. Do I need to say more?
PS: The Unsubscribe Link does not work. The reason being the domain does not exist.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: Eu National Lottery Date: Oct 30, 2007 11:22 AM Subject: YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED To: undisclosed-recipients
European Union National Lottery Rue Aime Smekens 36, D-1056 Brussels, Belgium. info@eunl.com
From: Miss Ashley Brown. (Promotion Department)
Sir/Madam,
We are please to announce you as one of the 6 lucky winners in the European Union National lottery Ballot Draws. All 6 winning addresses were randomly selected from a batch of 30,000 email addresses .
Your email address emerged alongside 5 others under our promotional B draws. Consequently, you have therefore been approved for a total pay out of £1,700,000 Pounds (One Million, Seven hundred thousand pounds). The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:
(i) Winning numbers: 10,18,25,28,34,49,(60) (ii) Email ticket number: 32-1-431 (iii) Reference Number: EUNL/05/UKE321 (iv) International Lottery Code Number: EUNL/004-BT
To commence processing of your winnings/transfer of winning sum, you must forward a copy of this email to our Claims Department. contact details below, for further information, and immediate processing and release of your winning sum.
Contact the claims department with the following:
Director (Claims Department) Contact Person: Ms. Laurie Marshall Email: laurie_marshall@eu-nat-lot-be.com Direct Telephone: +447024081917 Tel/fax: +4477092894819
Fax: +44-87-0912-2954 Fax: +44-70-9287-3393
Congratulations once again.
N.B: 1.All claims are nullified after 10 working days from today.
———————————————————————— If you have received this email, it mean you are one of the recent winners from our random lottery ballot system draws, however, if you feel you have been selected in error please visit the link below to unsubscribe from our selected winners list.
http://eu-nationallot.s5.com/claimsdepart/unsubscrib.html Note: Please do not reply to this e- mail. Mail sent to this email address cannot be answered. For assistance, contact your claims Department.
Considering Gold is a commodity which is getting very popular again, a deal like this one would appeal to a lot of people.
Unfortunately it is as usual, a scam.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: Solomon Lalah <solomon_lalah@yahoo.ca> Date: Oct 30, 2007 11:08 AM Subject: ALLUVAIL GOLD for sale. To: solomon_lalah@yahoo.ca
Dear sir
Its with pleasure that I write to inform you of the availability of ALLUVAIL GOLD for sale.
Below are the classification of the goods : PRODUCT : ALLUVIAL GOLD. QUANTITY :500 KGS. QUALITY : +22 KARATS. PURITY : 92+ PRICE : $ 11,500usd PER KG. TERM OF PAYMENT : NEGOTIABLE.
we do not accept advance payment, the transaction will be done according to the seller and buyers agreement and we expect you to come with your Inspector machines and after checking, the payment will be on bank to bank bases. If you are interested in the above product please get in touch with me and we will make arrangement on the mode of delivery.
To cut a long story short, this is an inheritance story. This time with a fictional German citizen called “Ruddigkeit”. Now that is not a German name, it justs sounds German.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: lucky felix <felix_010@hotmail.fr> Date: Oct 30, 2007 1:40 AM Subject: FROM MR STEVE MICHEL To:
FROM THE DESK OF MR STEVE MICHEL, BOA DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE BANK OF AFRICA BURKINA FASO IN WEST AFRICA
DEAR FRIEND,
I AM MR STEVE MICHEL, THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DIRECTOR OF BOA BANK OF AFRICA. I HAVE URGENT AND VERY CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU. ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2001, MR WERNER KARL RUDDIGKEIT, A NATIONAL OF GERMAN, WHO USED TO BE A PRIVATE CONTRACTOR WITH THE SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN SAUDI ARABIA MR. WERNER KARL RUDDIGKEIT MADE A NUMBERED TIME (FIXED DEPOSIT) FOR 36 CALENDAR MONTHS, VALUED AT GBP£30,000,000.00 (THIRTY MILLION POUNDS ONLY) IN MY BRANCH. UPON MATURITY IN 2004, I SENT A ROUTINE NOTIFICATION TO HIS FORWARDING ADDRESS BUT GOT NO REPLY. AFTER A MONTH, WE SENT A REMINDER AND FINALLY WE DISCOVERED FROM HIS CONTRACT EMPLOYERS, SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN SAUDI ARABIA THAT MR. WERNER KARL RUDDIGKEIT AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO CRASH, ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES.
ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, I FOUND OUT THAT HE DIED WITHOUT MAKING A WILL, AND ALL ATTEMPTS TO TRACE HIS NEXT OF KIN WERE FRUITLESS. I THEREFORE MADE FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS AND DISCOVERED THAT MR. WERNER KARL RUDDIGKEIT. DID NOT DECLARE ANY NEXT OF KIN OR RELATIONS IN ALL HIS OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING HIS BANK DEPOSIT PAPERWORK IN MY BANK.
THIS SUM OF GBP£30.000, 000.00 HAVE BEEN FLOATING AS UNCLAIMED SINCE 2003 IN MY BANK AS ALL EFFORTS TO GET HIS RELATIVES HAVE HIT THE STONES.
ACCORDING TO THE BURKINA FASO LAW AT THE EXPIRATION OF 5 FIVE) YEARS, THE MONEY WILL REVERT TO THE BURKINA FASO GOVERNMENT IF NOBODY APPLIES TO CLAIM THE FUND AND THE FIVE YEARS IS THE END OF DECEMBER 2008. SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIVES FOR OVER 4 YEARS NOW, I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN / WITH BENEFICIARY TO THE DECEASED SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT VALUED AT GBP£30,000,000.00 CAN BE PAID TO YOU. THIS WILL BE DISBURSED OR SHARED IN THESE PERCENTAGE, 60% TO ME AND 40% TO YOU.
I HAVE ALL NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIM WE MAY MAKE. ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION, CONFIDENTIALITY AND TRUST TO ENABLE US SEE THIS TRANSACTION THROUGH. I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT. PLEASE, PROVIDE OR FURNISH ME WITH THE FOLLOWINGS;
1. FULL NAME 2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER 3. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS 4. AGE
YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND APPRECIATED.
This one uses Hotmail to make it look as though it really does come from Microsoft. Rest assured Microsoft does not run a Lottery and Bill Gates does not sponsor them.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: microsoftlottery@hotmail.com Date: Oct 30, 2007 3:27 AM Subject: FINAL NOTICES MICROSOFT!!!! To: undisclosed-recipients
Msn Award Team Baley House, Har Road Sutton, Greater London SM1 4te United Kingdom. Batch: 12/25/0340 Ref:MSN-Y/101OXI/02
Hello Winner
Congratulations to you, we bring to your notice the result of the MICROSOFT LOTTERY. We are happy to inform you that your email address has emerged you a winner of £1,767,607.00 Pounds sterling.
To begin the claims processing of your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims agent for category “A” winners.
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact Mr. Bihar Fasheyiky with followings details below:
It never ceases to amaze me that these tricks work. No wonder they call us “Mugus“.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: umaru abuda <umaru03@hotmail.fr> Date: Oct 30, 2007 8:28 AM Subject: REPLY AND CALL ME To:
Mr. UMARU ABUDA. The Account / Audit Manager, African Development Bank (ADB). Ouagadougou Burkina Faso . PRIVATE PHONE N0:+
Dear, I presumed that all is well with you and your family. Please let this do not be a surprise proposal to you because I got your contact information from the international directory in few weeks ago before I decided to contact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life. Moreover, I have laid all the solemn trust in you before I decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you. I am MR. UMARU ABUDA, The Account / Audit Manager of our bank and I have had the intent to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of THIRTY THREE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($33,000,000.00) for our success. This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago. Meanwhile I was very fortune to come across the deceased file when I was arranging the old and abandoned customer’s files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and audit of the year against 2007. Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations which were signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 4 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As an honor and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guiding our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkina Faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF KIN to the deceased. PERCENTAGE RATIO: note that 35% being (US$11,55,000.00) will be your share in respect of your assistance and account provide for the transfer, 55% (18,150,000.00) will be my share being the pioneer of the business while the rest 10% (US$3,000,000.00) will be used to install a joint company in your country which will bear our name in particular and whatever profit made out from this company will be used in helping the less privileges, motherless babies home and charity organization in the world. If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because I am sure of the success as an insider in the bank ok. Please reply with the assurance, include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for effective and easy communication in this transaction. As soon as you reply, call me through my private telephone number indicated above so that I will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately. I expect your urgent communication. Yours sincerely. Mr. UMARU ABUDA
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