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The April site search statistics show the whole span of the different fraud types.
Andreas Schranner has been used for the “next of kin” scam for the last few years and is obviously still popular with the Africans.
Hipson Scart is new and is the name used in the new “unsecured and guaranteed loan” scam. This shows that they have been pushing this one for the last couple of weeks.
The Zenith Bank is used mainly for “dormant accounts” and the Foundation de France is used to offer grants to individuals.
I wonder what May will bring? I’ll keep you posted.
After more than 10 years following what African crooks are doing, I get to instantly recognise a 419 scam story when I see one. This is no different to any other scam e-mails doing the rounds, it just looks more believable.
Any business e-mail that comes from a freemail account is suspect. Even before you read it I recommend you trash it.
Anything that involves international transactions and African countries is more trouble than it’s worth. So my advice to you is to trash it, trash it, trash it ….
Permit me to write this message to you. I request your reply if you are interested. The Government of Ghana through the Department of Interior requires Towels,Bedsheets,T-shirts and Sports/Industrial glove
Consequently, the Ministry is inviting reputable foreign companies to submit their tenders for the supply of the required quantity.
I am a registered agent with the Department and I will like to know whether you are interested to bid for the supplies to the Department.
Please contact me if you are interested and I will tell you the modalities to participate in the bid. I have strong relationship with some of the Contract Awarding Committee Members in the Department and if you are interested, my contacts in the Ministry will help us to win the contract.
You will give me 3% commision upon your receipt of payment from the Government for helping you win the contract.
The contract payment terms is 100% upfront payment through bank T/T payable before production and supplying while the delivery period is negotiable
Thanks for your kind understanding and waiting for your strong and positive response.
Best regards,
Fred Jonathan
Fred Jonathan Trade Leads Agencies
Ghana
At least this message is written in an understandable English.
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From: <oditvic@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Subject: LETTER!!
To:
From the Desk of:
Mr. Odili Victor
I am a Manager of a bank, writing you in respect of a foreign customer whom made a US$25M depository for an investment program that has remained dormant for years now. I discovered that the account holder died without making a WILL on depository.
This money cannot be approved to a local Bank account holder, but can only be approved to a foreigner. if you will stand as next of kin to the fund, it will be shared 50%/50%. as this is a TWO-man business deal transaction. Your percentage will also be a source of up-liftment. You have absolutely nothing to LOSE in assisting me instead, you have so much to GAIN. Be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.
I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. I need your assistance and co-operation to this reality as I have done my Home-work and fine tune the best way to create you as the beneficiary while I would use my connection and money to secure almost all the paperwork for this transaction which will be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction with you as the beneficiary to this fund.
I will like you to provide immediately your full Names and Address, Date of Birth, Occupation, Tel & Fax Numbers so that an Attorney will be able to prepare the necessary documents and affidavit which will put you in place as the next of kin. The Attorney will draft and carry out the notarization of the WILL and also obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.
I will appreciate your early reply for commencement of business. Contact me for acknowledgment by E-mail and whereby you are not interested, please indicate in your reply so that I can seek for the assistance of someone else.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, I expect that you will not take undue advantage of the trust I Will bestow in you. I await your urgent response.
Sorry for any inconveniences. Well, I just want to use thismediumtothankyou very much for your earlierassistance tohelpmeinreceivingtheinheritancewithoutpositiveoutcome.Iamobligedtoinformyouthat Ihave succeeded in receiving the funds withthe helpofanewpartner from Chile.Contact my secretary in CotonouDefederalRepublicofBenin because havleft the whole instruction tohimonyourbehalfandinstruct him where to send the $1,200,000.00with outanyfurtherdelayforyour compensation.
His name is Mr.philip john
(Tel:+229-9304-8370)Email: philip_john999@yahoo.fr
NOTE : BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND TOMYSECRETARY
(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECTCELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY .
In this moment, I’m very busy here in Chile because of the investmentprojects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. Sofeelfreetoget in touch with Mr.philip john to send the cheque to youwithout anydelay.RegardsMr.Mohammed Duko
It really looks as though Google is getting better at recognising these e-mails as fraudulent. I hope they get better at it, because it will save a lot of heartbreak if they do.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: UK NATIONAL FREE LOTTERY &lt;garrisonwaterside@eircom.net&gt; Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM Subject: FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR To:
UK NATIONAL FREE LOTTERY P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT. RE: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:
CONGRATULATIONS: congratulation you have been confirmed the winner of the national free lottery promotion,which was held on the 26th of april 2008.you are the winner of the sum of 1,000,000,00 pounds stearlings.your winnings has been transfered to the ECARGO COURIER COMPANY,you are here by adivice to contact them at: NAME:Matthew Moore EMAIL:ecargocouriers2@yahoo.no TEL:+447031965878(8am-6pmGMT Mon-Fri)
with the Following NAME: ADDRESS: AMOUNT WON: EMAIL: COUNTRY: PHONE NUMBER AGE: OCCUPATION:
And so a further inheritance is passed my way. Just too bad that it’s not true.
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From: Dr.Jim Peter <jimpeter@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Subject: Swift message?
To:
Mr. Jim Peter
The Legal Representative
No: 12, Satellite Town Lagos Nigeria
Hello ,
Get back to me immediately for necessary steps concerning your inheritance , Sequel to your none - reply of my earlier email to you dated 02/03/06. On behalf of the Trustees and Executors to the Will of your deceased relation in 2002, I wish to notify you that your name appeared in the codicil and last statement of the deceased and you entitled to his fund US$7,000,000.00 deposited with a Bank here and the bank here has made me know that the US$7,000,000.00 will be release to you through their payment oficer with Citi bank of United States of America. You are advised to reconfirm to me your details as required below to enable the release of your funds worth US$7,000,000.00 to you through our payment outlet in the U.S.A :- i also want to notify you that as soon as the bank release the fund to your account i will be comeing to your contact address that you will send to me now so that i will teke my own because I will have 45% and you 45% the other 10% will be for any payment that we make before the fund release to your account we will teke it out from the 10%
(1). Your full names :
(2). contact address :
(3). Phone :
(4). Cell phone :
(5). Age :
(6). Occupation :
(7).I D
As soon as the above are provided the paying bank will contact you for wire transfer release.
Regards,
Barrister Jim Peter
I am Mrs. Casey Hardwicke, a citizen of Polish but am based in England,I am married to Prof. Robert Hardwicke who also is an Englishman though dead now. My husband was a businessman before the cold hand of death took him away on the 3rd of December, 2005 at about 2:00am. Our marriage lasted for over a decade without any fruit of the womb. My husband died after a protracted, illness. My husband and I made a vow to uplift the own-trodden and the less-privileged individuals within the United, Kingdom, Europe, North and South America, Africa and the rest of the globe as he had passion for persons who can not help themselves due to physical disability or financial predicament.
I can adduce this to he fact that he needed a Child from this relationship, which never came. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of (£8,700,000.00) (Eight million seven hundred thousand Pounds) with a Bank and this money is still with the Bank Presently, am suffering from cancerous ailment for some years now.Recently, my Doctor told me that I have a limited or numbered days on earth and that my life spam will not exceed 150 days due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. Though what bothers me most is the stroke that I have in addition to the cancer. With this hard reality that has befallen my family, I have decided to donate this fund to a non-governmental, or a non religious, and or a nonprofit organization or better still an individual, that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.
I want a non governmental, or a non religious, and or a non profit organization or better still an individual, that will use this gift which comes from my husbands sweat to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers,orphans, destitute, the down-trodden, physically challenged children,barren-women and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially. It is often said that blessed is the hand that gives. took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are Bourgeois and very wealthy persons and I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused or invested into ill perceived ventures. I do not want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision.
I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be with the Almighty when I eventually pass on.The Almighty will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I do not need any telephone communication in this regard due to my deteriorating health and because of the presence of my husband relatives around me. I do not want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my attorney whom I have entrusted every detail regarding this fund. As Soon as your information is been received by my attorney, he will also issue a Letter of Authority and power of attorney on this regards,making you the original beneficiary of this fund with other related documents.
As soon as I get this information from you I shall send to you my Identities to you for proper verifications. My happiness is that I lived a life worthy of emulation. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a non-governmental,or anon religious, and or a non profit organization or better still an individual for this same purpose.
Please assure me that you will act just as I have stated herein.
This is just a standard lottery scam e-mail. Just the name has been adapted just a little bit.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: &lt;spanishloterialoto4@switched.com&gt; Date: 2008/4/29 Subject: SPANISH LOTERIA EMAIL AWARD CONGRATULATIONS!!! To: undisclosed-recipients
SPANISH LOTERIA INTERNATIONAL FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT. RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE REFERENCE: 500/020/DDE BATCH: BAB-7111-6226-9997 DATE: 29-04-2008 SPANISH LOTERIA EMAIL AWARD CONGRATULATIONS!!! Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro Millions Spanish Loteria Winners International E-mail programs held on Tuesday April 24, 2008 and result where release on Tuesday April 28, 2008 Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 655-008-421-775 with serial main number 445790 drew lucky star numbers 32-90-43-32 which consequently won in the 2ND category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of One Million Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros (Ђ1.250,000.00) Euros CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, 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.
Meanwhile,to clarify your doubts on how come you were selected and frequently questions that you may likely ask(HOW DID I ENTER THIS CONTEST???HOW DID YOU GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS???HOW DID I WIN???).
Allparticipants 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.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Spanish European Lottery Board in conjunction with all international world organization such as ,(UN,UNICEF,UNESCO)E.T.C in order to enhance and promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and Microsoft-wares around the globe.
This promotional program takes place every three year We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50 million Euro International lottery.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent: Dr.Tom Sanchez Dinero Express Info Tel:0034-636-049-280 Email:infodineroexpres@gmail.com Or dineroexpresssp@aim.com
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than one month,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, MRS MARRY JOY JOSE.
COMPLETE AND SEND REQUIRED INFORMATION BELOW TO YOUR CLAIM AGENT BY EMAIL: dineroexpresssp@aim.com
““““““““““““““““““““DISCLAIMER“““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““ This message is CONFIDENTIAL. It may also be privileged or otherwise protected by work product immunity or other legal rules. If you have received it please let us know by reply it from your system; you should not copy it or disclose its contents to anyone,All messages sent to you is from Spanish Loteria may be monitored to ensure compliance with internal policies and to protect your winning from the Spanish Loteria Award Promotion
Somehow I get the impression that the Africans often don’t understand what they are putting together for fraudulent e-mails like this one.
Sure, Microsoft and Vodafone may cooperate on a business basis, but State Lotteries such as the Dutch Staatsloterij don’t cooperate with any sort of company on the scale suggested here.
One point of note is the e-mail address. Do you see they are using voda-fone.org?
This is unusual, as the owner can be traced. Even though the Registrant is using a cloaking service to hide behind, authorities such as police can force the service company to disclose the person behind the Domain name. Here’s the registry data:
Domain ID:D152496806-LROR
Domain Name:VODA-FONE.ORG
Created On:21-Apr-2008 23:44:30 UTC
Last Updated On:21-Apr-2008 23:44:35 UTC
Expiration Date:21-Apr-2009 23:44:30 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (R27-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:ADDPERIOD
Registrant ID:PP-SP-001
Registrant Name:Domain Admin
Registrant Organization:PrivacyProtect.org
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 97
Registrant Street2:All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Moergestel
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code:5066 ZH
Registrant Country:NL
Registrant Phone:+45.36946676
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:contact@privacyprotect.org
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From: VODAFONE AWARD CENTRE <vodafoneawardoffice@voda-fone.org>
Date: 2008/4/29
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !! YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON VODAFONE CONSOLATION PRIZE 2008.
To:
VODAFONE INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2008
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE!!!
VODAFONE INTERNATIONAL LOTTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).
Vodafone private international e-games organizers and Co-sponsors, MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of 2008 VODAFONE MICROSOFT / STAATSLOTERIJ wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in London.
Most recently this foundation set up the VODAFONE 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 and 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 5 lucky consolation prize winners.
Your email ID identified with Coupon No. VDTL-146478972197 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 consolation cash prize of Ј600,000.00 ( Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds Only).The VODAFONE, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ Group have approved a payout of your consolation 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 consolation prize. For due processing of your winning claim, please contact your claims Agent Rev. Father John Palenberg who has been assigned to assist you.
CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:
Name: Rev. Father John Palenberg
E-mail:claimsdepartment@voda-fone.org
Telephone :+447024077935
You are advised to provide him with the following information:
Name:
Phone/Fax Number:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Age:
Ref Number:
Batch Number:
Winning Number:
Coupon Number:
MEANS OF PAYMENT
Cheque Delivery
Bank Account Transfer
Diplomation Means
Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your Consolation prize winning, we hope you will partake in our Forth coming VODAFONE, MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ Email-games.
Regards,
(Group Coordinator)
NB: In accordance with the VODAFONE, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ E-games policy and regulations, this notification is dispatched directly to only the 5 lucky consolation 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 information, you are not authorized to read, print, retain copy or disseminate this notice or any part of it.
Copyright (C) 1999-2008 Vodafone Lottery Award Inc.UK
I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund Now, I want you to contact my secretary on the information below NAME; Mr.Promise Odika EMAIL (promiseodika2008@yahoo.fr)
ask him to send you the total sum of 900.000. nine hundred thousand US dollars in a bank draft, which I kept for yourcompensation.
CONTACT HIM ON this email(promiseodika2008@yahoo.fr)
1. FULLNAMES:____________________
2. ADDRESS:______________________
3. SEX:_____________
4. AGE:_______
5 .PHONE NUMBER:_______________
6.CITY:_____________________
7.COUNTRY:_________________
The April site search statistics show the whole span of the different fraud types.
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