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I always wonder about these emails quoting my “contract/inheritance”. It looks as though they just want to keep their “bases covered”.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: CUSTOMERS SERVICE OCEANIC BANK <charles1@yahoo.com>
Date: 2002/12/19
Subject: INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
To:

INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC.

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU.

WE WISH TO ADVICE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHE TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIEDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENTS ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE NEW ELECTED PRESIDENT  FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF IGERIA.PRESIDENT UMARUYAR’ADUA ON HIS SPEECH WHEN CHIEF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO (GCFR)SWORE  HIM IN AS THE PRESIDENT  FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLAR ($1,500) PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENT ER AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY ATTACHED TO E-MAIL

CONTACT PERSON:
MAZZI SMITH BROWN
INTEGRATED PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
TEL: +234-2179728
EMAIL: ATMCSS@LIVE.COM

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT$8,300,000.00 AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008.

ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s). THIS IS TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN FINALISING YOUR PAYMENT.CALL ME ON MY DIRECT NUMBER +234-1-2179728 AS SOON AS YOU REPLY TO THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION IN THIS REGARDS AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENT ER.

(MR. ERIC MOORE)
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT ON ATM CARD
PAYMENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ATM CARD PAYMENT FOR FUND BENEFICIARIES

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The story never changes, does it? This was on of 7 e-mails which this fellow sent me.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: <nicolaswilson@live.com>
Date: 2008/10/20
Subject: From Mr.NICOLAS WILSON
To: nicolaswilson@live.com

From Mr.NICOLAS WILSON

Attn: Sir,

I am Mr.NICOLAS WILSON, I am in urgent need for a foreigner that I will work in hand with me to transfer the sum of $10million to his company Account or private account. I have to contact you directly for this deal as I am convinced that you are capable of handling this transaction.

I am a civil servant working as a director in federal ministry of works and housing here in South Africa. with position here in the ministry I have the opportunity to over invoice a contract that was awarded to a forien contractor. The said contractor has been concluded and paid in full.

I want us to put heads together and transfer the left over funds (USD 10Million which was insured and deposited in the paying bank’s escrow account) to your company or personal account as soon as possible.

I have contacted an accountant in the paying bank that will work with us to enable us get this money transferred to your account within 10 banking working days according to him.
All documentation and arrangement has been made by him to ensure that every thing go well.
Hence; i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 70% for me and the banker while 30% will be for you.if you agree to my business proposal.

My full information, identification copy and details of this transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive a positive responds from you.

Upon the successful transfer of this money to your company or personal account,
I will travel down to country for the sharing of the money according to the agreed percentage and to investment my own part under your care in your country or any country of your choice.

Please indicate your interest to work with us by sending to my direct email (nicolaswilson@live.com) the below information for more clarification, easy communication and agreement purpose between both of us.

(1) YOUR FULL NAME
(2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
(3) YOUR TEL AND FAX NUMBER

Trusting to hear from you as soon as possible.
Thanks & Best Regard

NICOLAS WILSON

Please feel free to delete and ignore if not interested.

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Originally this was a colourful HTML email in blue and red.

The African crooks like using non-profit organisations like International Awareness as a front for their scam or fraudulent messages. I wonder if this will show up as much as Fondation de France has?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Benjamin Lassiter <lassiter.ben@gmail.com>
Date: 2008/10/20
Subject: CALL REV SUNTO JUDE FOR YOUR WINNING SUM
To:

THE INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS
FROM DR  BENJAMIN  LASSITER
PROMOTION MANAGER
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT UNITED KINGDOM LOTTERY.
22 GARDEN CLOSE, STAMFORD, LINCS, PE9 2YP LONDON,
UNITED KINGDOM.
Attention winner you are advice to call 00 44 703 187 0287 after reading this text
!!!CONGRATULATION YOU ARE A WINNER!!!.
The Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion Department, wishes to congratulate you on your success as the STAR PRIZE WINNER in this years’ International Awareness Promotion (IAP) held on 16th  October, 2008, in London, England.
This makes you the proud winner  of cash prize of £450,000.00 GBP (Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British pounds).
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our Computerized Email Selection System (C.E.S.S.) from a database of over  a million email addresses from the world wide web. Each email address was attached to a ticket number and your email address with ticket number: 5647600545188 and serial number: IAWP/556543450906 was randomly selected as the star prize winner amongst other consolation prize winners.

For you to claim your winning sum, kindly fill the verification form below and send it to the Claims Manager,  of our claims department through email, stating your receipt of this notification. He has been mandated to offer you assistance and facilitate the urgent payment of your winning sum.

Claims Manager:
Claims Department
Rev Sunto Jude
(revsuntojude2008@yahoo.com)
Tel : 00 44 703 187 0287

VERIFICATION FORM:

1.) FULL NAME:
2.) AGE:
3.) SEX:
4.) ADDRESS:
5.) ZIP/POSTAL CODE:
6.) STATE/PROVINCE:
7.) COUNTRY:
8.) PHONE…………             FAX:  ……………………
9.) OCCUPATION/POSITION:
10.) COMPANY:
11.) EMAIL ADDRESS:
12.) TICKET NUMBER:
13.) SERIAL NUMBER:
14) WINNING SUM:

On behalf of the Board of Directors, members of staff and the International Awareness Promotion , congratulations once again

Call Rev  Sunto Jude after you have seen this email for futher details
Sincerely,

DR   BENJAMIN  LASSITER ( PROMOTION MANAGER )

INTERNATIONAL AWARENESS PROMOTION
COPYRIGHT ©2008. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

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This is obviously a copied e-mail. The writer forgets to name the bank where the dormant account apparently is held.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr. Andy Hornby <mrandy27@msn.com>
Date: 2008/10/18
Subject: Urgent Reply Me…..
To:

From: Mr. Andy Hornby,
Manchester M27 5FX,
United Kingdom.
Attn:…

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics although. I am presently in London working as an investment consultant with the above bank at their London office. And I am poised to work this deal out if we can do business. Be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenient for a possible business deal involving money transfer of about £25,000,000 (Twenty-Five Million British Pounds). In one of our periodic auditing, I discorved a dormant accounts with holding balance of 25,000,000 (Twenty-Five Million British Pounds) which has not been operated for the past three years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account is a foreigner, and he died without a WILL.

As at this moment,I am constrained to issue you more details about this business until your response is received. And I would love to furnish you with a little bit of my biography as we progress with the business. As we have not meet before. So send me your nominate account information as states below where you like the money to be transfer so that I will write and apply an application for the release of the fund immediately into your account:..

Beneficiary Name…….
Bank Name…………..
Bank Address………..
Account Number………
Swift Code………….
Routing Number………
State & Country……..
Your Tel/Fax Number….For easy communication.

This is extremely urgent. Awaiting your positive feed back as soon as possible.

Warmest regards,
Mr. Andy Hornby

Tags: Address Account, Bank Address, Beneficiary, British Pounds, Business Deal, Dormant Account, Dormant Accounts, E Mail, Fax Number, Foreigner, Hornby, Investment Consultant, London Office, M27, Money Transfer, Personal Ethics, Routing Number, Sincere Apologies, State Amp, Swift Code

Here’s a classic mistake a lot of the African crooks make. They send a message which does not agree with the e-mail account sending it.

Now I for one, would not believe a tale like this one for just for that reason.
On the other hand, why would anybody who had Mikhail Khordokovsky’s money in his possession need me to help transfer his cash anywhere? They would already have all the right contacts without needing to resort to someone like myself if that was true.

A third point, Mikhail Khordokovsky, the former boss of Yukos Oil Company, is interned somewhere in Siberia and is no longer an important business man (oligarch).

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Sarah Al Bin Fazal <praksin@iol.cz>
Date: 2008/10/18
Subject: Dear Friend
To: undisclosed-recipients

Dear Friend,

I am Mrs. Larisa Sosnitskaya and I represent Mr. Mikhail Khordokovsky the former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company in Russia. I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from this top (oligarch) to ask for your partnership. If interested kindly send a mail to my private email {larisa.office02@yahoo.com.hk} so as to furnish you with details

Kind Regards

Mrs.Larisa Sosnitskaya

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The fellow who wrote this post has a good command of the English language. At least he has written it in a semi-official tone to give the impression he really is an attorney at law.

To create urgency, he is using the argument often used saying the account will be confiscated.

By whom? For what?

It’s not that easy to confiscate an account. It would only occur when the account was used for illegal purposes and then only with a court issues a writ to do so.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: HENRY ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES <info@chamber.com>
Date: 2008/10/18
Subject: RE-INQUIRY
To: undisclosed-recipients

HENRY ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES
SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATES
NO. 24, BEDFORD STREET,
AMPTHILL, BEDFORDSHIRE,
MK40 3NN, ENGLAND.
TEL: +44 703 591 8986
FAX: +44 871 503 2518

Email:adamschamber@hotmail.com

I am Henry Adams, an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, Mr. Seith G.Daniel has bequeathed you as His Heir, who died as a result of Heart-Related problem due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported on: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

I’m contacting you as the Next of kin (Heir) to approve the release of the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at thirty two million dollars (US$32 million dollars) is lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact you (Next of Kin), or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent and approval as the Next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you as His Heir. All legal documents to back up your claim as my client’s next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your approval about this and your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this mail proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response. Please contact me at once to indicate your approval. I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via my private EMAIL:(adamschamber@hotmail.com) and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity.

I look forward to your quick reply.

Best regards,
Henry Adams
Attorney at Law

Tags: Ampthill, Attorney At Law, Bedford Street, Bedfordshire, Beneficiary, Cnn, Deceased Client, Gulf Air, Gulf Air Flight, Heir, Henry Adams, Illegal Purposes, Legal Documents, Million Dollars, Persian Gulf, Seith, Solicitor, Two Million, Undisclosed Recipients, Writ

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: maurine faith <maurinef6@gmail.com>
Date: 16 Oct 2008 15:31
Subject: Hello
To: candlex1@yahoo.ca
Hello
My dear, my name is Miss Maurine, i am well pleased to contact you after going through your profile at signal penpal site, on my search for relationship. To me age , distance , race and color do not matter , rather what i value most is the understanding and love that will exist between us. So in a specially manner i will like to further communication with you so as for us to know each other well , if you share the same view with me you can reach me through my personal email address , try to tell me more about you , in reply i will tell you more about my self with my picture . Here is my email(  maurinef2@yahoo.com  )  .
I am looking forward to read from you .
Yours new friend ,
Maurine.

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The fellow who wrote this wants you to believe that, because he states he is the director of UK bank, he is trustworthy.

It’s just another African scam e-mail.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Patric Bale <bale_patric@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 16 Oct 2008 16:12
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS
To:

Attention

I am Mr. Patric Bale Provincial Director in a prominent Bank here in the United Kingdom. I have an urgent suitable and confidential business proposition for you.

On June 6, 2004, a foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South Africa Mining Corporation, Mr. Richard Moss made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$18,300,000 (Eighteen Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch here in the United Kingdom. Upon maturity, 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, the South Africa Mining Corporation that Mr. Richard Moss passed away after a brief illness. 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 investigation and discovered that Mr. Richard Moss did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$18,300,000 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.  No one will ever come forward to claim it.  According to the United Kingdom Banking Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

 Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Richard Moss so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney placed to handle this transaction will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the service of two Attorneys for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.  The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 75% for me and 25% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details (upon your positive reply the Bank and other relevant details shall be given to you that will help you understand the transaction).

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Thanks and regards.

Mr. Patric Bale

Branch Manager

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and he’s telling a story about money stashed away in Africa.

The subject line is very poetic:

198 Tears of an orphan

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Melvyn Falzon <melvyn.falzon@gmail.com>
Date: 16 Oct 2008 17:05
Subject: 198 Tears of an orphan
To:

Hello dear,
 
I am Melvyn Falzon the only son of Mr. Falzon a licensed solid mineral (gold, diamond, etc) exporter before he passed away. Before his untimely death my father, apparently, married a woman who became my stepmother because my mother died when i was very young. My stepmother already have children for my father who are about my age, and they came with her to live in my Father’s house. I discovered that there was some ill-feeling from my stepmother towards me, since then i have been badly treated; being forced to undertake work befitting only a servant, in my father’s own house. When my father died instead of being in the state of mourns as custom demand, she went as much as desired and claimed my father’s property as well into the future regarded as a possible danger to my live.
My father before passing away informed me privately that he had an deposit valued eight million one hundred and twenty thousand euro (8,650,000euro) which he intend to move abroad to his foreign associate for investment abroad on my behalf, this money he acquired from the diamond/gold export contract he secured and executed under the umbrella of the government.
 
Truly i don’t know you but considering my situation and security, couple with an uncontrollable crisis between the rebels and government, my life is no more safe here. I confided on your assistance and write with every respect due to your good person and ask that you assist me to get the money moved to your country on my behalf as my late father’s foreign associate to your country for investment.
 
So please i want to know you better. I am willing to offer you 865,000euro for your assistance after the successful transfer of this money for investment; I have plans to do investment in your country, like real estate, industrial production or any other lucrative investment you bring to my notice in your country.
 
Please if you are willing to assist me, indicate your interest by sending your phone number & address so that I can communicate with you at any time. I will be waiting for your response.
 
thanks
Melvyn

Tags: Africa, Diamond Gold, Export Contract, Falzon, Gold Diamond, Good Person, Lt, Married Woman, Mineral Gold, Money, Orphan, Rebels, Servant, Solid Mineral, Stepmother, Umbrella, Untimely Death

Who would ever write that as a subject line on an e-mail? African crooks, that’s who.

It’s just another fraud lottery using a major Internet companies name to give it some weight.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mary Johnson <mary.johnson@fefc.org>
Date: 15 Oct 2008 14:43
Subject: Dear Esteemed Winner,
To:
Dear Esteemed Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the YAHOO! International Promotions Program held on the 13th  of  October 2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number  7263- 267, batch number  8254297137 drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million  United Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27.

To file for your claims you are to contact our REMMITANCE DIRECTOR for furtherinfomation and details as regarding your winning.You are hereby advised to rovide our claims department with the following information:
(1)REF Number
(2)Batch number
(3)Winning Email Address
(4)Full Names
(5)Address
(6)Next Of Kin
(7)Contact
(8)Phone Number
(9)Present Occupation
(10)Mode of claim of price (1)Bank Transfer
SIR.HENRY TURNEL (REMMITANCE DIRECTOR)
EMAIL: promofinancial_dept190@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +44 70457 44763
Mrs. Mary  Johnson (Zonal Coordinator)
Note:
- All claims are nullified after 14 working days from today.
- Do inform the claims officer of any change of Names, Address and Email.
- All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.

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