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This like the “pot calling the kettle black“. The crooks accuse a former partner of being greedy. (If you ask me, he is just a fictitious figure and only part of the story.)

The point is, all of these e-mails are driven by greed!

The lure of easy money is too hard to resist and coupled to the greed of the perpetrators it is a crime without scruples and causes the ruin of too many people.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr.Desmond Eyadema.
Date: Dec 28, 2007 1:06 PM
Subject: Treath Very Urgent.
To: desmond_ey11@yahoo.fr

Dear Sir/Madam,

Compliment of the season to you and your entire family and I pray that may the almighty lord guard you and your family.

Let me start by introducing myself properly, I am DESMOND EYADEMA, the son of the late Ex PRESIDENT of TOGO in WEST AFRICA but based in Dakar-Senegal now, I call you in respect of my consignment box in LONDON, which I want you to assist me and stand as my foreign beneficiary to receive my fund over there in LONDON, this fund am writing you about is 18.5million Pounds Tarling which my late father deposited with a SECURITY COMPANY for myself and my mother, and Mr.JOHNSON ASCOT who was suppose to receive this consignment in LONDON, Was demanding for 50% which I and my mother disagreed,that was why we have to stop the delivery to him immediately and search for another Beneficiary who can help us on this matter.

I will give you 20% of the total fund involve for your assistance,because that was the same agreement we had with our former beneficiary Mr.JOHNSON ASCOT before he later change is mind because of his greed, please if you are willing to help us, kindly reply me for more details.

Thanks and God Bless.

Yours Sincerely
Mr.Desmond Eyadema.

Tags: Compliment

It looks as though the Fondazion di Vittorio is a story which is working well for the crooks. It crops up as regular as clockwork.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY <fdvinfo9@verizon.net>
Date: Dec 19, 2007 3:25 AM
Subject: Contact Me Now
To: recipients

Fondazion Di Vittorio, ITALY
Batch No:…N-222-6747 E-900-56

Dear Beneficiary:
Congratulations The Foundazion Di Vittorio has chosen you by the board of trustees as one of the final recipients of a cash Grant/Donation for your own personal educational and business development.

To celebrate the 30th anniversary 2007 program We are giving out a yearly donation of US$500 000.00 to 40 lucky recipients as charity donations.

PAYMENT VERIFICATION FORM
Full Name:………
Home Address:……
Occupation:……..
Telephone:………
Fax:……………
Number:…………
Sex:……………
Age:……………
Next of Kin:…….
Batch No:…

Mr Arthur Ford
E-Mail:fdv001@live.com
http://www.fondazionedivittorio.it

Tags: Contact, Crooks, Mail, Money, Money Transfer, Money Transfer Scam, Occupation

Get this! Mike Ugochukwu sends you an scam e-mail. So far so good, but …

he tells you a tale of a huge fund transfer and calls himself Barrister Matthew Duke. If you look at the sender e-mail address, you will also see that Mike also calls himself Barrister Godwin Ugochukwu.

This is a great fairy tale, only the prince is not what he says he is.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mike Ugochukwu <barrister_godwinugochukwu123@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 19, 2007 12:11 AM
Subject: It’s very urgent
To: barrister_godwinugochukwu123@yahoo.com
Signed-by: yahoo.com

TEMPLE CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES
(LEGAL PRACTITIONAL)
No: 85, Western Avenue,
Surulere, Lagos.
Email: (MatthewDuke@myway.com)

Dear Friend

It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a suprise. This is because we have not met before but i am inspired to sending you this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual benefit to the two of us.
However, I am Barrister Matthew Duke, [the personal Attorney to the late Engr. Ronald Harriert, a national of Northern American], who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development company (SPDC) in Nigeria. On November 2002, my client,his wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.

Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident,Since then I have made several enquiries to several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives,this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccesful attempts,I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you, since you have the same surname with the deceased.
I contacted you to assist in repartriating the money and property left behind by my client, I can easily convince the bank with my legal practice that you are the only surviving relation of my client.Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $15million U.S dollars (fifteen million U.S. America dollars). Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since i have been unsuccesful in locating the relatives for over several years now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased,so that the proceeds of this account valued at $15million U.S dollars can be paid to your account and then you and i can share the money. 60% to me and 35% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your governmen may require.
Please all I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through and also Forward the following to me for the filling of the application of claim in your name urgently;

Your Full Name:

Your Age and Gender :

Your Nationality:

Your House Address:

Your Occupation:

Your Tele-phone and Fax No:

Note also that this transaction must be kept strictly confidential because of it’s nature.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me VIA this my confidential email (MatthewDuke@myway.com) .
Yours Faithfully,

Barrister Matthew Duke (SAN).

Tags: Attempts, Nigeria

Assuming these crooks really sent 1.5 million US Dollars with UPS, this is what you should know.

All packages being sent through a worldwide courier service do get x-rayed. That means, money will be recognised by the specialists running the machines. If you are the recipient of such a shipment, you will be arrested for money laundering.

As the crooks will never send you any money, this will, of course, not happen. Even so, if you decide to contact these people, you will lose money.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: johnsuga3@zipmail.com.br
Date: 29.11.2007 16:29
Subject: CONTACT UNITED POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE DELIVERY OF YOUR PARKAGE
To: undisclosed-recipients

Dear Friend,

It has been long i heard from you, what is going on? i want to inform you that i have taking your package box of ($1.500.000.00) One Million five hundred thousand united state dollars to United Postal Service Courier company (UPS) benin republic for them to send it to you.

I meet the manager of United Postal Service courier company and i spoke with him he told me that they will delivery your package box to your door step with a cheeper rate, which he said that it will cost you the sum of $155 dollars to delivery the package to you. He further told me that as soon as they heard from you they will delivery the package box to you with out any delay.

Now i want you to contact United Postal Service courier company for the release of the package, i have submited the package box to them.

The director name is: ( Dr Dan Bruno ). Telephone: 229 9790-1442
E-mail: united_postal_service_benin@yahoo.fr
Send them you full information to enable them locate you when they get to your country ok.

FULL NAME………..
ADDRESS……..
TELL PHONE……….
FAX PHONE……….
YOUR SEX……..
YOUR AGE………
COUNTRY………..
STATE………….
PHOTOGRAPH…………

Please do get back to me as soon as you have contacted United Postal Service courier company.
Regards.
Mr John Suga.

Tags: One Million, State Dollar, United State

Seriously, they do offer a basis for a fairy tale like this. Charles Taylor was a prominent warlord in war torn Liberia. He most definitely made a lot of illicit money during that time. You can read more about Charles Taylor at Wikipedia.

You can also read more on the former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo there.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Attention <attentionproject1@yahoo.com>
Date: 30.11.2007 16:21
Subject: Dear
To: undisclosed-recipients

Dear ,

Greeetings to you!! I sincerely hope all is well.I know you might wonder how i got to know your contact email address. I got it from the Presidential Library here in Nigeria, West-Africa. My name is Mr.Robert Ansah, i was assigned on 3rd of August 2003, by the Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, to be the personal assistant(PA),to the former Liberan President, Charles Taylor, when he arrived Nigeria on exile. Following the exit of Charles Taylor of Liberia from power under a West Africa brokered peace agreement, led by the Nigerian President, he was granted asylum by the Nigerian Government and was subsequently, given a home in the south-eastern part of Nigeria, Calabar to be precise.

While on my assignment as the P.A to Mr.Charles Taylor, i observed that Mr.Taylor moved in large amount of monies, illegally to Nigeria and used some of his money to buy loyalty, and he also found me as a close confidant and asked me to advise him on the best place,he could possibly secure his money. That was how, i deposited $35Million in a Financial Institution oversea(WILL TELL YOU THE COUNTRY IF WILLING TO HELP ME) and i want to use for investment and spend the rest of my life, there with my family. Since he relocated to Calabar, Southern Nigeria, all has been well until the 28th day of March, 2006, he was arrested and flown to Sierra-Leone by the Nigerian Government, following the request of the present leadership of  the Liberian Government led by Mrs.Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, backed up by the U.N, to appear in a Sierra-Leonean Hign Court, on allegations of war-crimes charges, etc All necessary/vital documents that will enable the release of the funds to you, are in my custody and would be provided to you on receipt of your willingness to assist me in the sucessful execution of this transaction. Though we are not known to each other, i strongly believe that through this transaction, we would be able to forge a mutual relationship between us, now and in the nearest-future.

All necessary/vital documents that will enable the release of the funds to you, are in my custody and would be provided to you on receipt of your willingness to assist me in the sucessful execution of this transaction. Though we are not known to each other, i strongly believe that through this transaction, we would be able to forge a mutual relationship  between us, now and in the nearest-future.

On receipt of this email, I require the following informations so that i can start the funds release procedure:

1. Full Name and Residential/Work address
2) Private telephone/fax number.

As compensation for your assistance, you will retain 40% of the total sum,while 60% will be for me, when you notify me that you have received the funds and have met with you personally in your country. On receipt of this email, i require the  following informations so that we could move ahead.

Regards,
Mr.Robert Ansah

Tags: Nigeria

The poisoned cocoa merchant story, this time from a man.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Lewius Daniel <lewius_daniel008@yahoo.fr>
Date: 30.11.2007 22:11
Subject: FROM Lewius Daniel
To: lewius_daniel008@yahoo.fr

FROM Lewius Daniel
01 BP 1042 ABIDJAN
COTE D IVORIE
WEST AFRICA

Dearest One,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business my name is LEWIUS DANIEL
the only son of late Mr. and Mrs FRANK DANIEL My father was a very wealth cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special Before the death of my father on Oct., 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Twelve million, Seven hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD($12.700,000) deposite in security company here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only SON for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. I am lewius daniel i really need your immediate assistance due to the preasure from my late fathers relation.
That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management . Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1. Can you honestly help me as you would do to your own relation?
2 To serve as a guardian of this fund.
3 To make arrangement for me to come over to your country and to secure a resident permit in your country.
Moreover, Dear, I am willing to offer you 25 % of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas.
Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you signify interest to assist me.
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God bless.
Best regards
Yours sincerely
Thanks and remain blessed.
Lewius Daniel

Tags: State Dollar, United State

This story has been used several times during the last couple of weeks. Although on this one the crooks did spend some time to rewrite it.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Edna Yeo <yeo_edna@voila.fr>
Date: 02.12.2007 22:17
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND URGENTLY!!!
To: yeo_edna@voila.fr

Dear,

I know what I am about telling you might put you at the edge of your sit but quite frankly, I have no other person that I can readily confide in this dificulty that has befallen me for quite sometime but you since I saw your profile on the website, I just couldn’t let go. I feel that I could confide in you so that you could help me out of it.

I do not know exactly how to begin. However, I do know that the only way to begin is to begin. My father died last year as a result of the conspiracy of his associates who got him poisoned in one of their business outings. Before my father’s sudden death, he was influentially wealthy as a cocoa merchant here in Cote d’Ivoire and excelled in all his endeavours. This brought the jealousy of his associates who felt very unsecured by his affluence that he would monopolise their business one day with his money. The result of this jealousy was the eventual elimination of my dad through poison. I was at the University of Cape Coast then when I got the news of my father’s ailment hence rushed back home to meet him up at the hospital. It was at the hospital that he told me about the fund $17.5m which he deposited with a bank here in Abidjan and craved my indulgence to look for a foreign partner who I can trust to help me get it transferred and invest it accordingly since he could not trust our local people here anymore.

Since his sudden demise, I have tried the much I can to have access to the fund to no avail since I was told by the bank that based on the agreement of deposit, I cannot have access to the fund kept in a suspense account umless I have a foreign partner with me. This is where you come in. My father deposited the said fund with the intent to have it transferred overseas for foreign investment which he could not live to actualise. Now, that I am the next of kin to the fund and the only child, it becomes incumbent on me to make proper use of the fund but the most paramount thing at this moment, is to complete my education while you invest the fund pending my graduation from the university.

As soon as you signify your interest to help me get this fund transferred, I shall forward you with the bank contact details so that you would contact them immediately. Be assured that all the necessary arrangement to have the fund transferred hitch-freely would be put in place here hence will pose no difficulty.

Immediately, the fund is confirmed in your account, you are to work out modalities to have me come over immediately to your country and complete my education.
PLEASE REPLY TO: ed_yeo2@yahoo.com

Awaiting your urgent response, I remain

Edna

Tags: Cocoa, Contact, Crooks, Endeavour, Heir, Indulgence, Modalities, Money, Reply, Sudden Death, Urgent Response, Yahoo

First of all, Suzann tells you her personal details. It sounds more as though she is taking part in a partner website for singles if you ask me.

She then goes on to tell you that she is looking for a trustworthy soul willing to help her invest her money for her. It’s only 5.5 million USD, so you don’t have to stampede to help her just yet.

I don’t know about you, but I get a several of this kind of message to my tagged account every day. They are all supposedly from young African women with millions of dollars which they have to get out of the country.

It’s obvious that these messages are only used to target men. It’s the damsel in distress kind of message appealing to Knights in shining armour, which we all are, of course.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Suzann Badango <suzannbadango@xemail.de>
Date: 03.12.2007 05:41
Subject: Re: Miss Suzann Badango
To:

Hello My dear
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into financial transaction with you for our mutual benefits hence i write with do respect, i am Miss Suzann Badango from Liberia, I am a lady,with black hair,brown eyes,5fts 7inches tall,weigh 59kgs.

I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction, dear i got your contact in a cause of serious search in internet for a transaction partner,i wish to invest in a manufacturing and real estatemanagement industry in your country, i have five million,five hundred thousand united state dollars to invest in industry and i will require your assistance in recieving the funds into your position in your country.

I will gladly give you 10% of the total sum for your assistance,please it is important you contact me immediately for more clearifications on the next step hence it is my wish to relocate to your country as soon as this transaction is concluded.
Awaiting your immediate response.contact me with(suzannbadango4@yahoo.com)
Thanks,
Miss Suzann Badango

Tags: State Dollar, United State

This story has been told so often, that you get the impression there must be hundreds of wealthy cocoa merchants in Abidjan, who were killed by their business partners …..

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: sandrine_nzi22@yahoo.co.jp
Date: 27.11.2007 11:17
Subject: From Miss: Sandrine Nzi.
To: sandrine_nzi22@yahoo.co.jp

My Dear one,

I am Sandrine Nzi the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. Nzi Joseph My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on March 2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of twelve million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD ($12,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates.

That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to .

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22years.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, Dear, i am willing to offer you 25% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas.

Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Thank and God bless.

Best regards,

Miss Sandrine Nzi.

Tags: State Dollar, United State

This story has been used many times. As usual only names are changed, although Janet White has cropped up here a couple of times already.

Here are two cases for you:
Inheritance Scam using the HSBC Bank
Inheritance Scam this time from Nigeria

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR.PAUL OGHIE
Date: 28.11.2007 14:41
Subject: ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,
To: undisclosed-recipients

FROM THE DESK OF:MR.PAUL OGHIE
DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS OF $15.5M

THIS IS TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUNDS HAS BEEN GAZZETED TO BE RELEASED, VIA KEY TELEX TRANSFER (KTT )-DIRECT WIRE TRANSFER TO YOU BY THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE FUND TRANSFER.MEANWHILE,A WOMAN CAME TO MY OFFICE FEW DAYS AGO WITH A LETTER,CLAIMING TO BE YOUR TRUE REPRESENTATIVE. HERE ARE HER INFORMATIONS:

NAME JANET WHITE
BANK NAME: CITI BANK,IN YOUR COUNTRY.
ACCOUNT Number: 6503809428.

PLEASE,DO RECONFIRM TO THIS OFFICE ,AS A MATTER OF URGENCY IF THIS WOMAN IS FROM YOU SO THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BEHELD RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING INTO THE WRONG ACCOUNT NAME. THE RESERVE BANK GOVERNOR,EXECUTIVE, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE SENATE COMMITTEE FOR FOREIGN OVER DUE INHERITANCE FUND HAVE APPROVED AND ACCREDITED THIS REPUTABLE BANK WITH THE OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE / FOREIGN OPERATIONS,TO HANDLE AND TRANSFER ALL FOREIGN INHERITANCE FUNDS THIS YEAR.

HOWEVER,WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENTS DETAILS TO THE SAID MRS.WHITE,IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY. CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.

BEST REGARDS,
MR.PAUL OGHIE

DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE
FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,
ZENITH BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
ALL FOREIGN INHERITANCE FUNDS
CENTRAL BANK GOVERNOR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD] ACCOUNTANT

Tags: Inheritance, Nigeria