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Some time or another, it had to happen. I not only receive a whole pile of emails from African crooks each day, now it looks as one of them is using my name in one of the scam emails. Or maybe one of them is just pulling a prank?

The point is, this comment poster “Ahmad” sent in a copy of an email which quotes my name as a barrister (which I am not) to spin his tail.

I reckon he/she/they will have bad luck because I am just too well known on the web. And if anybody searches for my name they will find Crime Online in association with it. They will land here.

The person who posted this is most definitely somewhere in Africa, or  maybe  Mauritius, and not in Saudia Arabia, which he is trying to suggest. So I will have to consider him/her/them as 419 style crook/s, won’t I?

New comment on your post #20 “At last! My very own inheritance e-mail …”
Author : ahmad eissa
E-mail : ah_eassa@yahoo.com
URL    : http://www.aheissa.sa

Comment:
Attn:Wricks,

I apologize for intruding into your privacy, especially by contacting you through this means for a business transaction of this magnitude, but due to its seriousness and urgency it, therefore, became necessary for me to seek for your assistance.I am Barrister Michael Holdcroft, a counsel to late David Wricks, a national of your country Who used to work with shell development company in lome togo, He lost his life in a ghastly motor accident on the 21st of April 2004 together with his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along nouvissi express Road. Before his sudden and mysterious death, he deposited a sum worth (5.5MILLION US dollars) with a bank here in Lome-Togo . I knew this because all the legal proceedings was duly carried out by my humble self. After his death three years ago, I made several approaches to your embassy to help me locate any of his relatives so as to come and stand as the next of kin to my late client in order to have this huge sum transferred in his or her bank account.

But all my effort proved abortive.After several unsuccessful attempts in locating any of his relations and the latest ultimatum given to me by the Bank, mandating me to provide my client’s next of kin within the 4 weeks or I have the money confisticated, which I wouldn’t live to see it happen, hence my decision to contact you so that I can present you as the next of kin to my late client. All I demand from you is your honest co-operation so that this fund {5.5MILLION US dollars} can be transferred into any account of your choice within the shortest time possible.For your assistance and co-operation, I have decided to have the money shared as follows; 40% for you, 60% for me.

What I introduced to you might be a smack of an unethical practice but this is a once in a life time opportunity that is capable of making things better for us and moreover, if I fail to present my late client’s next of kin in couple of weeks, the truth is that this money would not be taken by the government or by some greedy officials of the bank and I would not fold my arms and watch this happen hence my decision to contact you. I also want to use this medium to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and my position as the counsel to the late depositor of the fund, it has been legally planned to avoid any hitch or breach of law. Every information that will back you up as the next of kin to my late client shall be given to you as soon as I have your consent.
I look forward to receiving your positive response soonest.Reply via my private email: michael_h@rocketmail.com
Regards,
Barrister Michael Holdcroft.

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and sends this loan or credit offer from an account called mrschmalz.

He or she obviously did not check what they wrote before sending it off, did they?

By the way, Schmalz is a German word for “cooking fat”.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: mrschmalz@centralny.twcbc.com
Date: 21 Dec 2008 02:10
Subject: LOAN OFFER CONTACT VIA EMAIL: microfinancialfund23@8u8.com
To: .@centralny.twcbc.com

Dear Sir/MadamMy Name is Mary C. Elizabeth,the CEO of Micro Financial Loan Plc.i am into lending of money to individuals, business People,Companies Owner’s,local and international at a very low Interest Rate 2%.If you are interested, Apply now!!!. Don’t Worry about Collateral,this is Non-Collateral Loan Program to support the less privilage and improve companies and organization in need of loan for expension for better development in the Society.Contact my Loan Officer via below email and personal information need for him to process your loan.

FIRST NAME:………..
LAST NAME:…….
ADDRESS:…………….
COUNTRY:…………..
Phone number:………
Fax number: ………..
OCCUPATION:………..
MONTHLY INCOME………..
AGE:……………
LOAN AMOUNT NEEDED:…….
LOAN DURATION:……..

Kind Regards
Mr.Mike Adams
Loan Facility officer
Email: microfinancialfund23@8u8.com
Tel:+44-703-193-6933
Fax: +44-870-288-5031

You have to give to the Africans. They certainly know how to write messages in semi official language.

What makes me wonder is, why do people answer this kind of message when it talks about money from Nigeria being held back by the FBI?

I would most people would be scared out of their wits if the FBI suggested they may be doing anything illegal.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Paul C. Jordan, III Date: 21 Dec 2008 13:35
Subject: Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
To: recipients

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
Fbi Headquarters In Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Website: www.fbi.gov
Date: 21/12/2008

ATTENTION FUND BENEFICIARY,

This is an official advice from the fbi foreign Remittance / telegraphic dept., it has come to our notice that the C.B.N Bank Nigeria district has released 10,500,000.00 US dollars into bank of America in your name as the beneficiary, by inheritance means.

The C.B.N Bank Nigeria knowing fully well that they do not have Enough facilities to effect this payment from the united kingdom to your account, used what we know as a secret diplomatic transit payment (s.t.d.p) to pay this fund through wire transfer, they used this means to complete the payment.

They are still, waiting for confirmation from you on the already Transferred funds which were made in direct transfer so that they can do final crediting to your account. Secret diplomatic payments are not made unless the funds are related to terrorist activities why must your payment be made in secret transfer, if your transaction is legitimate, if you are not a terrorist, then why did you not receive the money directly into your account; this is a pure coded, means of payment?

Records which we have had with this method of payment in the past Has always been related to terrorist acts, we do not want you to get into trouble as soon as these funds reflect in your account in the U.S.A, so it is our duty as a world wide commission to correct this little problem before this fund will be credited into your personal account.

Due to the increased difficulty and unnecessary security by the American authorities when funds come from outside of Europe, and the Middle East, the f.b.i bank commission for Europe has stopped the transfer on its way to deliver payment of $10,500,000.00 to debit your reserve account and pay you through a secured diplomatic transit account (s.d.t.a). We govern and oversee funds transfer for the World Bank and the rest of the world.

We advice you contact us immediately, as the funds have been Stopped and are being held in our custody, until you can be able to provide us with a diplomatic immunity seal of transfer (dist) within 3 days from the world local bank that authorize the transfer from where the funds was transferred from to certify that the funds that you are about to receive from Nigeria are antiterrorist/drug free or we shall have cause to cross and impound the Payment, we shall release the funds immediately we receive this legal documents.

We have decided to contact you directly to acquire the proper Verifications and proof from you to show that you are the rightful person to receive this fund, because of the amount involve, we want to make sure is a clean and legal money you are about to receive. Be informed that the fund are now in United State in your name, but right now we have ask the bank not to release the fund to anybody that comes to them, unless we ask them to do so, because we have to carry out our investigations first before releasing the fund to you. Note that the fund is in the BANK OF AMERICA right now, but we have ask them not to credit the fund to you yet, because we need a solid proof and Verifications from you before releasing the funds.

So to this regards you are to re-assure and proof to us that what you are about to receive is a clean money by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST) to satisfy to us that the money your about to receive is legitimate and real money. You are to forward the documents to us immediately if you have it in your possession, if you don’t have it let us know so that we will direct and inform you where to obtain the document and send to us so that we will ask the bank holding the funds, the Bank Of America to go ahead Crediting your account immediately.

These Documents are to be issued to you from the World Local Bank that Authorized the transfer, so get back to us immediately if you don’t have the document so that we will inform you the particular place to obtain the document in United Kingdom (U.K), because we have come to realize that the fund was Authorized by (H.S.B.C) Bank in London.

An FBI Identification Record and Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer (DIST) often referred to as a Criminal History Record or Rap Sheet, is a listing of certain information taken from fingerprint submissions retained by the FBI in connection with arrests and, in some instances, federal employment, naturalization, or military service.

These Condition Is Valid until 26th of DEC. 2008 after we shall take actions on Canceling the payment and then charge you for illegally moving funds out of Nigeria.

Guarantee: funds will be released on confirmation of the document.

Final Instruction;

1. Credit payment instruction: irrevocable credit guarantee.
2. Beneficiary has full power when validation is cleared.
3. Beneficiaries bank in U.S.A., can only release funds.
4. Upon confirmation from the world bank / united nations.
5. Bearers must clear bank protocol and validation request.

NOTE: We have asked for the above documents to make available the most complete and up-to date records possible for the enhancement of public safety, welfare and security of Society while recognizing the importance of individual privacy rights. If you fail to provide the Documents to us, we will charge you with the FBI and take our proper action against you for not proofing to us the legitimate of the fund you are about to receive.

The United States Department of Justice Order 556-73 establishes rules and regulations for the subject of an FBI Identification Record to obtain a copy of his or her own Record for review. The FBI Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division processes these requests to check illegal activities in U.S.A.

An individual may request a copy of his or her own FBI Identification Record for personal review or to challenge information on the Record. Other reasons an individual may request a copy of his or her own Identification Record may include international adoption or to satisfy a requirement to live or work in a foreign country or receive funds from another country, i.e. Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer, letter of good conduct, criminal history Background, etc.)

FBI Director
Paul C. Jordan, III

The UK National Lottery is often used by the Africans. It’s a good way of getting unsuspecting people to depart from their hard earned cash to pay for all sorts of “Fees” for a prize they will never get.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: END OF YEAR PROMO Date: 23 Dec 2008 14:42
Subject: You have won the sum of £2,500,000
To: email@cda.twcbc.com

Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369

Dear Winner,

You have won the sum of £2,500,000(Two million five hundread Thousand Pounds Sterling) from UK NATIONAL LOTTERY on our 2008 end of year charity bonanza.The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users,from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.

We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a monthly lottery. Failure to claim your win will result into the reversion of the fund to our following month.

You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claims Department below quoting lottery number: LOTTERY NUMER:05-08-10-18-20-46-{43}. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.

NAME: Mr Louis Mike

EMAIL: louismke@live.com
Tel: (+44)-702-403-9688
Fax: (+44)-870-479-8343

VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAMES:

2.ADDRESS:

3.SEX:

4.AGE:

5.MARITAL STATUS:

6.OCCUPATION:

7.E-MAIL ADDRESS:

8.TELEPHONE NUMBER:

9: LOTTERY NUMBER:

10.AMOUNT WON:

11. COUNTRY:

12:PAYMENT METHOD: CHECK DELIVERY OR BANK TRANSFER

Congratulations once again.

Regards,
Morty Cordell Bragg
Online coordinator for UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program.

We have always been fascinated by stories of pirates and lost treasures. I think almost anyone would fall for the idea of finding a lost fortune on an island, in the attic or a secret passageway in Grandma’s old house.

That is part of the secret behind the abandoned or deceased accounts, that the Africans like to tell us about. They play on the secret wishes that people have to make their lives better.

So they lead unsuspecting victims down the rabbit hole which unfortunately, does not have a happy end.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Barr Anthony Poveda
Date: 23 Dec 2008 15:41
Subject: FROM :BARR ANTHONY POVEDA : MY LEGAL OBLIGATION AND SINCERE REQUEST
To:

¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!
Ahora puedes escribirme a:barranthonyp@yahoo.com.co

- FROM :BARR ANTHONY POVEDA : MY LEGAL OBLIGATION AND SINCERE REQUEST Barrister Anthony Poveda PRINCIPLE & ASSOCIATES 101 CORNHILL LONDON EC7V 9NP , UNITED KINGDOM .Phone No: +447-522-385-345 Fax No: +447-005-942-277 PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: barranthonypoveda101@gmail.com Attention; Sir/ Madam, Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but I do have limited choice. My name is Barr. Anthony Poveda a Queen Council, working with PRINCIPLE & ASSOCIATES London. Actually, I got your contact address from the U.K Chambers and Commerce of Industries searching for a reportable business partner in your countries public records. My Late client MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, a business mogul who had casinos and restaurants, Her wealth which was made through Oil bunkers business in Russia, She lived in Spain for many years, my client, her husband and their one child were involved in an underground train crash in the eastern city of Valencia as Victims of the Tuesday, 4 July 2006, Incident that befall the Spanish. You can confirm through this website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5143738.stm) Before her death, on my advice as his lawyer she deposited the sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) with a bank here in London under a very strong insurance bond. The bank has mandated me to present any family her/inheritor for claims before the account gets confiscated or reverts to the government treasury, as unclaimed funds. I have search for any of my late client’s relative which has been impossible for me to accomplish as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his deposit. Mrs CEPARO GRANT ROMAN was my private client. I have to let you know that absolute confidentiality is required in this transaction and involvement of a third party is not acceptable. Besides I am doing this on my own personal capacity and do not wish to bring my office into it.SHARING ARRANGEMENTS:The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after 3 Financial years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a Spanish Citizen cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for investment in your Country as soon as the Transfer is completed.EXECUTION OF THE PROPOSED DEAL:Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, Please include your Information as stated Below.1.YOUR FULL NAME 2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER 3.HOME ADDRESS 4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, with my position as his lawyer, I will now appoint and recognise you as the heir. I will obtain every relevant document from the probate to make your claim legal. Note that this process is not risky in any manner and it is completely legal but might not be justified morally. Once the fund is released to you, I am proposing 40% of the total sum to you for your involvement.10% would be set aside for any expenses that could be incurred during the transaction. I would retain 50% for myself. Note that when the whole documents are ready, it would be your responsibility to approach the bank and make application for the release and transfer of the said funds. If this proposal does offend your moral values please pardon me. Otherwise reply via Fax by complete the Form enclose in this letter. Or you can call me on Tel no: +447-544-616-482 for furt! her clarification.Best Regards Barrister Anthony Poveda barranthonypoveda101@gmail.com

Do you believe a real Senator would send me information about a money payment from a Yahoo Freemail account?

Another 419 scam type of message using a “plane crash” story, with the difference that this fellow says the money is in a Bank of Ireland account.

It’s amazing how many African banks have deceased or abandoned accounts isn’t it?

Now Joseph says he discovered the cash at his bank and now he says he has put the money in an Escrow account.

He says if I allow him to name me as the beneficiary there will be no risk. Sounds good doesn’t it? What he means is, he has absolutely no risk of being caught robbing people’s money.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: josephkm@cantv.net
Date: 17 Dec 2008 19:21
Subject: From: Mr. Joseph Kamara/I write you this proposal in good faith.
To: josephkm@cantv.net

From: Mr. Joseph Kamara.
145 Rue de commerce plataeux
Abidjan.
Cote D’Ivoire.

Dear Friend,

I write you this proposal in good faith.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me.

I am a manager in a bank in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire.

it is my duty to send in a financial report to our head office at the end of each business year.

On the course of the last year 2007 business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made USD$3,500.000 (Three million Five hundred thousand united state dollars) which our head office are not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.

As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as your commission.

I am also willing to invest my own part of the money into any moving business in your country after the accomplishment of this project.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that our head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
I have finalized all plans to transfer this money out and waiting for your coperation to make it work.

I will get 70% While you take 30%.

Mail me back so that we can go over the details.

Please let us make it faster as you provide your full information below:

FULL NAME………………………..
ADDRESS………………………….. ……
AGE…………………………..
OCCUPATION…………….. ……………….
MARITAL STATUS…………………………………
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER…………………………………….

I am waiting to hear from you urgently.

Yours truly,
Mr. Joseph Kamara

Although this fellow says he got the money through a crude oil deal, it doesn’t really matter. As usual, the Africans are using a story which could have a little credability to lull people into thinking this could be real.

It’s not.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Captain kelvin cole
Date: 17 Dec 2008 18:42
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
To: recipients

Dear Sir/Madam,

My Name is captain Kelvin Cole with the United States troop in Iraq,on war against terrorism.

Based on the United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Iraq after this present American election which president obama won,I have been deployed to come and work in your country’s military base soonest.

Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states,mostly the United states and the European Union on the war against terrorism.

I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of $16.2 million USD. which i got from crude oil deal here in Iraq.

I deposited this money with a red cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money.It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.

I want to invest the money in your country as soon as I am deployed into your country for a good bussines, anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business person. I want to move this money to your destination where you will receive it as the beneficiary,so I need someone I could trust.

If you accept,I will transfer the money to where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.

I am American and an intelligence officer for that so I have a means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service .I just need your acceptance and all is done.

Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully.I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary so that I can be sure that the person is real.

I believe I can trust you. where we are now,we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our emails,then I can explain in details to you.I will only reach you through email.I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.

If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further enquiries when I am out of our military network.

I await for your contact details so we can go on.In less than 5days the money should have been noted on your custody and I will come over for my money and to invest it in a business together with you.I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me.I hope I am been fair on this deal.

Get back to me with your full information:

YOUR FULL NAME………
YOUR FULL ADDRESS………………..
A SCAN COPY OF YOUR DRIVERS LICENCE/ INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER………
NEAREST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT……

Regards,
Cpt Kelvin Cole.

Franka (or maybe Frank?) keeps this message really short. You will find enough examples of fraudulent Cancer Stories here

This fellow has written some nice spelling mistakes, hasn’t he?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: franka_adamsxx@yahoo.co.jp
Date: 18 Dec 2008 05:06
Subject: My Dear,
To:

新しいメールアドレスをお知らせします
新しいメールアドレス： frad20085000@yahoo.co.jp

Dear,

i will like to know more of you so that i will intrust my hope on you, about my late
husband wishes,i am a widow surfring from cancer of the lungs as i have $9,million usd left at the bank by my late husband i will give you the full details E;franka_adamsxx@yahoo.co.jp

Mrs Franka

- franka_adamsxx@yahoo.co.jp