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Eric’s e-mail is of the usual money transfer type. Of course, his father was killed mysteriously while in Europe. And guess what! He says his uncle did it!

It’s a fairy tale as always …

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: erickuame@mysinamail.com
Date: 2008/4/18
Subject: From: Eric Kuame .
To: erickuame@mysinamail.com

From: Eric Kuame .
 
Dear Respectful One,

Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Eric Kuame .22years old and the only SON of my late parents Mr.and Mrs.TOURE . My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year 12th.Febuary 2003.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.
 
But God knows the truth!

My mother died when I was just 6 years old,and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on Febuary 12 2003 he  called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he has the sum of Ten million,seven hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$10.700,000) left in fixed deposit account in one of the leading banks in Africa. He further told him that he deposited the money in my name,and finally issued a written instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in possession of all the necessary but legal documents to this fund and the bank.

I am just 22 years old and a university undergraduate and really don’t know what to do.Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this funds. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your son ?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
 
Thank you so much.

My sincere regards.
Eric Kuame

Tags: 419scam, money transfer scam, eric kuame

Apart from the fact that this message is written in capital letters, the spelling and grammer are abysmal. Someone who has earned the title of “Doctor” before their name, would normally be fluent in the english language, even if they went to an African university.

So it’s easy to see that this was written by some semi illiterate person trying to make a quick profit on the internet with a fraudulent offer.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: rita boakye <rita_boakye@latinmail.com>
Date: Jan 19, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: FROM DR RITA BOAKYE
To: “rita_boakye@latinmail.com”

MY DEAREST,

HOW ARE YOU TODAY WITH YOUR FAMILY OVER THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY?I HOPE YOU ALL FINE, SO MY DEAR, I WILL LIKE YOU TO GO THROUGH THIS LETTER, IT IS MY GREAT INTEREST AND THE TRUST WHICH I HAVE ON YOU, THROUGH WE HAVE NOT MEET BEFORE, NEITHER HAVE WE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEFORE I PICK UP YOUR ADDRESS AND WRITE TO YOU

I AM A STAFF OF BANK I ‘M WRITING FOLLOWING AN OPPURTUNITY IN MY OFFICE THAT WILL BE OF IMENSE BENEFIT TO BOTH OF US.

IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF $10.5MILLION (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS LATE MR. MORRIS THOMPSON AN AMERICAN WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE PLANE CRASH OF ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 WHICH CRASHED ON JANUARY 31 2000, INCLUDING HIS WIFE AND HIS ONLY DAUGHTER. YOU SHALL READ MORE ABOUT THE CRASH ON VISITING THIS SITE BELOW.

HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/2000/US/02/01/ALASKA.AIRLINES.LIST/

SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATVES TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE IT UNLESS SOMEBODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES.

UNFORTUNATELY, I LEARNT THAT HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN BEING HIS ONLY DAUGHTER DIED ALONG WITH HIM IN THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FUND BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I AND TWO OTHER OFFICIALS IN THIS DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS FOR SAFETY KEEPING AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DON’T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO BACK INTO GOVERNMENT TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT SUCH MONEY REMAINED AFTER 6 YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO BANKING TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS AND I BEENING THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OFFICER IN THE BANK WITH OTHER TWO MEMBERS DO NOT ALLOWED THE BANK DIRECTOR TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

WE AGREED THAT 20% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER, WHILE THE BALANCE WILL BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES. I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR THE DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGES INDICATED ABOVE ONCE THIS MONEY GETS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. PLEASE BE HONEST TO ME AND TRUST IS OUR WATCHWORD IN THIS TRANSACTION.

NOTE THIS TRANSACTION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND RISK FREE. AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME BY RETURN MAIL OR YOU CALL ME ON TELEPHONE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SMOOTH RELEASE OF THESE FUNDS TO YOU HAS BEEN FINALISED. WE WILL DISCUSS MUCH IN DETAILS WHEN I DO RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE.
PLEASE IN YOUR RESPONSE INCLUDE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US.

BEST REGARDS

DR RITA BOAKYE

Do you believe that the UEFA would give away 200 million, just like that. Even with 20 or so “Sponsors”, they wouldn’t do it without the world media knowing. I haven’t noticed anything like this in the press, have you?

I expect that, coming up to the start of the European Championships next year, we will see a whole lot more of this kind of scam or fraud e-mail.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: European Champions League
Date: Oct 22, 2007 12:33 PM
Subject: MAIL FROM UEFA
To: undisclosed-recipients

ATTENTION:

The Local Organising Committee of the Heineken European Champions League is glad to announce to the world the giving away of the sum of TWO HUNDRED MILLION POUNDS to 100 lucky email addresses all over the world.This promotion is in Appreciation of our International Support for the past Soccer Events and the correspondent earnings at the stock market which was far beyond our projected quarterly earnings.

Be informed that all winners in this program have been selected randomly through a computer ballot system drawn from over 1,500,000 companies and individual e-mail addresses database. Your email address happened to be one of the lucky winner of TWO MILLION POUNDS among the One Hundred email addressess chosen. In order to claim your prize, you will have to fill the form below and send it back to us for verification and then you will be informed on how to make claims of your Cashier’s Check for the sum which has already been deposited along with your email contact.

We use this opportunity to thank all our Sponsors/ Contributors of this

program: HEINEKEN, AIR EMIRATES, ADIDAS,NIKE,MCDONALDS,COCA-COLA,UNITED
AIRLINES, BMW, PEPSI, VIRGIN ATLANTIC, UMBRO-SPORTLINE, FUJIFILM,AIR-ASIA,
BARCLAYS,VODAFONE, NOKIA N-SERIES, LUCOZADE SPORT, AND A HOST OF EMAIL SERVICE
PROVIDERS FOR ALLOWING THE USE OF THEIR DATABASE FOR THE DRAWS AND ALSO FOR
THE PROVISION OF SECURE (SSL) EMAIL DELIVERY SYSTEMS.

NAME:……………………………………..
AGE:………………………………………
SEX:………………………………………
ADDRESS:…………………………………..
EMAIL:…………………………………….
TEL.:……………………………………..
OCCUPATION:……………………………….
COUNTRY:…………………………………..

Please you are advised to complete the form and send back to us for prompt collection. You are automatically disqualified if you are below 16 years of age.This E-mail message (including attachments, if any)is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain Information that is privileged, proprietary, confidential and exempted from disclosure.If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited

Congratulation once again and you are advised to send reply to your claims agent for you to be accredited for payment:
CLAIMS AGENT: MR.LANGSTON WRIGHT
Phone:uefaprizecliams@gmail.com

Sincerely,
Susan Hill.