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This is a rehash of the “we have embezzeled money from our company and need someone to help transfer the loot”.

Now if I had done that, I certainly would have organised the transfer before I had actually stolen the money, instead of posting this message out to thousands on the Internet afterwards.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: george owen
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:03 PM
Subject: Transfer Of $35.5m
To: georgeowen1@live.com

From: Dr. George Owen.

I am Dr.George Owen, Director of Project , South Africa Department of Minerals and Energy. I am making this contact with you based on the Committee need for an individual/company who is willing to assist us with a solution to a money transfer.

This amount $35.5m represents the balance of the total contract Value Executed on behalf of Department mineral resources and Energy by a foreign contracting firm, which we the officials over-invoiced deliberately, of which the actual sum has been paid.

Should you be willing to assist us in the transaction? Your share of the sum will be 25% of the $35.5million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. To enable us commence,provide your personal telephone/fax number . Contact me through my alternative e-mail address: gowen011@hotmail.com

Best Regards,
Dr.George Owen.

Tel:+27 787048899

George Owen, Advance Fee Fraud

Regardless of which Social Network you may belong to, you will eventually get message like this from an African crook:

It’s surprising, but there are a lot of cancer e-mails posted here with one thing in common. And that is, the first name is Jennifer.

Just do a search on “Jennifer” and you will see how many have been posted in the past.

Remarkable……

———- Forwarded message ———- 
From: Mrs Jennifer Peters <abogadopedro@ozu.es>
Date: 2008/5/17
Subject: Remember To Read This Mail and Contact My Attorney.
To:

Hello Dear,

My name is Mrs.Jennifer Peters; I am a dying woman who has decided to
donate what I have to you/church. I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for
cancer for about 2 years ago immediately after the death of my husband who
has left me everything he worked for and because the doctors told me I
will not live longer than some weeks because of my health idecided to
WILL/donate the sum of $2 500 000 Two million five hundred thousand
dollars to you for the good work of humanity and also to help the
motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.
I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly and
please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others.

Here is the Contact information of my Attorney below:
Orbin Law Firm
Abogado De Justicia
Calle Embajadores,106.2,Madrid,Spain
Notario & Tribunal
Sr Pedro Antonio
Phone/Fax:+34-693-220-723
Email:abogadopedro@aim.com

and tell him that I have WILLED $2 500 000.00
to you and I have also notified him. I know I don’t know you but I have
been directed to do this. Thanks and God bless.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the
task is accomplished as i don’t want anything that will jeopardize my last
wish.
From Mrs.Jennifer Peters.

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Terminal Illness, Jennifer Peters

This one came in from 2 different e-mail accounts:
okey_patrick2@Gazeta.pl and
okey_patrick21@Gazeta.pl

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Patrick Okey

The FEDEX mail has been coming in quite regularly over the last few weeks.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: iscolljonas14 Gazeta.pl <iscolljonas14@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 4:50 AM
Subject: FedEx Diplomatic Delivery
To: iscolljonas14@gazeta.pl

Dear Friend,

I have paid for the delivery of your consignment by the FedEx company Benin Republic. They promised that your consignment will leave immediately they  received your re-confirmed informations to avoid wrong delivery. Now contact them with your full informations through their email address (fedexshipping_diplomatic_courier@yahoo.fr
Phone number +229 9394-9986.
Here are the requested informations needed by the Director Of The FedEx Diplomatic Division which they instructed me to email you to provide while contacting them for easier identification when the diplomat arrives in your country:
Kindly re-confirm to them the followings:
Your Full Name: ____________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not
P.O.BOX) :
Name of City of Residence:____________________
Country:____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number: _____________________
Mobile Number:______________________________
Nearest airport:______________________________
Working Identity Card/Int’l Passport:_____________
Ocupation:________________ Position__________
I registered it with the FedEx Courier company in the name of Computer accessories as its content and i didn’t let them know that it contains funds of US$1.500.000.00 because of fear of betrayal.

Yours faithfully
Mr. Iscoll Jonas

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, FEDEX Benin

Messages like this one show that the Iraqi conflict is still an ideal background for 419 scams. The stories are hardly researchable and the conflict is full of myths.

Does anyone know what an “obscured business suggestion” could be?

The funny thing about this e-mail is the sender address. Do you see it?

The so called Mr. Liu Yan is using an account with the name paulsmiths_uk@yahoo.co.uk.

Now why would he do that?

Because Liu Yan/Paul Smiths or what ever his name is, was just too lazy to set up a new account for his new scam message.

On the other hand, he has a localised Hong Kong Yahoo addresse as a so called private account. If that one is 006, how many accounts may he have there?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR LIU YAN Date: May 15, 2008 1:50 AM
Subject: Your Response Is Highly Needed
To: undisclosed-recipients

Good day,

I am Mr.Liu Yan a transfer supervisor operations in investment section in Bank of China Ltd,Hong Kong.I have a obscured business suggestion for you.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General Mohammed Jassim Ali who was with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months,with a value of Nineteen millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch.

Upon maturity several notice was sent to him,even during the war early this year.Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him.We later find out that the general and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home.

After further investigation it was also discovered that General Mohammed Jassim Ali did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit.And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.So,Nineteen millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.What bothers me most is that according to the to the laws of my country at the expiration 5 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to
claim the funds.

Against this backdrop,my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to General Mohammed Jassim Ali so that you will be able to receive his funds.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you.

If interested send your your response to my personal email
address:liuyann006@yahoo.com.hk

Regards
Liu Yan

A short message offering 24.5 million US Dollars from Hong Kong.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Patrick Chan <pchan@info.net>
Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Subject: Respond
To: undisclosed-recipients

I am Patrick Chan I work with HANG SENG BANK, HONG KONG.I have a Business Proposal of Twenty four million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars for you to handle with me from my bank,if you are interested please send me your full names,privatephone/fax and current residential address and finally after that I shall provide you with more details.
Kind Regards
Patrick Chan

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Hang Seng Bank, Patrick Chan

The only interesting point about this e-mail is the e-mail address didia44@zudah.org.

There is a registered domain Zudah.org. It belongs to a woman with an address in California. The question is, how did Didia get a working e-mail address from there?

I am waiting for an answer, so we will have to wait and see if there really is an e-mail account there or not.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr Zudah Didia &lt;didia44@zudah.org&gt;
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Subject: REPLY AND CALL ME ONLY IF YOU ARE INTERESTED AND READY TO BE OF THIS TRANSACTION
To: didia44@zudah.org

FROM: MR DIDIA ZUDAH.
AUDITING / ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
BURKINA-FASO, WEST AFRICA .
+226 76 18 66 18

MY DEAR, I AM CONTACTING YOU IN REGARDS TO A BUSINESS TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY FROM A DECEASED ACCOUNT. THOUGH I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANYONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED, BUT I AM ASSURING YOU THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY. I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION.

PROPOSITION; I DISCOVERED AN ABANDANT SUM OF $11.5M (ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAS) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY. SINCE HIS DEATH, NONE OF HIS NEXT-OF-KIN OR RELATIONS HAS COME FORWARD TO LAY CLAIMS TO THIS MONEY AS THE HEIR. I CANNOT RELEASE THE FUND FROM HIS ACCOUNT UNLESS SOMEONE APPLIES FOR CLAIM AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES. UPON

THIS DISCOVERY, I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS A NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED AS ALL DOCUMENTATIONS WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT BY ME FOR THE FUNDS $11.5M ( ELEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLAS ) TO BE RELEASED IN YOUR FAVOUR AS THE BENEFICIARY’S NEXT OF KIN. IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO NOTE THAT I HAVE SECURED FROM THE PROBATE AN ORDER OF MADAMUS TO LOCATE ANY OF DECEASED BENEFICIARIES.

PLEASE ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF THIS MESSAGE IN ACCEPTANCE OF MY MUTUAL BUSINESS ENDEAVOUR BY FURNISHING ME WITH THE FOLLOWING;

1. YOUR FULL NAMES AND ADDRESS.

2. DIRECT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.

THESE REQUIREMENTS WILL ENABLE ME FILE A LETTER OF CLAIM TO THE APPROPRIATE DEPARTMENTS FOR NECESSARY APPROVALS IN YOUR FAVOUR BEFORE THE TRANSFER CAN BE MADE. I SHALL BE OMPENSATING YOU WITH $4.6 MILLION DOLLARS ON FINAL CONCLUSION OF THIS PROJECT, WHILE THE REST $6.9MILLION SHALL BE FOR ME. YOUR OWN SHARE STAYS WITH YOU WHILE THE REST SHALL BE FOR ME FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY.

IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU, DO NOT TAKE UNDUE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRUST I HAVE BESTOWED IN YOU, I AWAIT YOUR URGENT EMAIL.

REGARDS,

YOUR;S FAITHFULLY,

MR DIDIA ZUDAH
+226 76 18 66 18

Technorati-Tags: 419 Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Didia Zudah

Here’s another “Businessman in Paraguay” e-mail.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: williams benson &lt;williams_benson@klikni.cz&gt;
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN BENIN FOR YOUR COMPENSATION
To:

Attn, My Dear Friend.
I’m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently I am in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, his name is FRANK DEVID on ( frank_david93@yahoo.fr) ask him to send you the total $1.5MUSD one Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ONLY which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touched with my secretary andinstruct him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. in the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr.FRANK DEVID he will send the amount to you without any delay.
FULLNAME:……………………………….
CURRENT MAILING ADDRESS:…………………..
HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER:……………………
OFFICE NUMBER:……………………………
OCCUPAION…………………………………
COUNTRY……………………………………
SEX………………………………………
AGE………………………………………
With best regards.
Dr WILLIAMS BENSON

Technorati-Tags: 419 Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Williams Benson

Same old story about an expiring bank draft.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: edwardchubby4 Gazeta.pl &lt;edwardchubby4@gazeta.pl&gt;
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Subject: Good Day!!
To:

Good Day!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.8 MILLION United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now.

Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr.Wilson th Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash the $1.8 MILLION USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of june 2008.

The money was now package in consignment box and was deposited with the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN , Cotonou, Benin Republic What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you ,For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium.

The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($155.00 US) United States Dollars only being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.Again, don’t be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $155.00 US Dollars.

I would have paid that but they said no because they don’t know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to contact FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your consignment with this information bellow;

Directors Name:DR. MARK OLISE
Companys Name:FEDEX COURIER COMPANY
Email:( infofedexcouriercomp@netcourrier.com )
Telephone number;+229 9391 1954

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number to them again to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $155.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

Note this. The FEDEX COURIER COMPANY don’t know the contents of the Box. They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them know that box contents money ok.

I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Edward Chubby,

Technorati-Tags: 419 Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Fedex Benin