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Sometimes I feel the Africans are quite naive. The story told here of the Govenor of a state bank who would actually personally deal with someone about an inheritance matter is pretty far fetched.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: JEFF SMITH
Date: 2008/9/6
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE FROM CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.
To:

OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU, SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
DATE:6TH SEPTEMBRE, 2008.
OUR RE5: CBN/OHG/OXD1/2008
YOUR REF: …………………………
TELEX: CENBANK.
PAYMENT FILE: CBN/BEN/08.
ATTN: BENEFICIARY,
PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS.

I AM MR. JEFF SMITH, THE SECRETARY TO PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO; THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N), THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA IS THE PARENT BANK OF ALL COMMERCIAL BANKS HERE IN NIGERIA. I WAS INSTRUCTED TO INITIATE CONTACT WITH YOU BY MY BOSS THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N) ON AN URGENT ISSUE, KINDLY NOTE THAT YOUR FUNDS WERE RE-CALLED AND RE-DEPOSITED INTO THE “FEDERAL SUSPENSE ACCOUNT” OF THE CBN LAST WEEK, BECAUSE YOU DID NOT FORWARD YOUR CLAIM AS THE RIGHT BENEFICIARY.

MY BOSS THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N), WAS VISITED IN HIS OFFICE BY THREE GENTLEMEN TODAY, REALLY THESE MEN WERE UNEXPECTED BY HIM BECAUSE THEIR VISIT WAS IMPROMPTU. HE HAD TO ASK THEM WHY THEY CAME TO SEE HIM IN PERSON AND THEY SAID THAT THEY CAME TO COLLECT THE INHERITANCE/ CONTRACT FUNDS BILL WHICH RIGHTFULLY BELONGS TO YOU AS SHOWN IN YOUR FILE WITH US, ON YOUR BEHALF AND BY YOUR AUTHORIZATION.

NOTE THAT THEY ACTUALLY TENDERED SOME VITAL DOCUMENTS WHICH PROVED THAT YOU ACTUALLY SENT THEM FOR THE COLLECTION OF THESE FUNDS. BELOW IS LIST OF THE DOCUMENTS WHICH THEY TENDERED TO THIS BANK TODAY:

1. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.
2. HIGH COURT INJUNCTION.
3. ORDER TO RELEASE.

DUE TO THE NATURE OF HIS JOB, HE CANNOT AFFORD TO MAKE ANY MISTAKE IN RELEASING THESE FUNDS TO ANYONE EXCEPT YOU WHO IS THE RECOGNIZED TRUE BENEFICIARY TO THESE FUNDS. NOTE THAT MY BOSS HAS ASKED THESE MEN TO COME BACK TOMORROW SO HE CAN VERIFY THIS FACT FROM YOU FIRST. KINDLY CLARIFY US ON THIS ISSUE BEFORE WE MAKE THIS PAYMENT TO THESE FOREIGNERS WHOM CAME ON YOUR BEHALF.

KINDLY TO DIRECT YOUR RESPONSE TO THE PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS OF MY BOSS, PROF. CHARLES SOLUDO, THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR OF THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CBN,BELOW FOR QUICKER DELIBERATION AND RESPONSE FROM HIM ON THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOU. PLEASE REMEMBER TO INDICATE A PHONE NUMBER HE CAN REACH YOU ON IN YOUR RESPONSE..

EMAIL:charlessoludo160@gmail.com

NOTE THAT FOR SECURITY REASONS YOU HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED A CODE/PASSWORD WHICH IS {TT7270CBN}, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS CODE IS THE REFERENCE NUMBER FOR YOUR TRANSFER AND IT’S BEING DISCLOSED TO YOU ALONE, GUARD THIS JEALOUSLY AND ALL YOUR EMAIL RESPONSE SHOULD CARRY THIS CODE AS THE SUBJECT.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR.JEFF SMITH.

SECRETARY.
TO THE GOVERNOR.
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
+011-234-803-866-9874

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It looks as though a lot of the Africans are using Microsoft’s Hotmail service at live.com these days.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Dr.George Owen.
Date: Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Subject: Transfer Of $35.5m?
To:

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@gmail.com
Best Regards,
Dr.George Owen.
Tel:+27 787048899

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That and 95 USD pave the way for the Africans to get you to pay a lot more.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: petermoore1936 Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 5:19 AM
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY Peter More.
To:

Attention,
I have Paid for the delivery fee for your Cheque Draft.but the manager of Financial Trust Bank Plc Benin told me that before the check will get to you that it will expire.So i told him to cash $850,000.00 all the necessary arrangement of delivering the $850,000.00 incash was made with SPEED TRUST COURIER COMPANY DIRECTOR.
Below is the needed information to enable them deliver your fund to you immediately.The only fee you have to pay them is $95 usd that they will use to obtain insurance certificate and claims of affadvite that will prove that the parcel that consist total sum of $850.000.00 belong to you be rest assure that all other
fees have been paid by me.
SPEED TRUST COURIER COMPANY DIRECTOR
PROFFESOR .NELSON UDO.
EMAIL;(speed_trustcompany@yahoo.com.hk )
1.YOUR FULL NAME……………….
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS…………….
3.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER…………….
4.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE………………
5.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE………………….
6.COMPANY REGISTRATION NO EG49945
7.CODE NMBER 0140333
Please make sure you send this needed info’s to the
Director general of shalom Courier Company
PROFFESOR.REV.NELSON UDO
with the address given to you.
Note ;The SPEED TRUST Delivery COURIER COMPANY LTD don’t know the contents of the Box. I registered it as a Box of family valuable belongs. They don’t know it contents fund. this is to avoid them delaying with the Box. don’t let them know that is money that is in that Box.I am waiting for your urgent response.
Thanks and Remain Blessed.

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Sometimes one of the Africans has a fantastic idea. This is one of them.

After 9/11 the US has been following money transfers the world over as one of the methods of combating Terrorism. Of course, money transfers not belonging to terrorist organizations are also being followed. This is where this message is trying to profit from.

Although the writer tries to emulate an official message from the FBI, he has no command of official bureaucratic language.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Robert S. Mueller
Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 2:14 PM
Subject: ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
To: undisclosed-recipients

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
Website: www.fbi.gov

ATTENTION: FUND BENEFICIARY,
THIS IS AN OFFICIAL ADVICE FROM THE FBI FOREIGN REMITTANCE/TELEGRAPHIC DEPT.,IT HAS COME TO OUR NOTICE THAT THE CITI BANK LONDON DISTRICT HAS RELEASED 10,500,000.00 U.S DOLLARS INTO A BANK IN AMERICA(name withheld for security reason) IN YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY, BY INHERITANCE MEANS.THE CITI BANK LONDON 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 WAS 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
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 WORDWIDE COMMISSION TO CORRECT THIS LITTLE PROBLEM BEFORE THIS FUND WILL BE CREDITED INTO YOUR PERSONAL ACCOUNT.

DUE TO THE INCREASED DIFFICULTY AND UNNECESSARY SCRUTINY BY THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES WHEN FUNDS COME FROM OUTSIDE OF AMERICA, 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 OVERSEES 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 OFTRANSFER(DIST) WITHING 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 LONDON ARE ANTI TERRORIST/DRUG FREE OR WE SHALL HAVE CAUSE TO CROSS AND IMPOUND THE PAYMENT,WE SHALL RELEASE THE FUNDS IMMEDIATELY WE RECEIVE THIS LEGAL DOCUMENTS
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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 a BANK in AMERICA(name withheld for security reason)
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 you are about to receive is
legitimate and clean 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 to go ahead
Crediting your account immediately.

This 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 THE
30TH AUGUST 2008 AFTER WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELLING
THE PAYMENT AND THEN CHARGE YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING OF
FUNDS OUT OF LONDON .
GUARANTEE: FUNDS WILL BE
RELEASED ON CONFIRMATION OF THE DOCUMENT.

FBI Director
Robert S. Mueller, III

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This one is using a real person’s background to promote this scam e-mail. I spoke to his assistant and she told me that his name is being used quite extensively at the moment.

Mr. Gore-Randall is the COO of HBOS, which makes him a public figure. HBOS wants readers and potential clients to see that they are dealing with qualified experts by posting short curiculum vitaes of their management, which is obviously a basis for trust building.

Unfortunately this kind of public information is often misused for the Advance Fee or 419 kind of fraud run by Africans.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr. Philip Gore-Randall
Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 4:24 AM
Subject: URGENT INQUIRY FROM MR PHILIP GORE RANDALL.
To: undisclosed-recipients

HBOS Plc
PO Box No. 5 the Mound
Edinburgh EH1 1YZ
Email: mr.philip_gore_randall@live.com
Email: philip_gorerandall1952@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: # +44-7031825694(TOP SECRET)
Fax: +44-7005-930-679
http://www.hbosplc.com/abouthbos/directors_biogs.asp

Respected Sir,

I am in need of a project manager who will be able to assist me to establish an importation/exportation company of or real estate company in your country. Due to the nature of my work in London and political engagement, I cannot travel with respect to this project.

I am Mr. Philip Gore-Randall, from United Kingdom. I am not into trading business, but either working with the Civil Department HBOS PLC in the UK, but recently I became interested in the importation/exportation and real estate management , I was made to understand that your country is very good in the production of world targeted products.
Hence this is the reason why I have contacted you to seek for your consent to assist me run this project in your country. I am not opportune to carry out this project myself because of time factor and also I lack some business strategies especially when it gets to international transactions such as this, but the primary reason is because of the nature of my job here in UK since it will not allow me the time to run this project myself. The amount budgeted for the project is Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only. (US$2,800,000.00) just for a start.

I will forward the modality of this business and also send to you more about my self and my political engagement as well as the money (US$2,800,000.00) to be used for the starting of the project once you provide me with your conditions and acceptance to stand as my project manager in your country. For your contribution, I am willing to offer you 20% as your agency commission.

It is completely risk free! And knowing our reputation, as personnel from the royal lineage of the United Kingdom, I hope you will handle this transaction with much diligence.
Kindly indicate your interest by providing the below details of yours:

1. Your full name………………………………….
2. Your current address……………………………………..
3. Your Cell phone number………………………………………….
4. Your age and occupation…………………………………………………..
5. Your Company name and position (if any)…………………………………………………….

Thank you and God bless you.
Sincerely yours

mr.philip_gore_randall@live.com
philip_gorerandall1952@yahoo.co.uk
Phone: +44-7031825694(TOP SECRET)
Fax: +44-7005-930-679
http://www.hbosplc.com/abouthbos/directors_biogs.asp

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It’s not often that German freemail companies get misused for 419 scam types of e-mails. The Africans don’t usually speak the language and as such they don’t find their way around the sites.

Non the less, this one is obviously doing the 419 scam and is quoting an African, Okeke Frank as the contact man.

Now Frank’s e-mail address is from the French language version of Hotmail. So you can see that they certainly look for alternatives for their e-mail accounts.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:  <thomas.guettler@freenet.de>
Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Subject: Dear Friend,
To: thomas.guettler@freenet.de

Dear Friend,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund. Now,I want you to contact my secretary on the information below.Okeke Frank,

Ask him to send to you the total sum of (USD$1.2Million) in a Cashier Draft, which I kept for your compensation.

So contact him immediately on his e-mail: (o.kfrank@hotmail.fr) and send him the below information toenable him deliver your cashier Draft to you.

NAME:…………………………AGE……………………
ADDRESS:…………………….OCCUPATION:…………
PHONE:……………………….COUNTRY:……………….
COMPANY:…………………..

Regards

Mr,Thomas Guettler

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A lot of the Africans write their messages in capitals. They don’t seem to haver heard that on the Internet it’s like shouting at someone.

I can imagine it has to do with the colonial bureaucratic way of thinking, which these fellows seem to follow.

Oh and by the way, Abel is complaining about my lack of cooperation.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR. ABEL JUMBO
Date: May 13, 2008 3:21 PM
Subject: GOOD DAY
To:

FROM THE DESK OF: MR. ABEL JUMBO
DIRECTOR REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK PLC.
LAGOS NIGERIA

YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE FILE PRESENTLY ON MY DESK, AND I FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT DUE TO YOUR LACK OF CO-OPERATION AND NOT FULFILLING THE OBLIGATIONS GIVING TO YOU IN RESPECT TO YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY, YOU ARE HEREBY ADVISED TO STOP DEALING WITH SOME NON-OFFICIALS IN THE BANK AS THIS IS AN ILLEGAL ACT AND WILL HAVE TO STOP IF YOU SO WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT IMMEDIATELY.

AFTER THE BOARD MEETING HELD AT OUR HEADQUARTERS, WE HAVE RESOLVED IN FINDING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM, AND AS YOU MAY KNOW, WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE IN EUROPE, AMERICA AND ASIA PACIFIC, WHICH IS THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN BY OUR PRESIDENT,UMARU MUSA YAR’ ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTRE WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN AN ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ($15,000)FIFTEEN THOUSAND US DOLLARS IN THREE TRANSACTIONS PER DAY. SO IF YOU INSIST TO RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS THIS WAY, YOU ARE ADVICE TO GET BACK TO ME WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BELOW IN OTHER TO ENABLE ME GET BACK TO YOU WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT WITH YOUR FULL DETAILS IN THIS FORMAT:

(1)YOUR FULL NAME:
(2)ADDRESS WHERE ATM CARD WILL BE DILIVERED:
(3)PHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
(4)OCCUPATION:
(5)AGE/SEX:

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION I WILL PROCEED TO ACT ON MY OWN PART SO THAT I CAN GET ALL THE APPROVALS AND FORWARD IT TO YOU FOR YOUR PERUSAL BEFORE THE DISPARCH WILL TAKE PLACE.

WE SHALL BE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE YOUR INFORMATION,

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

BEST REGARDS,
MR.ABEL JUMBO
REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK PLC
EMAIL: mr.abeljumbo@yahoo.it

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The fantasy that the Africans have is sometimes amazing. For instance, they lump the IMF and European Union together in a story which sounds plausible for someone who’s general knowledge is not in top form.

All you hear is IMF and EU and, voilà! The story must be real!

I like the phrase “your inheritance/contract & Winning Prize fund”, which shows the crooks are even lumping together 3 different types of stories they use regularly.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Jerry Douglas
Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:11 PM
Subject: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
To:

International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Resident Representative Office
Avd Gran-via 57, 28089 Madrid Spain
Tel: +34 67 6310-641
Fax: +1 (702) 995-7412

Attention: Sole Beneficiary.

This is to inform you that through our Global Security Network, and investigations, which reveals that, you have not yet received your long overdue payment. Please be informed that the authorities in conjunction with the law enforcement agents, European Financial Action Task Force & Crimes Commission have put in place machinery to checkmate this urgly incident.
I wish to inform you that there is a directive from the European Union and IMF to pay all outstanding debts owed to beneficiaries. This was resolved in a meeting held between European Union Government Authorities and Officials of United States Government in New
York last week, as a condition from the International Monetary Fund to support European Union (EU) and United States of America in the fight against corruprtion,money laundering and terrorism

To this effect, your inheritance/contract & Winning Prize fund including the accrued interest is now to be release to you within two days after you have identified yourself as the real beneficiary. And your funds would be releasing to you through the appointed paying bank in Spain(Europe). Please note that because of the series of complains EU Government received as regards to misappropriation of funds and payments to wrong bank accounts the Government took a decision in making two different mode of payment (1) Payment Via Online Banking Transfers (2) Payment by Certified Bank Draft/Cheque Be informed that you have been selected among the qualified beneficiaries who are to receive their fund within 48hrs.
Therefore, you are advise to call the Resident Representative Officer Dr.Donald S.Lucas on direct telephone hotline:
+34 67 6310-641. or E-mail: imfspainrep@mail.md
For immediate transfer of your fund as the authorities instructed.

The entire IMF and Goverment Authorities humbly appologies for any delay and incovienencies which this transfer might have caused you.
Make sure you include this listed informations while contacting the officer in chrage of your remittance (Dr Donald S.Lucas):

1, Your full Name:
2, Your contact Address:
3, Your private phone ,Mobile and fax numbers:
4,Your occupation:
5, Your age:
6, Your Country of Origin:

Regards,
Prof.Jerry Douglas
Clearing Officer International Monetary Fund (IMF)

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Crime Online Search Statistics April 2008The April site search statistics show the whole span of the different fraud types.

Andreas Schranner has been used for the “next of kin” scam for the last few years and is obviously still popular with the Africans.

Hipson Scart is new and is the name used in the new “unsecured and guaranteed loan” scam. This shows that they have been pushing this one for the last couple of weeks.

The Zenith Bank is used mainly for “dormant accounts” and the Foundation de France is used to offer grants to individuals.

I wonder what May will bring? I’ll keep you posted.

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Somehow I get the impression that the Africans often don’t understand what they are putting together for fraudulent e-mails like this one.

Sure, Microsoft and Vodafone may cooperate on a business basis, but State Lotteries such as the Dutch Staatsloterij don’t cooperate with any sort of company on the scale suggested here.

One point of note is the e-mail address. Do you see they are using voda-fone.org?

This is unusual, as the owner can be traced. Even though the Registrant is using a cloaking service to hide behind, authorities such as police can force the service company to disclose the person behind the Domain name. Here’s the registry data:

Domain ID:D152496806-LROR
Domain Name:VODA-FONE.ORG
Created On:21-Apr-2008 23:44:30 UTC
Last Updated On:21-Apr-2008 23:44:35 UTC
Expiration Date:21-Apr-2009 23:44:30 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar:Directi Internet Solutions Pvt. Ltd. d/b/a PublicDomainRegistry.com (R27-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:ADDPERIOD
Registrant ID:PP-SP-001
Registrant Name:Domain Admin
Registrant Organization:PrivacyProtect.org
Registrant Street1:P.O. Box 97
Registrant Street2:All Postal Mails Rejected, visit Privacyprotect.org
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City:Moergestel
Registrant State/Province:
Registrant Postal Code:5066 ZH
Registrant Country:NL
Registrant Phone:+45.36946676
Registrant Phone Ext.:
Registrant FAX:
Registrant FAX Ext.:
Registrant Email:contact@privacyprotect.org

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From: VODAFONE AWARD CENTRE <vodafoneawardoffice@voda-fone.org>
Date: 2008/4/29
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS !! YOUR E-MAIL ID HAS WON VODAFONE CONSOLATION PRIZE 2008.
To:

VODAFONE INTERNATIONAL AWARD 2008
GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED LICENSE!!!
VODAFONE INTERNATIONAL LOTTTERY
IS REGISTERED UNDER THE DATA PROTECTION ACT OF;
(Registration Z720633X).

Ref No: Ref No: VDF-EBS-719AF
Batch Number: VDF-EBS-390AF
Winning Number: VDF-EBS-798AF
Coupon No. VDTL-146478972197

Dear Email Bearer,

CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNING NOTICE!!!

Vodafone private international e-games organizers and  Co-sponsors,  MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ officially bring to your notice of the final  draw result of 2008 VODAFONE MICROSOFT / STAATSLOTERIJ wheel E-game which  was conducted at our international corporate office complex in London.

Most recently this foundation set up the VODAFONE LOTTERY SCHEME to give  out prizes based on COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM. By doing this the foundation  seek to encourage the use of Internet for academic and business pursuits.  It major aim is to promote music, theater, art and literature projects in  the social and political arena with a focus on health, as well as  science, research, and higher education. We wish to Congratulate and  inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was  selected among the 5 lucky consolation prize winners.

Your email ID identified with Coupon No. VDTL-146478972197 was selected  by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the  50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID  was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our  partner international email provider companies.

You have won a consolation cash prize of Ј600,000.00 ( Six Hundred  Thousand British Pounds Only).The VODAFONE, MICROSOFT/STAATSLOTERIJ Group  have approved a payout of your consolation cash prize which will be  remunerated directly to you by the official Payment Agency Board.

Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to you complete assistance and  provide additional information and processes for the claims of your  consolation prize. For due processing of your winning claim, please  contact your claims Agent Rev. Father John Palenberg who has been  assigned to assist you.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT:

Name: Rev. Father John Palenberg
E-mail:claimsdepartment@voda-fone.org
Telephone :+447024077935

You are advised to provide him with the following information:
Name:
Phone/Fax Number:
Nationality:
Marital Status:
Age:
Ref Number:
Batch Number:
Winning Number:
Coupon Number:

MEANS OF PAYMENT
Cheque Delivery
Bank Account Transfer
Diplomation Means

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your Consolation prize  winning, we hope you will partake in our Forth coming VODAFONE,  MICROSOFT/ STAATSLOTERIJ Email-games.

Regards,
(Group Coordinator)

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