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Same old story about an expiring bank draft.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: edwardchubby4 Gazeta.pl <edwardchubby4@gazeta.pl>
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

Tags: 419 scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Amp, Bank Draft, Bank Of Africa, Contact, Cotonou Benin Republic, Courier Company, Demurrage, Dr Mark, Dr Wilson, Email, Fedex, Fedex Benin, Fedex Courier, Fri, Gazeta Pl, Insurance Premium, Lt, Money Box, Postal Address, Telephone Number, United States Dollars

They don’t get shorter than this, do they?

As you can see, Google has already marked this one as suspicious. Which it most definitely is.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MICROSOFT AWARDS <info_lotteryboard15x@comcast.net>
Date: Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Subject: WINNER!!!
To:

Your email address has won you: £1,000,000.00. To file for your claim kindly Contact your claims agent through his email address, Ray Howard, Email: officemail_rayhoward@yahoo.co.uk
Technorati-Tags: Lottery Scam, Microsoft

Tags: Amp, Comcast, E Mail, Email Address, Google, Lottery Scam, Lt, Microsoft, Microsoft Lottery, Microsoft Mail, Ray Howard, Sun, Technorati Tags, Uk Lottery, Yahoo, Yahoo Co Uk

Just don’t answer Job offers like this one. It’s another scam from African crooks.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: steven James <stevenjames@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 10:08 PM
Subject: Brisko Textiles & Fabrics JOB OPPORTUNITY
To:

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is Steven James, CEO of Brisko Textiles & Fabrics,an establishment that deals in the Import and export of Cocoa buttercream,Rubber,Cotton and textiles and fabric materials.I am looking for a trustworthy representative in the United State that will aid as a link between us and ourcustomers in the United State.I would like to know if you are interested.

I m looking for a representative in the United State who will be working as a partime worker and I will be willing to pay 10% for every transaction,Respond only if you will like to work from home part-time and get paid weekly without leaving or it affecting your present job.

I will like to know if you have a bank account with any of this banks (WELLFARGO BANK AND BANK OF AMERICA) if you do,i
think you have the job already.

Please if you are interested forward the following info to my email address:

FULL NAME : ……………………
FULL ADDRESS : …………………………
PHONE NUMBER (S) : ……………………………
GENDER : …………………………….
AGE : ………………………………..

please reply me back to my private email

Thanks
Steven James

Technorati-Tags: Transfer Agent Scam, Steven James, Brisko Textiles & Fabrics

Tags: Address Phone Number, Amp, Bank Of America, Brisko Textiles & Fabrics, Cocoa, Crooks, Dear Sir, Fabric, Fabrics, Fri, Gender Age, Home Part Time, Import And Export, Job Offer, Job Opportunity, Madam, Message From Steven, Steven James, Technorati Tags, Textiles, Transfer Agent Scam, Trustworthy Representative, United State

If you look under the category “Charity Scam” you will find a selection of e-mails using this story.

This one is just an adaption of the same story into an Islamic background.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: FROM HAJIA JAMILA BELLO <jamila_bello01@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:40 AM
Subject: ASSALLAMUALAIKUM,MY DEAR PLEASE USE THIS FUND FOR THE WORK OF ALLAH AND FOR THE LESS PRIVILEDGED ONE
To:

ismillāhi-r-Rahmāni-r-Rahīm,

Al-Hamdulillāhi Was-Salātu Was-Salāmu ‘Alā Rasūlillāh,Wa Ba’d,

As-Salāmu ‘Alaikum Wa Rahmatullāhi Wa Barakātuh,

Wasalaam to you,and how are you doing?. My intention of contacting you is to solicit your assistance for a project, which will be mutually beneficial. Though I know my decision to contact you is to a large extent unconventional, the prevailing circumstances necessitated my action. I am Hajia Jamila Bello from Indonesia. I am married to Late Mallam Mustafa Bello of Dakar Senegal and am currently living in a hospital in Senegal, My late hushand of the blessed memory was an oil explorer in Libya and Kuwait for twelve years before he died in the year 2000.

We were married for twelve years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both devoted Muslims. Since his death I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he made a huge deposit, in millions of US dollars with a Deposit Company here in Dakar Senegal. (I will tell you the amount as we proceed). Recently, my doctor told me that I have only six months to live due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a Muslim organization or devoted individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want this organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund orphanages, widows,less priviledged and also propagating their religion and to ensure that the society upholds the views and belief of their religion.As a Muslim, i laid emphasis so much on the ALLAH’S benevolence and this has encourage me to take the bold step. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are into some radical Organizations which I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an Unholy manner.

Hence the reasons for this bold decision. I know that after death I will be with ALLAH the most benefficient and the most merciful. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health conditions and the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development. With ALLAH all things are possible(second Sura,( verse 257) which says: “There must be no coercion in matters of faith”).As soon as I receive your reply on Email: Jamila_bello02@yahoo.com
I shall give you the contact information of the Deposit Company in Dakar Senegal where the money was deposited. I will also issue a letter of authority to the Deposit Company authorizing them that the said fund Have being willed to you and a copy of such authorization will be forwarded to you. I want you and the community where you reside to always pray for me. My happiness is that I lived a true devoted Muslim life worthy of emulation. Whoever that wants to serve ALLAH must serve him in truth and in fairness. I will not stipulate any precise amount to reward you, as it will have to be on pre-negotiated terms based on your level of involvement. Please always be prayerful all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for another organization or a devoted Individual for this same purpose. Until I hear from you by email, my dreams will rest squarely on your Shoulders.

“And I (Allah) did not create jinns and humans except that they worship Me(alone)”

Qu’ran 51:56

May the Almighty ALLAH continue to guide and protect you.
Allah Hafiz.

Hajia Jamila Bello.

Tags: 410 Scam, Adaption, Allah, Amp, Ba, Cancer Problem, Cancer Story, Charity, Charity Scam, Dakar Senegal, Fibroid, Intention, Islam, Islamic Background, Jamila, Libya, Muslim Organization, Muslims, Sincerity, Six Months, Twelve Years, Year 2000

Whatever happened to the formatting on this one?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MOHAMMED DUKO <mohammedduko7@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:09 PM
Subject: CONTACT HIM NOW
To:

Reply-To: philip_john999@yahoo.fr

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Message-Id: <20080428091606.EA66614027A50@klara.nextmedia.cz>
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:04:54 +0200 (CEST)

Dear Friend,

Sorry for any inconveniences. Well, I just want to use thismediumtothankyou very much for your earlierassistance tohelpmeinreceivingtheinheritancewithoutpositiveoutcome.Iamobligedtoinformyouthat Ihave succeeded in receiving the funds withthe helpofanewpartner from Chile.Contact my secretary in CotonouDefederalRepublicofBenin because havleft the whole instruction tohimonyourbehalfandinstruct him where to send the $1,200,000.00with outanyfurtherdelayforyour compensation.

His name is Mr.philip john
(Tel:+229-9304-8370)Email: philip_john999@yahoo.fr

NOTE : BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND TOMYSECRETARY

(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECTCELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY .

In this moment, I’m very busy here in Chile because of the investmentprojects, which the new partner and I are having at hand. Sofeelfreetoget in touch with Mr.philip john to send the cheque to youwithout anydelay.RegardsMr.Mohammed Duko

(Tel:+229-9304-8370)Email: philip_john999@yahoo.fr
(Tel:+229-9397-9427)

Technorati Tags: 419 scam, Mohammed Duko

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It really looks as though Google is getting better at recognising these e-mails as fraudulent. I hope they get better at it, because it will save a lot of heartbreak if they do.

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From: UK NATIONAL FREE LOTTERY <garrisonwaterside@eircom.net>
Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 2:39 PM
Subject: FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
To:

UK NATIONAL FREE LOTTERY
P O BOX 1010 LIVERPOOL
L70 1NL UNITED KINGDOM
FROM: THE PROMOTIONS DIRECTOR
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS DEPT.
RE: AWARD FINAL NOTIFICATION:

CONGRATULATIONS:
congratulation you have been confirmed the winner of the national free lottery promotion,which was held on the 26th of april 2008.you are the winner of the sum of 1,000,000,00 pounds stearlings.your winnings has been transfered to the ECARGO COURIER COMPANY,you are here by adivice to contact them at:
NAME:Matthew Moore
EMAIL:ecargocouriers2@yahoo.no
TEL:+447031965878(8am-6pmGMT Mon-Fri)

with the Following
NAME:
ADDRESS:
AMOUNT WON:
EMAIL:
COUNTRY:
PHONE NUMBER
AGE:
OCCUPATION:

Congratulations in advance.
Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. SMITH MORRIS.
EmailCopyright © 2008

Technorati Tags: Lottery Scam, UK National Lottery

Tags: Amp, Congratulation, Courier Company, E Mail, Email, Free Lottery, Fri, Google, Heartbreak, International Promotions, Liverpool L70 1nl United Kingdom, Lottery National, Lottery Uk, Lt, Matthew Moore, Mrs Smith, Recognising, Technorati Tags, Uk Lottery Scam, Uk National Lottery

And so a further inheritance is passed my way. Just too bad that it’s not true.

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From: Dr.Jim Peter <jimpeter@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Subject: Swift message?
To:

Mr. Jim Peter
The Legal Representative
No: 12, Satellite Town Lagos Nigeria

Hello ,

Get back to me immediately for necessary steps concerning your inheritance , Sequel to your none - reply of my earlier email to you dated 02/03/06. On behalf of the Trustees and Executors to the Will of your deceased relation in 2002, I wish to notify you that your name appeared in the codicil and last statement of the deceased and you entitled to his fund US$7,000,000.00 deposited with a Bank here and the bank here has made me know that the US$7,000,000.00 will be release to you through their payment oficer with Citi bank of United States of America. You are advised to reconfirm to me your details as required below to enable the release of your funds worth US$7,000,000.00 to you through our payment outlet in the U.S.A :- i also want to notify you that as soon as the bank release the fund to your account i will be comeing to your contact address that you will send to me now so that i will teke my own because I will have 45% and you 45% the other 10% will be for any payment that we make before the fund release to your account we will teke it out from the 10%

(1). Your full names :
(2). contact address :
(3). Phone :
(4). Cell phone :
(5). Age :
(6). Occupation :
(7).I D

As soon as the above are provided the paying bank will contact you for wire transfer release.
Regards,
Barrister Jim Peter

Technorati Tags: 419 Scam, Inheritance Fraud

Tags: Amp, Barrister, Cell Phone, Contact Address, Dr Jim, Email, Executors, Fraud, Full Names, Hotmail, Inheritance, Legal Representative, Necessary Steps, Oficer, Reply, Satellite Town, Sequel, States Of America, Technorati, United States Of America

Rainer Neske is the head of retail business operations at the Deutsche Bank in London. As such the African crooks are using his reputation and good name to back a typical 419 fraud e-mail.

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From: Mr. Rainer Neske
Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 3:29 PM
Subject: Urgent From: Mr. Rainer Neske.
To:

Good Day,

I know this letter might come as a surprise to you as we might have not met before but I write you in good faith, hoping that you will treat this letter for assistance in a matter that shall benefit both of us.

My name is Mr. Rainer Neske,I am the Head of Private & Business Clients in Deutsche Bank AG, 1 Great Winchester Street, London, EC2N 2DB. I will need you to assist me in executing a Business Project from my bank here in UK, to your country which amount to GBP30 Million for partnership investment.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Rainer Neske.
+44-704-573-4070

Tags: 419 Fraud, Amp, Banking Services, Banks and Institutions, Business Clients, Business Operations, Business Project, Crooks, Deutsch Bank, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Bank Ag, E Mail, England, Financial Services, Good Faith, London, Partnership Investment, Private Business, Rainer Neske, Reputation, Retail Business, Street London, Surprise, UK, Winchester Street

This one is not a plane crash, but an earthquake.

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From: Mr Ahmed M.Tanko <mrahmedmm@orange.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Subject: REPLY FAST IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
To: mrahmedmm@orange.net

From: Mr Ahmed Mao. Tanko
Bills & Exchange Manager
Bank of Africa (BOA)
TEL 226 78 12 12 77 .
Burkina faso West Africa.
 
                                                     Compliment of the season,
Good day and how are you doing with your family? Hope fine. Please let this message do not be a surprise to you because i got your contact information and lay all the trust in you before i decided to disclose this confidential and successful transaction to you.
 
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 abandoned sum of $9M(NINE Million United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in Algeria Earthquake on 23 may 2003. Since his death,none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir.The bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to 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 for the funds $9M (NINE Million United states Dollars) 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 followings:
 
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 compensating you with 45% on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be mine. Your share stays with you while the rest of mine shall be 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 awaits your urgent email reply to proceed .

Regards,
Mr Ahmed Mao.Tanko

Tags: 419Scam, Money Transfer Scam, Ahmed M.Tanko

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I often wonder at these plane crash stories. If you have been here often you know that the Andreas Schranner story has been regularly posted here. It goes something like this “a multimillionaire died in a plane crash and left a pile of money in an African bank”. The writer goes on to say “we now need some one to pose as the next of kin to claim this lost money”. The reason for this being there are no living inheritors and we would like the money for ourselves. huh!

So where does this go from here?

Anyone who falls for this story contacts the crooks and immediately gets put through the mill. Form one e-mail to another he gets more and more involved, sending documents and setting himself up as the legal next of kin. Or so he thinks …

In reality, he is just corresponding with the crooks in the guise of lawyers, bankers and notaries.

Once he has gotten in this deep, they push him to pay a fee of say, 800 Dollars or better Euros. It could be for taxes, lawyers or bank costs, whatever. Of course, it is an imaginary fee and it doesn’t really matter for what the crooks claim the payment to be for.
They put the pressure on the “victim” to pay, saying the deal cannot go through without it. Naturally the crooks can’t don’t have the money to pay the fee. They are only poor Africans.

Needless to say the money should be sent through Western Union and once this is paid, they push the poor victim for more.

They push him for what they can get. Which means that victims which are gullible enough, pay anything up to 20,000 Dollars and more.

This often means financial ruin for the victims. For the African crooks, it’s a way of life.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Evans Efedua <evans_info@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Subject: Proposition
To:

Reply-To: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Message-Id: <20080418194729.AA873AFDF3E@m162.magenta.fastwebserver.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:40:12 +0200 (CEST)

From: Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc
Victoria Island.
Email: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk
 
Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Evans Efedua, I am  the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of  Regent Bank Plc. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of US$15.5M  (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)  from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION:

I am the account officer of a foreigner named  Late Mr. Morris Thompson who died in an air crash along with his wife  and only daughter on the January 31 in an Alaska airline Flight 261 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below  which was published by www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska  airlines.list

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself  and his wife (May their soul rest in peace). We 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  to be released in your favor as the beneficiary’s next  of kin. Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank  treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of  the bank.  So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name shall  be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow  the bank directors to share this money among themselves at the end of the year. It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order  of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.  All I need from you is as follows:

1.   Your confirmation of your ability to handle this Business for me.
2.   Your word that you will keep this business as Confidential as possible at all times until we conclude this business.
3.   Your telephone and Fax numbers for communication.
4.   Age and Occupation.

I shall be compensating you with 30% (thirty percent)  on final conclusion of  this project for your assistance, while we will retain 65% (sixty-five percent) and 5% (five percent) goes for expenses because I intend to retire after the conclusion of this  business. If this business is acceptable by you.  Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

Your faithfully,
Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc

Tags: 419Scam, Inheritance Scam, Evans Efedua

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