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.
Meltus Ade is attorney with 12.5 million US Dollars for you
Yes, the ill fated plane crash story keeps on cropping up, doesn’t it?
The question is, if you had 12.5 Million US Dollars would you still be working as a pilot?
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: meltus meltus <meltus_meltus2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 2008/12/20
Subject: RE: PLEASE TREAT AS MOST URGENT
To: recipients <undisclosed>
Urgent and confidential:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Barrister MELTUS ADE the lawyer to a Foreign Pilot who died in an air crash in the year 2002, in the illfated Kenyan AirWays.The late Pilot deposited the sum of US$12.5 Million with a Security Company. Due to the present predicament of my client, the family till now can not be located and me as their Attorney wish to contact you to act as his relation tosecure the release of the money from the Security and Finance Company and the Security Company has agreed to release the money through their Unit in either Europe or Asia which ever is nearerto you. or even arrange to reach you in a Country near to America or Canada as you want.For your effort and assistance to this and to facilitate the collection ofthe money, you will take 45% of the total money.and me and my Partners will have 45% while we shall 5% to the Charity Home and 5% will be set aside for all expences like telephone calls and all other expences that may arise in the cause of this transaction on our both sides.You will also assist me and my colleagues to invest our own share of the fund in your country since the family of my late Client is now and has remained unknown and I will not want this fund to be sent to the treasury or Vault.Please send me your phone No and reply through this email: for quicker communications.Your reply is urgently expected
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Barr. MELTUS ADE
This one was sent in by one of my Swiss readers today. The reader’s surname was .…
Yes, you guessed right. The reader’s surname was Noll.
So you do see that these crooks, research and target names which fit in with any tragedy they can find to use as a 419 type of story.
The most well know name used for this type of fraud, is Andreas Schranner, who died in the Concorde plane crash in Paris.
—–Original Message—–
From: Issa Law Chambers [mailto:issalawmail@yahoo.com.ph]
Sent: Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2008 11:17
To:
Subject: Attn ***** Noll
Rue Roi Dakodonou Carré No 48,
B.P. 272 Cotonou Du Benin
Tel : (+229) 93848049
Dear Noll,
I am Barrister Issa Saibou the private attorny to Mr Anders Noll, a national (Gold Refiner) in Benin Republic West Africa,Here in after shall be Referred to as my Client. my Client, His wife and his family where involved in a car accident near Cotonou-Lome express-road. All occupants of the vehicle Unfortunately lost their lives.Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track His last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his Family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in Repatriating the money left behind by my Client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank .These huge deposits where lodged particularly, with the “Bank in Benin here” where the Deceased had an account valued at about $10.5 million dollars (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.
Now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have The same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10.5 million dollars can be paid to you and i will be entitle to 10%.I will procure all Necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make .All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this Deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, but you must also agree not to disclose or pass any information related to this business to any body for security reason and to avoid eye brow , And we are going to achieve this , therefore i want you to send your direct telephone number to fcilitate communication.
Here’s a variation of the “I’ve got cancer” and “My father was killed by his business partners” stories.
New is the fact that the telephone number really is from Brazil. But, regardless of that, it is just a typical 419 type of scam e-mail.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Anne Nanda Piper
Date: 2008/12/15
Subject: I NEED YOUR PRAYERS PLEASE GET BACK TO ME
To:
Hello,
This is Anne from Trinidad &Tobago.
I am writing from the hospital in Brazil, therefore this mail is very urgent as you can see that I am going home.
I was told by the doctor that I was poisoned and has got my lever damaged and can only live for some months.I inherited some money ($28.725 Million) from my late father and I cannot think of anybody trying to kill me apart from my step mother in order to inherit the money, she is an Brazilian by nationality.
I want you to contact my servant with this informations below:
Mr Jose Ada.
Address: 351 Planaltina Brasilia – Distrito Federal – Brazil
Tel:+553132312759
Email joseada101@yahoo.com
He will give you the documents of the money and will direct you to a well known lawyer that I have appointed to him, the lawyer will assist you to change the documents of the money to your name to enable the bank transfer the money to you.
This is the favour I need when you have gotten the money :-
(1) Give 10% of the money to my servant, Mr Jose as he has been there for me throught my illness and I have promised to support him in life. I want you to take him along with you to your country and esterblish him as my son.
(2) Give 10% of the money to Charity Organisations and Churches on my name so that my soul may rest in peace.
This should be a code between you and Mr Jose in this transactioin “Hospital” any mail from him, the barrister he will direct you to, without this code “Hospital” is not from the barrister, Jose, the bank or myself as I don’t know what will happen to me in the next few hours.
(2) Request the lawyer’s international passport, his name is Micheal Cook. And Let Jose send you his National ID as he has no passport to be sure of whom you are dealing with. Jose is so little therefore guide him.
If I don’t hear from you within two days, I will look for another person.
May God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish.
Pray for me always.
Anne Nanda Piper.
Thank you Holy Father.
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 Barrister Ricado Portal a Solicitor working with
Estudio Juridico Castellana with address: Caracas, 27 Madrid 28010
Spain Actually, I got your contact address from the internet while
searching for a reputable business partner in your country’s public
records. My Late client Mr. Johannes Reinhold , a business mogul who
had casinos and restaurants, 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 his death, on my advice as his lawyer he deposited One Trunk
Box/Diplomatic Personal Treasure, containing the sum of $7.5M (SEVEN
MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) cash with a security
company here in Spain, on a highly security form but he did not
disclosed the content of deposited diplomatic consignment to the
company, for security reasons. The security company has mandated me to
present any family heir/inheritor for claims, before the consignment
gets confiscated or reverts to the Bureau of Diplomatic Security, as
unclaimed diplomatic immunity. So I decided to search for any of my
late client’s relative which has been very difficult for me, as he did
not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the
official paper works of his diplomatic consignment deposit. Mr
Johannes was my private client. I will not like you to involve any
third party in this transaction, just me and you .Besides I am doing
this on my own personal capacity and do n
ot wish to bring my office into i
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as
a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Johannes Reinhold, with
my position as his lawyer, I will now appoint and recognize 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 my private email address: ricadoportal@mixmail.com for
further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not
interested so that I can further my search for another partner.
This message turns up now and then. The text is the same as about 25 others that I have received. The only difference this time being it is written in capitals.
And so a further inheritance is passed my way. Just too bad that it’s not true.
———- Forwarded message ———-
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
The person who wrote this must have broken off school.
What do think?
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: bigdun <bigdun@home.pl>
Date: Sun, Apr 13, 2008 at 8:37 AM
Subject: it important you get back to me on this
To:
GOOD DAY,
MY NAME IS BARRISTER DAVID DIKBO. I WISH TO KNOW IF WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.I HAVE A LITTLE HENRY OF 19 YEARS OLD WHO’S FATHER WAS MY CLIENT TILL DEATH.THE FATHER WAS BEING HELD AND ASSASSINATED BY SOME UNKNOWN TALI BANS FROM THE COUNTRY DUE TO HIS POSITION IN THE COUNTRY ALSO HIS POLITICAL AMBITION AS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN HE WAS KILLED ON 17TH NOVEMBER 2005.
BEFORE HE WAS ASSASSINATED HE HAS 3 THREE FILLING STATION ALSO AMOUNT OF MONEY DEPOSITED IN TWO BANKS MEANWHILE THE WIFE AS THE RESULT OF THE SHOCK OF THE DEATH OF THE HUSBAND DIED ON FEBRUARY 2006 THEREFORE I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH THE INSTRUCTION GIVEN TO ME BY ENGINEER DANGOTE ADJOVI BEFORE HIS DEATH.
PLEASE FOR SECURITY REASONS THE AMOUNT OF THE MONEY CAN NOT BE DISCLOSED UNTIL YOU AGREED TO ASSIST ON THE TRANSACTION.
AS HIS PERSONAL LEGAL ASSISTANT.I INSTRUCTION TO RAISE A RELIABLE FOREIGN PARTNER WHO WILL WORK WITH HIS SON AS A TEAM TO TRANSFER HIS PERSONAL TREASURES IN HIS NAME OUT OF AFRICA FOR SAFE_KEEPING.AND WITH A SOLID ARRAIGNMENT.
HE IS READY/WILLING TO OFFER YOU SOME GRATITUDE OF PERCENTAGE AS YOUR EFFORT.HE DEPOSITED THIS PERSONALTRESSURES WITH A FINANCIAL SECURITY INSTITUTION HERE.
I SINCERELY ASSURE YOU OF 100 PERCENT RISK FREE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.IF YOU ARE WILLING TO HELP PLEASE FORWARD YOUR PERSONAL MOBILE CONTACT TO ME FOR IMMEDIATE DISCUSSION AND LOTS MORE.
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