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The story never changes, does it? This was on of 7 e-mails which this fellow sent me.

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From: <nicolaswilson@live.com>
Date: 2008/10/20
Subject: From Mr.NICOLAS WILSON
To: nicolaswilson@live.com

From Mr.NICOLAS WILSON

Attn: Sir,

I am Mr.NICOLAS WILSON, I am in urgent need for a foreigner that I will work in hand with me to transfer the sum of $10million to his company Account or private account. I have to contact you directly for this deal as I am convinced that you are capable of handling this transaction.

I am a civil servant working as a director in federal ministry of works and housing here in South Africa. with position here in the ministry I have the opportunity to over invoice a contract that was awarded to a forien contractor. The said contractor has been concluded and paid in full.

I want us to put heads together and transfer the left over funds (USD 10Million which was insured and deposited in the paying bank’s escrow account) to your company or personal account as soon as possible.

I have contacted an accountant in the paying bank that will work with us to enable us get this money transferred to your account within 10 banking working days according to him.
All documentation and arrangement has been made by him to ensure that every thing go well.
Hence; i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 70% for me and the banker while 30% will be for you.if you agree to my business proposal.

My full information, identification copy and details of this transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive a positive responds from you.

Upon the successful transfer of this money to your company or personal account,
I will travel down to country for the sharing of the money according to the agreed percentage and to investment my own part under your care in your country or any country of your choice.

Please indicate your interest to work with us by sending to my direct email (nicolaswilson@live.com) the below information for more clarification, easy communication and agreement purpose between both of us.

(1) YOUR FULL NAME
(2) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS
(3) YOUR TEL AND FAX NUMBER

Trusting to hear from you as soon as possible.
Thanks & Best Regard

NICOLAS WILSON

Please feel free to delete and ignore if not interested.

This is obviously a copied e-mail. The writer forgets to name the bank where the dormant account apparently is held.

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From: Mr. Andy Hornby <mrandy27@msn.com>
Date: 2008/10/18
Subject: Urgent Reply Me…..
To:

From: Mr. Andy Hornby,
Manchester M27 5FX,
United Kingdom.
Attn:…

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics although. I am presently in London working as an investment consultant with the above bank at their London office. And I am poised to work this deal out if we can do business. Be so kind to contact me at your earliest convenient for a possible business deal involving money transfer of about £25,000,000 (Twenty-Five Million British Pounds). In one of our periodic auditing, I discorved a dormant accounts with holding balance of 25,000,000 (Twenty-Five Million British Pounds) which has not been operated for the past three years. From my investigations and confirmations, the owner of this account is a foreigner, and he died without a WILL.

As at this moment,I am constrained to issue you more details about this business until your response is received. And I would love to furnish you with a little bit of my biography as we progress with the business. As we have not meet before. So send me your nominate account information as states below where you like the money to be transfer so that I will write and apply an application for the release of the fund immediately into your account:..

Beneficiary Name…….
Bank Name…………..
Bank Address………..
Account Number………
Swift Code………….
Routing Number………
State & Country……..
Your Tel/Fax Number….For easy communication.

This is extremely urgent. Awaiting your positive feed back as soon as possible.

Warmest regards,
Mr. Andy Hornby

As crude oil has climbed to very high prices over the last 24 months,
there is obviously a lot of room for speculation. And, of course,
ground for new 419 types of e-mails such as this one.

The NNPC used to be used for a lot of scam e-mails. Over the last few
years it has been taken over by the lottery and other kinds of
fraudulent e-mails which work better on reaching a mass market.

We will have to see if this kind of business deal will crop up again
in the future.

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From: Mohammed Barkindo
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 4:57 PM
Subject: Re: Mail
To:

Dear Sir,
I am the coordinator of special duties with our Government owned Oil
Corporation (NNPC).I propose to you a multi Million Dollar oil
deal.You do not necessarily have to be in the crude oil business to
participate in this transaction.The deal is for an entity to act
between us and our independent Oil Traders, receive and forward
shipping documents, arrange for meetings and as well receive
surcharges and commission from our independent Oil Traders and
beneficiaries of our “sweetheart” tanker and oil deals and cordinate
transfers to our bank account.You have the opportunity of making over
USD Five Million now in this first transaction and more
subsequently.Please call now or send an email for details.
Thank you.
M. S. Barkindo
Coordinator, Special Duties
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
NNPC Towers, Central Business District,
Herbert Macaulay Way,
P.M.B. 190, Garki, Abuja.

That sounds extremely logical. Does that mean you can confirm the birth of the deceased or the beginning of his death?

No matter, most people won’t understand what he means.

On a funnier note: does anybody know what he means by “Have A Green Day”?

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From: Kweku Appiah
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Subject: BUSINESS
To: …

Dear friend,

It’s Just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am a Banker by Profession from Burkina Faso In West Africa and currently holding the Post Of Debt recovery manager in our Bank.
I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds
($30Million) of one of my Bank’s client who died along with his entire family in Kenya Plane Crash 2003.You Can Confirm The Genesis of the deceased Death .

You can view this site to know more.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where this fund can be shared between us in the ratio of 40/50 / 10% for any incurable expenses that will come during the transfer, If you agree to my business proposal.
Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your mail. Have A Green Day.
Yours,
MR KWEKU APPIAH.

Kweku Appiah, 419 scam

Need I say more?

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From: From: FRED AMATA
Date: 2008/8/28
Subject: From: FRED AMATA
To:

From: FRED AMATA
Spain Europe.
Reply to: ffedamata@gmail.com
Dear Sir,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your name and contact from an international brochure because I do not know any body I will contact. I prayed over it and believed that you will be a reputable and trust worthy person that I can trust and do business with, I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business assistance. I am Fred Amata the only son of late Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mabel Amata of blessed memory.

My father until his untimely death was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in West Africa; my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip to our cocoa plantation in Abidjan a neighboring country from my country West Africa. My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on 16th November 2005 in a private hospital in Accra Ghana. He secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Twelve Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars USD ($12,500, 000.00) he deposited with a private security firm in Spain, which he used my name his only son as the next of Kin in depositing of the money with the private security firm in Spain. The security firm is not aware that the box contains money and my father warned me to keep this as a top secret till I get a reliable foreigner that will assist me get the box out as his foreign partner. He also explained to me that it was because of th

Please, I am sincerely seeking your assistance in the following ways: (1) to assist me claim the box containing the money from the security company as my late father’s foreign partner. (2) To serve as a guardian of this fund. (3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country because I cannot go back to my country till I am a full grown man.

Moreover, sir I will like you to tell me what you will take from the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful release and transfer of this fund into your bank account in your country. Please you should indicate your interest towards assisting me by writing me an email via: ffedamata@gmail.com or give me a call on my contact above as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within seven days (7) days you signify interest to assist me. Please keep this proposal confidential.

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,

FRED AMATA

Fred Amata, 419 scam

Here’s another “abandoned fund” kind of message claiming they have a millions they need to transfer to some trustworthy person.

At least this message is written in an understandable English.

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From:  <oditvic@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Subject: LETTER!!
To:

From the Desk of:
Mr. Odili Victor

I am a Manager of a bank, writing you in respect of a foreign customer whom made a US$25M depository for an investment program that has remained dormant for years now. I discovered that the account holder died without making a WILL on depository.

This money cannot be approved to a local Bank account holder, but can only be approved to a foreigner. if you will stand as next of kin to the fund, it will be shared 50%/50%. as this is a TWO-man business deal transaction. Your percentage will also be a source of up-liftment. You have absolutely nothing to LOSE in assisting me instead, you have so much to GAIN. Be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.

I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. I need your assistance and co-operation to this reality as I have done my Home-work and fine tune the best way to create you as the beneficiary while I would use my connection and money to secure almost all the paperwork for this transaction which will be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction with you as the beneficiary to this fund.

I will like you to provide immediately your full Names and Address, Date of Birth, Occupation, Tel & Fax Numbers so that an Attorney will be able to prepare the necessary documents and affidavit which will put you in place as the next of kin. The Attorney will draft and carry  out the notarization of the WILL and also obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

I will appreciate your early reply for commencement of business. Contact me for acknowledgment by E-mail and whereby you are not interested, please indicate in your reply so that I can seek for the assistance of someone else.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, I expect that you will not take undue advantage of the trust I Will bestow in you. I await your urgent response.

Thanks with great regards.
Mr. Odili Victor