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What do you think? Will send it with Fedex or DHL?

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From: DR FRANK SMITH <franksmith0011@myway.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Subject: Re:Notification
To:

From:DR FRANK SMITH
Manchester M27 5FX, United Kingdom.
Fax:TEL:+44 70457 04247.
 
Dear Sir /Madam,
 
This is to officially inform you that your funds of Ten Million United state Dollars only(US$ 10) has been approved for immediate delivery to you by cash payment via Consignment delivery to your door step .For the purpose of clarification,you are advised to reconfirm:
 
(1)Your Full Names
(2)Your Direct Telephone & Fax Numbers
(3)Your Physical Address
 
So that there will be no error during the delivery of the funds to you in your country of residence.Your quick response will be highly appreciated to enable us proceed further.
We awaits your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
DR FRANK SMITH.

Tags: 419scam, Dr. Frank Smith

That’s a great phrase, “re-profiling funds”.

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From: <busi6@netbusiness.com>
Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:33 AM
Subject: sipo
To: info@likar.info

From: Engr.Michaael sipo
Director of Projects
Department of Sport and Recreation
Pretoria

ATTENTION: Sir/Madam

I write, asking for your indulgence in re-profiling funds to tune of Twelve Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$12.8m), which we want to keep safely overseas under your supervision.

In other words, we would like you to receive the said funds on our behalf. The Funds were derived over time from a project awarded to a foreign firm by my Department, and presently the actual contract cost have been paid to the original project executors, leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principle obtained approval to remit overseas.

Kindly pardon the use of a medium informal as this for reaching out to you to make a request of great importance to us.

Currently, I work as a Director of Projects at The Department of Sport and Recreation here in Pretoria.

I have the authority and approval of my partners involved in this transaction to negotiate a suitable compensation for your participation and I propose 22.2 percent, while we also propose that we receive 46.6 percent and 31.2 percent be earmarked for purposes of taxation.

This endeavour has a minimal risk factor on your part provided you treat it with the utmost discretion. You are advised to reach me through email for further clarifications.

I am available for further clarification via alternative email:
michaelsipo00@gmail.com

I kindly wait to hear from you.

Yours Sincerely,
Engr.Michael Sipo

Yesterday, I received the following e-mail:


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From: James Milner <jamesmilner_uk1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:23 AM
Subject: Job Opportunity ………….. This is NO joke !
To:

A new job opening, If you are interested, kindly reply immediately. This space is opened till the 9th of April, 2008

NB: REPLY DIRECTLY TO ME HERE: - JAMESMILNER_UK@HOTMAIL.COM

Even though I have a lot of experience with job offers which come in to my e-mail account I was intrigued by this one. Obviously anyone looking for extra cash would be tempted to take a closer look at what is being offered. I didn’t want to let this go without knowing what is behind it, so I sent of a reply using my Crime-Online.info e-mail address.

I must admit I was not disappointed. Behind this e-mail is a typical Transfer Agent Scam. You will soon see what I mean because this morning I got the following answer:


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From: James Milner &lt;jamesmilner_uk@hotmail.com&gt;
Date: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 11:50 PM
Subject: Job Details !
To:

Thanks so much for your prompt response.We make direct contact for sales of products. Once orders are received and sorted we deliver the product to customers (usually through FEDEX or DHL). After this has been done the customer has to pay for the products. About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through US Certified Checks and Money orders based on the amount involved and it takes 14 days or more to clear outside USA .We have decided to open this new job position for solving this problem.

Your tasks or duties are:

1. Receive payment from Customers
2. Cash Payment at your Bank
3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will be contacted to send payment to.(Payment is to be forwarded by Money Gram money transfer services OR Western Union Money Transfer).

This will give us a possibility to get customer’s payment almost immediately. For example,you’ve got 3000.00USD as payment for services from a customer, you take your income: 300.00 USDi.e 10%.Send to us: 2700.00 USD.First month,you will have 15-20 transactions on 3000.00-4000.00 USD so you may calculate your income.For example 18 transactions on 3500.00 USD gives you 4400.00 USD Plus your basic monthly salary is 2000.00 USD Total: 6400.00 USD per month. After establishing a close co-operation with us,you we will be able to operate with larger orders and you will be able to earn more.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you can have them cashed in your bank. This job takes only 3-7 hours per week. You will have a lot of free time doing another job, you will get good income and a regular job.But this job is very
challenging and you should understand it. We are looking only for the worker who satisfies our requirements and will be of an earnest assistant. We are glad to offer this job position to you.

Kindly email and answer the question below so we can get started.

** What is ur full name that will be on the payment.
** What is ur phone number? cell and home phone.
** What is ur full address where the check will be sent to.
** Do you have a bank account to cash Money Orders or Cashiers check?

I await your response.

Thank you.
James Milner
Director/CEO,
Arts and Crafts Inc.

It sounds easy doesn’t it?

The problem is, anyone taking up this “job offer” is an essential part of money laundering which the crooks need to get their hands on clean cash. Within a short time the “customers” who have sent checks or money orders will complain because they have not received the ordered goods. Who do they go to with their complaints? The Agent who received the check or money order, of course.

Usually, the agent tries to clear up any misunderstandings and tries to get clarification from Mr. Milner. He, of course, says the orders have been sent out. Which is not true because there are no products!

Eventually the customers will report the matter to the police. The Mr. Milners behind this scam are safe and sound as they hide behind false names and freemail accounts. They are usually located in other countries and they have no risk but get maximum profit at the expense of others.

It’s the local “Transfer Agent” who will be held liable by the law because he is the person who cashed in the checks. He is also the one who is immediately identifiable.

The “Agent” will receive criminal charges for fraud and money laundering and anything else the law can come up with.

There have been enough people who have been stung by this kind of scam and end up with a criminal record.

So my advice to you is to trash any message you may receive offering an easy job.

You will be better off if you do!

Funny how these people always quote things like honour, honesty and trust in their e-mails. Those are exactly the traits that they do not hold for themselves.

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From: esther Kou-Layweah <estherkoulayweah000@live.com>
Date: Dec 28, 2007 6:46 PM
Subject: Urgent Response
To:

From: Mrs. Esther Kou-Layweah,

Attn:Sir

I know you will be surprise to receive this mail from me as we do not know each other, nevertheless I am Mrs. Esther Kou-Layweah from Monrovia Liberia presently residing in Ghana. I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation to secure an opportunity to invest and to go into joint business partnership with you. I have a substantial capital I honorably intend to invest jointly with you into a lucrative business venture based on your advise and directive. The essence of this mail is to open up communication with you to enable us know each other as regards to our plan to invest our money judiciously with you.
Please feel free to email me for further clarification on my intention to partner with you.
my email ;estherkoulayweah9@myway.com
God bless you as I will be looking forward to hear from  you urgently.
Mrs. Esther Kou-Layweah & Daniel (son)

This is a typical example of the original 419 type of scam e-mail.

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From: mrsgrace grace <mrsgrace_240@yahoo.ca>
Date: Oct 12, 2007 12:10 PM
Subject: Bussines Deal
To: mrsgrace_240@yahoo.ca

Dear friend ,

I am mrs grace,the manager in charge of auditing and accounting unit foreign remittance department in a bank here in Lome Togo in west Africa.

With due respect and regards I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction, During our investigation and auditing in the bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person, a foriegner who died in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant
in his account with the bank without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before my discovery to this development,Although personally, I kept this information secrete within myself and  to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and successful during the time of execution.

The amount involved is $9M US Dollars ( NINE MILLION US DOLLARS).Meanwhile, all the whole arrangement and directives needed to put claim over this fund as the next of kin to the deceased, Upon your acceptance all the information will be forward to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity,In fact, I could have done this
deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant,we are not allowed to operate a foriegn account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank, this is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of Oath
to the bank and also present a foriegn account where you will need the said fund to be transferred into, after due verification and clarification to designated bank account.

We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for  me. There after I  will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin
of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your
private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted .

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer .
You should contact me immediately if you are interested and ready to transact with me. Then I will request for some vital information  from you first before we could proceed. In your reply do remember to include your full name and your direct Telephone/Fax number for easy communications between us.

Please you have been adviced to keep top secret as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal with you, I will be monitoring the whole situation here in the bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down there for subsequent shearing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further
investment,either in your country or any other country you may advice me to invest in.

All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you, I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible, stating your wish in this deal.

Waiting for your soonest response, please reply at
Yours faithfully,
 mrs  grace

Dr. Frank wants to invest some family money in your country. This one looks as though they are targeting business people.

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From: Dr Frank Dike
Date: Jan 27, 2007 6:32 PM
Subject: Dear Friend,
To: undisclosed-recipients

Dear Friend,

I need your services in a confidential matter regarding money out of a family beneficiary deposit for investment in your country as such i decided to establish contact with you for assistance.

This requires a private arrangement.

You will receive these funds under legal claims; all legal documents will be carefully worked out to ensure a risky free transfer. I am willing to pay a generous management fee as well as appreciation as soon as this transaction is completed.

Ihave all the details. All correspondences will be via email,for now.The funds in question are quite large. I will expect a straight answer from you.Yes or no.If yes,

Kindly furnish me with your personal information which must includ your full information,

1) Yourfull name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, positionandaddress.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) A scanned copy ofyour int’l p/port/Drivers license for dentification.

Please Send me an e-mail as soon as you receive this letter for further discussion and more clarification,you can also reply via:
frankdike01@yahoo.com.hk.

Thanks and God bless you.
Dr Frank Dike

One thing which is easily recognised, these people mostly have a bad command of the English language (or any other as a matter of fact). Or they are just too lazy to check through and correct any mistakes.

This e-mail was originally in HTML

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From: © 1991-2007 UK National Lottery E-mail Promotions
Date: Jan 10, 2007 11:40 AM
Subject: Congratulations! Your email ID won a prize
To:

FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR
NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION /PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
HEADQUARTERS: 101 WIGMORE STREET, LONDON W1U 1QU, UNITED KINGDOM (Customer Services)

Ref: UK/9920X3/2006
Batch: 085/06/FSX06

Dear winner,

Notification of E-mail Promotion Program Lottery Winning
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMISSION EMAIL PROMOTION PROGRAM; officially bring to your notice the result of Wed Jan 10, 2007 which was conducted at our international corporate headquarters complex in United Kingdom.

Your e-mail ID identified with Ticket No. 139573490206 750 with Serial No: 1395/06 drew the lucky numbers: 02, 06, 10, 17, 29, 30 bonus number 09 which was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from World Wide Web sites enrolled for the E-game.

You have won a consolation cash prize and have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £550:000:00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Only) in cash credited to file ZXT/1395700117/06.

This is from a total cash prize of £5, 500, 000, 00 shared amongst the (10) lucky winners in this category i.e. Match 6. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 5,000,000 unions, individuals, associations, and corporate bodies. Most recently this foundation set up the NEW LOTTERY SCHEME to give out prizes based on E-mail Promotions.

************************************************************************ VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM
1. Full name and address………………………………………………………..
2. Country of Residence………………………………………………………..
3. Tel and fax number………………………………………………………….
4. Occupation……………………………………………………………………
5. Age/Sex………………………………………………………………………
6. Marital Status……………………………………………………………….
7. Ref. No ……………………………………………………………….
8. Batch No ……………………………………………………………….
9. Serial No …………………………………………………………
10. Ticket No ……………………………………………………………….
11. Lucky No ……………………………………………………………..
12. Amount Won…………………………………………………………………

************************************************************************
To begin your claim, please contact your fiduciary agent immediately on the following e-mail address mail_kingsleynapley@yahoo.co.uk with the above VERIFICATION AND FUNDS RELEASE FORM details to validate your claim. Any Prize not claimed within the period set out in the rule will be forfeited and the relevant Prize will be transferred to the good causes, as the case may be.

Kingsley Napley
Knights Quarter
14 St John’s Lane
London
EC1M 4AJ
United Kingdom

Phone Number: +44 (0)70 9288 5058
Fax Number: +44 (0)20 7490 228

Email Address: mail_kingsleynapley@yahoo.co.uk

NOTE: Your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in United Kingdom and your PAYING BANK will be from any of our Representatives in Europe/Africa upon clearance and clarification from your fiduciary agent. In view of this, your £550:000:00 (Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds Only) would be released to you.

Once again congratulations on your consolation prize winning.

Sincerely,
Henry Cole

(Information & Promotions Manager)

Copyright © 1991-2007 UK National Lottery Commission
All rights reserved.
77635 476378 255667460

This one is like all the others. Just so you know for sure.

No legal lottery company pays prize money through a security company!

That is just part of the scam. It’s a way of cashing in twice.

How does that work? Easy, for taking part in the lottery you pay the so-called lottery company a fee. That can be anywhere between 300 and 2000 Euros or Dollars.

Once you have paid this fee, the "Security Company" also wants a payment which go up to a further 5000 Euros. Oh yes, they do actually ask for sums like this!

Note that they say that the fees cannot be deducted from the prize money? You can see they have been doing this for some time now and that they have had this question before.

After you have paid, you wait and no money comes. You call the Africans and they say sorry there is a problem. They keep this up until you realize that you have been had.

It’s that easy.

——- Original Message ——–
Subject: Award Notification (09-Mrz-2006 14:48)
From: combo_loteria@walla.com
To: undisclosed-recipients

EL COMBO LOTERIA ESPAÑA
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMS
Avda. PIO XII 4-24 C.P. 280011 Madrid Spain.

Dear sir/madam,
We are pleased to notify you officially of the result of el combo Lottery Winners International program held on the 11th February 2006 as part of our promotional program for the year 2006. Your name attached to ticket number 04195806 with reference number 066-049-204-87563 drew winning numbers 2-0-9-0-7-6+01 and credited to batch number 044-13823705-064, which consequently won in the 2nd category. Via our electronic ticket as stated above. You have therefore been approved for a pay out of € 223,638.00 (Two Hundred and twenty three Thousand six hundred and thirty eight Euros).

To begin your lottery claim, contact your international claims agent MR.FRANCO GOMEZ (FOREIGN OPERATIONS DIRECTOR) of NACHER GLOBAL SEGUROS .TEL:00 34 654 903 687, Email: francogomez@ozu.es with the filled payment form below for due processing and remittance of your prize money to you through your choice payment option. All prize money must be claimed not later than 20 March 2006. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed to the Ministry.
PAYMENT PROCESSING FORM

1.FULL NAMES:      __________________________
2.ADDRESS ________________________________
ZIP CODE: ____________ STATE: ______________
COUNTRY:____________________

3. SEX: _______
4.AGE:_______
5.MARITAL STATUS:_________
6.OCCUPATION:___________

8.TELE:____________________ Fax:________ ____ Email:_______________________

9. BATCH NUMBER: ____________________
   REF NUMBER: ____________________________

11. NEXT OF KIN: ____________________________________

TEL:________________________
PAYMENT OPTIONS:
A. BANK TRANSFER________
B. ENDORSED CHECK__________
C. CASH PICK UP_________

IF FUND IS TO BE REMITE THROUGH BANK TRANSFER, WINNER SHOULD ADD BANK DATAS.

BANK NAME: ________________________________________
ADDRESS: ___________________________________________
ACCOUNT NO.:_______________________________
SWIFT CODE: ________________________

Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality and press anonymity. You are further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with double claims. Be informed that your agent has 6% of the Award prize money as their commission after you have received your money. Original copies of your lottery receipt and coupon remains with your agent. Your winning amount is insured in your name and will be released for payment by the ministry after datas verification and clarification. Government taxes/commission of the winning amount CAN NOT be deducted from the winning amount because of the INSURANCE BOND covering the winning amount. Congratulation once again from all staff and board members.
Sincerely,
Donson Alberto

Tags: 419 scam, lottery scam, online fraud

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