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I would say the next best thing to a lottery is to give the money away.

What do you think?

Of course, this is not really from Publishers Clearing House …

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Subject: 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand UNITED STATE DOLLARS)
To:

PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PCH INTERNATIONAL
GIVEAWAY KAULAR LUMPAR MALAYSIA

Dear Publishers Clearing House Beneficiary,

We the Board of Directors for Publishers Clearing House(MY)
officialorganisers of the Publisher’s Clearing House Giveaway Programme
brings to your notice that you are the lucky winner and beneficiary of the
justconcluded giveaway prize of 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand UNITED
STATE DOLLARS) with the Giveaway #- 13101, Batch # - PCH/008-13101, Ref. #
- 012057-SSL. To file for yourclaims ,

please follow below instructions:COMPLETE THE BELOW INFORMATION & FORWARD
TO PCH FUDICIARY AGENT*Required Details:
Complete Names,
Contact Address,
Present Country,
Telephone#, Mobile#,
Email,
Occupation,
Sex,
Marital Status.
*Amount Won:*
Giveaway Number:*
Batch Number:*
Reference Number:
FIDICIARY AGENT: Mr.GREGORY FRED.
EMAIL: gregoryfredcenter@live.com
Please note that the information required will not be furnished to
anythird party and will be used for the purpose at which it is
required.Beneficiaries are warned to keep their claims confidential until
theyhave completed the remittance process to avoid double claiming
andunwarranted abuse of this programme. Warmest
Congratulations,JOHN LAMBERT

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

Technorati Tags: 419 Scam, Inheritance Fraud

This is one of the favourites. They are saying Fedex has a package with a bank draft for me. The funny thing about this is, if he really did travel to Germany, he could of brought it with him.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:  <adammike5@aol.in>
Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 3:59 AM
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY FOR YOUR PACKAGE
To: undisclosed-recipients

(CONTACT FEDEX EXPRESS COURIER COMPANY BENIN)
ODAWA & COUNSELORS AT LAW
06 BP 1409 AKPAKPA DODOMEY
WEST AFRICA COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.
EMAIL: (infofedexcourierservicei@yahoo.fr)
PHONE:+229 93 81 55 88
Dear Beneficiary,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft USD$1.8M (ONE AND EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) but did not hear from you since that time ,then I went and deposited the Draft with Fedex Express deliver company here in Benin Republic , because I travelled to Germany to see my boss and will not come back till next month ending. You have to contact the Fedex Express deliver company to know when they will deliver your package.
I have paid for the delivering charges and insurance fee.The only money you have to send to them is there security keeping fee which is $135.00 Us Dollars to received your package.Don’t be deceived by any body.Below is their Contact Address;
ATTN: REV. DR DAVE BEN.
TEl: : +229 93 81 55 88
EMAIL:(infofedexcourierservicei@yahoo.fr )
Please, Send them your contacts information to able them locate you immediately they arrived in your country with your BOX .This is what they need from you.
1.YOUR FULL NAME………….
2.YOUR HOME ADDRESS……..
3.YOUR COUNTRY
4.YOUR CURRENT HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER……………
5.YOUR CURRENT OFFICE TELEPHONE………………….
6.A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE…………………….
Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the security keeping fee.I gave them your delivering address but you have to reconfirm it to them again to avoid any mistake in the delivering including with your ID or Picture.Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Draft .
SHIPMENT CODE AWB 33XZS
PACKAGE REGISTERED CODE NO XGT442.
SECURITY CODE SCTC/2001DHX/567/
TRANSACTION CODE 233/CSTC/101/33028/
CERTIFICATE DEPOSIT CODE SCTC/BUN/xxiv/-78/01
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
MR mikeuba

Tags: 419scam, Fedex Benin, Dave Ben, Mr. Mikeuba

Oh yes, my email address is randomly selected. It and several hundred others …

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Uk Gaming House <gerry_burke@eircom.net>
Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:50 AM
Subject: Final Notice !!!
To:

BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
12th April 2008

This email is to notify you that this email address was randomly selected and entered into our free Third Category draws. You have subsequently emerged a winner and therefore entitled to a substantial amount of 552,000.00 Pounds.

For further information, kindly confirm receipt of this email, by forwarding Your Details as states below to our claims department on Email :uk_foreignunit@yahoo.co.uk

INFORMATION REQUESTED:
(a) Your full Name:
(b) Contact address:
(c) Your Telephone and fax numbers:
(d) Your Age:
(e) Your occupation:
(f) Your country of origin:

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,
Award Notification Team
UK GAMING HOUSE

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Jairzinho Ramos Medina <jar46@drexel.edu>
Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 8:34 AM
Subject: Here writes Mrs Stella Cole
To: undisclosed-recipients
 
 Here writes Mrs Stella Cole. I am married to Pharmacist Dave Cole an
 Englishman who died years ago. When my late husband was alive he deposited
 the sum of 7.5 Million (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain
 Pounds Sterling which were derived from his vast estates and investment in
 capital market with a security company here in UK. Presently,this money is
 still with the bank.My Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due
 to the cancerous problems I am suffering from. I have decided to donate
 this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from my husbands
 effort to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, the down-
 trodden,physically challenged children, barren-women and persons who prove
 to be genuinely handicapped financially.please get back to me so that i can
 give you contact address of my bank and barrister here in UK. Hope to hear
 from you soon and God bless you and members of your family.
 NOTE: I will prefer you contact me on my most private and confidential
 email address: mrsstellacole3@yahoo.com.hk
 Faithfully Yours
 Mrs Stella Cole

Do you know who Kim Woo Choong is?

I didn’t until I got this e-mail.

He is the founder of the Daewoo Group from Korea.

Now Mr. Kim got himself imprisoned for fraud in 2006.

Doesn’t that sound like a good background for a first class scam e-mail?

And here it is, offering you a miserly 15% for your services.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Ms. Cheung Pui Ling <cheung@icbcasia.com.hk>
Date: Dec 21, 2007 6:50 PM
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
To:

Dear Friend,

This is a Management Placement on behalf of Mr. Kim Woo Choong.

Mr. Kim Woo Choong is looking for an experienced business person/company that can profitably invest monies in excess of Fourty Nine Million US Dollars outside China. The sum will be paid from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Visit our bank website at http://www.icbcasia.com/eng/index.shtml

Or request immediate information from:

Mr. Zhu Qi
Managing Director and,
Chief Executive Officer,
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited
33/F, ICBC Tower 3 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
Toll free No: + (852) 800-90863
Local Fax No:+ (852) 301-54297
Email: zhuqi_icbc001@hotmail.com

Most importantly, you will be required to:

[1]. Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
[2]. Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
[3]. Invest/Manage the funds outside of China.

Mr. Kim Woo Choong is willing to pay 5% for your role as the beneficiary partner to the funds. Also, a subsequent 10% “Management Commission” will be paid for your advised investment services. A further 5% will be used to write off any expenses incurred in the course of transferring the principal sum.

If you prefer to be re-contacted for more express information, please send us your:

[1] Full Names:
[2] Contact address:
[3] Direct Telephone No:

Be advised to visit the following links to be better acquainted with Mr. Kim Woo Choong?s current profile and personality.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/05/30/skorea.daewoo/?section=cnn_latest
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HF01Dg03.html
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=8637

We expect your correspondence and our response will be swift.

Signed:
Ms. Cheung Pui Ling,
Company Secretary
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited
33/F, THE ICBC Tower 3 Garden Road,
Central Hong Kong.
E-mail: cpl_icbc101@hotmail.com

These jokers manage to mention 5 different trademarks within one sentence.

If you look closely you will see that they are after a courier fee for the prize delivery.Lotter

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOO MICROSOFT LOTTERY
Date: 08.12.2007 03:45
Subject: Official E-mail
To: undisclosed-recipients

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of (£500,000) FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS STERLINGS for the month of DECEMBER 2007 Lottery promotion which is rganized by YAHOO/MSN LOTTERY INC & WINDOWS LIVE. YAHOO&MSN MICROSOFT WINDOWS, collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed toYahoo and Hotmail we only select five people every Month as our winners through electronic balloting System without the winner applying, we congratulate you for being one of the people selected.

Batch number…………………YM 09102XN
Reff number…………………..YM35447XN
Winning number……………….YM09788

CHOOSE YOUR MODE OF COLLECTION:

A. Courier Delivery Service

B. Bank to Bank Transfer

These numbers fall within your Location file,you are requested to contact AGENT MANAGER, send your winning identification numbers to them at this contact address below.

(CONTACT AGENT MANAGER)
MR GEORGE HERRI
Email:agent.zonalofficial_manager25@yahoo.co.uk

A few days ago I got a Message from Sam Odogwu using the exact same message as this one which came today.

Seeing they both call themselves Sam, I think it’s pretty likely that they are one and the same person.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: sam mobosa <s_mobosa@yahoo.co.in>
Date: 13.11.2007 10:01
Subject: I am standing on Malachi 3:10
To: iesuchristi@hotmail.com

Dearest in the Lord,
Email:eldersammobosa@myway.com

Greeting in the name of the lord. How are you doing today and most especially the Ministry? I hope all is well with you in Jesus Name. Amen. I am standing on Malachi 3:10

My name is Elder Sam Mobosa I am a born again Christian, The lord has laid it on my heart to be in covenants with him, and in so doing, be a blessing to his house and to other charity organization through my finances. Great!!! Oiou

He said I should support six churches, which I have pair up in twos came across your ministry through Internet when I was doing some church research, I prayed over your and your church And he directed me to go ahead supporting your Ministry. I deposited the sum of USD10.5M with a Bank in London hoping to use this fund for political activities, but I have decided to support and propagating the good gospel of the Lord with 80% of this total sum, Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account the money should be shared thus as specified by God.

(1) US$10Million for the church project and other pressing needs of the church likes TV ministry.

(2) US$5Million for the needy and the less privileged ones in the church and for the pastors’ welfare.

The above break down is for your church. If this is right, kindly send me a name and address of which the draft will be made out to ASAP.Also make available a church and direct telephone number to reach and keep in contact with you from time to time. I will like to inform you that the fund will be made available to the church as soon as you provide the name.and I also pray that the Lord refreshes you. Isaiah 40: 29-31

Please fill the following informations: 1. Full Names:……………… 2. Full Contact Address:…………. 3. Phone/Fax Numbers:………. 4. Country and State of Origin:………. 5. Occupation:…………. 6. Company Name:……… 7. Position Held:……. 8. Age:………

Here is my email Information if you wish to contact me immediately for details Email: eldersammobosa@myway.com

Thanks and God bless.
Yours in Christ,
Elder SAM MOBOSA

I imagine most Bible readers will know what is written in Malachi 3:10. But if you don’t, here’s a modern translation for you:

GOD’S WORD® Translation (©1995)
“Bring one-tenth of your income into the storehouse so that there may be food in my house. Test me in this way,” says the LORD of Armies. “See if I won’t open the windows of heaven for you and flood you with blessings.

So basically, what Sam is saying is, he has a pile of cash and wants to invest (or should I say donate?) it in my ministry or church.

The Christian scam has been often the downfall of true Christians, who believed that they could use the promised money to do good for the community. All of them ended up with losing a lot of money, which was usually community or member’s money.

A couple of them ended up in jail for embezzlement as a result.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: sam odogwu <samodogwu05@hotmail.com>
Date: 07.11.2007 22:19
Subject: I am standing on Malachi 3:10
To:

Dearest in the Lord,
Email: eldersamodogwu@myway.com

Greeting in the name of the lord. How are you doing today and most especially the Ministry? I hope all is well with you in Jesus Name. Amen. I am standing on Malachi 3:10

My name is Elder Sam Odogwu I am a born again Christian, The lord has laid it on my heart to be in covenants him, and in so doing, be a blessing to his house and to other charity organization through my finances. Great!!! Oiou

He said I should support six churches, which I have pair up in twos came across your ministry through Internet when I was doing some church research, I prayed over your church And he directed me to go ahead supporting your Ministry. I deposited the sum of USD10.5M with a Bank in London hoping to use this fund for political activities, but I have decided to support and propagating the good gospel of the Lord with 80% of this total sum, Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account the money should be shared thus as specified by God.

(1) US$10Million for the church project and other pressing needs of the church likes TV ministry.
(2) US$5Million for the needy and the less privileged ones in the church and for the pastors’ welfare.

The above break down is for your church. If this is right, kindly send me a name and address of which the draft will be made out to ASAP.Also make available a church and direct telephone number to reach and keep in contact with you from time to time. I will like to inform you that the fund will be made available to the church as soon as you provide the name.and I also pray that the Lord refreshes you. Isaiah 40: 29-31

Please fill the following informations: 1. Full Names:……………… 2. Full Contact Address:…………. 3. Phone/Fax Numbers:………. 4. Country and State of Origin:………. 5. Occupation:…………. 6. Company Name:……… 7. Position Held:……. 8. Age:………

Here is my email Information if you wish to contact me immediately for details Email: eldersamodogwu@myway.com

Thanks and God bless.
Yours in Christ,
Elder SAM ODOGWU