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I reckon any story is a good story from an African point of view.

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From: anir@hathway.com <anir@hathway.com>
Date: 27 Oct 2008 14:03
Subject: COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
To:

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/
Your Ref.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect  of your contract/inheritance payment.

Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials in the bank all your attempts to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like this have to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment centre Asia pacific, that’s latest instruction from the new president,aihaji umar musa yaradua federal republic of Nigeria.

This card centre will send you an atm card which you will use to withdraw your money in any atm machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is ten thousand, five hundred United States dollars per day. So if you like to receive your funds in this way please let us know by contacting the atm payment department director and also send the following information as listed below.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
1. Full Name:
2. Sex:
3. Age:
4. Tel:
5. State:
6. Country:
>>>>>>>>>>>>
However, kindly find below the contact person Prof. Charles Amandu. Integrated payment department
Email: atm-live-remittance@hotmail.com
Phone: +2348033771340
>>>>>>>>>>>
The atm card payment centre has been mandated to issue out $500,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2008. For your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitch in receiving your payment. Note that because of impostors,we hereby issue you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-112/2008) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card centre by using it as your subject.

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It must be my lucky day today. It’s just unfortunate that this is not for real.

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From: MR CLARK MORGAN <info@clarkmorgan.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Subject: Greetings: Your ATM CARD Payment
To:

Greetings:

This is to officially inform you that ATM card worth  Five hundred Thousand dollars ($500,000.00 USD) has been credited in your favour in bid to compensate you on your contract payment since you are next on our inheritance file for the second part of this fiscal Year 2008, Your personal identification is ATM 2900.

Contact the verification Officer Mr Cody Lampard { info_atmdeliveries_diplomaticcourier@post.ro } with the following for proper verification and claim processing:

Full Legal Names…………….
Delivery Address………
Country………………
Occupation……………
Phone Number………….
Fax Number……………
Age………………….
sex………………….

NOTE:-You are also required to send along a means of Identification which can be a scan copy of your  Driver’s License or International Passport for identification on delivery.

Regards
MR CLARK MORGAN

The crooks obviously spent some time creating Graphics, the and the official Mumbo Jumbo in the text. I am sure it will impress a lot of people.

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From: Office Of Senate House Nigeria
Date: 2008/9/6
Subject: *****Attn: Contractor! Your Payment Approval*****
To:
Cc: list not shown

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB Your Ref……………….

ATTN: Beneficiary ,

We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and the Minister For Finance, Mrs. Esther Nenandi-Usman held a meeting last week concerning payment , both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.

On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated , so at this juncture, we do apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office now and attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly .

Now Note: your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013 ,Having received these vital payment numbers which therefore qualified you now to received and confirm your payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria immediately within 24hrs .

Now you are directed to contact the Office of the Paymaster General Federal Republic of Nigeria AhJl. Ibrahim Dangote immediately for further direction to avoid complications toward your contract payment ,Further more do stop anyother comunication regards to your contract payment this is to avoid any mis-up between you and the approved paying office in prepareing your payment file.

Contact Person: AhJl. Ibrahim Dangote, Email: ahjidangote@hotmail.com , Direct Tel: 234-8053245113 , Contact him now and inform him that you received an email from The Federal House of Senate Federal Republic of Nigeria , Instructing you to call him for immediate release of your fund.

Further More Note : We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming calls , if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating our effort, We shall have no other option but to stop and cancel your payment immediately .

Best Regards

SEN. DAVID MACK Dr Uffort Ekaette
SENATE PRESIDENT Secretary of the federation
(Federal Republic of Nigeria)

The story is somewhat confused as this message talks about contractors and next of kin. Could it be I am the next of kin to a contractor?

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From: MR. GEORGE SMITH <christine.peycelon@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Subject: URGENT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION………
To: undisclosed-recipients

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA

OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/067

Attn: Honourable Contractor

RE: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE ON CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.

Following the protest of the International Community, The World Bank, IMF and the instruction by the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces(UMAU MUSA YARADUA) that all outstanding forieghn debts especially next of kin payment should be released to the benefeciaries forthwith unconditionally.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Government of Nigeria. Your name and company was discovered as next of kin on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments. I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from the record in my file, your outstanding contract payment is $10,500 000(Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings:

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile #.
3) Company name, Position and Address.
4) Profession, age,sex and marital status.
5) Any kind of identification

As soon as this information are received, your payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wired to your bank account directly from Central bank of Nigeria or any of the asisters bank and a copy of the transfer confirmation informations will be given to you for you to take to your bank and confirm it.

YOURS SINCERELY,

MR GEORGE SMITH,
DIRECTOR FOREIGN REMMITERNCE DIPERTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CBN.

Apart from the fact that this message is all in capital letters, it’s just a copy of earlier e-mails on the same subject.

Here’s an earlier David Marks scam e-mail

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From: ATM CARD DELIVERY SERVICE <mailsc3@seznam.cz>
Date: 2008/5/18
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD
To:

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB                                                                       Your Ref……………

ATTN: BENEFICARY,
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED
YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY
YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE
NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT
OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL
DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK YOUR
ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO
YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT
LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR
PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO
YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT
THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC
THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR. PRESIDENT,
CHIEF ALHAJI MUSA UMARU YAR’ADUA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA. AND FBI.THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM
CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY
ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM
IS TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO
RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY
CONTACTING THE PAYMASTER GENERAL CARD PAYMENT CENTER
MRS GABY REBBECA ON HER EMAIL ADDRESS:
atmcarddelivery822@gmail.com
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE
OUT USD5.3MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR
2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY
FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR
PAYMENT. FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, CALL AND EMAIL ME BACK
AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR
FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY
DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO
INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY
USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
REGARDS,
SENATOR DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.
(Federal Republic of Nigeria)

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee fraud, David Marks

After more than 10 years following what African crooks are doing, I get to instantly recognise a 419 scam story when I see one. This is no different to any other scam e-mails doing the rounds, it just looks more believable.

This is a favorite ploy that the Africans use. Of course, they are targeting people who have already been involved with any of the crooks running 419 types of fraud. It doesn’t really matter with whom they have been in contact with, these crooks just adapt their story to accommodate anyone contacting them.

Sometimes Google does recognise 419 scam e-mails and flags the as suspicious. That is a good thing, as it does give pause for thought.