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The African crooks certainly do have fantasy. Kofi Annan sends me a message from the Nigerian Union Bank using a Yahoo email account.

They also claim that unionbanknigplc95@ymail.com is the banks official e-mail address.

As you can see, once again they use the United Nations and the former Secretary Kofi Annan, to try and make a story sound plausible.

They never do. You just have to look closer at what they write and use your common sense.

I like the slogan at the end:

Making the world a better place

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Union Bank Plc Compensation Unit <koffi.anan1@yahoo.com>
Date: 2008/10/19
Subject: COMPENSATION.
To:

UNION BANK NIGERIA PLC COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNITED NATION.
Send a copy of your response to official email: unionbanknigplc95@ymail.com

ATTN:Sir/Madam,

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?,You may not understand why this mail came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the former  Secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$900,000,00 This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc. We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Dr.Emeka Jacob of Union Bank of Nigeria Plc, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of US $900,000,00 This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you.Contact Dr.Emeka Jacob immediately for your Cheque:Email:
unionbanknigplc95@ymail.com Thanks and God bless you and your family.

Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft. Making the world a better place .

Regards,
Mr. Kofi Annan
Former Secretary (UNITED NATIONS).

Tags: 7 Months, Bank Of Nigeria, Compensation Unit, Contract Sum, Correct Mailing Address, E Mail Address, Emeka, Government Problems, International Bank Draft, International Businesses, Koffi, Kofi Annan, Security Purpose, Sent Mail, Union Bank, Union Bank Nigeria Plc, Union Bank Of Nigeria, Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc, Union Bank Plc, United Nation

This time the crooks have an address in London, Great Britain. The funny thing is if you take a look at the Connecticut Lottery site they make no mention of a London office.

The CT Lottery does have a page informing readers about typical scam messages using Connecticut Lottery as a front.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Missy Ashton© <admindept@ctlotto.com>
Date: 2008/10/19
Subject: CATEGORY “A” WINNING NOTIFICATION.
To: undisclosed-recipients

–
CONNETICUT LOTTERY CORPORATION
64 MANCHESTER RD, LONDON E14 3BE

Ref Number: CT/17AD/LG9009
Batch Number: 839081500-CT/2008
Ticket Number: CT/11452/8707-905
Serial Number: 879CT-80-80
Amount Won: £2,750,000.00.

Attn Lucky Winner,

CATEGORY “A” WINNING NOTIFICATION.

We happily announce to you the result of the last final annual draw of our International Lottery Programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of 25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were sold.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a winner in the category “A” with the following numbers attached Ref Number: CT/17AD/LG9009, Serial Number: 879CT-80-80, Batch Number: 839081500-CT/2008 and Ticket Number: CT/11452/8707-905.

You are therefore to receive a cash prize of £2,750,000.00. (Two Million Sevn Hundred and Fifty Thousand GBP) from the total payout.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and Ref Number: CT/17AD/LG9009 and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to contact our Certified and Accredited claims agent for category “A” winners with the information below:
*************************************
Name: Mr. Allan Baas
E-Mail: infoallanbaas_awardclaim@yahoo.com.hk
Phone: +44 703 1966612, +44 703 184 3533,
Fax: +44 870 495 8318, +44 871 5033515
*************************************
You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 21 days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims will not be entertained). Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically not allowed to participate in this program.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Faithfully,
Missy Ashton
Lottery Coordinator.

Tags: Automated Computer, Batch Number, Connecticut Lottery, Corporate Bodies, Ct Lottery, E Mail Address, E Mail Addresses, International Lottery, London E14, London Office, Lottery Corporation, Lottery Programs, Manchester Rd, Prize Winnings, Random Computer, Ref Number, Satisfactory Report, Statutory Obligations, Ticket Number, Undisclosed Recipients

Who would ever write that as a subject line on an e-mail? African crooks, that’s who.

It’s just another fraud lottery using a major Internet companies name to give it some weight.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mary Johnson <mary.johnson@fefc.org>
Date: 15 Oct 2008 14:43
Subject: Dear Esteemed Winner,
To:
Dear Esteemed Winner,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the YAHOO! International Promotions Program held on the 13th  of  October 2008. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 883734657492-5319 with serial number  7263- 267, batch number  8254297137 drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of £1,000,000.00 (i.e One Million  United Kingdom Pounds) in cash credited to file REF:YAHOO6/315116127/27.

To file for your claims you are to contact our REMMITANCE DIRECTOR for furtherinfomation and details as regarding your winning.You are hereby advised to rovide our claims department with the following information:
(1)REF Number
(2)Batch number
(3)Winning Email Address
(4)Full Names
(5)Address
(6)Next Of Kin
(7)Contact
(8)Phone Number
(9)Present Occupation
(10)Mode of claim of price (1)Bank Transfer
SIR.HENRY TURNEL (REMMITANCE DIRECTOR)
EMAIL: promofinancial_dept190@yahoo.com.hk
Tel: +44 70457 44763
Mrs. Mary  Johnson (Zonal Coordinator)
Note:
- All claims are nullified after 14 working days from today.
- Do inform the claims officer of any change of Names, Address and Email.
- All winners under the age of 18 are automatically disqualified.

Tags: 44763, Batch Number, Crooks, E Mail Address, Fefc, Full Names, International Promotions, Internet Companies, Lucky Numbers, Lump Sum, Mrs Mary, Number 3, Number 9, Price 1, Ref Number, Sir Henry, Ticket Number, Yahoo Com Hk, Yahoo Hk, Yahoo Lottery

They don’t actually call it a lottery in this one, but it’s written like the Yahoo & MSN scam e-mails which have been reported often here. Instead of MSN they name Windows Live as the cooperation partner. Looks as though they are modernizing.

The Longsight district of Manchester is mostly a urban area and if you look at the Stockport Road on Google Maps you will see there are hardly any office or commercial buildings of any kind.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOO AWARD GRANTS 2008 <mrsgracesanders100@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 5:28 PM
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER OF YAHOO AWARD GRANTS JULY 2008
To:

Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB -
United Kingdom
Tel:+447031925532.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three million,Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP 3,200,000.00) for the month of July, 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by YAHOO A WARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners which your e-mail address won the Jackpot Prize while other five winners won One Million Great Britain Pounds(GBP 1,000,000.00) each.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers. Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 10 days from date of Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1207

You are requested to contact our Assistant co-ordinator in Manchester and send your winning identification numbers to him:

Co-ordinator’s Name: Rev Fr. Niculai Anton
E-Mail:awardcenter010@gmail.com
Tel:+447031925532

You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1. Full name……………………………………….
2. Country………………………………………….
3. Contact Address…………………………..
4. Telephone Number……………………….
5. fax Number……………………………………
5. Marital Status……………………………….
6. Occupation……………………………………
7. Sex…………………………………………………
8. Date of Birth/Age ………………………….
9. Identity card(carte identite)………….

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

Mrs. Grace Sanders(Awards coordinator)

——————————-
WARNING!

You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid disqualification that may arise from double claims.

Yahoo Awards Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds arising from the above mentioned.

Tags: 2db, Batch Number, Co Ordinator, Commercial Buildings, Cooperation Partner, E Mail Address, E Mail Providers, Google, Google Maps, Grace Sanders, Hotmail, Hundred Thousand, Jackpot Prize, Lottery Scam, M60, Month Of July, MSN, Prize Money, Prize Promotion, Rev Fr, Stockport Road, Urban Area, Yahoo Awards, Yahoo Hotmail, Yahoo Lottery Scam, Yahoo Msn

Not much to say about this one. This time they have used a no name lottery company which does not exist.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Sweepstakes Dept
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 12:34 AM
Subject: Attention Winner
To: undisclosed-recipients

Sweepstakes Online Lottery Dept.
P O Box 4539,#24 Lyndhurst Road,
London NW3 5PQ,United Kingdom.

Ref No.: S.O.L.D/74-A0802742008
Ticket Number: 22-1356-4096-988

Dear Winner,

Congratulations Winner

We are proud to inform you that your email has just won you the total sum of £500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds) incash credited to file in the just concluded SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT held on 8th Sept 2008.

Your e-mail address attached to:
(A)Ticket Number: 22-1356-4096-988
(B)Reference Number: S.O.L.D/74-A0802742008
(C)drew the lucky numbers 3, 10, 22, 25, 31, 49 (bonus 4)

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact Dr Darren Burke for validation of your winning.

Validation Officer
Contact: Dr Darren Burke
E-mail: dr.darrenburke.desk@hotmail.com
Tel.: +44 70457 73031
For the immediate release of your funds,you are to provide the following details to your validating officer.

(1) FULL NAMES:
(2) ADDRESS:
(3) SEX:
(4) AGE:
(5) MARITAL STATUS:
(6) OCCUPATION:
(7) COUNTRY:
(8) TELEPHONE NUMBER:
(9) AMOUNT WON:
(10)REFERENCE NUMBER:
(11)TICKET NUMBER:

Congratulations once again.

REGARDS
SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPT

SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY. Dr Darren Burke

Tags: Bonus 4, E Mail Address, Full Names, Hundred Thousand, Immediate Release, London Nw3, Lottery Company, Lucky Numbers, Lyndhurst Road, Marital Status, Number 11, Number 22, Number 9, Nw3 5pq, Online Sweepstakes, Reference Number, Road London, SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY. Dr Darren Burke, Ticket Number, Undisclosed Recipients, Validation Officer

Variations of this one come in every week.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MRS ANGELA STONE
Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Subject: DEAR BELOVED
To:

Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs Angela Stone,a widow of late Mr. Frank Stone,former
owner of Petroleum and Gas company ,here in Ghana.I am 68years old,
suffering from long time cancer of the breast.From all indications my
condition is really deteriorating and it’s quite obvious thatI may not
live more than 4 months according to my doctors.This is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.i dont want your pity but
i need your trust.

My late husband died early last year from heart attack, and during the
period of our marriage we couldn’t produce any child. My late husband
was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his business and
wealth.The doctor has hinted me that I will not live for too long
again,so I have now decided to spread all my wealth,to contribute
mainly to the development of charity in Africa, America, Asia and
Europe.I am sorry if you are embarrased by my mail.

I found your e-mail address as a real Child of God for over a month
now that i have been praying to know if really you are working
according to the direction of God.And after all my fasting and prayer
i am convinced,and i have decided to contact you,but if for any reason
you find this mail offensive,you can ignore it and please accept my
appology.Before my late husband died he was a major oil tycoon,in
Ghana and deposited the sum of10million dollars (Ten million dollars)
in a Security company,some years ago,thats all i have left now,i need
you to collect this funds and distribute it yourself to charity.

So that when i die my soul can rest in peace.the funds will be
entirely in your hands and management.i hope God gives you the wisdom
to touch very many lives,and that is my main concern.20% of this money
will be for your time and effort,while 80% goes to charity.

God bless you.

Mrs.Angela Stone.

Tags: 4 Months, America Asia, Angela Stone, Appology, Asia And Europe, Cancer Breast, Cancer Of The Breast, Cancer Stage, Child Of God, Dear Friend, E Mail Address, Fasting And Prayer, Heart Attack, Million Dollars, Mrs Angela, Oil Tycoon, Petroleum, Security Company, Thati, Variations

just invent one. It’s easy!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: AgeniaClark Mrs.
Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 2:34 AM
Subject: ATTENTION DEAR, BRITISH INTERNET GAMES LOTTORY WINNER.!!
To:

BRITISH INTERNET GAMES
35, CLARENCE STREET ,
SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX
SS1 1BH.

*****************************
REF No: BEP/9587364001/07
BATCH No: 22/3721/IPD
*****************************

RE: EMAIL RESULT NOTICE

We are pleased to inform you of the recent result of our Email Games
Promotion held on 9th August 2008.

Your E-mail Address attached to ticket number 972/83746212 with serial
numbers 870942 drew the lucky numbers 11-18-23-32-49, with bonus ball
10-18 which consequently won the lottery in the 2nd Prize.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from 750,000(Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand) E-mail Addresses from
Asia, Australia,
Middle East, Europe, United States , Canada , South-America and Africa
, as part of our Email promotion programs which we conduct every year.

You are therefore been approved for the lump sum payout of
$550,000.00(Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Only) credited to
Account Number 917-92736471.This is from the total cash prize of
$18,300,000.00(Eighteen Million, Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Only)
Shared among the international winners in different Prize categories.

Therefore, to begin your claim, please contact the claims department
for necessary assistance as regards to your claim and final release of
the prize money to your designated bank account

Mr. David Wilson
(Claims Manager)
Email: big_davidwilson@live.fr
Phone: +44-785-340-7590

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every
correspondence with us.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 30th
September 2008. After this date the entire fund will be returned to
the INLAND REVENUE as unclaimed.

Congratulations and thank you for being part of our International
promotions program.

Best regards,
Mrs Agenia Clark

Tags: 3721, 9th August, Ballot System, Batch Numbers, Bonus Ball, British Internet, Canada South, Clarence Street, E Mail Address, E Mail Addresses, Email Games, Email Promotion, Games Promotion, International Winners, Lump Sum Payout, Necessary Assistance, Prize Categories, Promotion Programs, Southend On Sea, Southend On Sea Essex

Obviously this cooperation works better for the crooks, than it does
for Microsoft and Yahoo.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOO AWARD GRANTS 2008
Date: Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Subject: YOU ARE A WINNER OF YAHOO AWARD GRANTS JULY 2008
To:

Yahoo & Window Live Awards Centre
124 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester M60 2DB -
United Kingdom
Tel:+447031925532.

This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Three
million,Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds (GBP 3,200,000.00)
for the month of July, 2008 Prize promotion which is organized by
YAHOO A WARDS & WINDOWS LIVE.

YAHOO collects all the email addresses of the people that are active
online, among the millions that subscribed to Yahoo and Hotmail and
few from other e-mail providers. Six people are selected monthly to
benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners
which your e-mail address won the Jackpot Prize while other five
winners won One Million Great Britain Pounds(GBP 1,000,000.00) each.

PAYMENT OF PRIZE / CLAIMS

Winners shall be paid in accordance with their Settlement Centers.
Yahoo Prize Award must be claimed not later than 10 days from date of
Draw Notification. Any prize not claimed within this period will be
forfeited and returned to its source as unclaimed.

Stated below are your identification numbers:

BATCH NUMBER: MFI/06/APA-43658
REFERENCE NUMBER: 2007234522
PIN: 1207

You are requested to contact our Assistant co-ordinator in Manchester
and send your winning identification numbers to him:

Co-ordinator’s Name: Rev Fr. Niculai Anton
E-Mail:awardcenter10@luckymail.com / awcenter_uk101@live.com
Tel:+447031925532

You are advised to send the following information to our co-ordinator
to facilitate the release of of your fund to you.

1. Full name……………………………………….
2. Country………………………………………….
3. Contact Address…………………………..
4. Telephone Number……………………….
5. fax Number……………………………………
5. Marital Status……………………………….
6. Occupation……………………………………
7. Sex…………………………………………………
8. Date of Birth/Age ………………………….
9. Identity card(carte identite)………….

Congratulations!! once again.

Yours in service,

Mrs. Grace Sanders(Awards coordinator)

————————————————————————————————————————————————-
WARNING!

You must keep strict confidentiality of your Prize Award claims to
yourself until your money is successfully handed over to you to avoid
disqualification that may arise from double claims.

Yahoo Awards Team shall not be held liable for any loss of funds
arising from the above mentioned.

Tags: 2db, Award Grants, Batch Number, Co Ordinator, Contact Address, Crooks, E Mail Address, E Mail Providers, Hundred Thousand, Jackpot Prize, M60, Month Of July, Prize Money, Prize Promotion, Reference Number, Rev Fr, Stockport, Sun Sep, Wards, Yahoo Lottery

It’s one of those e-mails where the contact office is in Africa. What
a coincidence!

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date: Sep 5, 2008 3:10 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS………..
To: undisclosed-recipients

AUSTRALIA LOTTO LOTTERY INC.
Date:4/9/2008
Ref:4758961725
Batch:ALLINC 70564943902/188
Winning no:FGNGB2701/LPRC

CONGRATULATIONS………..

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the of 4th
STEP-2008 from the Australian International Lottery programme. Which is
fully bank on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail
addresses Your name was attached to ticket number 47061725 07056490902
serial number 7741137002 This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows
513-33-37-42 bonus number 17,which consequently won the lottery in the
second category. You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of
US$600,000.00 (SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref:
ILP/HW 47509/02 from the total cash prize of US$4.8million shared
amongst eight lucky winners in this category.

All participant were selected through a computer balloting system
drawn from Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,
Australia, United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, (Africa Nigeria
claiming office)and Oceania apart of our international promotions
program which is conducted annually.

This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some
multinational companies as part of their social responsibility to the
citizens in the communities where they have operational base.

Further more your details(e-mail address) falls within our European
representative office in France,Spain, as indicated in your play
coupon and your prize of US$600 000,.00USD, will be released to you
from this regional branch office in
Africa. We hope with part of your prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agent,REVEREND
PAUL JOHNSON HIS
EMAIL ADDRESS IS(revpauljohnsonagent@gmail.com) to file for your claim.

Please quote your reference, batch and winning number which can be
found on the top left corner of this notification as well as your full
name, address and telephone number to help locate your file easily.
For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information
confidential from the public until your claim is processed and
yourprize released to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted taking advantage of this programmer by non-participant or
unofficial personnel.

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed under two weeks of receiving this
message otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and
eventually donated to charity Congratulations once again on your
winnings!!!(co-ordinator) PLEASE DO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.AND CONTACT
YOUR CLAIMS AGENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL
RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.

BEST REGARD,
Mrs Rose Hill
LOTTERY DIRECTOR

Tags: Africa Nigeria, Asia Europe, Australian International Lottery Programme, Balloting System, Bonus Number, Canada Australia, Contact Office, E Mail Address, E Mail Addresses, International Lottery, International Promotions, Lotto Lottery, Lucky Winner, Lucky Winners, Operational Base, Regional Branch Office, Representative Office, Ticket Number, Time Australia, Undisclosed Recipients

Just look at the e-mail address “United@nations.foundation”.

There is no UN foundation, by the way.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: United@nations.foundation
Date: Sep 5, 2008 5:18 AM
Subject: Your ( U.N.F.) Qualifcation Number -(UNF-039455-UNOG)!!!
To:

United Nations Foundation
1800 Massachusetts Avenue,
NW, Suite 400 Washington, D.C.
20036

Attention:

The United Nations Foundation (UNF),would like to notify you that you
have been chosen by the Board of Trustees as one of the final
recipients of

Tags: Board Of Trustees, E Mail Address, Giving Money, Massachusetts Avenue, Nw Suite, Unf, United Nations, United Nations Foundation, Unog, Washington D C